Life Absorbing Machine is particularly helpful in mitigating the otherwise dramatic life loss of Solemn Judgement, My Body as a Shield, and Chain Energy, which are included to protect your namesake card
What is "Ramp"
market, Cards that receive high grades (PSA 9 or 10, BGS 9.5 or 10) can sell for many times the value of ungraded cards in similar condition
If X is 4 or more, do all of the above
He didn't include a sideboard, but his main deck was pretty solid: G/W Constellation -- Magic Origins Standard | Pascal Maynard Creatures (16) 4 Courser of Kruphix 4 Eidolon of Blossoms 4 Herald of the Pantheon 4 Nyx-Fleece Ram Spells (20) 4 Kruphix's Insight 2 Frontier Siege 2 Sigil of the Empty Throne 4 Banishing Light 4 Silkwrap 4 Starfield of Nyx Lands (24) 4 Plains 8 Forest 4 Blossoming Sands 4 Temple of Plenty 4 Windswept Heath Since the article was designed to showcase the power of Starfield of Nyx, it seemed to be more of an experiment than a tournament deck
No matter - the next year they were tried again in Legends with the cards Dwarven Song, Sylvan Paradise, Sea Kings' Blessing, Heaven's Gate, and Touch of Darkness