The irony there is that Pangaea doesn't get as much benefit from Gift of Health since they have those recuperating units. It isn't useless to them, obviously, but it isn't as important to them as it is to other nations.
If you find some druids, they are good base mages to use, since they don't have to be empowered. Or, some mage who has a random pick. Empowering from 1->2 is rather cheap, while empowering from 0->1 is expensive.