While it isn't nearly as resilient as Restoration Angel (actually, it dies to just about everything), a three-drop that hits for three in their air closes out games quickly
For example, if it is added after the first and second word in her name, it will be added just after the first word in each other creature's name
Paired with a high mana cost of six, and it's not hard to see why Ajani, Valiant Protector doesn't see much play
A 2/2 creature is a lot of value for one mana, so this can be a powerful card if youre able to kick it multiple times
When you Infernal Grasp a Werewolf Pack Leader everything is cleaned up, but the same exchange against the most-played three-drops in Standard leaves you down some other advantage even if you are up a mana
The only way around this was to either put a status effect on him, or to fight him with an incredibly weak pokemon like Magikarp