The point is that in 60-card one-versus-one competitive Magic, the initiative is such a fundamentally broken mechanic that a 3-mana 3/3 that doesnt really do much else is banned in one of the games most powerful formats
I used to run him in my Zedruu the Greathearted deck, where Darien would deter would-be attackers with the threat of mobilizing troops
The whole set made everything obsolete overnight, and though sets much later would tone down the escalation of power, Magic still lives in a post Eldraine paradigm of what a Magic card can fairly do
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2: Create a 2/2 white Cat Soldier creature token named Ajani's Pridemate with "Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this token." 0: If you have at least 15 life more than your starting life total, exile Ajani and each artifact and creature your opponents control