With the growing pace of Magic: The Gathering releases each year, it's difficult to keep track of every new set, Secret Lair drop, and supplemental release that hits the market
Designed for quick, fun matches
Savannah Lions, for the longest time, was among the most powerful one-drops ever, as a vanilla 2/1 for was utterly wild value so much so that watered-down versions in other colors with profound drawbacks were printed time and again (Mtenda Lion, Jackal Pup, Goblin Patrol, Jungle Lion, Scarred Puma, etc.)
If you can empty your hand, which with many decks is not a problem and some even have cards like Grafted Skullcap to help out, only zero power creatures can attack you
Still, no good typal strategy is complete without a few dedicated lord creatures, and the +1/+1 from Immerwolf is all it needs to really justify itself in a Wolf deck
The main idea behind Universes Beyond is to bring fans of other franchises and IPs into Magic