Additionally, there is a real shortage of one-drops, so good one-mana plays are at a premium
You can still tap it to activate abilities as far as I know, so this can technically save it from removal
In this case, you are hoping to do enough damage before your opponent can cast enough spells to either kill this or shrink it enough to make it not relevant
Make 4 mana
Sure, its fairly restrictive and not really the kind of removal spell an aggro deck is excited about, but it can definitely trade up in many situations, and even produce blow outs when combat tricks are involved
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