While this Ajani's -3 helps decks trying to go wide, providing each of your creatures with +2/+2, its ultimate -9 ability provides further payoff for the lifegain of its +2, putting a number of +1/+1 counters on a creature equal to your life total
That being said, for only a two cost card with eight will power, its looking very tempting for ramp decks that dont really need the early game gains as much as they need to ramp up their Inkwell to achieve later game win conditions
His other ability "Pounce" also means that Simba gains the "Evasive" trait, so he can also challenge characters with Evasive
While its not a fast or competitive plan, its a blast for casual podsopponents laugh at what youre giving away, youre steadily drawing into more gas, and every game feels like a bargaining session at Stiltzkins traveling shop
You can also abuse infinite combos, which makes The Gitrog Monster a viable combo deck in cEDH
Gogo, Master of Mimicry is a great, bizarre choice