It lets you use all your mana turn 2 if you have another 1-drop, it can attack for 2 damage on turn 2, and it gives you a mana sink to mitigate flood and just stress your opponents removal as a 1-drop that will win the game given enough time
I particularly like this in Rowan, Scion of War, as it rewards you in a big way for hurting yourself
Below is your complete checklist for every card included in the Eevee Grove expansion
The Lynx fights the traditional way of combatting aggressive Red decks, keeping your opponent from using life gain to get out of burn range, it prevents damage reduction strategies, and it even comes down to take a chomp at their life total as well
Rise of the Witch-king
Consider these Lands: The Tabernacle is reserved, and from a later set with more printings, but was rare vs