Her other ability utilizes the Growth Counters
White weenie decks don't really have a use for all that extra mana should they fail to Armageddon, so trading two mana for one more point of damage each turn stands as a pretty fair bargain

Wilds of Eldraine Product Overview Wilds of Eldraine Draft Boosters Wilds of Eldraine Set Boosters Wilds of Eldraine Collector Boosters 4 Traditional foil commons 101 Commons from the Wilds of Eldraine main set 3 Traditional foil uncommons 80 Uncommons from the Wilds of Eldraine main set 1 Traditional foil full-art basic land 1 Non-foil Enchanting Tales uncommon 1 of 18 Uncommon Enchanting Tales cards 1 Traditional foil Enchanting Tales uncommon 1 of 18 Uncommon Enchanting Tales cards in traditional foil 1 Traditional foil rare or mythic rare 1 of 60 Rares from the Wilds of Eldraine main set in traditional foil (85.7%) 1 of 20 Mythic rares from the Wilds of Eldraine main set in traditional foil (14.3%) 1 Non-foil or traditional foil extended-art rare or mythic rare 10.5% of Collector Boosters contain a foil card in this slotthis includes new Commander cards in extended art, including the new Commander content found in Set Boosters and the 2 mythic rares in each Commander deck

He makes your commander harder to kill, provides two white mana for auras and equipment spells, and lets you re-attach auras and equipment whenever you want (provided it's on your turn)
And when you reanimate this card, you get an instant chance of getting another bomb creature onto the battlefield
This is likely because there are specific cards that interact with Pawpsicle and only Pawpsicle, so that ban (while more obvious) was probably seen as more extreme by developers