Vigilance

Vigilance is a keyword ability that changes what happens when a creature attacks. Normally, when a creature is declared as an attacker, it becomes tapped. A creature with vigilance ignores that: attacking doesn't cause it to tap. It still attacks and deals combat damage as usual, but it stays untapped.

That matters because an untapped creature can still block on the opponent's turn. A vigilant creature can attack on your turn and then be available to defend you right away, so you don't have to choose between pressuring opponents and protecting yourself. It can also keep using abilities that require tapping. The reminder text on cards spells it out: attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.

• Our catalog records 759 unique cards with vigilance, across 1,990 printings and 340 sets.
• The oldest entry was printed in 1993 in Limited Edition Alpha; the newest set with one of these cards is Star Trek.
• Vigilance appears mainly on white and green cards. By card type, the catalog has 732 Creatures, plus 69 Artifacts, 13 Enchantments, 2 Lands, 2 Battles, and 1 Plane.
• Rarities represented are common, uncommon, rare, mythic, and special.
• The most-printed cards here include Serra Angel, Sun Titan, Zetalpa, Primal Dawn, Giada, Font of Hope, Atraxa, Praetors' Voice, Aurelia, the Warleader, Avacyn, Angel of Hope, Danitha Capashen, Paragon, Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines, Adeline, Resplendent Cathar, Faeburrow Elder, and Akroma, Angel of Wrath.