Vigilance

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Vigilance is a keyword ability on creatures that allows the creature to attack without tapping. This ability has existed in the game since Alpha, where it was not keyworded but instead had the rules text of the ability written out. Vigilance was introduced as a keyword in Champions of Kamigawa, and was retroactively changed, via Oracle, on all cards that had "Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap." such as Serra Angel.

[edit] Reminder text

The latest reminder text for Vigilance reads "Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap."

From the Comprehensive Rules
  • 502.14. Vigilance
    • 502.14a Vigilance is a static ability that modifies the rules for the declare attackers step.
    • 502.14b Attacking doesn’t cause creatures with vigilance to tap. (See rule 308, “Declare Attackers Step.”)
    • 502.14c Multiple instances of vigilance on the same creature are redundant.

[edit] Color percentages

There is a total of 79 cards that involve vigilance, which are divided among the five colors as such:

  • White = 70 %
  • Blue = 9 %
  • Red = 7 %
  • Black = 2 %
  • Green = 8 %
  • Artifacts = 4 %

Note that multicolored cards are counted in each color.

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