Ledev Champion

Selesnya has always sold "go wide, then go big," and this is the rare payoff that does both inside a single combat step. The attack trigger turns a board of untapped creatures into a damage bank: every creature you tap loads a +1/+1 onto the attacker, so a stalled swarm converts directly into one threatening body. The subtlety is that the trigger taps any untapped creatures you control, which means vigilant attackers can swing and still feed the pump, letting a wide assault and a tall one coexist rather than trading against each other. Without vigilance, the choice sharpens: the creatures you bend toward the tap are creatures held back from the red zone, and they must be untapped to count, which is the restraint that keeps the ability from being a free finisher. The math only favors piling onto one body when the wide swing would be getting blocked anyway. The activated ability closes the loop by feeding the engine that powers it, producing lifelink Soldiers that can crew the next big swing or stay home to absorb damage while the champion grows past them. That self-sufficiency answers the usual failing of go-wide payoffs, which run dry once the board is established: this one manufactures its own fuel and then spends it for offense or defense as the board demands, all on a 2/2 small enough to die to almost anything but resilient enough to matter the moment it has company.