Wild Pack Squad

The trigger fires before attackers are declared, and that timing is the whole reason a 2/3 for three pays its way. First strike and vigilance land on one creature every turn without a single mana spent, which forces the opponent to read the board and commit blocks knowing exactly which attacker got the treatment. A first-striking attacker can trade up against a larger blocker, dealing its damage first; a vigilant one swings and still holds back to punish the crackback. Because the buff locks in during the combat step rather than being held up at instant speed, the pressure is structural: the trigger happens, it happens on your terms, and it reshapes the opponent's combat math turn after turn without ever asking you to leave mana open. The "up to one target" clause is what keeps the effect from spiraling. This is a repeatable single-creature enhancer, not a team anthem, so it rewards a board where one well-chosen threat is worth insulating rather than a wide swarm that would want a lord instead. It sits in the long white tradition of trading raw stats for a per-turn engine, the same exchange white attrition decks have always accepted, buying incremental combat advantage over a game rather than a single splashy swing.