Zarda, the Power Princess
Exalted was always an awkward keyword to build around because it rewards attacking alone, and a deck full of exalted creatures spends most of its turns holding back rather than swinging. The tension has been that you need bodies to generate the buffs but can only cash them in through one attacker at a time. This design leans into that tension instead of fighting it: it turns your other Heroes into a battery, granting each of them exalted so the tribe becomes an engine that fires through a single swinging threat. The 2/4 flying body is the natural triggerman, evasive enough to connect and durable enough to survive the trade math that exalted decks tend to lose. What makes the grant meaningful is that each instance stacks across all your permanents, so a fuller Hero board translates directly into a larger solo hit rather than depending on any one creature's size. It is a lord that hands out a keyword instead of a static buff, but the reach of that keyword is deliberately narrowed: only other Heroes gain exalted, so the build wants Hero density specifically, not a generic wide board. A Hero that never leaves home still contributes every time your solo attacker steps forward; a mana dork that isn't a Hero does not. The archetype it wants is a tribe that goes wide in count and then narrows to one lane, and the reward is a single oversized hit that grows with every Hero standing behind it.
