Not exactly a House ability that you can reliably make a deck of, but at least it is possible. Also, in the hands of a Baratheon, this ability is deadly for most of its deck types - be it Power Rush, Knights or even the Asshai Shadow.
Comparing this to what the Starks and the Lannisters get, this is absolutely heaven, and I'd say that it is at least on par, if not better, than what the Targaryens and Martells get. Of course, nobody, absolutely nobody can scare off the Greyjoys.
The best thing about Vigilant is that, it is possibly the most usable ability of the lot - Stalwart and Vengeful requires opponents to participate, and generally involving losing something (a lot less problematic, and often desirable for the Martells, but the Starks, however...), Infamy is, well, passive, and Ambush and Intimidate requires forethought in using. Vigilant kicks in when you win a challenge, and Baratheons do like to win challenges.
On key thing about Baratheon decks is that they're seldom single color - Blue and Red are almost always together in pretty much most of the time, if not, Green and Blue for the more feminine Stags. With at least 2 colors,Vigilant gives the Baratheons unprecedented offensive capability. You couple this with standing after winning their last challenge issued, and they do get their people ready for defense too.
Because of this, I'm so gonna say that Vigilant is only slightly less powerful than Intimidate, on the fact that it is almost brainless to use (if you have it), rather common, and doesn't require specific deck construction to make use of. (good decks can of course maximize its usefulness)
Why the Baratheons have this I have no idea. In the Song of Ice and Fire, the last description you have on the Baratheons is that they are vigilant.
(o.o)
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