The ability will trigger only if Kjeldoran Home Guard is still on the battlefield at end of combat. If it’s been dealt lethal combat damage and destroyed during that combat (or has left the battlefield during that combat by any other means), its ability won’t trigger and you won’t get a token.
You put the Deserter token onto the battlefield even if you can’t put a -0/-1 counter on Kjeldoran Home Guard (because it left the battlefield after its ability triggered but before it resolved, for example).
This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ME2 — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
Card #22 of *Masters Edition II*, the set that shipped alongside the September 2008 Masters Edition II release.
Card type: Creature — Human Soldier, color identity white, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {3}{W} (4 converted).
Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.
EDHrec ranks this card #29,483 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Andi Rusu. Rarix catalogs 64 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Andi Rusu
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