Kjeldoran Javelineer
Creature — Human Soldier
Cumulative upkeep 
(At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
: This creature deals damage equal to the number of age counters on it to target attacking or blocking creature.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Coldsnap
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #29649
Kjeldoran Javelineer trades a +1/+1 counter for a point of damage to any target — repeatable removal stapled to a 1/1 body, as long as you keep feeding it counters. The cost is real: without a counter engine behind it, the effect is a one-shot and the body is irrelevant.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Kjeldoran Javelineer is a bulk uncommon in every format that will see it, and the honest answer is that it barely sees play in any of them. In Commander, it has a narrow home in dedicated +1/+1 counter decks — Atraxa, Praetors' Voice or Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider shells — where counters flow freely enough to make the activated ability meaningful. In Pauper, the competition at one mana is fierce and a 1/1 with a counters-matter rider doesn't clear the bar. Legacy and Vintage are non-conversations.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Kjeldoran Javelineer is deep bulk — this is a card you find in a draft chaff box, not a singles order. It won't appreciate; there's no demand pressure to push it off the floor.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.