Kjeldoran Royal Guard — ruling 1

If you activate the ability but Kjeldoran Royal Guard leaves the battlefield before combat damage is dealt, the combat damage from unblocked creatures won’t be redirected. It will be dealt to you as normal.

Kjeldoran Royal Guard : règles, fonctionnement et interactions (MTG)

Kjeldoran Royal Guard is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.

Official card text

: All combat damage that would be dealt to you by unblocked creatures this turn is dealt to this creature instead.

How it works : Kjeldoran Royal Guard

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

#1October 4, 2004· Wizards of the Coast
If you activate the ability but Kjeldoran Royal Guard leaves the battlefield before combat damage is dealt, the combat damage from unblocked creatures won’t be redirected. It will be dealt to you as normal.
No other card is named in this ruling.