If Noxian Drummer moves to a battlefield and triggers her ability to play a Recruit token 'here', but she gets returned to hand by Gust before the ability resolves, does the Recruit token still get created?

Ruling: The token would not be created because Noxian Drummer is no longer on the board when the ability resolves, so "here" cannot be determined.

Nuances:

  • A unit that is no longer on the board has no location
  • Spell and ability instructions are checked for legality both at trigger time and at resolution time
  • Units in hand return "null" for "here"