Kaervek the Merciless
Legendary Creature — Human Shaman
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, Kaervek deals damage equal to that spell's mana value to any target.
"Rats and jackals feast in his swath, but even they will not walk with him." —Mangara
5 / 4
- Set
- Archenemy (ARC #88)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 7
- Released
- 2010-06-18
- Artist
- rk post
- EDHREC rank
- #2,705
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Nonfoil
- Served from
- Local database
Commander bracket
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Combos
Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.
Commander recommendations
Top synergy 50
Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.
- Painful Quandary
- Dictate of the Twin Gods
- Brash Taunter
- Basilisk Collar
- Wound Reflection
- Heartless Hidetsugu
- The Lord of Pain
- Obosh, the Preypiercer
- Vial Smasher the Fierce
- Worn Powerstone
- Spiteful Visions
- Mana Geyser
- Burnished Hart
- Underworld Dreams
- Commander's Sphere
- Indulgent Tormentor
- Stormfist Crusader
- Fiery Emancipation
- Angrath's Marauders
- Scytheclaw Raptor
- Unlicensed Disintegration
- Mogis, God of Slaughter
- Harsh Mentor
- Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
- Harmonic Prodigy
- Read the Bones
- Wayfarer's Bauble
- Archfiend of Depravity
- Kederekt Parasite
- Myriad Landscape
- Kardur, Doomscourge
- Guttersnipe
- Solemn Simulacrum
- Zo-Zu the Punisher
- Syphon Mind
- Deadly Tempest
- Akoum Refuge
- Thran Dynamo
- Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
- Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
- Molten Slagheap
- Bloodfell Caves
- Gilded Lotus
- Breath of Malfegor
- Havoc Festival
- Gratuitous Violence
- Soul Shatter
- Wild Ricochet
- Exquisite Blood
- Bloodgift Demon
Most included 50
Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.
- Mountain
- Swamp
- Sol Ring
- Command Tower
- Arcane Signet
- Smoldering Marsh
- Blasphemous Act
- Rakdos Signet
- Rakdos Charm
- Chaos Warp
- Dragonskull Summit
- Foreboding Ruins
- Terminate
- Painful Quandary
- Talisman of Indulgence
- Brash Taunter
- Lightning Greaves
- Dark Ritual
- Dictate of the Twin Gods
- Temple of Malice
- Basilisk Collar
- Mana Geyser
- Commander's Sphere
- Bedevil
- The Lord of Pain
- Blood Crypt
- Wound Reflection
- Swiftfoot Boots
- Solemn Simulacrum
- Stormfist Crusader
- Kardur, Doomscourge
- Spiteful Visions
- Myriad Landscape
- Rakdos Carnarium
- Bojuka Bog
- Heartless Hidetsugu
- Feed the Swarm
- Vandalblast
- Underworld Dreams
- Vial Smasher the Fierce
- Bloodfell Caves
- Mogis, God of Slaughter
- Sign in Blood
- Phyrexian Arena
- Luxury Suite
- Tainted Peak
- Read the Bones
- Wayfarer's Bauble
- Sulfurous Springs
- Worn Powerstone
Format legality
Rulings
- 2021-03-19
Alternative costs, additional costs, and cost reductions don't change a spell's mana value. Its mana value is still based on its mana cost.
- 2021-03-19
An ability that triggers when a player casts a spell resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.
- 2021-03-19
For spells with
in their mana costs, use the value chosen for X to determine the spell's mana value.