Group Pain with Kaervek

Commander / EDH*

furiouslyeloquent

Land (32)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Bloodfell Caves
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Grixis Panorama
• 1x Jund Panorama
• 1x Molten Slagheap
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Ramunap Ruins
• 1x Shadowblood Ridge
• 1x Shivan Gorge
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Stensia Bloodhall
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Urza's Factory
• 1x Vivid Crag
• 1x Vivid Marsh

Creature (9)

• 1x Agent of Erebos
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Herald of Anguish
• 1x Hoard-Smelter Dragon
• 1x Reaper from the Abyss
• 1x Sire Of Insanity
• 1x Thoughtrender Lamia
• 1x Viashino Heretic

Artifact (19)

• 1x Astral Cornucopia
• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Grafted Exoskeleton
• 1x Loreseeker's Stone
• 1x Loxodon Warhammer
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mana Web
• 1x Pristine Talisman
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Ratchet Bomb
• 1x Seal of the Guildpact
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Unstable Obelisk
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Ancient Craving
• 1x Anger of the Gods
• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Drown in Sorrow
• 1x Grave Upheaval
• 1x Mind Twist
• 1x Mizzium Mortars
• 1x Pyroclasm
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Vandalblast

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Chandra, Torch of Defiance
• 1x Liliana Vess
• 1x Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath
• 1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

Commander (1)

Enchantment (15)

• 1x Citadel of Pain
• 1x Demonic Rising
• 1x Dictate of the Twin Gods
• 1x Furnace of Rath
• 1x Grave Betrayal
• 1x Havoc Festival
• 1x Manabarbs
• 1x Outpost Siege
• 1x Painful Quandary
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Price of Glory
• 1x Price of Knowledge
• 1x Stranglehold
• 1x Underworld Connections
• 1x Wound Reflection

Instant (7)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Magmaquake
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Tragic Slip
• 1x Volcanic Offering
• 1x Wild Ricochet

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Sideboard

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Breath of Darigaaz
• 1x Fiery Confluence
• 1x Hour of Devastation

Creature (1)

• 1x Archfiend of Depravity

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Rakdos deck focused on general ability hate and pain, hopefully the game goes long enough for me to cast Kaervek, which is in many ways half my win condition. Early game is a fair bit of disruption and the standard early game board wipes, midrange the deck includes several midsized bodies with good abilities (demons mostly) along with significant RB enchantment based hate.

Ultimately, I'm striving for a deck that alters the play environment in a similar, though opposite, manner as group hug style decks do. In many ways, the goal is not to win but to prevent as many other potential opponent wins as possible while not being stax per se. Dealing lots of damage with Kaervek is fun too.

Typically win scenarios are either after a very grindy affair when I manage to stick Kaervek (often the 3 or so time), or happen to get several damage multiplying effects in simultaneously. To be candid, this does not win often as it draws hate early, but is incredibly fun to play.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 3 Rares 28 - 1 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.82
Tokens	Assembly-Worker 2/2 C, Demon 5/5 B, Emblem Chandra, Torch of Defiance, Emblem Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath