Kaervek the Merciless
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Format Legality
1v1 Commander Legal
Archenemy Legal
Arena Legal
Block Constructed Legal
Canadian Highlander Legal
Casual Legal
Commander / EDH Legal
Commander: Rule 0 Legal
Custom Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Freeform Legal
Gladiator Legal
Highlander Legal
Historic Legal
Historic Brawl Legal
Legacy Legal
Leviathan Legal
Limited Legal
Modern Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Planar Constructed Legal
Planechase Legal
Quest Magic Legal
Vanguard Legal
Vintage Legal

Kaervek the Merciless

Legendary Creature — Human Shaman

Whenever an opponent casts a spell. this deals damage equal to that spell's converted mana cost/mana value to any target (creature, player, planeswalker or battle).

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Flarhoon13 on Kaervek the Merciless, Vampires & Doomsday Demons

10 months ago

Having completed my quest to play all 52 of my decks, I decided to try getting a win with all of my decks

October 4

Kaervek the Merciless, Vampires & Doomsday Demons second loss. Couldn't stop the Henzie "Toolbox" Torre. Mikaeus, the Unhallowed brought back so many creatures. Twice. Through two board wipes. My losers' record drops to 8-16

Flarhoon13 on Kaervek the Merciless, Vampires & Doomsday Demons

10 months ago

Having completed my quest to play all 52 of my decks, I decided to try getting a win with all of my deck

Sep 20

Kaervek the Merciless, Vampires & Doomsday Demons loses, bringing my record with my losers to 5-11. Overrun by The Celestial Toymaker's games, Werewolves and The Scarab God's Zombies.

_Kane_ on Valgavoth, Harrower of souls (HF-1)

10 months ago

Hey, welcome to TappedOut.net! I would recommend listing you basic lands under one art image so the counts are more accurate. We can chat about the mana base another time.

Here are a few quick suggestions;

Sulfurous Springs - Replace Ash Barrens

Basilisk Collar - Lifelink to keep your HP at a healthy amount and deathtouch for a decent chump-blocker.

Razorkin Needlehead - Ping dmg on opp turns.

Blasphemous Edict - Board wipes are needed along with targeted removal.

Stormfist Crusader - Card draw

Roiling Vortex - This reads, "Yes, yes, and more please."

Scrawling Crawler - Yes, you have your opps drawing more cards, but they will pay for it with their life. You will also draw more cards. Taking advantage of the "symmetric" card draw by making it weighted in your favor.

Florian, Voldaren Scion - Card selection and Card draw.

Underworld Dreams - Ping dmg on opp turns.

Withering Torment - Enchantment removal is extremely rare in Rakdos Colors.

Ankh of Mishra - Ping dmg on opp turns.

Rug of Smothering - Ping dmg on opp turns.

Nightshade Harvester - Ping dmg on opp turns.

Magebane Lizard - Ping dmg on opp turns and keeps spell decks in check.

Cemetery Gatekeeper - Exile someone's fetch land from a GY. Then, whenever a player play a land you ping for 2 dmg.

Malakir Rebirth  Flip - A tapped land with a great spell on the backside.

Reanimate - Any graveyard...

I believe you opened a Bloodthirsty Conqueror!!

Expensive:

Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

Bloodchief Ascension

Orcish Bowmasters

Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin

Deflecting Swat

Jeska's Will

Deadly Rollick

Solphim, Mayhem Dominus

Zo-Zu the Punisher - I may have one of these for trade. I'll check.

Dauthi Voidwalker

Opposition Agent

As far a cuts:

Vile Entomber - Easy cut.

Olivia, Crimson Bride I would lose the graveyard reanimator subtheme.

Valgavoth's Lair - With your deck only being in two colors and with no add value for the land being an enchantment (the extra card type becomes more of a risk than reward), I would cut this land.

Enchanter's Bane - Just not strong enough and the damage isn't on your opponents turns.

Mask of Griselbrand - Too expensive to cast/equip and requires the creature to die for the card draw to trigger.

Temple of the False God - Easy cut. The pay off isn't there and the number of times you won't be able to tap this land for mana isn't worth the upside.

Light Up the Stage - There is better card draw.

Braids, Arisen Nightmare - The group slug effect is nice, but a potential cut due to being non-targeted removal/group sacrifice.

Massacre Girl - Black has better board wipes that can't miss.

Ash Barrens - Easy cut for a land more suited to your deck build.

Bloodfell Caves - Easy cut for a land more suited to your deck build.

Vessiliana on Misery in Weasel Form

1 year ago

Kaervek the Merciless? Is he what you have in mind?

SufferFromEDHD on SufferFromEDHD

1 year ago

Interesting choice of colors for the strategy. Almost all of the legendary creatures are centered around creatures.

  1. Tsabo Tavoc kind of a pet card but I think this would give the creatureless strategy unique removal.

  2. Kaervek the Merciless straightforward punisher.

  3. Rowan, Scion of War this could be interesting. Free artifacts and cheap enchantments.

  4. Imskir Iron-Eater looks like Bosh, Iron Golem was upgraded for the power creeped era.

DemonDragonJ on Indulgent Tormentor or Visara the …

1 year ago

shadow63, Bloodgift Demon is an excellent creature, but I need to ensure that any deck that contains it also has a reliable method for gaining life.

griffstick, Kaervek the Merciless is an amazing creature, but I cannot justify paying 7 mana for him, no matter how good his ability is, especially when he is only a 5/4, and Dread Presence is also awesome, but its emphasis on swamps limits it to one- or two-colored decks.

debuf on Last_Laugh

1 year ago

Last_Laugh

Yes, but it is mainly there because I wanted to see card recommendations.

Kaervek the Merciless

I'm hoping to keep the deck to, RB? I forgot the term for red and black.

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