Kaervek, the Punisher

Legendary Creature — Human Warlock

Whenever you commit a crime, exile up to one target black card from your graveyard and copy it. You may cast the copy. If you do, you lose 2 life. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime. Copies of permanent spells become tokens.)

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Alchemy	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
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Pre-release	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Standard	Legal
Standard Brawl	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (3)

legendofa on Crimes

6 months ago

Welcome to the club, ClassySquidze!

My first thought here is to pick a direction. You mention Treasures, creature theft, discard, and crimes as themes. The theft and crimes pair nicely together, and the (targeted) discard and crimes, but the discard and theft are kind of competing with each other, and Treasure is more of a utility effect here than a focus, aside from Revel in Riches.

Some cards here don't really seem to fit any theme. Exsanguinate is a good finisher is you can dump lots of mana into it, but it doesn't steal or target anything. Blinding Powder doesn't really support anything either. Thieving Varmint interacts with only a couple of other cards, that let you cast opponents' cards. The discard effects seem like part of a general control/tempo package, instead of a theme by itself.

I think the best approach is to focus on one theme, or two if they overlap enough. Kaervek, the Punisher can string together black cards that target something into a full-on crime wave. The Treasure theme might fit better as a separate deck. At Knifepoint would be another crime payoff. Insurrection and Rise of the Dark Realms aren't bad, but they're 7+ mana, don't target, and are kind of reliant on what the opponent's playing. Maybe focus on discard + crime or theft + crime.

Belfore on Black Spellslinger

9 months ago

Wonder i you considered bothKaervek, the Punisher and Professor Onyx.

Coward_Token on The Reunion At Last - Sephiroth V1

1 year ago

You've probably already thought of Grave Pact. Cut No Mercy?

Conjurer's Closet and stuff like Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip if you want multiple emblems, but probably too gimmicky. There's even Sword of Hearth and Home since OWA flies

Kaervek, the Punisher janky recursion/advantage