Card
Kaervek the Merciless
Mana cost {5}{B}{R}
Legendary Creature — Human Shaman 5/4
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, Kaervek deals damage equal to that spell's mana value to any target.
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. 3 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · TSP · #242
- Cheapest printing
- €0.28
- EDHREC salt
- 0.61
- Color identity
- Black, Red
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
No known combos for this card.
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2021-03-19 · Wizards of the Coast
For spells with {X} in their mana costs, use the value chosen for X to determine the spell's mana value. - 2021-03-19 · Wizards of the Coast
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 · Wizards of the Coast
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.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast