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AI 🤖 Find me cards equivalent to: Kaervek, the Punisher

There is no card named Kaervek, the Punisher. Did you mean Kaervek the Merciless? If so, here are similar Rakdos (black/red) cards that punish opponents:
1. Vilis, Broker of Blood – Drains life for drawing cards.
2. Mayhem Devil – Deals damage when permanents are sacrificed.
3. Rakdos, Lord of Riots – Rewards damage to opponents.
4. Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted – Opponents lose life when they draw.

These all create punishing effects for opponents, similar to Kaervek the Merciless.

Results:

Kaervek the Merciless #257 Legendary Creature — Human Shaman

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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 7
Power/Toughness: 5/4
Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Shaman
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    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Rules

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • For spells with {X} in their mana costs, use the value chosen for X to determine the spell's mana value.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.27 USD / 0.53 USD
    Cardmarket 0.25 EUR / 0.71 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.49 USD / 0.49 USD
    Cardsphere 0.46 USD
    Manapool 0.92 USD 3.23 USD 12.49 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Whenever an opponent casts a spell, Kaervek deals damage equal to that spell's mana value to any target.

    Kaervek, the Punisher #92 Legendary Creature — Human Warlock

    Variations: v1 v2

    Info

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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: 3/3
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Warlock
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
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    Rules

  • A player can commit only one crime per spell or ability they control. Targeting multiple opponents, permanents, spells, abilities, and/or cards with the same spell or ability doesn’t constitute committing multiple crimes.
  • A player commits a crime as they cast a spell, activate an ability, or put a triggered ability on the stack that targets at least one opponent, at least one permanent, spell, or ability an opponent controls, and/or at least one card in an opponent’s graveyard.
  • Because you’re paying the spell’s costs, if the spell has {X} in its mana cost, you may choose its value as normal.
  • Changing the target or targets of a spell or ability won’t affect whether or not the controller of that spell or ability has committed a crime. Only the initial targets chosen for that spell or ability are used to determine whether or not its controller committed a crime.
  • For example, an ability that triggers when you cast a spell that targets an opponent will trigger at the same time as an ability that triggers whenever you commit a crime. Those abilities can be put on the stack in either order (if you control them both), and they’ll both resolve before the spell that caused them to trigger.
  • If you don’t want to cast the copy, you can choose not to; the copy ceases to exist the next time state-based actions are performed.
  • The copy is created in and cast from exile, so effects such as that of Aven Interrupter’s last ability will apply.
  • The spell or ability that constituted a crime doesn’t have to have resolved yet or at all. As soon as you’re finished casting the spell, activating the ability, or putting the triggered ability on the stack, you’ve committed a crime.
  • You cast the copy while the ability is resolving and still on the stack. You can’t wait to cast it later in the turn.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.22 USD / 0.43 USD
    Cardmarket 0.34 EUR / 0.44 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.49 USD / 0.49 USD
    Cardsphere 0.23 USD
    Manapool 0.92 USD 3.23 USD 12.49 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    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.)

    Mayhem Devil #121 Creature — Devil

    Info

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: 3/3
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Devil
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Rules

  • A legendary permanent that is put into a graveyard because of the "legend rule" isn't sacrificed.
  • If a permanent is sacrificed to pay a cost of a spell or ability, Mayhem Devil's ability will resolve before that spell or ability. Conversely, if a permanent is sacrificed during the resolution of a spell or ability, that spell or ability will finish resolving before Mayhem Devil's ability is put onto the stack.
  • If you sacrifice Mayhem Devil, its ability triggers.
  • Mayhem Devil itself doesn't allow any player to sacrifice any permanents. Its ability triggers whenever a player sacrifices a permanent because some other spell, ability, or cost instructed the player to do so.
  • You control Mayhem Devil's triggered ability and choose the target, no matter who sacrificed the permanent.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.25 USD
    Cardmarket 0.28 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.49 USD
    Cardsphere 0.27 USD
    Manapool 0.92 USD 3.23 USD 12.49 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Whenever a player sacrifices a permanent, this creature deals 1 damage to any target.

    Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted #511 Legendary Planeswalker — Nixilis

    Info

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    Cost:
    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 5
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Planeswalker
    • SubTypes:
  • Nixilis
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Rules

  • If Ob Nixilis leaves the battlefield before his last ability resolves, most likely because he only had 2 loyalty when you activated the ability, his first ability won't exist to trigger when the creature's controller draws two cards.
  • If the target creature is an illegal target by the time Ob Nixilis's last ability tries to resolve, the ability doesn't resolve. No player draws two cards. If the target is legal but not destroyed (most likely because it has indestructible), its controller does draw two cards.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 3.09 USD
    Cardmarket 3.13 EUR
    Cardkingdom 2.99 USD
    Manapool 0.92 USD 3.23 USD 12.49 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Whenever an opponent draws a card, Ob Nixilis deals 1 damage to that player.
    −2Destroytarget creature. Its controller draws two cards.

    Rakdos, Lord of Riots #187 Legendary Creature — Demon

    Info

    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 6/6
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Demon
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying Trample

    Rules

  • Damage dealt to a player causes that player to lose that much life.
  • If an opponent lost life and subsequently lost the game, Rakdos's first ability is satisfied, and its last ability counts that loss of life.
  • If there are additional costs to cast a creature spell, such as a kicker cost or the commander tax, apply those increases before applying cost reductions.
  • Rakdos can be put onto the battlefield by another spell or ability even if no opponent has lost life that turn.
  • Rakdos's last ability can't reduce the colored mana requirement of a creature spell you cast.
  • Rakdos's last ability cares about the total life lost, not necessarily what an opponent's life total is compared to what it was at the beginning of the turn. For example, if an opponent loses 5 life and then gains 10 life in a turn, creature spells you cast will cost {5} less to cast.
  • Rakdos's last ability won't reduce the cost to cast Rakdos itself. It applies only to creature spells you cast once Rakdos is on the battlefield.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 1.38 USD / 10.24 USD
    Cardmarket 0.96 EUR / 7.79 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.99 USD / 6.99 USD
    Cardsphere 1.53 USD
    Manapool 0.92 USD 3.23 USD 12.49 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    You can't cast Rakdos unless an opponent lost life this turn. Flying, trample Creature spells you cast cost less to cast for each 1 life your opponents have lost this turn.

    Vilis, Broker of Blood #1567 Legendary Creature — Demon

    Variations: v1 v2

    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 8
    Power/Toughness: 8/8
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Demon
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying

    Rules

  • A player loses life if they pay life.
  • If you pay life to cast a spell or activate an ability, you don't draw cards until after you've finished casting that spell or activating that ability. You draw those cards before that spell or ability resolves, but after targets are chosen for it.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 13.18 USD
    Cardmarket 14.33 EUR / 16.62 EUR
    Cardkingdom 20.99 USD
    Cardsphere 12.63 USD
    Manapool 0.92 USD 3.23 USD 12.49 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Flying , Pay 2 life: Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Whenever you lose life, draw that many cards. (Damage causes loss of life.)

    Kaervek the Merciless Legendary Creature — Human Shaman Normal - ~$1.98

    Kaervek, the Punisher Legendary Creature — Human Warlock Normal - ~$1.93

    Mayhem Devil Creature — Devil Normal - ~$2.56

    Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted Legendary Planeswalker — Nixilis Normal - ~$4.31

    Rakdos, Lord of Riots Legendary Creature — Demon Normal - ~$4.65

    Vilis, Broker of Blood Legendary Creature — Demon Normal - ~$11.8

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