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Kaervek, the Punisher

{1}{B}{B}

Legendary Creature — Human Warlock

OTJOutlaws of Thunder Junction#92rare
Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 1180
Illustrator
Cristi Balanescu
Found in
Outlaws of Thunder Junction MTGO Redemption · Outlaws of Thunder Junction MTGO Redemption Foil · 2 more
Printings4EDHREC rank#6,486
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardLegal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardLegal
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.)
3/3
Plays as:
Life Outlet
Market · per finishspark updated 6h ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Nonfoil-35.0%
$0.26
$0.10 low$0.06 gapTCGplayer
Foil+5.4%
$0.39
$0.14 low-$0.02 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$0.26· across 4 printings· you're viewing it

Rulings

9 · latest Apr 12, 2024
  • WotCApr 12, 2024

    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.

  • WotCApr 12, 2024

    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.

  • WotCApr 12, 2024

    Because you’re paying the spell’s costs, if the spell has {X} in its mana cost, you may choose its value as normal.

  • WotCApr 12, 2024

    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.

  • WotCApr 12, 2024

    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.

  • WotCApr 12, 2024

    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.

  • WotCApr 12, 2024

    The copy is created in and cast from exile, so effects such as that of Aven Interrupter’s last ability will apply.

  • WotCApr 12, 2024

    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.

  • WotCApr 12, 2024

    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.