Kaervek, the Punisher
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SetOTJ
Collector #289
Released2024-04-19
Rarityrare
ArtistPedro Potier
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesBorderless
ScryfallOpen ↗

Kaervek, the Punisher

RareColour IDMV 3
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.)
3 / 3
Card capabilities
CreatureGraveyard interactionLegendary creature
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
3 other English printingsEarliest 2024-04-19Newest 2024-04-19Cheapest priced $0.34 in OTJ
Rulings (9)
wotc12 Apr 2024
The copy is created in and cast from exile, so effects such as that of Aven Interrupter’s last ability will apply.
wotc12 Apr 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.
wotc12 Apr 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.
wotc12 Apr 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.
wotc12 Apr 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.
wotc12 Apr 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.
Ranked by shared capabilities, colour identity, mana value and type — never by strategic judgement.