Kaervek the Merciless
$0.36
$0.36Legendary Creature — Human Shaman
New Cards
Recent-set cards that Kaervek the Merciless players are trying out in Control decks.
Advanced Reconstruction+33% Synergy
$0.30
High Synergy Cards
The highest-synergy picks for Kaervek the Merciless's Control builds — cards that lean hardest into the Control theme.
Wound Reflection+59% Synergy
$14.39
Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls+44% Synergy
$23.97
Soul Shatter+41% Synergy
$3.62
Phyrexian Arena+40% Synergy
$4.16
Fiery Emancipation+39% Synergy
$13.73
Painful Quandary+39% Synergy
$1.79
Spiteful Visions+36% Synergy
$0.89
Solphim, Mayhem Dominus+36% Synergy
$26.78
Nowhere to Run+35% Synergy
$0.56
Mana Flare+35% Synergy
$1.56
Top Cards
The staple cards most Kaervek the Merciless Control decks run as their core.
Basilisk Collar+35% Synergy
$3.79
Spiked Corridor // Torture Pit+34% Synergy
$7.47
The Lord of Pain+30% Synergy
$10.76
Harmonic Prodigy+28% Synergy
$6.02
Deflecting Swat+25% Synergy
$71.17
Stormfist Crusader+25% Synergy
$0.99
Wayfarer's Bauble+23% Synergy
$5.61
Withering Torment+18% Synergy
$1.60
Rakdos Charm+11% Synergy
$0.39
Chaos Warp+7% Synergy
$0.36
Game Changers
High-impact bombs that can take over a Kaervek the Merciless Control game on their own.
Ancient Tomb+27% Synergy
$119.25
Vampiric Tutor+14% Synergy
$54.03
Necropotence+13% Synergy
$38.23
Demonic Tutor+10% Synergy
$69.17
Glacial Chasm+9% Synergy
$16.84
Gamble-1% Synergy
$16.92
Jeska's Will-14% Synergy
$41.27
Creatures
Creatures that carry the Control plan in Kaervek the Merciless decks, from early pressure to payoff.
Scytheclaw Raptor+35% Synergy
$0.31
Heartless Hidetsugu+33% Synergy
$2.79
Geode Golem+27% Synergy
$0.32
Chandra's Incinerator+26% Synergy
$2.11
Zurzoth, Chaos Rider+25% Synergy
$2.29
Bloodgift Demon+25% Synergy
$0.78
Kederekt Parasite+24% Synergy
$8.92
Indulgent Tormentor+24% Synergy
$0.68
Rug of Smothering+23% Synergy
$0.62
Torbran, Thane of Red Fell+22% Synergy
$5.43
Kefka, Dancing Mad+21% Synergy
$0.28
Hexing Squelcher+20% Synergy
$19.28
Harsh Mentor+20% Synergy
$0.37
Rampaging Ferocidon+20% Synergy
$2.56
Blood Seeker+19% Synergy
$0.38
Massacre Wurm+19% Synergy
$2.44
Barbflare Gremlin+18% Synergy
$0.64
Crystalline Crawler+18% Synergy
$0.29
Toralf, God of Fury+18% Synergy
$5.13
Brash Taunter+17% Synergy
$4.21
Tree of Perdition+17% Synergy
$2.94
Erebos, God of the Dead+17% Synergy
$11.11
Pain Distributor+17% Synergy
$5.22
Kaervek, the Punisher+17% Synergy
$0.33
Sepulchral Primordial+16% Synergy
$0.40
Tectonic Giant+15% Synergy
$0.69
Humble Defector+15% Synergy
$0.30
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor+15% Synergy
$0.65
Keen Duelist+15% Synergy
$0.33
Scrawling Crawler+13% Synergy
$6.39
Xantcha, Sleeper Agent+13% Synergy
$1.89
Combustible Gearhulk+12% Synergy
$0.36
Avalanche of Sector 7+12% Synergy
$0.22
PuPu UFO+12% Synergy
$0.50
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse+10% Synergy
$98.55
Braids, Arisen Nightmare+10% Synergy
$4.23
Qarsi Revenant+10% Synergy
$2.38
Gleeful Arsonist+9% Synergy
$6.75
Fate Unraveler+9% Synergy
$3.40
Razorkin Needlehead+8% Synergy
$5.46
Gray Merchant of Asphodel+8% Synergy
$4.20
Mogis, God of Slaughter+8% Synergy
$5.85
Fear of Burning Alive+8% Synergy
$0.21
Inferno Titan+8% Synergy
$9.37
Twinflame Tyrant+6% Synergy
$26.71
Zo-Zu the Punisher+5% Synergy
$8.66
Rune-Scarred Demon+5% Synergy
$1.31
Hoarding Broodlord+5% Synergy
$5.30
Vial Smasher the Fierce+3% Synergy
$3.21
Syr Konrad, the Grim0% Synergy
$1.67
Instants
Instant-speed interaction and tricks that keep Kaervek the Merciless's Control deck ahead.
Rush of Vitality+18% Synergy
$0.10
Return to Action+17% Synergy
$0.25
Offer Immortality+17% Synergy
$0.23
Darkness+16% Synergy
$23.83
Baleful Mastery+16% Synergy
$2.53
Archenemy's Charm+15% Synergy
$1.02
Tibalt's Trickery+14% Synergy
$10.50
Delayed Blast Fireball+14% Synergy
$14.80
Tragic Slip+14% Synergy
$0.26
Return the Favor+11% Synergy
$1.10
Blood for the Blood God!+11% Synergy
$8.46
Redirect Lightning+10% Synergy
$11.07
Lightning Bolt+9% Synergy
$0.87
Toxin Analysis+9% Synergy
$0.22
Chain Assassination+9% Synergy
$0.28
Alchemist's Gift+9% Synergy
$0.28
Boon of Erebos+9% Synergy
$0.07
Lash of Thorns+9% Synergy
$0.06
Virulent Swipe+9% Synergy
$0.13
Butcher's Glee+9% Synergy
$0.13
Shelob's Ambush+9% Synergy
$0.12
Coat with Venom+9% Synergy
$0.05
Necrobite+9% Synergy
$0.09
Touch of Moonglove+9% Synergy
$0.10
Bolt Bend+8% Synergy
$5.14
Battle-Rage Blessing+8% Synergy
$0.27
Armor of Shadows+8% Synergy
$0.31
Withering Boon+8% Synergy
$11.17
Guff Rewrites History+8% Synergy
$2.95
You Are Already Dead+8% Synergy
$0.30
Bladebrand+8% Synergy
$0.08
Ashnod's Intervention+8% Synergy
$0.28
Seething Song+7% Synergy
$11.52
Wild Magic Surge+7% Synergy
$1.21
Electrodominance+7% Synergy
$0.68
Hellish Rebuke+7% Synergy
$3.65
Tainted Strike+7% Synergy
$3.23
Murder+5% Synergy
$0.20
Kolaghan's Command+3% Synergy
$0.38
Supernatural Stamina+3% Synergy
$0.21
Bedevil+2% Synergy
$0.29
Fake Your Own Death+2% Synergy
$0.24
Go for the Throat+1% Synergy
$0.62
Red Elemental Blast0% Synergy
$11.81
Deadly Rollick-3% Synergy
$28.68
Fell the Profane-3% Synergy
$5.74
Dark Ritual-6% Synergy
$7.28
Infernal Grasp-6% Synergy
$0.32
Malakir Rebirth-6% Synergy
$13.30
Terminate-22% Synergy
$0.33
Sorceries
Sorceries that push the Control game plan forward for Kaervek the Merciless.
Ensnared by the Mara+16% Synergy
$7.84
Mana Geyser+15% Synergy
$1.24
Blasphemous Edict+14% Synergy
$4.24
Syphon Mind+14% Synergy
$0.31
Mutinous Massacre+13% Synergy
$0.31
Ultimate Magic: Meteor+12% Synergy
$0.25
Snort+11% Synergy
$0.31
Zenith Festival+11% Synergy
$0.33
Toxic Deluge+10% Synergy
$5.02
Suplex+10% Synergy
$0.23
Aether Snap+9% Synergy
$0.40
Unbreakable Bond+9% Synergy
$0.25
Maw of the Mire+9% Synergy
$0.08
Rolling Earthquake+9% Synergy
$3.10
Meltdown+9% Synergy
$0.24
Extract a Confession+9% Synergy
$0.25
Blightning+9% Synergy
$0.27
Destructive Force+9% Synergy
$0.44
Hour of Devastation+9% Synergy
$0.42
Exsanguinate+8% Synergy
$0.41
Risky Shortcut+8% Synergy
$0.31
Plague Wind+8% Synergy
$4.98
Profane Transfusion+8% Synergy
$1.48
Star of Extinction+8% Synergy
$2.69
Killing Wave+8% Synergy
$0.40
Gix's Command+8% Synergy
$0.49
Earthquake+8% Synergy
$0.53
Beacon of Unrest+8% Synergy
$0.30
Too Greedily, Too Deep+8% Synergy
$0.27
Scheming Symmetry+7% Synergy
$8.75
Glimpse the Impossible+7% Synergy
$0.23
Reckless Endeavor+7% Synergy
$11.64
Overmaster+7% Synergy
$2.78
Deadly Tempest+7% Synergy
$1.04
Vandalblast+6% Synergy
$1.71
Read the Bones+6% Synergy
$0.30
Crackle with Power+6% Synergy
$8.92
Boltwave+5% Synergy
$2.49
Chain Reaction+5% Synergy
$0.29
Fiery Confluence+5% Synergy
$0.39
Seize the Spotlight+5% Synergy
$16.46
Wheel of Misfortune+4% Synergy
$7.70
Torment of Hailfire+3% Synergy
$36.04
Disrupt Decorum+1% Synergy
$4.36
Grab the Prize0% Synergy
$0.56
Sign in Blood-5% Synergy
$3.14
Night's Whisper-11% Synergy
$6.25
Blasphemous Act-14% Synergy
$0.93
Reanimate-14% Synergy
$10.10
Feed the Swarm-23% Synergy
$0.24
Utility Artifacts
Artifacts that add consistency and utility to Kaervek the Merciless Control decks.
Glaring Spotlight+18% Synergy
$2.61
Voyager Staff+18% Synergy
$0.31
Mirror Shield+18% Synergy
$0.48
Chimil, the Inner Sun+17% Synergy
$7.83
Mithril Coat+14% Synergy
$29.06
Jet Medallion+10% Synergy
$14.67
Void Mirror+9% Synergy
$0.37
Eye of Ojer Taq+9% Synergy
$1.59
Oblivion Stone+9% Synergy
$0.35
River Song's Diary+9% Synergy
$0.56
Seal of the Guildpact+9% Synergy
$0.42
Glasses of Urza+9% Synergy
$269.50
Sphere of Annihilation+9% Synergy
$0.24
Navigation Orb+9% Synergy
$0.29
Polygraph Orb+9% Synergy
$0.13
Ghirapur Orrery+9% Synergy
$0.36
Batterskull+9% Synergy
$4.21
Ensnaring Bridge+9% Synergy
$11.26
Omen Machine+9% Synergy
$2.52
Isochron Scepter+9% Synergy
$12.32
Culling Scales+9% Synergy
$0.41
Coercive Portal+9% Synergy
$9.94
Thaumatic Compass+9% Synergy
$1.91
Temple Bell+9% Synergy
$6.69
Elixir of Immortality+8% Synergy
$1.05
Vexing Bauble+8% Synergy
$2.51
Vedalken Orrery+8% Synergy
$15.29
Vorpal Sword+8% Synergy
$2.67
Palantír of Orthanc+8% Synergy
$18.64
Darksteel Plate+8% Synergy
$6.92
Pact Weapon+8% Synergy
$3.71
Howling Mine+8% Synergy
$5.49
Crawlspace+7% Synergy
$8.94
Portal to Phyrexia+7% Synergy
$50.55
Expedition Map+7% Synergy
$1.43
Champion's Helm+7% Synergy
$2.90
Mindcrank+7% Synergy
$13.37
Shadowspear+5% Synergy
$29.75
Mask of Griselbrand+5% Synergy
$0.97
Helm of the Host+4% Synergy
$5.21
Whispersilk Cloak+4% Synergy
$2.18
Whip of Erebos+2% Synergy
$9.52
Ruby Medallion-2% Synergy
$14.81
Swiftfoot Boots-4% Synergy
$1.98
Lightning Greaves-17% Synergy
$4.10
Enchantments
Enchantments that reinforce the Control strategy in Kaervek the Merciless decks.
Gratuitous Violence+25% Synergy
$0.40
Repercussion+25% Synergy
$15.31
Dictate of the Twin Gods+24% Synergy
$1.69
Havoc Festival+24% Synergy
$0.40
No Mercy+24% Synergy
$24.64
Kaya's Ghostform+22% Synergy
$1.71
City on Fire+21% Synergy
$11.19
Wild Evocation+18% Synergy
$1.25
Descent into Avernus+17% Synergy
$12.84
Protection Racket+17% Synergy
$3.88
Smoke+17% Synergy
$8.41
Fungal Fortitude+17% Synergy
$0.26
Everlasting Torment+17% Synergy
$0.27
Leyline of the Void+17% Synergy
$0.73
Polluted Bonds+15% Synergy
$10.28
Exquisite Blood+11% Synergy
$40.36
Underworld Dreams+10% Synergy
$2.19
Deadly Wanderings+9% Synergy
$0.15
Subversion+9% Synergy
$2.23
Leyline of Punishment+9% Synergy
$2.99
Burning Sands+9% Synergy
$2.47
Curse of Shaken Faith+9% Synergy
$0.30
Gift of Doom+9% Synergy
$4.25
Evil Presence+9% Synergy
$0.15
Tainted Remedy+9% Synergy
$8.34
Visions of Phyrexia+9% Synergy
$0.35
Minion's Return+9% Synergy
$0.36
Soul Channeling+9% Synergy
$0.27
Thrull Retainer+9% Synergy
$0.27
Don't Try This at Home+9% Synergy
$0.11
Court of Ire+8% Synergy
$0.44
Burning Earth+8% Synergy
$2.59
Citadel of Pain+8% Synergy
$3.68
Pyrostatic Pillar+8% Synergy
$2.84
Maddening Hex+8% Synergy
$4.02
Court of Ambition+8% Synergy
$6.00
Pain Magnification+8% Synergy
$0.86
Retreat to Hagra+8% Synergy
$1.89
Warlock Class+8% Synergy
$0.23
Possibility Storm+8% Synergy
$1.89
Grievous Wound+7% Synergy
$0.77
Alchemist's Talent+7% Synergy
$17.24
The Sound of Drums+7% Synergy
$4.95
The Ruinous Powers+7% Synergy
$1.37
Dictate of Erebos+7% Synergy
$16.92
Spellshock+6% Synergy
$4.73
Sulfuric Vortex+4% Synergy
$1.74
Manabarbs+3% Synergy
$5.14
Roiling Vortex+1% Synergy
$1.75
Black Market Connections0% Synergy
$10.53
Planeswalkers
Planeswalkers that back up Kaervek the Merciless's Control game plan.
Ob Nixilis Reignited+8% Synergy
$0.40
Chandra, Torch of Defiance+6% Synergy
$1.53
Chandra, Awakened Inferno+5% Synergy
$9.10
Utility Lands
Non-basic lands that pull extra weight in Kaervek the Merciless Control decks.
Bojuka Bog+19% Synergy
$1.40
Witch's Clinic+19% Synergy
$14.45
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea+18% Synergy
$4.48
Arcane Lighthouse+17% Synergy
$1.79
Command Beacon+12% Synergy
$9.86
Reliquary Tower+9% Synergy
$4.23
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth+9% Synergy
$55.48
Cabal Coffers+9% Synergy
$28.81
Mystifying Maze+9% Synergy
$0.57
Detection Tower+9% Synergy
$3.19
Volrath's Stronghold+8% Synergy
$136.49
Volatile Fault+8% Synergy
$0.33
Field of Ruin+8% Synergy
$0.37
Maze of Ith+7% Synergy
$9.44
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx+7% Synergy
$45.74
Spymaster's Vault+6% Synergy
$2.71
War Room+6% Synergy
$5.22
Urza's Saga+3% Synergy
$38.48
Castle Locthwain+3% Synergy
$4.31
Spinerock Knoll0% Synergy
$1.99
Shivan Gorge0% Synergy
$1.23
Mana Artifacts
Mana rocks and fixing to power out Kaervek the Merciless's Control strategy.
Thran Dynamo+50% Synergy
$4.36
Everflowing Chalice+33% Synergy
$0.30
Charcoal Diamond+28% Synergy
$0.35
Glittering Stockpile+25% Synergy
$0.42
Fire Diamond+19% Synergy
$0.39
Coalition Relic+18% Synergy
$0.52
Mind Stone+17% Synergy
$0.34
Bender's Waterskin+17% Synergy
$0.93
Rakdos Keyrune+17% Synergy
$0.24
Basalt Monolith+17% Synergy
$4.87
Hedron Archive+16% Synergy
$0.25
Chromatic Lantern+16% Synergy
$0.73
Decanter of Endless Water+16% Synergy
$5.10
Gilded Lotus+16% Synergy
$0.59
Rakdos Locket+15% Synergy
$0.32
Worn Powerstone+15% Synergy
$0.37
Sol Ring+14% Synergy
$1.34
Arcane Signet+9% Synergy
$0.49
Lantern of Revealing+9% Synergy
$0.20
Altar of the Pantheon+9% Synergy
$0.26
Bloodstone Cameo+9% Synergy
$0.29
Tome of the Guildpact+9% Synergy
$0.75
Red Mana Battery+9% Synergy
$0.74
Laser Screwdriver+9% Synergy
$1.57
Mimic+9% Synergy
$0.19
Manalith+9% Synergy
$0.78
Nyx Lotus+9% Synergy
$4.76
Firemind Vessel+9% Synergy
$0.27
Black Mana Battery+9% Synergy
$0.68
Bounty Board+9% Synergy
$2.32
Staff of Compleation+8% Synergy
$4.00
Coldsteel Heart+8% Synergy
$1.91
Heraldic Banner+8% Synergy
$0.36
Relic of Legends+8% Synergy
$1.14
Skyclave Relic+8% Synergy
$1.44
Coveted Jewel+7% Synergy
$0.29
Rakdos Cluestone+7% Synergy
$0.18
Patchwork Banner+5% Synergy
$2.89
Mox Opal+5% Synergy
$229.58
Commander's Sphere+2% Synergy
$0.31
Thought Vessel0% Synergy
$2.35
Talisman of Indulgence-1% Synergy
$0.51
Rakdos Signet-3% Synergy
$0.35
Fellwar Stone-15% Synergy
$1.04
Lands
The mana base behind Kaervek the Merciless's Control decks.
Prismatic Vista+22% Synergy
$30.56
Foreboding Ruins+18% Synergy
$0.33
Rakdos Carnarium+14% Synergy
$0.34
Bloodstained Mire+12% Synergy
$18.38
Ash Barrens+11% Synergy
$0.31
Myriad Landscape+10% Synergy
$0.34
Arid Mesa+10% Synergy
$30.77
Marsh Flats+10% Synergy
$32.33
Polluted Delta+10% Synergy
$19.87
Smoldering Marsh+9% Synergy
$0.66
Geothermal Bog+9% Synergy
$0.29
Canyon Slough+8% Synergy
$0.25
Urza's Cave+8% Synergy
$2.58
Black Dragon Gate+8% Synergy
$0.52
Demolition Field+7% Synergy
$0.31
Tramway Station+6% Synergy
$0.23
Cinder Barrens+6% Synergy
$0.24
Graven Cairns+5% Synergy
$5.26
Raucous Theater+5% Synergy
$10.60
Sulfurous Mire+5% Synergy
$0.34
Cavern of Souls+4% Synergy
$51.06
Mountain+3% Synergy
$0.09
Rakdos Guildgate+3% Synergy
$0.16
City of Brass+3% Synergy
$11.44
Jagged Barrens+2% Synergy
$0.50
Wooded Foothills+2% Synergy
$19.18
Verdant Catacombs+2% Synergy
$29.04
Boggart Trawler+2% Synergy
$2.10
Scalding Tarn+2% Synergy
$37.51
Dragonskull Summit0% Synergy
$0.50
Haunted Ridge0% Synergy
$1.22
Fabled Passage0% Synergy
$0.64
Blood Crypt-1% Synergy
$8.55
Blackcleave Cliffs-2% Synergy
$2.61
Fell the Profane-3% Synergy
$5.74
Exotic Orchard-4% Synergy
$0.30
Badlands-4% Synergy
Temple of Malice-6% Synergy
$0.23
Malakir Rebirth-6% Synergy
$13.30
Swamp-7% Synergy
$0.10
Tainted Peak-7% Synergy
$1.70
Path of Ancestry-7% Synergy
$0.27
Shadowblood Ridge-8% Synergy
$0.41
Bloodfell Caves-10% Synergy
$0.21
Sulfurous Springs-11% Synergy
$0.49
Evolving Wilds-12% Synergy
$0.29
Command Tower-13% Synergy
$0.25
Blightstep Pathway-13% Synergy
$5.38
Luxury Suite-20% Synergy
$8.71
Blazemire Verge-21% Synergy
$11.09
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The following Commanders share a similar playing style, strategy, or theme like Kaervek the Merciless: Control.
Obosh, the Preypiercer
Judith, Carnage Connoisseur
Kazarov, Sengir Pureblood
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Kuja, Genome Sorcerer
Far Fortune, End Boss
Syr Carah, the Bold
Sarevok, Deathbringer // Scion of Halaster
Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls
Tor Wauki
Mogis, God of Slaughter
Black Waltz No. 3
Tor Wauki the Younger
Heartless Hidetsugu
Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
Donna Noble
Neheb, the Eternal
Safana, Calimport Cutthroat // Popular Entertainer
Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars
Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might
Feldon, Ronom Excavator
Yurlok of Scorch Thrash
Kamahl, Pit Fighter
The Lord of Pain
Jeska, Thrice Reborn // Vial Smasher the Fierce
Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar // Vial Smasher the Fierce
Jeska, Warrior Adept
Indoraptor, the Perfect Hybrid
Rakdos, Lord of Riots
Myojin of Roaring Blades
Auntie Blyte, Bad Influence
Norin the Wary
Urabrask
Zo-Zu the Punisher
Armix, Filigree Thrasher // Krark, the Thumbless
The Red Terror
Toggo, Goblin Weaponsmith // Vial Smasher the Fierce
Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh
Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest
Florian, Voldaren Scion