Kaervek, the Punisher
$0.33
$0.33Legendary Creature — Human Warlock
High Synergy Cards
The highest-synergy picks for Kaervek, the Punisher's Control builds — cards that lean hardest into the Control theme.
Professor Onyx+57% Synergy
$5.71
Dismember+53% Synergy
$5.18
Malicious Affliction+51% Synergy
$3.03
Imp's Mischief+48% Synergy
$6.96
Go for the Throat+48% Synergy
$0.57
Chain of Smog+47% Synergy
$10.29
Sedgemoor Witch+47% Synergy
$6.56
Snuff Out+45% Synergy
$10.36
Infernal Grasp+43% Synergy
$0.56
Cabal Ritual+43% Synergy
$13.61
Top Cards
The staple cards most Kaervek, the Punisher Control decks run as their core.
Bubbling Muck+41% Synergy
$3.57
Defile+40% Synergy
$1.34
Consuming Corruption+40% Synergy
$0.36
Morbid Opportunist+37% Synergy
$0.29
Withering Torment+33% Synergy
$4.15
Exsanguinate+28% Synergy
$0.37
Feed the Swarm+28% Synergy
$0.20
Reanimate+26% Synergy
$8.61
Dark Ritual+19% Synergy
$11.92
Jet Medallion+11% Synergy
$10.25
Game Changers
High-impact bombs that can take over a Kaervek, the Punisher Control game on their own.
Necropotence+32% Synergy
$37.69
Orcish Bowmasters+28% Synergy
$44.92
Opposition Agent+22% Synergy
$19.34
Vampiric Tutor+21% Synergy
$60.01
Demonic Tutor+19% Synergy
$76.77
The One Ring+15% Synergy
$104.30
Imperial Seal+15% Synergy
$163.77
Chrome Mox+11% Synergy
$171.12
Bolas's Citadel+10% Synergy
$17.54
Ancient Tomb+10% Synergy
$131.68
Creatures
Creatures that carry the Control plan in Kaervek, the Punisher decks, from early pressure to payoff.
Merrow Bonegnawer+41% Synergy
$0.24
Dark Confidant+28% Synergy
$4.09
Maralen of the Mornsong+24% Synergy
$35.41
Dauthi Voidwalker+23% Synergy
$5.03
Darkstar Augur+21% Synergy
$0.77
Hoarding Broodlord+18% Synergy
$5.10
Hex Parasite+16% Synergy
$7.73
Boggart Trawler+15% Synergy
$0.89
Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian+15% Synergy
$0.31
Dread Presence+13% Synergy
$2.40
Gisa, the Hellraiser+13% Synergy
$5.75
Tinybones, the Pickpocket+12% Synergy
$5.30
Vilis, Broker of Blood+9% Synergy
$8.79
Servant of the Stinger+9% Synergy
$0.21
Toshiro Umezawa+9% Synergy
$5.03
Lobelia Sackville-Baggins+9% Synergy
$0.29
Oriq Loremage+9% Synergy
$0.66
Vadmir, New Blood+9% Synergy
$0.26
Grief+8% Synergy
$2.87
Keen Duelist+8% Synergy
$0.29
Tormod, the Desecrator+7% Synergy
$0.81
Royal Assassin+7% Synergy
$0.40
Shredder, Shadow Master+7% Synergy
$0.74
Tetzimoc, Primal Death+6% Synergy
$0.82
Kothophed, Soul Hoarder+6% Synergy
$0.29
Blood Artist+5% Synergy
$2.55
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth+5% Synergy
$0.72
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse+5% Synergy
$95.66
Unstoppable Slasher+5% Synergy
$4.42
Mindslicer+5% Synergy
$0.52
Stitcher's Supplier+5% Synergy
$0.26
Skirge Familiar+5% Synergy
$0.28
Avatar of Woe+5% Synergy
$5.11
Bloodletter of Aclazotz+4% Synergy
$35.49
Abyssal Harvester+4% Synergy
$0.34
Grim Servant+3% Synergy
$0.27
Asmodeus the Archfiend+3% Synergy
$0.38
Necrotic Ooze+3% Synergy
$2.21
Archon of Cruelty+2% Synergy
$9.87
Crypt Ghast+1% Synergy
$19.82
Phyrexian Obliterator+1% Synergy
$9.84
Enduring Tenacity0% Synergy
$13.28
Noxious Gearhulk0% Synergy
$0.38
Nirkana Revenant-1% Synergy
$6.93
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose-3% Synergy
$11.01
Ophiomancer-5% Synergy
$0.82
Braids, Arisen Nightmare-7% Synergy
$3.37
Gravecrawler-7% Synergy
$1.35
Zulaport Cutthroat-16% Synergy
$1.00
Gray Merchant of Asphodel-17% Synergy
$4.86
Instants
Instant-speed interaction and tricks that keep Kaervek, the Punisher's Control deck ahead.
Bitter Triumph+41% Synergy
$0.30
Force of Despair+36% Synergy
$7.31
Withering Boon+35% Synergy
$14.36
Heartless Act+35% Synergy
$0.20
Power Word Kill+35% Synergy
$0.18
Tragic Slip+34% Synergy
$0.26
Fatal Push+33% Synergy
$0.64
Cut Down+33% Synergy
$0.40
Long Goodbye+31% Synergy
$0.21
Entomb+28% Synergy
$18.02
Cling to Dust+28% Synergy
$0.35
Ulcerate+26% Synergy
$0.19
Cremate+25% Synergy
$0.09
Baleful Mastery+23% Synergy
$3.61
Victim of Night+23% Synergy
$0.38
Bile Blight+21% Synergy
$0.15
Insidious Dreams+21% Synergy
$14.88
Vendetta+21% Synergy
$0.21
Darkblast+21% Synergy
$0.48
Hostile Negotiations+21% Synergy
$0.35
Deadly Rollick+19% Synergy
$27.53
Curtains' Call+18% Synergy
$0.58
Sheoldred's Edict+17% Synergy
$1.35
Saw in Half+16% Synergy
$4.89
Liliana's Triumph+16% Synergy
$0.35
Darkness+14% Synergy
$23.94
Eliminate+14% Synergy
$0.16
March of Wretched Sorrow+13% Synergy
$0.34
Lethal Scheme+12% Synergy
$1.02
Word of Command+12% Synergy
Fell the Profane+10% Synergy
$2.42
Archenemy's Charm+10% Synergy
$0.53
Hagra Mauling+10% Synergy
$0.99
Sacrifice+10% Synergy
$16.46
Shoot the Sheriff+10% Synergy
$0.43
Crypt Incursion+10% Synergy
$0.30
Bloodline Culling+9% Synergy
$0.28
Rowan's Grim Search+9% Synergy
$0.28
Soul Shatter+8% Synergy
$4.22
Vona's Hunger+8% Synergy
$5.83
Price of Fame+8% Synergy
$0.30
V.A.T.S.+8% Synergy
$1.48
Doom Blade+7% Synergy
$0.62
Slaughter Pact+7% Synergy
$1.60
Malakir Rebirth+6% Synergy
$13.15
Sudden Spoiling+6% Synergy
$8.52
Blood Pact+6% Synergy
$0.35
Shred Memory+6% Synergy
$1.35
Hero's Downfall+1% Synergy
$0.21
Culling the Weak-4% Synergy
$7.76
Sorceries
Sorceries that push the Control game plan forward for Kaervek, the Punisher.
Night's Whisper+22% Synergy
$0.26
Tendrils of Agony+22% Synergy
$0.59
Damnation+19% Synergy
$20.72
Grim Tutor+18% Synergy
$24.65
Thoughtseize+17% Synergy
$7.68
Diresight+17% Synergy
$0.16
Cruelclaw's Heist+16% Synergy
$0.35
Insatiable Avarice+15% Synergy
$4.48
Duress+13% Synergy
$0.14
Scheming Symmetry+13% Synergy
$8.19
Inquisition of Kozilek+13% Synergy
$0.67
Toxic Deluge+12% Synergy
$3.31
Torment of Hailfire+12% Synergy
$41.44
Lively Dirge+11% Synergy
$2.02
Mutilate+10% Synergy
$1.95
Unmarked Grave+10% Synergy
$2.77
Rush of Dread+9% Synergy
$0.38
Ransack the Lab+9% Synergy
$0.27
Raven's Crime+9% Synergy
$0.34
Invoke Despair+8% Synergy
$0.31
Resentful Revelation+8% Synergy
$0.19
Stargaze+7% Synergy
$0.24
Sign in Blood+6% Synergy
$4.10
Damnable Pact+6% Synergy
$1.72
Dark Petition+6% Synergy
$2.64
Blood Tribute+6% Synergy
$5.92
Languish+6% Synergy
$0.37
Buried Alive+5% Synergy
$0.73
Infectious Inquiry+5% Synergy
$0.38
Cornered by Black Mages+5% Synergy
$0.23
Desperate Plea+5% Synergy
$0.42
Beseech the Queen+4% Synergy
$6.19
Beseech the Mirror+3% Synergy
$17.52
Praetor's Grasp+3% Synergy
$11.66
Peer into the Abyss+2% Synergy
$2.73
Dark Deal+1% Synergy
$1.81
Breach the Multiverse+1% Synergy
$9.97
Read the Bones0% Synergy
$0.29
Syphon Mind0% Synergy
$0.40
Agadeem's Awakening0% Synergy
$27.44
Blasphemous Edict-4% Synergy
$4.47
Diabolic Intent-8% Synergy
$17.57
Victimize-17% Synergy
$2.27
Utility Artifacts
Artifacts that add consistency and utility to Kaervek, the Punisher Control decks.
Aetherflux Reservoir+32% Synergy
$19.53
Glasses of Urza+24% Synergy
$269.50
Wishclaw Talisman+22% Synergy
$1.84
Agatha's Soul Cauldron+19% Synergy
$39.14
Sensei's Divining Top+16% Synergy
$46.92
Torpor Orb+16% Synergy
$4.95
Winter Moon+15% Synergy
$0.38
Expedition Map+13% Synergy
$0.83
Ghost Vacuum+12% Synergy
$4.26
Cursed Totem+12% Synergy
$1.29
Vexing Bauble+11% Synergy
$2.11
The Fire Nation Drill+10% Synergy
$0.28
Disruptor Flute+10% Synergy
$1.36
Palantír of Orthanc+8% Synergy
$22.64
Codex Shredder+8% Synergy
$0.28
The Darkness Crystal+7% Synergy
$4.36
Scrabbling Claws+7% Synergy
$0.14
Demon's Horn+5% Synergy
$0.93
Shadowspear+3% Synergy
$30.68
Wayfarer's Bauble-5% Synergy
$0.33
Lightning Greaves-26% Synergy
$3.66
Enchantments
Enchantments that reinforce the Control strategy in Kaervek, the Punisher decks.
Oubliette+31% Synergy
$2.73
Animate Dead+28% Synergy
$5.15
Nowhere to Run+27% Synergy
$0.51
Teval's Judgment+22% Synergy
$6.95
Black Market Connections+17% Synergy
$13.42
Ripples of Undeath+16% Synergy
$5.49
Tainted Aether+14% Synergy
$8.13
Necromancy+9% Synergy
$21.49
Dance of the Dead+9% Synergy
$16.68
Contamination+9% Synergy
$16.93
Wound Reflection+9% Synergy
$13.38
Grievous Wound+8% Synergy
$0.51
Painful Quandary+7% Synergy
$1.54
Tinybones Joins Up+5% Synergy
$0.40
Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber+5% Synergy
$2.74
Phyrexian Arena+4% Synergy
$4.33
Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab+4% Synergy
$0.28
The Meathook Massacre+2% Synergy
$28.37
No Mercy0% Synergy
$26.56
Dictate of Erebos-4% Synergy
$17.33
Black Market-6% Synergy
$5.59
Exquisite Blood-6% Synergy
$37.29
Bitterblossom-6% Synergy
$33.87
Planeswalkers
Planeswalkers that back up Kaervek, the Punisher's Control game plan.
Karn, the Great Creator+12% Synergy
$4.90
Liliana of the Dark Realms-4% Synergy
$9.15
Utility Lands
Non-basic lands that pull extra weight in Kaervek, the Punisher Control decks.
Urborg+36% Synergy
$18.58
Emergence Zone+31% Synergy
$4.19
War Room+21% Synergy
$2.87
Spymaster's Vault+17% Synergy
$0.87
Maze of Ith+16% Synergy
$10.62
Urza's Saga+14% Synergy
$43.89
Deserted Temple+13% Synergy
$0.46
Ghost Quarter+12% Synergy
$0.95
Strip Mine+12% Synergy
$23.03
Wasteland+11% Synergy
$28.26
Boseiju, Who Shelters All+11% Synergy
$18.34
Shizo, Death's Storehouse+9% Synergy
$35.73
Arcane Lighthouse+8% Synergy
$1.28
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth+6% Synergy
$63.85
Dakmor Salvage+6% Synergy
$0.27
Lake of the Dead+5% Synergy
$123.47
Vesuva+5% Synergy
$3.05
Bojuka Bog+2% Synergy
$0.95
Vault of Whispers+2% Synergy
$5.09
Cabal Coffers+1% Synergy
$34.50
Geier Reach Sanitarium+1% Synergy
$1.64
Barren Moor0% Synergy
$0.28
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire-1% Synergy
$11.29
Castle Locthwain-2% Synergy
$3.77
Crypt of Agadeem-4% Synergy
$2.34
Cabal Stronghold-8% Synergy
$10.98
Witch's Cottage-12% Synergy
$0.86
Phyrexian Tower-13% Synergy
$25.29
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx-15% Synergy
$54.27
Reliquary Tower-23% Synergy
$3.36
Mana Artifacts
Mana rocks and fixing to power out Kaervek, the Punisher's Control strategy.
Liquimetal Torque+46% Synergy
$3.57
Séance Board+34% Synergy
$3.73
Bandit's Haul+11% Synergy
$0.23
Mana Vault+8% Synergy
$112.13
Bender's Waterskin+8% Synergy
$1.04
Mox Opal+6% Synergy
$241.89
Lotus Petal+2% Synergy
$36.20
Arcane Signet-1% Synergy
$0.69
Caged Sun-1% Synergy
$3.57
Throne of Eldraine-2% Synergy
$30.81
Charcoal Diamond-3% Synergy
$0.32
Fellwar Stone-7% Synergy
$0.70
Sol Ring-8% Synergy
$1.84
Thought Vessel-8% Synergy
$1.92
Mind Stone-9% Synergy
$0.31
Lands
The mana base behind Kaervek, the Punisher's Control decks.
Forbidden Orchard+35% Synergy
$9.24
Demolition Field+19% Synergy
$0.27
Boggart Trawler+15% Synergy
$0.89
Talon Gates of Madara+13% Synergy
$37.94
Urza's Cave+11% Synergy
$0.89
Fell the Profane+10% Synergy
$2.42
Hagra Mauling+10% Synergy
$0.99
Snow-Covered Swamp+8% Synergy
$0.69
Horizon of Progress+7% Synergy
$6.37
Malakir Rebirth+6% Synergy
$13.15
Gemstone Caverns+5% Synergy
$53.37
Agadeem's Awakening0% Synergy
$27.44
Myriad Landscape-3% Synergy
$0.31
Swamp-7% Synergy
$0.14
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The following Commanders share a similar playing style, strategy, or theme like Kaervek, the Punisher: Control.
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