Kaervek's Spite
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
VisionsVIS · #63
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 2.01 € · 2.74 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- Black
Card text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice all permanents you control and discard your hand. Target player loses 5 life.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PredhLegal
- PremodernLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- Bryan Talbot
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 1997-02-03
Flavour text
"The end justifies the means. What do I care if I rule over the dead rather than over the living? The dead ask fewer questions." —Kaervek
Rulings
As always, you can’t sacrifice things you do not control.
The sacrifice of all your permanents and discarding of your hand is part of the cost and is paid on casting. You do not have a choice to pay this cost zero times or more than one time in order to multiply the effect.