Kaervek's Purge
Sorcery
Destroy target creature with mana value X. If that creature dies this way, Kaervek's Purge deals damage equal to the creature's power to the creature's controller.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #26924
Kaervek's Purge kills any nonblack creature with power equal to the mana spent on X — and drains your opponent for that creature's converted mana cost when it does. The conditional on power makes it unreliable at parity, but in decks that inflate or fix X, the life drain tip is real value attached to targeted removal.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Kaervek's Purge is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its competitive home is effectively zero — Legacy and Vintage have cleaner unconditional removal that doesn't ask you to match power with mana. Commander is where it makes the most sense: the format's slower pace gives you time to set up the mana, creatures tend to have higher CMCs so the drain trigger actually matters, and black-red shells can exploit the life swing as a resource. Even in Commander it competes against better options unless you're specifically building around X-spell synergies or the drain trigger.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Kaervek's Purge sits firmly in bulk territory — you're not paying a premium for it, and you shouldn't be. Bulk rares with narrow conditions rarely climb without a specific combo or synergy breakout, and nothing on the horizon changes that math here.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.