---
name: "Kaervek, the Spiteful"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Warlock"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "M21"
set_name: "Core Set 2021"
collector_number: "106"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Daarken"
oracle_id: "b338d879-189d-4b74-9d63-42920fdb9855"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/kaervek-the-spiteful-m21"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Kaervek, the Spiteful
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Warlock

## Oracle Text
Other creatures get -1/-1.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Kaervek the Merciless](/printing/kaervek-the-merciless-dsc.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Shaman
2. [Night of Souls' Betrayal](/printing/night-of-souls-betrayal-ima.md) — Legendary Enchantment
3. [Hag of Inner Weakness](/printing/hag-of-inner-weakness-hbg.md) — Creature — Hag Warlock
4. [Witch's Vengeance](/printing/witchs-vengeance-eld.md) — Sorcery
5. [Infest](/printing/infest-clu.md) — Sorcery
6. [Stronghold Taskmaster](/printing/stronghold-taskmaster-sth.md) — Creature — Giant Minion

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Core Set 2021 (M21) #106
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Daarken

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`

## Official Rulings
- *(2020-06-23)* Because damage remains marked on a creature until the damage is removed as the turn ends, nonlethal damage dealt to creatures may become lethal if Kaervek enters the battlefield during that turn.
- *(2020-06-23)* If you control more than one Kaervek, each will give each other creature -1/-1. If these effects cause a creature's toughness to become less than or equal to 0 or the amount of damage marked on it, those creatures die at the same time that the “legend rule” remove your excess Kaerveks.