---
name: "Kaervek's Purge"
mana_cost: "{X}{B}{R}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B", "R"]
color_identity: ["B", "R"]
keywords: []
set: "MIR"
set_name: "Mirage"
collector_number: "270"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Richard Kane Ferguson"
oracle_id: "daa86c76-aacb-4244-9639-81f758c634b2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/kaerveks-purge-mir"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Kaervek's Purge
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{B}{R}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
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.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Phyrexian Purge](/printing/phyrexian-purge-mir.md) — Sorcery
2. [Kindle the Carnage](/printing/kindle-the-carnage-dis.md) — Sorcery
3. [Purge](/printing/purge-td2.md) — Instant
4. [Fatal Push](/printing/fatal-push-slp.md) — Instant
5. [Plaguebearer](/printing/plaguebearer-exo.md) — Creature — Zombie
6. [Disembowel](/printing/disembowel-rvr.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mirage (MIR) #270
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Richard Kane Ferguson
- **Total Printings:** 7 across all historical editions

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