This is my Kaervek the Merciless deck, which I refer to as Haterade. I'm posting it for self reference and to fish for input
It's basically a R/B control list, and it's not very nice. The deck, as with all my decks, is limited to cards that I find in a nearby stores 50cent rare box (or trade for). With that in mind:
GENTLEMEN, I GIVE YOU...CORN, no wait, it's a deck
I am aware that I have absolutely no ramp. It has yet to be an issue actually.
There is only one full out combo in the deck, that being an active bloodchief ascension. The mindcrank is there to make it official, but honestly I've killed the table with an earthquake effect before. Also, it goes active almost immediately due to the constant symmetric burn, so that's a non-issue.
comments, questions, and suggestions are now welcome.
Oh, and if someone could point my in the direction which would let me do that nifty hyperlinking the deck name in my sig to this thread, t'would be nice.
Oh, and if someone could point my in the direction which would let me do that nifty hyperlinking the deck name in my sig to this thread, t'would be nice.
Top left, go to "User Control Panel", then on the left "edit signature". There is an "insert link" button where you input the text. Type "Kaervek Haterade" or whatever, highlight the text, then hit the insert link button and input the address in the box that pops up.
I also play Weiss Schwarz, Chaos, Vanguard and Wixoss.
Weiss Schwarz Sets
Accel World, Angel Beats, Familiar of Zero, Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet, Guilty Crown, Kill La Kill, Robotics;Notes, Sword Art Online.
Chaos Partners
Arpeggio of Blue Steel: Iona, Kirishima, Kongou.
Dangan Ronpa: Asahina, Togami.
Freezing: Vibration: Chiffon, Satelizer.
Vanguard Clans Favoured
Angel Feather, Dark Irregulars, Genesis, Neonecter, Pale Moon, Shadow Paladins, Tachikaze.
In games so far, I barely needed to cast him. This means that I really don't care if he dies. But to kill him they use a card and some mana. This usually hurts them a bit, putting me ahead. Also I have several effects to prevent lifegain from occurring, and even reversing it in some cases. Example:
Turn 1 Serra Ascendant? ok.
Turn 2 Rain of Gore. Come at me bro.
That said, I do run some enchantments that gain life, those being Nihilistic Glee (worst case), Subversion, and in theory even form of the dragon (this card has kept me alive for a while as I dealt 3 damage to myself a turn.)
EDIT: oh yeah, Bloodchief Ascension gains life too. It gains a lot of life.
I would look into running equipment if I ran more than 4 creatures that deal damage and I want to keep alive. I'm not saying it's a bad idea, but it would necessitate moving myself into more dangerous waters, imho.
As to keeping Kaervek on the board, I would much rather have a way to keep out my artifacts and enchantments, as any sweeper from Creeping Corrosion to Tranquility basically means it loses, unless you have Yawgmoth's Agenda in hand.
It's basically a R/B control list, and it's not very nice. The deck, as with all my decks, is limited to cards that I find in a nearby stores 50cent rare box (or trade for). With that in mind:
GENTLEMEN, I GIVE YOU...CORN, no wait, it's a deck
7 Kaervek the Merciless
Creatures
3 Jaya Ballard, Task Mage
4 Silent Arbiter
5 Fortune Thief
5 Jiwari, the Earth Aflame
6 Dread
Artifacts
1 The Rack
1 Black Vise
1 Executioner's Capsule
1 Meekstone
2 Juntu Stakes
2 Ank of Mishra
2 Mindcrank
3 Storage Matrix
3 Skull of Orm
4 Teferi's Puzzle Box
6 Ward of Bones
Instants
2 Terminate
2 Doom Blade
2 Fault Line
3 Dark Banishing
4 Into the Core
1 Despise
1 Earthquake
2 Black Sun's Zenith
3 Slagstorm
3 Pox
4 Chain Reaction
4 Diabolic Tutor
5 Void
Planeswalker
7 Karn Liberated
Enchantments
1 Bloodchief Ascension
2 Smoke
2 Rain of Gore
3 Words of War
3 Knollspine Invocation
3 Oppression
3 Underworld Dreams
3 Murderous Betrayal
3 Phyrexian Arena
3 Sulfuric Vortex
4 Nihilistic Glee
4 Leyline of the void
4 Manabarbs
4 Dark Suspicions
4 Furnace of Rath
4 Spiteful Visions
4 Tainted Aether
4 Pyromancy
4 Night Dealings
5 Yawgmoth's Agenda
5 Burning Sands
5 Subversion
5 Spreading Plague
5 Painful Quandary
5 Anthem of Rakdos
6 Wound Reflection
6 Enslave
7 Vicious Shadows
7 Form of the Dragon
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Lavaclaw Reaches
1 Grixis Panorama
18 Swamp
18 Mountains
number preceding card is is mana cost
It is based on me not having creatures, and lots of artifacts and enchantments that hurt someone (hopefully not me) every time they do something.
Card Choices/ list by use
Ward of Bones
Meekstone
Juntu Stakes
Storage Matrix
Silent Arbiter
Smoke
Spreading Plague
Tainted Aether
Dread
Fortune Thief
Incentive not to play cards
Ankh of Mishra
Painful Quandary
Manabarbs
Oppression
Single Use Targeted Removal
Despise
terminate
Doom Blade
Dark Banishing
Into the Core
Executioner's Capsule
Enslave
Multiple Use Targeted Removal
Karn Liberated
Murderous Betrayal
Words of War
Knollspine Invocation
Magmatic Force
Form of the Dragon
Sweeps
Jaya Ballard, Task Mage
Jiwari, the Earth Aflame
Fault Line
Earthquake
Chain Reaction
Slagstorm
Pox
void
Black Sun's Zenith
Cards that Like your creatures dying
Burning Sands
Vicious Shadows
Bloodchief Ascension (Active)
Damage Doublers
Furnace of Rath
Wound Reflection
Anthem of Rakdos (with Hellbent)
Spread the Damage Around
Subversion
Spiteful Visions
Dark Suspicions
Sulfuric Vortex
Underworld Dreams
The Rack
Black Vise
Card Advantage
Night Dealings - AWESOME constant tutor?
Nihilistic Glee
Phyrexian Arean
Yawgmoth's Agenda
Skull of Orm
Teferi's Puzzle Box
Diabolic Tutor
I am aware that I have absolutely no ramp. It has yet to be an issue actually.
There is only one full out combo in the deck, that being an active bloodchief ascension. The mindcrank is there to make it official, but honestly I've killed the table with an earthquake effect before. Also, it goes active almost immediately due to the constant symmetric burn, so that's a non-issue.
comments, questions, and suggestions are now welcome.
Kemba | Linvala | Talrand | Geth | Krenko | Zada | Patron of the Orochi | Medomai | Athreos | Gisela | Trostani | Nin | Silumgar | Kaervek | Jarad | Xenagos | Sydri | Narset | Roon | Zurgo | Ghave | Marath | Uril | Tasigur | Animar | Riku | Riku | Sek'Kuar | Cromat
Kemba | Linvala | Talrand | Geth | Krenko | Zada | Patron of the Orochi | Medomai | Athreos | Gisela | Trostani | Nin | Silumgar | Kaervek | Jarad | Xenagos | Sydri | Narset | Roon | Zurgo | Ghave | Marath | Uril | Tasigur | Animar | Riku | Riku | Sek'Kuar | Cromat
Top left, go to "User Control Panel", then on the left "edit signature". There is an "insert link" button where you input the text. Type "Kaervek Haterade" or whatever, highlight the text, then hit the insert link button and input the address in the box that pops up.
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EDH Math
EDH Decks:
Ghost Council: The Magic Mafia of Orzhova
BB Drana: Down with the Sickness
Rasputin: Reality is Broken
Vish Kal Bleeder: Bloody Kisses
Teysa, Orzhov Dominatrix
Stonebrow: Breaking Things
BWR Kaalia Punisher: Heaven's on Fire
Grimgrin: Dead Reckoning
My suggestions are in my Kaervek deck list, but otherwise, a minimum may be:
Lightning Greaves
Loxodon Warhammer
Basilisk Collar
Main Decks
Diaochan, Iroas, God of Victory, Kaalia, Marton, Ulasht, Volrath,
Kaervek, Prossh, Titania
Amusing or Themed
Progenitus
Pauper Guildmages
Azorius Boros Dimir Golgari Gruul Izzet Korozda
Orzhov Rakdos Rix Maadi Selesyna Simic Skarrg Zameck
I also play Weiss Schwarz, Chaos, Vanguard and Wixoss.
Accel World, Angel Beats, Familiar of Zero, Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet, Guilty Crown, Kill La Kill, Robotics;Notes, Sword Art Online.
Chaos Partners
Arpeggio of Blue Steel: Iona, Kirishima, Kongou.
Dangan Ronpa: Asahina, Togami.
Freezing: Vibration: Chiffon, Satelizer.
Vanguard Clans Favoured
Angel Feather, Dark Irregulars, Genesis, Neonecter, Pale Moon, Shadow Paladins, Tachikaze.
Wixoss - Just trial decks for now!
Turn 1 Serra Ascendant? ok.
Turn 2 Rain of Gore. Come at me bro.
That said, I do run some enchantments that gain life, those being Nihilistic Glee (worst case), Subversion, and in theory even form of the dragon (this card has kept me alive for a while as I dealt 3 damage to myself a turn.)
EDIT: oh yeah, Bloodchief Ascension gains life too. It gains a lot of life.
I would look into running equipment if I ran more than 4 creatures that deal damage and I want to keep alive. I'm not saying it's a bad idea, but it would necessitate moving myself into more dangerous waters, imho.
As to keeping Kaervek on the board, I would much rather have a way to keep out my artifacts and enchantments, as any sweeper from Creeping Corrosion to Tranquility basically means it loses, unless you have Yawgmoth's Agenda in hand.
Kemba | Linvala | Talrand | Geth | Krenko | Zada | Patron of the Orochi | Medomai | Athreos | Gisela | Trostani | Nin | Silumgar | Kaervek | Jarad | Xenagos | Sydri | Narset | Roon | Zurgo | Ghave | Marath | Uril | Tasigur | Animar | Riku | Riku | Sek'Kuar | Cromat