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◇ Catalog #63

Kaervek's Spite

vis·#63·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Bryan Talbot

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Feb 1997

29 yr ago

Value

$3.08+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $3.19 · low $2.90

NM$3.08

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$2.85–$3.25modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $3.11low $0.83range 274.7%n 46

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #22,822 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$3.08

Gameplay

Instant

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice all permanents you control and discard your hand. Target player loses 5 life.

"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

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2004-10-04wotc

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.

2004-10-04wotc

As always, you can’t sacrifice things you do not control.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $3.08. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.83 and $3.11 across 46 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from VIS — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #63 of *Visions*, the set that shipped alongside the February 1997 Visions release.

Card type: Instant, color identity black, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {B}{B}{B} (3 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander. This printing is on Wizards of the Coast's Reserved List — Wizards has committed never to reprint cards on that list, which underwrites a structural scarcity floor on every surviving copy.

EDHrec ranks this card #22,822 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Bryan Talbot. Rarix catalogs 15 other cards credited to this artist.