@7fold
This triggers when you cast a spell (not on resolution), so when you cast Gisela the following things would happen:
1) Gisela would go on the stack.
2) This would trigger and be put above her on the stack.
3) Proving there were no responses, this would then resolve, meaning there would be no change in damage from Gisela.
4) Finally Gisela would resolve.
However if she was already on the battlefield and you cast any other spell her abilities would change the amount of damage dealt.
Posted By:
DaJoshMaster
(1/3/2013 2:32:12 AM)
Excellent EDH general for antisocial players. Play with him and no one will ever speak to you again! (Even if they don't play Magic...they'll know what you did.)
Posted By:
Totema
(2/11/2013 11:39:30 PM)
It bugs me to no end when people say he is "too powerful" as a commander. He costs a whooping 7 mana, everyone sees him coming from miles away and any deck can pop him with a single CMC<3 spell.
He is good. I'm not denying that. Set up the battlefield with a Furnace of Rath and a Manabarbs and you can hurt-lock your opponents for good. But he's nowhere close to the guys who actually deserve being hated on (Jhoira, Zur and Kaalia, for example).
Posted By:
Lash_of_Dragonbreath
(4/28/2013 12:32:13 PM)
This guy is seriously underrated. I can't believe he's rated only 4.0. Ah it's probably hate rate for EDH. Still, even outside of EDH, any deck that can reliably cast him has a serious bomb. The fact that any removal spell spent on him automatically procs his ability before he leaves the field is just too good. Especially if that removal is not cheap.
...And if they can't remove him immediately then they lose. Well worth 7 mana.
Posted By:
DeaTh-ShiNoBi
(5/25/2013 11:49:19 PM)
KikiJikiTiki: He's a high-cost general in the colors WORST at Mana-helping. Yes there are 'things' and of course ALWAYS Artifacts for all EDH decks to turn to, but part of why I love Kaalia of the Vast so much, and think that she is the only General in MTG that MIGHT have a chance at truly MAINTAINING a continuous presence in an Archenemy Metagame, is because there are just barely enough White cards ala Land Tax to cover this egregious hole in Kaervek's otherwise Merciless plans.
Kaalia may not be the Best at much of anything, but I feel she CAN do ANYthing, thanks to being in the nicest colors for cards that break their own slices of the color pie. :)
(Temporal Extortion, Land Tax, and ZOUNDS everything based off Wheel of Fate). Kaalia is cheaper to cast than Kaervek, and she also has better mana support than Kaervek. It's a lot of little things but they add up eventually.
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Posted By:
DarthParallax
(8/24/2013 4:35:26 PM)
The general of my first Commander deck, before I really understood the "fun" angle of the format. I loaded the deck down with as much land destruction and removal as possible, with terrible things like Kulrath Knight for a little defense. Needless to say, my friends found it obnoxious and made sure I was dead before Kaervek could see play.
My suggestion if you want to use Kaervek in EDH is to not use him as a general; people see that from miles away and Do Not want him to get out. Instead, put him into a deck with some other appropriately colored general. That way, once you eventually get him on the field (and he will show up, use those black tutors), the high mana cost environment will ensure that your seven mana doesn't go to waste, as long as you can protect him.
Posted By:
Gandlodder
(10/27/2013 10:00:47 AM)
He makes his torch that much more unlikely to be countered. Powerful card that immediately stops the game once it lands, woe to anyone who doesn't read his effect. Pair him with defense grid for maximum lockdown effect.
Posted By:
N03y3D33R
(1/12/2014 9:47:47 PM)