Cabal Patriarch

Cabal Patriarch

Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

Mana cost: {3}{B}{B}{B}

How we read this card

Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.

activated {2}{B}, Sacrifice a creature —

activated {2}{B}, Sacrifice a creature — shrinks a creature by -2/-2

Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.

activated {2}{B}, Exile a creature card from your graveyard —

activated {2}{B}, Exile a creature card from your graveyard — shrinks a creature by -2/-2

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, exile a creature, a creature leaves a graveyard.

Cares about: a creature to sacrifice.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Cabal Patriarch is one).

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Shaun, Father of Synths leaves the battlefield thanks to Cabal Patriarch, it exiles a Synth you control
  2. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Cabal Patriarch, it exiles a Nightmare

hits creature — 2,298 cards in the game can cause this (Cabal Patriarch is one).

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put Cabal Patriarch onto the battlefield from your library
  2. Polymorph — Polymorph can put Cabal Patriarch onto the battlefield from your library
  3. Birthing Ritual — Birthing Ritual can put Cabal Patriarch onto the battlefield from your library
  4. Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put Cabal Patriarch onto the battlefield from your library
  5. Killer Instinct — Killer Instinct can put Cabal Patriarch onto the battlefield from your library
  6. Arthur, Marigold Knight — Arthur, Marigold Knight can put Cabal Patriarch onto the battlefield from your library
  7. Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put Cabal Patriarch onto the battlefield from your library
  8. Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put Cabal Patriarch onto the battlefield from your library
  9. Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put Cabal Patriarch onto the battlefield from your library
  10. Transmogrify — Transmogrify can put Cabal Patriarch onto the battlefield from your library

8 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature is exiled — 995 cards in the game can cause this (Cabal Patriarch is one).

  1. The War Games — When Cabal Patriarch is exiled, The War Games exiles a Warrior

a creature is exiled — 1,003 cards in the game can cause this (Cabal Patriarch is one).

When Cabal Patriarch is exiled:

  1. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  2. Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Kaya, Spirits' Justice — copies a permanent
  4. Soulherder — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Kaya's Ghostform — blinks a permanent

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken Wizard enters the battlefield — 1,243 cards in the game can cause this (Cabal Patriarch is one).

  1. Inalla, Archmage Ritualist — When Cabal Patriarch enters, Inalla, Archmage Ritualist makes a token

a Wizard creature enters the battlefield — 1,264 cards in the game can cause this (Cabal Patriarch is one).

  1. Diviner's Wand — When Cabal Patriarch enters, Diviner's Wand triggers

a creature leaves a graveyard — 1,302 cards in the game can cause this (Cabal Patriarch is one).

When Cabal Patriarch leaves a graveyard:

  1. Grim Reaper's Scythe — makes a token
  2. Syr Konrad, the Grim — deals 1 damage
  3. Cyan, Vengeful Samurai — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Along the Crooked Way — puts a counter on a Goblin or Army
  5. Skeleton Crew — makes a token
  6. Desecrated Tomb — makes a token
  7. Chalk Outline — makes a token
  8. Insidious Roots — makes a token
  9. Undead Hand Ninja — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  10. Rot Farm Mortipede — gets +1/+0

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,714 cards in the game can cause this (Cabal Patriarch is one).

When you sacrifice a creature to Cabal Patriarch:

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — makes a token
  2. Bag of Devouring — exiles it

a creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (Cabal Patriarch is one).

When you sacrifice a creature to Cabal Patriarch:

  1. Ziatora, the Incinerator — deals that creature's power damage
  2. Dina, Essence Brewer — draws you 1 card
  3. Fleshtaker — gains you 1 life
  4. Body Dropper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  6. Kels, Fight Fixer — draws you 1 card
  7. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — triggers
  8. Grist, the Hunger Tide — kills a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls
  9. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  10. Rakdos, the Muscle — exiles a card from an opponent's library

19 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Cabal Patriarch is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When Cabal Patriarch is exiled, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself
  2. God-Eternal Oketra — When God-Eternal Oketra is exiled thanks to Cabal Patriarch, it triggers

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (Cabal Patriarch is one).

When Cabal Patriarch leaves a graveyard:

  1. Blastoneuron — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab — makes a token
  3. Teval, the Balanced Scale — makes a token
  4. Hologram Stalker — makes a token
  5. Tormod, the Desecrator — makes a token
  6. Quintorius, Field Historian — makes a token
  7. Garrison Excavator — makes a token
  8. Amzu, Swarm's Hunger — makes a token
  9. Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch — becomes prepared
  10. Teval's Judgment — triggers

13 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Cabal Patriarch is one).

Cabal Patriarch puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Havengul Lich — can bring back
  2. Liliana the Repentant — can bring back
  3. Paleoloth — can bring back
  4. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring back
  5. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring back

804 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Cabal Patriarch is one).

  1. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — Cabal Patriarch puts cards into the graveyard that Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring back

443 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.