Cabal Therapist

Cabal Therapist

Creature — Horror

Mana cost: {B}

How we read this card

Menace
At the beginning of your first main phase, you may sacrifice a creature.

triggered —

When you do, choose a nonland card name, then target player reveals their hand and discards all cards with that name.

triggered —

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, discard a card.

Cares about: a creature is sacrificed, a creature to sacrifice.

Works well with

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

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

a Horror deals combat damage — 382 cards in the game can cause this (Cabal Therapist is one).

  1. Captain N'ghathrod — When Cabal Therapist deals combat damage, Captain N'ghathrod mills a card

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

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Cabal Therapist:

  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.

  1. Ziatora, the Incinerator — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Cabal Therapist, Ziatora, the Incinerator deals that creature's power damage
  2. Dina, Essence Brewer — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Cabal Therapist, Dina, Essence Brewer draws you 1 card
  3. Fleshtaker — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Cabal Therapist, Fleshtaker gains you 1 life
  4. Body Dropper — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Cabal Therapist, Body Dropper puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Smothering Abomination — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Cabal Therapist, Smothering Abomination draws you 1 card
  6. Kels, Fight Fixer — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Cabal Therapist, Kels, Fight Fixer draws you 1 card
  7. Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Cabal Therapist, Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes deals that creature's power damage
  8. Ayara, First of Locthwain — When you sacrifice another black creature to Ayara, First of Locthwain, Cabal Therapist triggers
  9. Blasting Station — When you sacrifice a creature to Blasting Station, Cabal Therapist triggers
  10. Tainted Aether — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Tainted Aether, Cabal Therapist triggers
  11. Saw — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Saw, Cabal Therapist triggers
  12. Sporogenic Infection — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Sporogenic Infection, Cabal Therapist triggers
  13. Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder — When you sacrifice Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder, Cabal Therapist triggers
  14. Skittering Horror — When you sacrifice Skittering Horror, Cabal Therapist triggers
  15. Skittering Skirge — When you sacrifice Skittering Skirge, Cabal Therapist triggers
  16. Skittering Monstrosity — When you sacrifice Skittering Monstrosity, Cabal Therapist triggers
  17. Blood Funnel — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Blood Funnel, Cabal Therapist triggers
  18. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Cabal Therapist, Caesar, Legion's Emperor triggers
  19. Grist, the Hunger Tide — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Cabal Therapist, Grist, the Hunger Tide kills a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls
  20. Rakdos, the Muscle — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Cabal Therapist, Rakdos, the Muscle exiles a card from an opponent's library

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

a card is discarded — 2,042 cards in the game can cause this (Cabal Therapist is one).

When Cabal Therapist makes a player discard a card:

  1. Ivora, Insatiable Heir — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Cool but Rude — deals 2 damage
  3. Containment Construct — brings a card back
  4. Moonstone, Harsh Mistress — brings a card back
  5. Sangromancer — gains you 3 life
  6. Lo and Li, Royal Advisors — puts a counter on an Advisor
  7. Nath of the Gilt-Leaf — makes a token
  8. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — exiles a card from your library
  9. Pitchstone Wall — sacrifices itself
  10. Currency Converter — exiles it

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

a creature to sacrifice — 2,720 cards in the game can cause this (Cabal Therapist is one).

  1. Primeval Bounty — Primeval Bounty makes fodder for Cabal Therapist
  2. Saheeli, Radiant Creator — Saheeli, Radiant Creator makes fodder for Cabal Therapist
  3. Captain Jean-Luc Picard — Captain Jean-Luc Picard makes fodder for Cabal Therapist
  4. Invisible Woman — Invisible Woman makes fodder for Cabal Therapist
  5. Vivi's Persistence — Vivi's Persistence makes fodder for Cabal Therapist
  6. Endless Ranks of HYDRA — Endless Ranks of HYDRA makes fodder for Cabal Therapist
  7. Riku of Two Reflections — Riku of Two Reflections makes fodder for Cabal Therapist
  8. Defiler of Faith — Defiler of Faith makes fodder for Cabal Therapist
  9. Foot Chopper — Foot Chopper makes fodder for Cabal Therapist
  10. Glaring Fleshraker — Glaring Fleshraker makes fodder for Cabal Therapist

2,710 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 Therapist is one).

Cabal Therapist 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
  6. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring back
  7. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring back
  8. Necromantic Thirst — can bring back
  9. Krile Baldesion — can bring back
  10. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — can bring back

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

a nontoken creature dies — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Cabal Therapist is one).

When Cabal Therapist dies:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  3. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  4. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  5. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  6. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  7. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  8. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  9. Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer — flickers itself
  10. Body Launderer — draws and discards

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

a creature dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this (Cabal Therapist is one).

When Cabal Therapist dies:

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 5,057 cards in the game can cause this (Cabal Therapist is one).

  1. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Cabal Therapist, it exiles itself

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

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Cabal Therapist is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Cabal Therapist attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

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