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 we read on this card

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 Cabal Patriarch's colors can cause this (Cabal Patriarch is one).

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Cabal Patriarch, it exiles a Nightmare

a creature is exiled — 275 cards in Cabal Patriarch's colors can cause this (Cabal Patriarch is one).

When Cabal Patriarch is exiled:

  1. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  2. Kaya's Ghostform — blinks a permanent

a Wizard creature enters the battlefield — 125 cards in Cabal Patriarch's colors can cause this (Cabal Patriarch is one).

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

a creature leaves a graveyard — 645 cards in Cabal Patriarch's colors 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. Along the Crooked Way — puts a counter on a Goblin or Army
  4. Skeleton Crew — makes a token
  5. Desecrated Tomb — makes a token
  6. Undead Hand Ninja — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  7. Rot Farm Mortipede — gets +1/+0
  8. Soul Enervation — makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 698 cards in Cabal Patriarch's colors 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 — 699 cards in Cabal Patriarch's colors can cause this (Cabal Patriarch is one).

When you sacrifice a creature to Cabal Patriarch:

  1. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  2. Plumb the Forbidden — copies a spell
  3. Zodiark, Umbral God — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Evin, Waterdeep Opportunist — makes a token
  5. Kingpin, Wilson Fisk — makes 2 tokens
  6. Mortician Beetle — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Lightless Evangel — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  9. Prowling Geistcatcher — exiles it

anything leaves a graveyard — 955 cards in Cabal Patriarch's colors 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. Tormod, the Desecrator — makes a token
  4. Fang, Fearless l'Cie — draws you 1 card
  5. Teval's Judgment — triggers

a creature in a graveyard — 1,237 cards in Cabal Patriarch's colors can cause this (Cabal Patriarch is one).

Cabal Patriarch puts cards into the:

  1. Liliana the Repentant — graveyard that Liliana the Repentant can bring back
  2. Sword of Light and Shadow — graveyard that Sword of Light and Shadow can bring back
  3. Necromantic Thirst — graveyard that Necromantic Thirst can bring back
  4. Ruthless Technomancer — graveyard that Ruthless Technomancer can bring back
  5. Forum Necroscribe — graveyard that Forum Necroscribe can bring back
  6. The Deck of Many Things — graveyard that The Deck of Many Things can bring back
  7. Polluted Cistern // Dim Oubliette — graveyard that Polluted Cistern // Dim Oubliette can bring back
  8. Sibsig Muckdraggers — graveyard that Sibsig Muckdraggers can bring back
  9. The Cauldron of Eternity — graveyard, and The Cauldron of Eternity gets bigger
  10. Zuko's Conviction — graveyard that Zuko's Conviction can bring back

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

a nontoken creature dies — 1,237 cards in Cabal Patriarch's colors can cause this (Cabal Patriarch is one).

When you sacrifice a creature to Cabal Patriarch:

  1. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  2. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  3. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  4. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  5. Gate to the Afterlife — gains you 1 life
  6. Voldaren Bloodcaster // Bloodbat Summoner — makes a token
  7. Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer — flickers itself
  8. Body Launderer — draws and discards
  9. Nightmare Shepherd — exiles it
  10. Homicide Investigator — triggers

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

a creature dies — 1,255 cards in Cabal Patriarch's colors can cause this (Cabal Patriarch is one).

  1. Shriveling Rot — When you sacrifice a creature to Cabal Patriarch, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  2. Meathook Massacre II — When you sacrifice a creature to Cabal Patriarch, Meathook Massacre II brings a card back
  3. Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire — When you sacrifice a creature to Cabal Patriarch, Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire brings a card back
  4. Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker — When you sacrifice a creature to Cabal Patriarch, Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker brings a card back
  5. Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho — When you sacrifice a creature to Cabal Patriarch, Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho brings a card back
  6. Undying Malice — When you sacrifice a creature to Cabal Patriarch, Undying Malice brings a card back
  7. Treacherous Vampire — When Treacherous Vampire dies thanks to Cabal Patriarch, it makes you lose life
  8. Treacherous Werewolf — When Treacherous Werewolf dies thanks to Cabal Patriarch, it makes you lose life

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

a creature leaves the battlefield — 1,418 cards in Cabal Patriarch's colors can cause this (Cabal Patriarch is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When you sacrifice a creature to Cabal Patriarch, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

a card in a graveyard — 2,555 cards in Cabal Patriarch's colors can cause this (Cabal Patriarch is one).

  1. Repentant Vampire — Cabal Patriarch fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs

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

a creature attacks — 3,478 cards in Cabal Patriarch's colors can cause this (Cabal Patriarch is one).

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

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

anything attacks — 3,478 cards in Cabal Patriarch's colors can cause this (Cabal Patriarch is one).

  1. Grim Javelineer — When Cabal Patriarch attacks, Grim Javelineer gives +1/+0

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