Art by Mark Zug
Cabal Patriarch
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
{2}{B}, Sacrifice a creature: Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn. {2}{B}, Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.
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Most Played With Cabal Patriarch (189)
Sol Ring
56% of decks · $1.38
Magus of the Coffers
49% of decks · $4.93
Dark Ritual
49% of decks · $7.19
Patriarch's Bidding
49% of decks · $3.70
Chainer, Dementia Master
47% of decks · $0.29
Whisper, Blood Liturgist
47% of decks · $0.21
Jet Medallion
47% of decks · $14.56
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
46% of decks · $4.12
Doomed Necromancer
44% of decks · $0.39
Mutilate
44% of decks · $2.15
Sign in Blood
44% of decks · $2.74
Black Market
44% of decks · $6.40
Cabal Initiate
42% of decks · $0.24
Gravedigger
42% of decks · $0.25
Cabal Trainee
42% of decks · $0.14
Rite of Belzenlok
42% of decks · $0.25
Cabal Torturer
39% of decks · $0.08
Cabal Therapist
39% of decks · $0.33
Skulltap
39% of decks · $0.16
Cabal Paladin
37% of decks · $0.17
Cabal Therapy
37% of decks · $5.19
Vile Deacon
35% of decks · $0.18
Defile
35% of decks · $1.32
Victimize
35% of decks · $1.34
Charcoal Diamond
35% of decks · $0.35
Undead Gladiator
33% of decks · $0.20
Chainer's Edict
33% of decks
Mirari
33% of decks · $0.42
Crypt Ghast
32% of decks · $18.07
Shepherd of Rot
32% of decks · $4.54
Demonlord Belzenlok
32% of decks · $0.41
Priest of Gix
32% of decks · $0.65
Reanimate
32% of decks · $10.11
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
30% of decks · $3.90
Shadow-Rite Priest
30% of decks · $0.39
Ashnod's Altar
30% of decks · $16.88
Arcane Signet
30% of decks · $0.49
Death Match
30% of decks · $0.65
Grave Pact
30% of decks · $30.52
Braids, Cabal Minion
28% of decks · $1.52
Tragic Slip
28% of decks · $0.26
Zulaport Cutthroat
26% of decks · $1.34
Buried Alive
26% of decks · $3.61
Relic Vial
26% of decks · $0.25
Demonic Vigor
26% of decks · $0.23
Lingering Death
26% of decks · $0.16
Oversold Cemetery
26% of decks · $2.60
Balthor the Defiled
25% of decks · $12.15
Headhunter
25% of decks · $0.32
Rotlung Reanimator
25% of decks · $19.21
Go for the Throat
25% of decks · $0.62
Deadly Dispute
25% of decks · $0.26
Ghastly Demise
25% of decks · $0.13
Blackmail
25% of decks · $0.51
Malevolent Awakening
25% of decks · $0.23
Unspeakable Symbol
25% of decks · $3.50
Phyrexian Arena
25% of decks · $4.26
Blood Artist
23% of decks · $3.84
Blood Celebrant
23% of decks · $0.56
Reassembling Skeleton
23% of decks · $0.33
Village Rites
23% of decks · $0.99
Songs of the Damned
23% of decks · $2.91
Diabolic Tutor
23% of decks · $2.21
Cabal Slaver
21% of decks · $0.23
Afflict
21% of decks · $0.28
Cruel Revival
21% of decks · $0.25
Unburden
21% of decks · $0.05
Mind Stone
21% of decks
Dictate of Erebos
21% of decks · $17.52
Gravespawn Sovereign
19% of decks · $0.38
Bastion of Remembrance
19% of decks · $0.30
Ebonblade Reaper
18% of decks · $5.75
Graveborn Muse
18% of decks · $12.37
Withered Wretch
18% of decks · $1.80
Cast Down
18% of decks · $0.55
Feed the Swarm
18% of decks · $0.24
Solemn Simulacrum
16% of decks · $0.34
Skirsdag High Priest
16% of decks · $0.33
Stromgald Cabal
16% of decks
Burnished Hart
16% of decks · $0.30
Priest of Forgotten Gods
16% of decks · $0.62
Cult Conscript
16% of decks · $0.32
Exsanguinate
16% of decks · $0.40
Dirge of Dread
16% of decks · $0.16
Heartstone
16% of decks · $2.93
Laquatus's Champion
14% of decks · $0.26
Syr Konrad, the Grim
14% of decks · $1.78
Entomb
14% of decks · $18.29
Culling the Weak
14% of decks · $8.04
Duress
14% of decks · $0.07
Night's Whisper
14% of decks · $6.25
Damnation
14% of decks · $21.01
Bontu's Monument
14% of decks · $4.60
Braids's Frightful Return
14% of decks · $0.21
Plaguecrafter
12% of decks · $0.39
Carrion Feeder
12% of decks · $4.56
Grave Consequences
12% of decks · $0.22
Swat
12% of decks · $0.08
Darkness
12% of decks · $23.79
Read the Bones
12% of decks · $0.29
Decree of Pain
12% of decks · $0.36
Syphon Mind
12% of decks · $0.31
Soldevi Adnate
11% of decks · $2.09
Blood Pet
11% of decks · $0.61
Ogre Slumlord
11% of decks · $0.34
Accursed Centaur
11% of decks · $0.07
Taborax, Hope's Demise
11% of decks · $0.27
Ophiomancer
11% of decks · $1.17
Ayara, First of Locthwain
11% of decks · $8.55
Consuming Corruption
11% of decks · $0.26
Infernal Grasp
11% of decks · $0.33
Blessing of Belzenlok
11% of decks · $0.17
Vampiric Tutor
11% of decks · $54.45
Dismember
11% of decks · $4.78
Morgue Theft
11% of decks · $0.17
Decompose
11% of decks · $0.12
Head Games
11% of decks · $3.66
Aphetto Dredging
11% of decks · $0.25
Nyx Lotus
11% of decks · $4.71
The Meathook Massacre
11% of decks · $24.67
Greed
11% of decks · $0.32
Caustic Tar
11% of decks · $0.15
Gravecrawler
9% of decks · $1.37
Fell the Profane
9% of decks
Doom Blade
9% of decks · $0.24
Smother
9% of decks · $0.23
Bone Splinters
9% of decks · $0.21
Cruel Edict
9% of decks · $0.33
Peer into the Abyss
9% of decks · $3.64
Demonic Tutor
9% of decks · $69.17
Infest
9% of decks · $0.21
Phyrexian Altar
9% of decks · $54.36
Swiftfoot Boots
9% of decks
Gauntlet of Power
9% of decks · $4.09
Megrim
9% of decks · $2.39
Tortured Existence
9% of decks · $3.45
Deadly Rollick
7% of decks · $28.68
Sheoldred's Edict
7% of decks · $1.33
Dark Bargain
7% of decks · $0.13
Imp's Mischief
7% of decks · $9.14
Insidious Dreams
7% of decks · $16.72
Skeletal Scrying
7% of decks · $0.42
Murder
7% of decks · $0.18
Vicious Offering
7% of decks · $0.08
False Cure
7% of decks · $10.33
Dread Return
7% of decks · $0.60
Bubbling Muck
7% of decks · $4.87
Soul Salvage
7% of decks · $0.14
Restless Dreams
7% of decks · $0.15
Sickening Dreams
7% of decks · $1.93
Toxic Deluge
7% of decks · $5.17
Zombify
7% of decks · $0.23
Stitch Together
7% of decks · $1.44
Bolas's Citadel
7% of decks · $16.17
Thought Vessel
7% of decks
Chainer's Torment
7% of decks · $0.26
Phyrexian Reclamation
7% of decks · $2.86
Vampiric Rites
7% of decks · $0.17
Endless Ranks of the Dead
7% of decks · $5.95
Gravestorm
7% of decks · $6.59
Bad Moon
7% of decks · $4.20
Blasphemous Edict
5% of decks · $4.13
Reckoner's Bargain
5% of decks · $1.08
Fatal Push
5% of decks · $0.84
Withering Boon
5% of decks · $11.17
Black Sun's Twilight
5% of decks · $0.43
Terror
5% of decks · $0.27
Waste Away
5% of decks · $0.08
Diabolic Intent
5% of decks · $17.18
Unhinge
5% of decks · $0.11
Army of the Damned
5% of decks · $1.81
Drain Life
5% of decks · $0.37
Desecrated Tomb
5% of decks · $2.45
Vat of Rebirth
5% of decks · $0.31
Vedalken Orrery
5% of decks · $15.21
Cursed Totem
5% of decks · $1.31
Expedition Map
5% of decks · $1.44
Lightning Greaves
5% of decks · $4.00
Blackblade Reforged
5% of decks · $3.26
Commander's Sphere
5% of decks · $0.34
Sisay's Ring
5% of decks · $0.34
Dreadhorde Invasion
5% of decks · $0.30
Agent of the Iron Throne
5% of decks · $0.47
Animate Dead
5% of decks · $7.00
Black Market Connections
5% of decks · $10.47
Breeding Pit
5% of decks · $0.50
Chains of Mephistopheles
5% of decks
Dark Prophecy
5% of decks · $5.66
Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
5% of decks · $6.70
Creatures (50)
Magus of the Coffers
49% of decks · $4.93
Chainer, Dementia Master
47% of decks · $0.29
Whisper, Blood Liturgist
47% of decks · $0.21
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
46% of decks · $4.12
Doomed Necromancer
44% of decks · $0.39
Cabal Initiate
42% of decks · $0.24
Gravedigger
42% of decks · $0.25
Cabal Trainee
42% of decks · $0.14
Cabal Torturer
39% of decks · $0.08
Cabal Therapist
39% of decks · $0.33
Cabal Paladin
37% of decks · $0.17
Vile Deacon
35% of decks · $0.18
Undead Gladiator
33% of decks · $0.20
Crypt Ghast
32% of decks · $18.07
Shepherd of Rot
32% of decks · $4.54
Demonlord Belzenlok
32% of decks · $0.41
Priest of Gix
32% of decks · $0.65
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
30% of decks · $3.90
Shadow-Rite Priest
30% of decks · $0.39
Braids, Cabal Minion
28% of decks · $1.52
Zulaport Cutthroat
26% of decks · $1.34
Balthor the Defiled
25% of decks · $12.15
Headhunter
25% of decks · $0.32
Rotlung Reanimator
25% of decks · $19.21
Blood Artist
23% of decks · $3.84
Blood Celebrant
23% of decks · $0.56
Reassembling Skeleton
23% of decks · $0.33
Cabal Slaver
21% of decks · $0.23
Gravespawn Sovereign
19% of decks · $0.38
Ebonblade Reaper
18% of decks · $5.75
Graveborn Muse
18% of decks · $12.37
Withered Wretch
18% of decks · $1.80
Solemn Simulacrum
16% of decks · $0.34
Skirsdag High Priest
16% of decks · $0.33
Stromgald Cabal
16% of decks
Burnished Hart
16% of decks · $0.30
Priest of Forgotten Gods
16% of decks · $0.62
Cult Conscript
16% of decks · $0.32
Laquatus's Champion
14% of decks · $0.26
Syr Konrad, the Grim
14% of decks · $1.78
Plaguecrafter
12% of decks · $0.39
Carrion Feeder
12% of decks · $4.56
Soldevi Adnate
11% of decks · $2.09
Blood Pet
11% of decks · $0.61
Ogre Slumlord
11% of decks · $0.34
Accursed Centaur
11% of decks · $0.07
Taborax, Hope's Demise
11% of decks · $0.27
Ophiomancer
11% of decks · $1.17
Ayara, First of Locthwain
11% of decks · $8.55
Gravecrawler
9% of decks · $1.37
Instants (39)
Dark Ritual
49% of decks · $7.19
Defile
35% of decks · $1.32
Tragic Slip
28% of decks · $0.26
Go for the Throat
25% of decks · $0.62
Deadly Dispute
25% of decks · $0.26
Ghastly Demise
25% of decks · $0.13
Village Rites
23% of decks · $0.99
Songs of the Damned
23% of decks · $2.91
Afflict
21% of decks · $0.28
Cruel Revival
21% of decks · $0.25
Cast Down
18% of decks · $0.55
Entomb
14% of decks · $18.29
Culling the Weak
14% of decks · $8.04
Grave Consequences
12% of decks · $0.22
Swat
12% of decks · $0.08
Darkness
12% of decks · $23.79
Consuming Corruption
11% of decks · $0.26
Infernal Grasp
11% of decks · $0.33
Blessing of Belzenlok
11% of decks · $0.17
Vampiric Tutor
11% of decks · $54.45
Dismember
11% of decks · $4.78
Fell the Profane
9% of decks
Doom Blade
9% of decks · $0.24
Smother
9% of decks · $0.23
Deadly Rollick
7% of decks · $28.68
Sheoldred's Edict
7% of decks · $1.33
Dark Bargain
7% of decks · $0.13
Imp's Mischief
7% of decks · $9.14
Insidious Dreams
7% of decks · $16.72
Skeletal Scrying
7% of decks · $0.42
Murder
7% of decks · $0.18
Vicious Offering
7% of decks · $0.08
False Cure
7% of decks · $10.33
Reckoner's Bargain
5% of decks · $1.08
Fatal Push
5% of decks · $0.84
Withering Boon
5% of decks · $11.17
Black Sun's Twilight
5% of decks · $0.43
Terror
5% of decks · $0.27
Waste Away
5% of decks · $0.08
Sorceries (43)
Patriarch's Bidding
49% of decks · $3.70
Mutilate
44% of decks · $2.15
Sign in Blood
44% of decks · $2.74
Skulltap
39% of decks · $0.16
Cabal Therapy
37% of decks · $5.19
Victimize
35% of decks · $1.34
Chainer's Edict
33% of decks
Reanimate
32% of decks · $10.11
Buried Alive
26% of decks · $3.61
Blackmail
25% of decks · $0.51
Diabolic Tutor
23% of decks · $2.21
Unburden
21% of decks · $0.05
Feed the Swarm
18% of decks · $0.24
Exsanguinate
16% of decks · $0.40
Dirge of Dread
16% of decks · $0.16
Duress
14% of decks · $0.07
Night's Whisper
14% of decks · $6.25
Damnation
14% of decks · $21.01
Read the Bones
12% of decks · $0.29
Decree of Pain
12% of decks · $0.36
Syphon Mind
12% of decks · $0.31
Morgue Theft
11% of decks · $0.17
Decompose
11% of decks · $0.12
Head Games
11% of decks · $3.66
Aphetto Dredging
11% of decks · $0.25
Bone Splinters
9% of decks · $0.21
Cruel Edict
9% of decks · $0.33
Peer into the Abyss
9% of decks · $3.64
Demonic Tutor
9% of decks · $69.17
Infest
9% of decks · $0.21
Dread Return
7% of decks · $0.60
Bubbling Muck
7% of decks · $4.87
Soul Salvage
7% of decks · $0.14
Restless Dreams
7% of decks · $0.15
Sickening Dreams
7% of decks · $1.93
Toxic Deluge
7% of decks · $5.17
Zombify
7% of decks · $0.23
Stitch Together
7% of decks · $1.44
Blasphemous Edict
5% of decks · $4.13
Diabolic Intent
5% of decks · $17.18
Unhinge
5% of decks · $0.11
Army of the Damned
5% of decks · $1.81
Drain Life
5% of decks · $0.37
Utility Artifacts (16)
Jet Medallion
47% of decks · $14.56
Mirari
33% of decks · $0.42
Ashnod's Altar
30% of decks · $16.88
Relic Vial
26% of decks · $0.25
Heartstone
16% of decks · $2.93
Bontu's Monument
14% of decks · $4.60
Phyrexian Altar
9% of decks · $54.36
Swiftfoot Boots
9% of decks
Bolas's Citadel
7% of decks · $16.17
Desecrated Tomb
5% of decks · $2.45
Vat of Rebirth
5% of decks · $0.31
Vedalken Orrery
5% of decks · $15.21
Cursed Totem
5% of decks · $1.31
Expedition Map
5% of decks · $1.44
Lightning Greaves
5% of decks · $4.00
Blackblade Reforged
5% of decks · $3.26
Mana Artifacts (9)
Sol Ring
56% of decks · $1.38
Charcoal Diamond
35% of decks · $0.35
Arcane Signet
30% of decks · $0.49
Mind Stone
21% of decks
Nyx Lotus
11% of decks · $4.71
Gauntlet of Power
9% of decks · $4.09
Thought Vessel
7% of decks
Commander's Sphere
5% of decks · $0.34
Sisay's Ring
5% of decks · $0.34
Enchantments (31)
Black Market
44% of decks · $6.40
Rite of Belzenlok
42% of decks · $0.25
Death Match
30% of decks · $0.65
Grave Pact
30% of decks · $30.52
Demonic Vigor
26% of decks · $0.23
Lingering Death
26% of decks · $0.16
Oversold Cemetery
26% of decks · $2.60
Malevolent Awakening
25% of decks · $0.23
Unspeakable Symbol
25% of decks · $3.50
Phyrexian Arena
25% of decks · $4.26
Dictate of Erebos
21% of decks · $17.52
Bastion of Remembrance
19% of decks · $0.30
Braids's Frightful Return
14% of decks · $0.21
The Meathook Massacre
11% of decks · $24.67
Greed
11% of decks · $0.32
Caustic Tar
11% of decks · $0.15
Megrim
9% of decks · $2.39
Tortured Existence
9% of decks · $3.45
Chainer's Torment
7% of decks · $0.26
Phyrexian Reclamation
7% of decks · $2.86
Vampiric Rites
7% of decks · $0.17
Endless Ranks of the Dead
7% of decks · $5.95
Gravestorm
7% of decks · $6.59
Bad Moon
7% of decks · $4.20
Dreadhorde Invasion
5% of decks · $0.30
Agent of the Iron Throne
5% of decks · $0.47
Animate Dead
5% of decks · $7.00
Black Market Connections
5% of decks · $10.47
Breeding Pit
5% of decks · $0.50
Chains of Mephistopheles
5% of decks
Dark Prophecy
5% of decks · $5.66
Planeswalkers (1)
Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
5% of decks · $6.70
Utility Lands (23)
Cabal Coffers
75% of decks
Cabal Stronghold
61% of decks
Cabal Pit
61% of decks
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
28% of decks
Bojuka Bog
25% of decks
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
25% of decks
Phyrexian Tower
21% of decks
Crypt of Agadeem
21% of decks
Witch's Cottage
21% of decks
Barren Moor
19% of decks
Polluted Mire
12% of decks
Westvale Abbey
11% of decks
Mortuary Mire
11% of decks
Reliquary Tower
9% of decks
Temple of the False God
9% of decks
Unholy Grotto
7% of decks
Vault of Whispers
5% of decks
Wasteland
5% of decks
War Room
5% of decks
Volrath's Stronghold
5% of decks
Deserted Temple
5% of decks
Castle Locthwain
5% of decks
Spawning Pool
5% of decks
Lands (5)
Swamp
98% of decks
Myriad Landscape
26% of decks
Fell the Profane
9% of decks
Grand Coliseum
9% of decks
Command Tower
5% of decks
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