---
name: "Cabal Initiate"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Human Warlock"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Threshold"]
set: "J21"
set_name: "Jumpstart: Historic Horizons"
collector_number: "300"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Bastien L. Deharme"
oracle_id: "2fc19fa3-c6c2-42c0-85fa-8d13e1baa145"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cabal-initiate-j21"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Cabal Initiate
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Warlock
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/1
- **Keywords:** Threshold

## Oracle Text
Discard a card: This creature gains lifelink until end of turn.
Threshold — This creature gets +1/+2 as long as there are seven or more cards in your graveyard.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cabal Inquisitor](/printing/cabal-inquisitor-ody.md) — Creature — Human Minion
2. [Cabal Torturer](/printing/cabal-torturer-tor.md) — Creature — Human Minion
3. [Passageway Seer](/printing/passageway-seer-clb.md) — Creature — Tiefling Warlock
4. [Mind Drill Assailant](/printing/mind-drill-assailant-blb.md) — Creature — Rat Warlock
5. [Leech Fanatic](/printing/leech-fanatic-stx.md) — Creature — Human Warlock
6. [Pardic Arsonist](/printing/pardic-arsonist-tor.md) — Creature — Human Barbarian

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Jumpstart: Historic Horizons (J21) #300
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Bastien L. Deharme
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `not_legal`