---
name: "Cabal Patriarch"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}{B}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Wizard"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "ODY"
set_name: "Odyssey"
collector_number: "120"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Mark Zug"
oracle_id: "70d1caee-1c35-4fa3-bbc3-a7dcc226be90"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cabal-patriarch-ody"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Cabal Patriarch
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{B}{B}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 5/5

## Oracle Text
{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.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cabal Trainee](/printing/cabal-trainee-jud.md) — Creature — Human Minion
2. [Grandmother Sengir](/printing/grandmother-sengir-me2.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
3. [Disciple of Tevesh Szat](/printing/disciple-of-tevesh-szat-csp.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
4. [Painbringer](/printing/painbringer-ody.md) — Creature — Human Minion
5. [Cabal Torturer](/printing/cabal-torturer-tor.md) — Creature — Human Minion
6. [Cabal Archon](/printing/cabal-archon-ons.md) — Creature — Human Cleric

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Odyssey (ODY) #120
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Mark Zug
- **Total Printings:** 16 across all historical editions

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