---
name: "Cabal Therapist"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Creature — Horror"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Menace"]
set: "MH1"
set_name: "Modern Horizons"
collector_number: "80"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Mitchell Malloy"
oracle_id: "9b7870df-6bca-499f-bc6e-e57f2ddfe640"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cabal-therapist-mh1"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Cabal Therapist
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Creature — Horror
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1
- **Keywords:** Menace

## Oracle Text
Menace
At the beginning of your first main phase, you may sacrifice a creature. When you do, choose a nonland card name, then target player reveals their hand and discards all cards with that name.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cabal Therapy](/printing/cabal-therapy-jud.md) — Sorcery
2. [Mind Slash](/printing/mind-slash-8ed.md) — Enchantment
3. [Cabal Interrogator](/printing/cabal-interrogator-scg.md) — Creature — Zombie Wizard
4. [Thrull Surgeon](/printing/thrull-surgeon-tpr.md) — Creature — Thrull
5. [Distress](/printing/distress-10e.md) — Sorcery
6. [Mesmeric Fiend](/printing/mesmeric-fiend-ddk.md) — Creature — Nightmare Horror

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Horizons (MH1) #80
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Mitchell Malloy
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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