---
name: "Cabal Trainee"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Creature — Human Minion"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "JUD"
set_name: "Judgment"
collector_number: "63"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Pete Venters"
oracle_id: "fce68545-c31d-4dc2-9f1b-aadf924a07d1"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cabal-trainee-jud"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Cabal Trainee
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Minion
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1

## Oracle Text
Sacrifice this creature: Target creature gets -2/-0 until end of turn.

> *« Ah, un bouffeface. Très rare. Quasi imbattable. Bonne chance » — Un instructeur de la Coterie.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cabal Patriarch](/printing/cabal-patriarch-ody.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
2. [Disciple of Tevesh Szat](/printing/disciple-of-tevesh-szat-csp.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
3. [Plagued Rusalka](/printing/plagued-rusalka-cns.md) — Creature — Spirit
4. [Phyrexian Denouncer](/printing/phyrexian-denouncer-dde.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Carrier
5. [Cabal Archon](/printing/cabal-archon-ons.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
6. [Agent of Shauku](/printing/agent-of-shauku-pcy.md) — Creature — Human Mercenary

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Judgment (JUD) #63
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Pete Venters
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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