Well you wouldn't want to be running a relentless rats deck against this
Cyberium
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Cabal Therapy is powerful on its own, but in a deck like Graveborn, you can also target yourself to discard the crucial fatty for reanimation.
MyrBattlecube
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(6 votes)
Is it just me, or is this the least Raymond Swanland drawing ever drawn by Raymond Swanland?
Lambi
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
A great card. Especially devious if you know your opponents deck off the get go.
Rikiaz
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(3 votes)
@ MyrBattlecube
I know right!! It has colors... and curves!!!! i love Raymond Swanland's artwork and damn does this thing have sick art!!!
DarthParallax
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Right you are Cyberium. In order to complete the maddeningly EVIL synergy, be sure to sacrifice a creature with a 'death trigger' for the Flashback cost. Preferably a Zombie. >:
Also, I like this new art because now I actually know what the frak's going on. The weird purple whatever-the-hell-it-was in the other version....um...o.o ??
Lateralis0ne
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
It's funny.
My opponents always had that face whenever I cast this.
"WHAT WELL F*CK YOU PAL"
poprockmonster
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
I like the new art, I just wish they'd given us even just one more of them. The whole package only has 3 different cards with new art, and of those Animate Dead is the only one that there is more than one of in the deck. I'm glad they didn't change some art, like Reanimate is absolutely gorgeous as is when holographic, but I'd still like to have received even just one more Cabal Therapy for what came out to just under $40 for me.
I do like that they put in Duress, since it allows you to see their hand in case you don't need to use this on yourself thanks to a Putrid Imp or Zombie Infestation.
Kryptnyt
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Is this the actual money card in the deck, over Entomb? I really like the art.
NeoKoda
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
A bit different than Raymond's usual style, but darn gorgeous. The art, I mean. The card itself makes me cry.
062regrahc
★☆☆☆☆ (1.5/5.0)(1 vote)
i have an extra copy of this card. as soon as i get this deck, in it goes!
Nexath_of_Kalastria
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
this + bloodghasts = hilarious shenanigans in vampires, especially with things like fetch lands and demon of death's gate.
Jannissary
★☆☆☆☆ (1.3/5.0)(3 votes)
The old art is so much better, but it's nice of them to reprint it.
This card made waves when it was first printed. Remains a contender, too, surprisingly enough.
atemu1234
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
You flashback it knowing your opponents hand. I once knew a guy who actually ran four black lotuses before he sold them, and he lost because he tutored them all into his hand at once, and, as I knew him, I figured that's what he did, tutored the lotuses, and I dropped this, saying black lotus. Good times, Good times.
DacenOctavio
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(1 vote)
This is such a wonderful sac outlet to get black creatures into my yard for further abuse with Crypt of Agadeem.
htgtmd
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I use this with Tidehollow Sculler in my WUB zombie deck. That way I always know what's in my oppent's hand.
SilverTurtle
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Great in a suicide black deck to get your Abyssal Persecutor off the field.
azure_drake222222
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Doesn't seem like any kind of therapy to me.
TheWrathofShane
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(1 vote)
This + Black Cat seems great. You could even Dark Ritual, Black Cat, then this. If you know opponents deck with some luck, could discard 2 of your choice + random discard on T1.
blurrymadness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
In general this is one of the best discards in the game; it is to discard as Maelstrom Pulse is to destroy; except it casts twice!
Really really good with unmask. T1 - Unmask; snatch something from their hand; if they have two of a card then therapy it out, otherwise just hit their other bomby thing with therapy, worry about the rest later.
This card is ridiculously powerful, and in the best way possible. Strongest 1-mana discard spell, ahead of Thoughtseize and Duress. 5/5
OstravaBoletaria
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Quite possibly the best discard spell ever printed. Absolutely awesome. Also, I love any card which allows me to play my mana-less dredge deck (try flashbacking this after using your Golgari Grave-Troll to dump 4x Bridge from Below into your GY). 5/5.
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I know right!! It has colors... and curves!!!!
i love Raymond Swanland's artwork and damn does this thing have sick art!!!
Also, I like this new art because now I actually know what the frak's going on. The weird purple whatever-the-hell-it-was in the other version....um...o.o ??
My opponents always had that face whenever I cast this.
"WHAT WELL F*CK YOU PAL"
I do like that they put in Duress, since it allows you to see their hand in case you don't need to use this on yourself thanks to a Putrid Imp or Zombie Infestation.
This card made waves when it was first printed. Remains a contender, too, surprisingly enough.
Really really good with unmask. T1 - Unmask; snatch something from their hand; if they have two of a card then therapy it out, otherwise just hit their other bomby thing with therapy, worry about the rest later.
Also amazing with Surgical Extraction and Gitaxian Probe (though you already knew that one :) )