he'd be more useful if his CMC were only one less...
True_Smog
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(6 votes)
There are so many good cards with "Cabal" in name and the Cabal itself is soo lame.
Zoah
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(5 votes)
Well... He's not bad...
His power and toughness are high. Admittedly not high enough to completely dominate a field but hey. Also, the additional cost to activate his ability practically means nothing.
During the battle phase it would be easy to make your creatures do a little extra damage every time one died.
Overall, he would make a nice contribution to a lot of decks I can think of. He is flexible but can still be build around, In my opinion the most important par in a card.
So: Base rating: *** Manna cost vs stats: -*/2 Decent ability: +* Final rating: *** */2
A pity his ability didn't cost just one less. It would have put the card at a solid **** possibly even **** */2
Utility creatures for 6CMC suck as MaRo described it when they were creating the Titans. When you summon it, it provides an agonizing choice of whether you use it for it's ability or if you attack with it's beefy body.
Arachnos
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
@Broccoli: why not do both, exactly? The Patriarch doesn't tap when you use his ability. You can do it as much as you want and still attack.
I don't always become a Magic card, but when I do I become Cabal Patriarch. at least that's what the art looked like he was saying to me.
blurrymadness
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I think he's saying "I can't fiND MY PILLS RRARRHRHGH"
and then in his anger he throws creatures in his way at you. But he's still pissed off and searching so he throws the corpses in his way at you
..then he finds his pills.
Pollinosis
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I love the regal robes.
SloaneWolf
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Shouldn't he be a cleric? It would make him better given the unusually small pool of in-tribe sac-outlets for clerics. Furthermore, being a Patriarch, is he not the head of the clergy? And therefore, a high ranking clergyman? Just thought that that was odd. (Legendary Creature - Human Cleric Wizard...Badass!) Would make him more versatile to.
Also, I can't believe I haven't seen this posted yet:
Why no name? I haven't yet read odyssey, but should he not have a name in-card? What I thought it could be is that it is implied that his loyalty to the cabal-- as its head even--is more importantly advertised by tradition, perhaps? That the Cabal's order requires you relinquish your name for a position's tittle...that would be cool. Very spooky xD.
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I like how his abilities synergy, and there was some tricks with combat damage on the stack. But imagine this, just removing 1 creature in the yard and he can slay a 6/6 without dieing. He can also snipe serra angels for 6 mana.
In his own environment, 4.5/5, in modern magic, 3.5/5, ill give him a 4.
N03y3D33R
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Definitely not a bad card, just a total pain to play as effectively as one would like. Generally the most usable he's going to be is attacking and then proceeding to wither anything larger that blocks him at the cost of one of your creatures. I feel like the sacrifice clause and the overall cost of his abilities is what really limited his playability. If he was printed today his ability would more likely read, sacrifice a creature or exile a creature card from a graveyard, target creature gets -2-2. He was pretty darn good back when he was printed, but at this point he's nearly outclassed by "newish" common cards like Deathspore Thallid, who cost less, don't use the legend rule, and do not require mana to use abilities whatsoever.
TexasDice
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Hey, that guy looks like one evil priest. And he's doing some baaaad stuff, I bet this card fits right into that black/white cleric edh deck.
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His power and toughness are high. Admittedly not high enough to completely dominate a field but hey.
Also, the additional cost to activate his ability practically means nothing.
During the battle phase it would be easy to make your creatures do a little extra damage every time one died.
Overall, he would make a nice contribution to a lot of decks I can think of. He is flexible but can still be build around, In my opinion the most important par in a card.
So:
Base rating: ***
Manna cost vs stats: -*/2
Decent ability: +*
Final rating: *** */2
A pity his ability didn't cost just one less. It would have put the card at a solid **** possibly even **** */2
and then in his anger he throws creatures in his way at you.
But he's still pissed off and searching so he throws the corpses in his way at you
..then he finds his pills.
Also, I can't believe I haven't seen this posted yet:
Why no name? I haven't yet read odyssey, but should he not have a name in-card? What I thought it could be is that it is implied that his loyalty to the cabal-- as its head even--is more importantly advertised by tradition, perhaps? That the Cabal's order requires you relinquish your name for a position's tittle...that would be cool. Very spooky xD.
In his own environment, 4.5/5, in modern magic, 3.5/5, ill give him a 4.
Generally the most usable he's going to be is attacking and then proceeding to wither anything larger that blocks him at the cost of one of your creatures. I feel like the sacrifice clause and the overall cost of his abilities is what really limited his playability.
If he was printed today his ability would more likely read, sacrifice a creature or exile a creature card from a graveyard, target creature gets -2-2. He was pretty darn good back when he was printed, but at this point he's nearly outclassed by "newish" common cards like Deathspore Thallid, who cost less, don't use the legend rule, and do not require mana to use abilities whatsoever.
*Wizard Legend*
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