First printed in Judgment (2002)

All 9 prints

The List (PLST) #EMA-83, 2019
Eternal Masters (EMA) #83, 2016
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #31473, 2013 (digital)
Premium Deck Series: Graveborn (PD3) #12, 2011
Friday Night Magic 2005 (F05) #5, 2005
World Championship Decks 2003 (WC03) #pk62, 2003
World Championship Decks 2003 (WC03) #pk62sb, 2003
World Championship Decks 2003 (WC03) #we62sb, 2003
Judgment (JUD) #62, 2002

Cabal Therapy

Sorcery

Choose a nonland card name. Target player reveals their hand and discards all cards with that name.
Flashback—Sacrifice a creature. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

In the last 30 days 9.1% of Legacy decks played it (24 of 264). Most played in UBG (unclassified). In the last 30 days 21.9% of Premodern decks played it (30 of 137). Most played in Stiflenought.

Staple

Legacy staples: main deck, 8% of decks (#73)
Black, Sorceries, Discard
Premodern staples: main deck, 24% of decks (#7)
Black, Sorceries, Discard

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Not legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Not legal
Timeless Not legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Not legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Not legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Not legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Legacy Other periods →

In 24 of 264 decks (9.1%).

Share of decks

8.7%

vs previous 30 days

Decks

8 main, 2 sideboard

Avg. copies

2.3

in the main deck

Win rate

31%

0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
UBG (unclassified)	6.4%	6%
Boros Energy	5.3%	14%
Doomsday	4.2%	18%
Storm	3.0%	13%
WUBRG (unclassified)	2.7%	14%
BRG (unclassified)	1.9%	20%
Cephalid Breakfast	1.9%	100%
Reanimator	1.9%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Dread Return	50%	13.0
Narcomoeba	50%	13.0
Thassa's Oracle	50%	4.3
Marsh Flats	50%	3.1
Bridge from Below	38%	13.0
Stitcher's Supplier	38%	2.6
Dark Ritual	38%	2.4
Undercity Sewers	38%	1.4
Swords to Plowshares	38%	1.4
Thoughtseize	38%	1.4

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Death and Taxes Ian Hoffman in BCDL 30 - Ohio	4-1 80%
Cephalid Breakfast Bill Brown in BCDL 29 - Texas	4-2 67%
Reanimator Brian Espinoza in BCDL 29 - Texas	4-2 67%
Reanimator Charlie Stein in BCDL 29 - Texas	4-2 67%
Reanimator Brandon Guillory in BCDL 29 - Texas	4-2 67%
Cephalid Breakfast Shaun Sunkara in From The Vault: Legacy 36 $1K	4-2 67%
Cephalid Breakfast Maurice Lenz in Emjati's Eternal Sunday III - Legacy	3-2 60%
Reanimator Scott Nissen in BCDL 29 - Texas	3-3 50%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Cephalid Breakfast casper_x, 28 Oct	1 main	5-0
Storm Ftz, 28 Oct	1 side	5-0
WUBG The_shallow_grave, 27 Oct	4 main	#27 2-3
Boros Energy BurnMann, 27 Oct	3 main	#29 1-4
BRG Applepies96, 27 Oct	3 main	#32 2-4
Cephalid Breakfast AngusMTG, 27 Oct	1 main	5-0
UBRG Comrade1312, 26 Oct	2 main	5-0
UBG JustCallMeJick, 26 Oct	2 main 1 side	5-0

Premodern Other periods →

In 30 of 137 decks (21.9%).

Share of decks

24.4%

vs previous 30 days

Decks

10 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

3.4

in the main deck

Win rate

59%

3 top 8 (challenges only)