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Cabal Therapy, art by Ron Spencer
Art by Ron Spencer · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · image via Scryfall
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checked Jun 14, 2026 · Scryfall
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Cabal Therapy

{B} · 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.)

Rulings (7)

Jun 8, 2016 · You name the card as Cabal Therapy resolves, not as you cast it. Then the targeted player reveals their hand and discards if appropriate. No player may choose to take actions between you naming the card and the targeted player revealing and discarding.

Mar 19, 2021 · You must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions, including those based on the card’s type. For instance, you can cast a sorcery using flashback only when you could normally cast a sorcery.

Mar 19, 2021 · “Flashback [cost]” means “You may cast this card from your graveyard by paying [cost] rather than paying its mana cost” and “If the flashback cost was paid, exile this card instead of putting it anywhere else any time it would leave the stack.”

Mar 19, 2021 · You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.

Mar 19, 2021 · To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a flashback cost) you’re paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.

Mar 19, 2021 · A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.

Mar 19, 2021 · If a card with flashback is put into your graveyard during your turn, you can cast it if it’s legal to do so before any other player can take any actions.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
ModernNot legal
PioneerNot legal
StandardNot legal
PauperNot legal
PremodernLegal
cEDHLegal

Where it’s played now

Inclusion by archetype

% of archetype's lists running it · last 30 days · n=86 decks
ArchetypeFormatInclusionCopiesDecks (n)
ReanimatorPremodern100%2–4×26
Oops! All SpellsLegacy100%1–2×23
DredgeLegacy100%8
The RockPremodern100%7
Cephalid breakfastLegacy100%6
Dimir ReanimatorLegacy100%6
Jund SurvivalPremodern100%3–4×6
4-Color SurvivalPremodern100%3–4×4
Data as of Jun 14, 2026 · MTGO + papercasthaven.com

Price

Cabal Therapy — price trend

Daily cheapest printing · USD · last 90 days · n=2 snapshots
Data as of Jun 14, 2026 · Scryfallcasthaven.com

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