Magic: The Gathering

Cabal Trainee

Judgment 63 • common

Set: Judgment
Collector number: 63
Rarity: Common
Mana cost: black mana
Type: Creature
Colors: Black
Artist: Pete Venters
Market price: $0.09

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$0.09market price via TCGplayer · Aug 19, 2026$0.07 – $0.09 over the tracked period

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What it does

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

"Ah, a faceshredder. Very rare. Nearly unstoppable. Good luck!"— Cabal instructor

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StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
PauperLegal
BrawlNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
OathbreakerLegal

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Provenance

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Cabal Trainee was released in 2002 as part of the Judgment expansion, the third set in the Odyssey block for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Wizards of the Coast, the set was themed around the conflict within the Cabal, a shadowy organization based on the plane of Otaria. The card was designed as a common-rarity creature to provide a mechanical tool for black-aligned decks, specifically functioning as a sacrifice-based utility card that fits the set's graveyard-centric gameplay mechanics.

The artwork was provided by Pete Venters, a prolific illustrator who contributed hundreds of pieces to the game throughout the 1990s and 2000s. Venters chose to depict the trainee within the distinct aesthetic of the Cabal, utilizing dark, moody tones to emphasize the cult-like and often grim nature of the organization. Upon its release, the card was received as a functional, low-cost strategic component, emblematic of the aggressive yet resource-taxing playstyle favored by black decks during the Odyssey era.

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