Cabal Archon
Mana cost {2}{B}. Power/toughness 2/2.
{B}, Sacrifice a Cleric: Target player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Cabal Archon is a black card, legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Onslaught printing.
Price and printings: Cardmarket (€0.6) · TCGplayer ($0.28) · Scryfall
Tracked daily since 28 July 2026: on Cardmarket between €0.26 and €0.93 in that time.
How often Cabal Archon is played
Cabal Archon is maindecked in 4 of 131 tournament decks in this archive (3%), averaging 3.8 copies; used by 1 of 33 tracked archetypes.
Counting only the 75 decks that can cast black cards, 4 of them play it (5%).
See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.
Premodern archetypes that play Cabal Archon
- Clerics: For {B} and a Cleric, target player loses 2 life and you gain 2, at instant speed, so the deck can win without attacking, and Glacial Chasm, which prevents only damage, does not stop it.
Tournament decks with Cabal Archon
- Clerics: 7th Place at Czech Premodern Nationals 2026 (4× mainboard)
- Mono Black Clerics: 3rd Place at IX Torneo Mensual (4× mainboard)
- Clerics: 1st Place at MTGO Premodern League (3× mainboard)
- Black Clerics: 2nd Place at Lega Milano 3/9 (4× mainboard)
Spicy brews with Cabal Archon
- Bloody Clerics (4×)
