You can cast it turn 3 (or turn 2, with a dork) to claim the monarchy before your opponent can contest, or you can dump all your mana into it turn 8 to win with a hasty cavalry
Either way, youre sure to come out with a powerful and fun deck
Cabal Therapy is its own game within a game, like combat or how cool you look shuffling when someone attractive walks up to your table
We also have lots of poison payoffs like Glistening Sphere, a 3-drop mana rock that proliferates and taps for 3, Distorted Curiosity, 1 mana draw 2, and Corrupted Resolve, a straight up Counterspell that is easier to cast
So, if the attacking creature's strength overpowers the defending creature's toughness, and the defending creature's strength overpowers the attacking creature's toughness, both creatures die