---
target_card: Cost of Brilliance
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
type_line: "Sorcery"
algorithm: "4096-dimensional Qwen 8B Cosine Similarity over 38,000 Oracle embeddings"
canonical_url: https://avascry.com/similar/cost-of-brilliance
json_api: https://avascry.com/similar/cost-of-brilliance.json
---

# Cards Similar & Synergistic to Cost of Brilliance

- **Target Card:** [Cost of Brilliance](https://avascry.com/printing/cost-of-brilliance-sos) (Sorcery) `{2}{B}`
- **Algorithm:** 4096-dimensional Qwen 8B Cosine Similarity over 38,000 Oracle embeddings
- **JSON API:** https://avascry.com/similar/cost-of-brilliance.json

## Top 31 Synergistic Matches

1. [**Painful Lesson**](https://avascry.com/printing/painful-lesson-plst) `{2}{B}` — *Sorcery*
2. [**Gruesome Realization**](https://avascry.com/printing/gruesome-realization-bro) `{1}{B}{B}` — *Sorcery*
3. [**Sign in Blood**](https://avascry.com/printing/sign-in-blood-gn3) `{B}{B}` — *Sorcery*
4. [**Blood Pact**](https://avascry.com/printing/blood-pact-mid) `{2}{B}` — *Instant*
5. [**Night's Whisper**](https://avascry.com/printing/nights-whisper-ddm) `{1}{B}` — *Sorcery*
6. [**Ambition's Cost**](https://avascry.com/printing/ambitions-cost-8ed) `{3}{B}` — *Sorcery*
7. [**Reverent Howl**](https://avascry.com/printing/reverent-howl-hob) `{2}{B}` — *Instant*
8. [**Succumb to Temptation**](https://avascry.com/printing/succumb-to-temptation-emn) `{1}{B}{B}` — *Instant*
9. [**Touch of Brilliance**](https://avascry.com/printing/touch-of-brilliance-por) `{3}{U}` — *Sorcery*
10. [**Last Caress**](https://avascry.com/printing/last-caress-apc) `{2}{B}` — *Sorcery*
11. [**Damnable Pact**](https://avascry.com/printing/damnable-pact-c17) `{X}{B}{B}` — *Sorcery*
12. [**Davriel's Shadowfugue**](https://avascry.com/printing/davriels-shadowfugue-war) `{3}{B}` — *Sorcery*
13. [**Painful Bond**](https://avascry.com/printing/painful-bond-yneo) `{1}{B}` — *Instant*
14. [**Risky Shortcut**](https://avascry.com/printing/risky-shortcut-dft) `{2}{B}` — *Sorcery*
15. [**Bargain**](https://avascry.com/printing/bargain-s99) `{2}{W}` — *Sorcery*
16. [**Harrowing Journey**](https://avascry.com/printing/harrowing-journey-dka) `{4}{B}` — *Sorcery*
17. [**Combat Tutorial**](https://avascry.com/printing/combat-tutorial-fin) `{2}{U}` — *Sorcery*
18. [**Pointed Discussion**](https://avascry.com/printing/pointed-discussion-vow) `{2}{B}` — *Sorcery*
19. [**Cerebral Vortex**](https://avascry.com/printing/cerebral-vortex-gpt) `{1}{U}{R}` — *Instant*
20. [**Instill Infection**](https://avascry.com/printing/instill-infection-som) `{3}{B}` — *Instant*
21. [**Infectious Inquiry**](https://avascry.com/printing/infectious-inquiry-one) `{2}{B}` — *Sorcery*
22. [**Afflict**](https://avascry.com/printing/afflict-ody) `{2}{B}` — *Instant*
23. [**Scarscale Ritual**](https://avascry.com/printing/scarscale-ritual-shm) `{1}{U/B}` — *Sorcery*
24. [**Baleful Mastery**](https://avascry.com/printing/baleful-mastery-pstx) `{3}{B}` — *Instant*
25. [**Costly Plunder**](https://avascry.com/printing/costly-plunder-plst) `{1}{B}` — *Instant*
26. [**Caress of Phyrexia**](https://avascry.com/printing/caress-of-phyrexia-onc) `{3}{B}{B}` — *Sorcery*
27. [**Mental Agony**](https://avascry.com/printing/mental-agony-avr) `{3}{B}` — *Sorcery*
28. [**Desperate Measures**](https://avascry.com/printing/desperate-measures-tdm) `{B}` — *Instant*
29. [**Live Fast**](https://avascry.com/printing/live-fast-klr) `{2}{B}` — *Sorcery*
30. [**Cruel Bargain**](https://avascry.com/printing/cruel-bargain-vma) `{B}{B}{B}` — *Sorcery*
31. [**Baleful Force**](https://avascry.com/printing/baleful-force-c13) `{5}{B}{B}{B}` — *Creature — Elemental*