---
target_card: Crossbones, Malicious Mercenary
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Mercenary Villain"
algorithm: "4096-dimensional Qwen 8B Cosine Similarity over 38,000 Oracle embeddings"
canonical_url: https://avascry.com/similar/crossbones-malicious-mercenary
json_api: https://avascry.com/similar/crossbones-malicious-mercenary.json
---

# Cards Similar & Synergistic to Crossbones, Malicious Mercenary

- **Target Card:** [Crossbones, Malicious Mercenary](https://avascry.com/printing/crossbones-malicious-mercenary-msh) (Legendary Creature — Human Mercenary Villain) `{3}{B}`
- **Algorithm:** 4096-dimensional Qwen 8B Cosine Similarity over 38,000 Oracle embeddings
- **JSON API:** https://avascry.com/similar/crossbones-malicious-mercenary.json

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