---
target_card: Cruel Grimnarch
mana_cost: "{5}{B}"
type_line: "Creature — Phyrexian Cleric"
algorithm: "4096-dimensional Qwen 8B Cosine Similarity over 38,000 Oracle embeddings"
canonical_url: https://avascry.com/similar/cruel-grimnarch
json_api: https://avascry.com/similar/cruel-grimnarch.json
---

# Cards Similar & Synergistic to Cruel Grimnarch

- **Target Card:** [Cruel Grimnarch](https://avascry.com/printing/cruel-grimnarch-one) (Creature — Phyrexian Cleric) `{5}{B}`
- **Algorithm:** 4096-dimensional Qwen 8B Cosine Similarity over 38,000 Oracle embeddings
- **JSON API:** https://avascry.com/similar/cruel-grimnarch.json

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