---
target_card: Diminished Returner
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}"
type_line: "Creature — Phyrexian Skeleton"
algorithm: "4096-dimensional Qwen 8B Cosine Similarity over 38,000 Oracle embeddings"
canonical_url: https://avascry.com/similar/diminished-returner
json_api: https://avascry.com/similar/diminished-returner.json
---

# Cards Similar & Synergistic to Diminished Returner

- **Target Card:** [Diminished Returner](https://avascry.com/printing/diminished-returner-ydmu) (Creature — Phyrexian Skeleton) `{1}{B}{B}`
- **Algorithm:** 4096-dimensional Qwen 8B Cosine Similarity over 38,000 Oracle embeddings
- **JSON API:** https://avascry.com/similar/diminished-returner.json

## Top 31 Synergistic Matches

1. [**Persistent Specimen**](https://avascry.com/printing/persistent-specimen-j25) `{B}` — *Creature — Skeleton*
2. [**Tenacious Dead**](https://avascry.com/printing/tenacious-dead-m14) `{B}` — *Creature — Skeleton Warrior*
3. [**Reassembling Skeleton**](https://avascry.com/printing/reassembling-skeleton-cmm) `{1}{B}` — *Creature — Skeleton Warrior*
4. [**Cult Conscript**](https://avascry.com/printing/cult-conscript-dmu) `{B}` — *Creature — Skeleton Warrior*
5. [**Persist**](https://avascry.com/printing/persist-spg) `{1}{B}` — *Sorcery*
6. [**Gutterbones**](https://avascry.com/printing/gutterbones-prna) `{B}` — *Creature — Skeleton Warrior*
7. [**Fleshless Gladiator**](https://avascry.com/printing/fleshless-gladiator-one) `{1}{B}` — *Creature — Phyrexian Skeleton*
8. [**Phyrexian Delver**](https://avascry.com/printing/phyrexian-delver-c13) `{3}{B}{B}` — *Creature — Phyrexian Zombie*
9. [**Runeblade Raiser**](https://avascry.com/printing/runeblade-raiser-ytdm) `{B}` — *Creature — Human Warrior*
10. [**Geth, Thane of Contracts**](https://avascry.com/printing/geth-thane-of-contracts-pone) `{1}{B}{B}` — *Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Zombie*
11. [**Sanitarium Skeleton**](https://avascry.com/printing/sanitarium-skeleton-c19) `{B}` — *Creature — Skeleton*
12. [**Dread Wanderer**](https://avascry.com/printing/dread-wanderer-akh) `{B}` — *Creature — Zombie Jackal*
13. [**Aberrant Return**](https://avascry.com/printing/aberrant-return-ecc) `{4}{B}{B}` — *Sorcery*
14. [**Black Sun's Twilight**](https://avascry.com/printing/black-suns-twilight-pone) `{X}{B}` — *Instant*
15. [**Uchbenbak, the Great Mistake**](https://avascry.com/printing/uchbenbak-the-great-mistake-lci) `{3}{U}{B}` — *Legendary Creature — Skeleton Horror*
16. [**Retched Wretch**](https://avascry.com/printing/retched-wretch-ecl) `{2}{B}` — *Creature — Goblin*
17. [**Mortus Strider**](https://avascry.com/printing/mortus-strider-rvr) `{1}{U}{B}` — *Creature — Skeleton*
18. [**Revoke Demise**](https://avascry.com/printing/revoke-demise-j25) `{4}{B}` — *Sorcery*
19. [**Hook Horror**](https://avascry.com/printing/hook-horror-hbg) `{4}{B}` — *Creature — Horror*
20. [**Foul Renewal**](https://avascry.com/printing/foul-renewal-dtk) `{3}{B}` — *Instant*
21. [**Xu-Ifit, Osteoharmonist**](https://avascry.com/printing/xu-ifit-osteoharmonist-peoe) `{1}{B}{B}` — *Legendary Creature — Human Wizard*
22. [**Retrofitted Transmogrant**](https://avascry.com/printing/retrofitted-transmogrant-mh3) `{B}` — *Artifact Creature — Zombie*
23. [**Despoiler of Souls**](https://avascry.com/printing/despoiler-of-souls-ori) `{B}{B}` — *Creature — Horror*
24. [**Carrionette**](https://avascry.com/printing/carrionette-tmp) `{1}{B}` — *Creature — Skeleton*
25. [**Blighted Nightmare**](https://avascry.com/printing/blighted-nightmare-yecl) `{2}{B}` — *Enchantment*
26. [**Hell's Caretaker**](https://avascry.com/printing/hells-caretaker-leg) `{3}{B}` — *Creature — Horror*
27. [**Death Tyrant**](https://avascry.com/printing/death-tyrant-afc) `{4}{B}` — *Creature — Beholder Skeleton*
28. [**Painbringer**](https://avascry.com/printing/painbringer-ody) `{2}{B}{B}` — *Creature — Human Minion*
29. [**No One Left Behind**](https://avascry.com/printing/no-one-left-behind-bro) `{4}{B}` — *Sorcery*
30. [**Ritual of the Returned**](https://avascry.com/printing/ritual-of-the-returned-jou) `{3}{B}` — *Instant*
31. [**Champion of Stray Souls**](https://avascry.com/printing/champion-of-stray-souls-bng) `{4}{B}{B}` — *Creature — Skeleton Warrior*