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

# Cards Similar & Synergistic to Encroach

- **Target Card:** [Encroach](https://avascry.com/printing/encroach-uds) (Sorcery) `{B}`
- **Algorithm:** 4096-dimensional Qwen 8B Cosine Similarity over 38,000 Oracle embeddings
- **JSON API:** https://avascry.com/similar/encroach.json

## Top 31 Synergistic Matches

1. [**Lay Bare the Heart**](https://avascry.com/printing/lay-bare-the-heart-akh) `{1}{B}` — *Sorcery*
2. [**Distress**](https://avascry.com/printing/distress-10e) `{B}{B}` — *Sorcery*
3. [**Despise**](https://avascry.com/printing/despise-ktk) `{B}` — *Sorcery*
4. [**Castigate**](https://avascry.com/printing/castigate-gpt) `{W}{B}` — *Sorcery*
5. [**Ostracize**](https://avascry.com/printing/ostracize-ulg) `{B}` — *Sorcery*
6. [**Dark Inquiry**](https://avascry.com/printing/dark-inquiry-rix) `{2}{B}` — *Sorcery*
7. [**Perish the Thought**](https://avascry.com/printing/perish-the-thought-roe) `{2}{B}` — *Sorcery*
8. [**Pilfer**](https://avascry.com/printing/pilfer-dmu) `{1}{B}` — *Sorcery*
9. [**Specter's Shriek**](https://avascry.com/printing/specters-shriek-eld) `{B}` — *Sorcery*
10. [**Duress**](https://avascry.com/printing/duress-xln) `{B}` — *Sorcery*
11. [**Thoughtseize**](https://avascry.com/printing/thoughtseize-otp) `{B}` — *Sorcery*
12. [**Gix's Caress**](https://avascry.com/printing/gixs-caress-bro) `{2}{B}` — *Sorcery*
13. [**Night Terrors**](https://avascry.com/printing/night-terrors-isd) `{2}{B}` — *Sorcery*
14. [**Extract the Truth**](https://avascry.com/printing/extract-the-truth-snc) `{1}{B}` — *Sorcery*
15. [**Divest**](https://avascry.com/printing/divest-2xm) `{B}` — *Sorcery*
16. [**Binding Negotiation**](https://avascry.com/printing/binding-negotiation-otj) `{1}{B}` — *Sorcery*
17. [**Memory Theft**](https://avascry.com/printing/memory-theft-eld) `{2}{B}` — *Sorcery*
18. [**Lost Hours**](https://avascry.com/printing/lost-hours-fut) `{1}{B}` — *Sorcery*
19. [**Coercion**](https://avascry.com/printing/coercion-tmp) `{2}{B}` — *Sorcery*
20. [**Tourach's Canticle**](https://avascry.com/printing/tourachs-canticle-mh2) `{3}{B}` — *Sorcery*
21. [**Brainbite**](https://avascry.com/printing/brainbite-arb) `{2}{U}{B}` — *Sorcery*
22. [**Never Happened**](https://avascry.com/printing/never-happened-grn) `{2}{B}` — *Sorcery*
23. [**Render Speechless**](https://avascry.com/printing/render-speechless-sos) `{2}{W}{B}` — *Sorcery*
24. [**Inquisition of Kozilek**](https://avascry.com/printing/inquisition-of-kozilek-2x2) `{B}` — *Sorcery*
25. [**Mind Slash**](https://avascry.com/printing/mind-slash-8ed) `{1}{B}{B}` — *Enchantment*
26. [**Nightsnare**](https://avascry.com/printing/nightsnare-ori) `{3}{B}` — *Sorcery*
27. [**Cerebral Confiscation**](https://avascry.com/printing/cerebral-confiscation-mkm) `{2}{B}` — *Sorcery*
28. [**Destroy the Evidence**](https://avascry.com/printing/destroy-the-evidence-rtr) `{4}{B}` — *Sorcery*
29. [**Down for Repairs**](https://avascry.com/printing/down-for-repairs-unf) `{2}{B}` — *Sorcery*
30. [**Harsh Scrutiny**](https://avascry.com/printing/harsh-scrutiny-kld) `{B}` — *Sorcery*
31. [**Ego Drain**](https://avascry.com/printing/ego-drain-woe) `{B}` — *Sorcery*