---
target_card: Excava, the Risen Past
mana_cost: "{2}{R}{W}"
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Spirit Horse"
algorithm: "4096-dimensional Qwen 8B Cosine Similarity over 38,000 Oracle embeddings"
canonical_url: https://avascry.com/similar/excava-the-risen-past
json_api: https://avascry.com/similar/excava-the-risen-past.json
---

# Cards Similar & Synergistic to Excava, the Risen Past

- **Target Card:** [Excava, the Risen Past](https://avascry.com/printing/excava-the-risen-past-soc) (Legendary Creature — Spirit Horse) `{2}{R}{W}`
- **Algorithm:** 4096-dimensional Qwen 8B Cosine Similarity over 38,000 Oracle embeddings
- **JSON API:** https://avascry.com/similar/excava-the-risen-past.json

## Top 31 Synergistic Matches

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3. [**Razor Hippogriff**](https://avascry.com/printing/razor-hippogriff-c13) `{3}{W}{W}` — *Creature — Hippogriff*
4. [**Augusta, Order Returned**](https://avascry.com/printing/augusta-order-returned-soc) `{2}{W}` — *Legendary Creature — Spirit Advisor*
5. [**Urborg Scavengers**](https://avascry.com/printing/urborg-scavengers-mat) `{2}{B}` — *Creature — Spirit*
6. [**Rescuer Sphinx**](https://avascry.com/printing/rescuer-sphinx-war) `{2}{U}{U}` — *Creature — Sphinx*
7. [**Ashnod's Harvester**](https://avascry.com/printing/ashnods-harvester-bro) `{2}` — *Artifact Creature — Construct*
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9. [**Scholar of the Lost Trove**](https://avascry.com/printing/scholar-of-the-lost-trove-jmp) `{5}{U}{U}` — *Creature — Sphinx*
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11. [**Honor the Past**](https://avascry.com/printing/honor-the-past-ysos) `{2}{W}` — *Sorcery*
12. [**Hoarding Dragon**](https://avascry.com/printing/hoarding-dragon-plst) `{3}{R}{R}` — *Creature — Dragon*
13. [**Returned Pastcaller**](https://avascry.com/printing/returned-pastcaller-stx) `{3}{R}{R/W}{W}` — *Creature — Spirit Cleric*
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16. [**Summon: Esper Valigarmanda**](https://avascry.com/printing/summon-esper-valigarmanda-fic) `{3}{R}` — *Enchantment Creature — Saga Drake*
17. [**Pillardrop Rescuer**](https://avascry.com/printing/pillardrop-rescuer-stx) `{4}{W}` — *Creature — Spirit Cleric*
18. [**Kuldotha Phoenix**](https://avascry.com/printing/kuldotha-phoenix-som) `{2}{R}{R}{R}` — *Creature — Phoenix*
19. [**Triarch Praetorian**](https://avascry.com/printing/triarch-praetorian-40k) `{1}{B}` — *Artifact Creature — Necron*
20. [**Reconstructed Thopter**](https://avascry.com/printing/reconstructed-thopter-bro) `{3}` — *Artifact Creature — Thopter*
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22. [**Ghost Vacuum**](https://avascry.com/printing/ghost-vacuum-pdsk) `{1}` — *Artifact*
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24. [**Abuelo, Ancestral Echo**](https://avascry.com/printing/abuelo-ancestral-echo-plci) `{1}{W}{U}` — *Legendary Creature — Spirit*
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26. [**Call a Surprise Witness**](https://avascry.com/printing/call-a-surprise-witness-mkm) `{1}{W}` — *Sorcery*
27. [**Phoenix of Ash**](https://avascry.com/printing/phoenix-of-ash-prm) `{1}{R}{R}` — *Creature — Phoenix*
28. [**Scavenging Harpy**](https://avascry.com/printing/scavenging-harpy-thb) `{2}{B}` — *Creature — Harpy*
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30. [**Shepherd of the Clouds**](https://avascry.com/printing/shepherd-of-the-clouds-otj) `{4}{W}` — *Creature — Pegasus*
31. [**Shiko, Paragon of the Way**](https://avascry.com/printing/shiko-paragon-of-the-way-tdm) `{2}{U}{R}{W}` — *Legendary Creature — Spirit Dragon*