---
target_card: Hostage Taker
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{B}"
type_line: "Creature — Human Pirate"
algorithm: "4096-dimensional Qwen 8B Cosine Similarity over 38,000 Oracle embeddings"
canonical_url: https://avascry.com/similar/hostage-taker
json_api: https://avascry.com/similar/hostage-taker.json
---

# Cards Similar & Synergistic to Hostage Taker

- **Target Card:** [Hostage Taker](https://avascry.com/printing/hostage-taker-lcc) (Creature — Human Pirate) `{2}{U}{B}`
- **Algorithm:** 4096-dimensional Qwen 8B Cosine Similarity over 38,000 Oracle embeddings
- **JSON API:** https://avascry.com/similar/hostage-taker.json

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