---
target_card: Kess, Dissident Mage
mana_cost: "{1}{U}{B}{R}"
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Wizard"
algorithm: "4096-dimensional Qwen 8B Cosine Similarity over 38,000 Oracle embeddings"
canonical_url: https://avascry.com/similar/kess-dissident-mage
json_api: https://avascry.com/similar/kess-dissident-mage.json
---

# Cards Similar & Synergistic to Kess, Dissident Mage

- **Target Card:** [Kess, Dissident Mage](https://avascry.com/printing/kess-dissident-mage-c17) (Legendary Creature — Human Wizard) `{1}{U}{B}{R}`
- **Algorithm:** 4096-dimensional Qwen 8B Cosine Similarity over 38,000 Oracle embeddings
- **JSON API:** https://avascry.com/similar/kess-dissident-mage.json

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