---
target_card: Lay Waste
mana_cost: "{3}{R}"
type_line: "Sorcery"
algorithm: "4096-dimensional Qwen 8B Cosine Similarity over 38,000 Oracle embeddings"
canonical_url: https://avascry.com/similar/lay-waste
json_api: https://avascry.com/similar/lay-waste.json
---

# Cards Similar & Synergistic to Lay Waste

- **Target Card:** [Lay Waste](https://avascry.com/printing/lay-waste-usg) (Sorcery) `{3}{R}`
- **Algorithm:** 4096-dimensional Qwen 8B Cosine Similarity over 38,000 Oracle embeddings
- **JSON API:** https://avascry.com/similar/lay-waste.json

## Top 31 Synergistic Matches

1. [**Violent Impact**](https://avascry.com/printing/violent-impact-akh) `{3}{R}` — *Sorcery*
2. [**Implode**](https://avascry.com/printing/implode-plst) `{4}{R}` — *Sorcery*
3. [**Melt Terrain**](https://avascry.com/printing/melt-terrain-som) `{2}{R}{R}` — *Sorcery*
4. [**Craterize**](https://avascry.com/printing/craterize-m13) `{3}{R}` — *Sorcery*
5. [**Volcanic Submersion**](https://avascry.com/printing/volcanic-submersion-ala) `{4}{R}` — *Sorcery*
6. [**Desecrated Earth**](https://avascry.com/printing/desecrated-earth-zen) `{4}{B}` — *Sorcery*
7. [**Roiling Terrain**](https://avascry.com/printing/roiling-terrain-wwk) `{2}{R}{R}` — *Sorcery*
8. [**Encroaching Wastes**](https://avascry.com/printing/encroaching-wastes-m14) `N/A` — *Land*
9. [**Devastate**](https://avascry.com/printing/devastate-pcy) `{3}{R}{R}` — *Sorcery*
10. [**Cryoclasm**](https://avascry.com/printing/cryoclasm-csp) `{2}{R}` — *Sorcery*
11. [**Cleansing Wildfire**](https://avascry.com/printing/cleansing-wildfire-znr) `{1}{R}` — *Sorcery*
12. [**Raze**](https://avascry.com/printing/raze-usg) `{R}` — *Sorcery*
13. [**Wasteland**](https://avascry.com/printing/wasteland-mpr) `N/A` — *Land*
14. [**Stone Rain**](https://avascry.com/printing/stone-rain-cei) `{2}{R}` — *Sorcery*
15. [**Demolish**](https://avascry.com/printing/demolish-9ed) `{3}{R}` — *Sorcery*
16. [**Scorched Earth**](https://avascry.com/printing/scorched-earth-plst) `{X}{R}` — *Sorcery*
17. [**Geomancer's Gambit**](https://avascry.com/printing/geomancers-gambit-mh1) `{2}{R}` — *Sorcery*
18. [**Despoil**](https://avascry.com/printing/despoil-pcy) `{3}{B}` — *Sorcery*
19. [**Poison the Well**](https://avascry.com/printing/poison-the-well-shm) `{2}{B/R}{B/R}` — *Sorcery*
20. [**Waste Land**](https://avascry.com/printing/waste-land-cmb2) `N/A` — *Land*
21. [**Volcanic Upheaval**](https://avascry.com/printing/volcanic-upheaval-bfz) `{3}{R}` — *Instant*
22. [**Wake of Destruction**](https://avascry.com/printing/wake-of-destruction-uds) `{3}{R}{R}{R}` — *Sorcery*
23. [**Land's Edge**](https://avascry.com/printing/lands-edge-chr) `{1}{R}{R}` — *World Enchantment*
24. [**Seismic Spike**](https://avascry.com/printing/seismic-spike-rav) `{2}{R}{R}` — *Sorcery*
25. [**Molten Rain**](https://avascry.com/printing/molten-rain-plst) `{1}{R}{R}` — *Sorcery*
26. [**Seismic Mage**](https://avascry.com/printing/seismic-mage-mmq) `{3}{R}` — *Creature — Human Spellshaper*
27. [**Ruination**](https://avascry.com/printing/ruination-cmd) `{3}{R}` — *Sorcery*
28. [**Destroy the Evidence**](https://avascry.com/printing/destroy-the-evidence-rtr) `{4}{B}` — *Sorcery*
29. [**Scorch the Fields**](https://avascry.com/printing/scorch-the-fields-dka) `{4}{R}` — *Sorcery*
30. [**Smoldering Crater**](https://avascry.com/printing/smoldering-crater-btd) `N/A` — *Land*
31. [**Victorious Destruction**](https://avascry.com/printing/victorious-destruction-nph) `{4}{R}` — *Sorcery*