---
target_card: Painful Lesson
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
type_line: "Sorcery"
algorithm: "4096-dimensional Qwen 8B Cosine Similarity over 38,000 Oracle embeddings"
canonical_url: https://avascry.com/similar/painful-lesson
json_api: https://avascry.com/similar/painful-lesson.json
---

# Cards Similar & Synergistic to Painful Lesson

- **Target Card:** [Painful Lesson](https://avascry.com/printing/painful-lesson-akh) (Sorcery) `{2}{B}`
- **Algorithm:** 4096-dimensional Qwen 8B Cosine Similarity over 38,000 Oracle embeddings
- **JSON API:** https://avascry.com/similar/painful-lesson.json

## Top 31 Synergistic Matches

1. [**Sign in Blood**](https://avascry.com/printing/sign-in-blood-gn3) `{B}{B}` — *Sorcery*
2. [**Blood Pact**](https://avascry.com/printing/blood-pact-mid) `{2}{B}` — *Instant*
3. [**Gruesome Realization**](https://avascry.com/printing/gruesome-realization-bro) `{1}{B}{B}` — *Sorcery*
4. [**Succumb to Temptation**](https://avascry.com/printing/succumb-to-temptation-emn) `{1}{B}{B}` — *Instant*
5. [**Cost of Brilliance**](https://avascry.com/printing/cost-of-brilliance-sos) `{2}{B}` — *Sorcery*
6. [**Damnable Pact**](https://avascry.com/printing/damnable-pact-c17) `{X}{B}{B}` — *Sorcery*
7. [**Painful Bond**](https://avascry.com/printing/painful-bond-yneo) `{1}{B}` — *Instant*
8. [**Harrowing Journey**](https://avascry.com/printing/harrowing-journey-dka) `{4}{B}` — *Sorcery*
9. [**Night's Whisper**](https://avascry.com/printing/nights-whisper-ddm) `{1}{B}` — *Sorcery*
10. [**Mental Agony**](https://avascry.com/printing/mental-agony-avr) `{3}{B}` — *Sorcery*
11. [**Risky Shortcut**](https://avascry.com/printing/risky-shortcut-dft) `{2}{B}` — *Sorcery*
12. [**Davriel's Shadowfugue**](https://avascry.com/printing/davriels-shadowfugue-war) `{3}{B}` — *Sorcery*
13. [**Crushing Disappointment**](https://avascry.com/printing/crushing-disappointment-stx) `{3}{B}` — *Instant*
14. [**Ambition's Cost**](https://avascry.com/printing/ambitions-cost-8ed) `{3}{B}` — *Sorcery*
15. [**Last Caress**](https://avascry.com/printing/last-caress-apc) `{2}{B}` — *Sorcery*
16. [**Urza's Guilt**](https://avascry.com/printing/urzas-guilt-pls) `{2}{U}{B}` — *Sorcery*
17. [**Bad Deal**](https://avascry.com/printing/bad-deal-m21) `{4}{B}{B}` — *Sorcery*
18. [**Infectious Inquiry**](https://avascry.com/printing/infectious-inquiry-one) `{2}{B}` — *Sorcery*
19. [**Pointed Discussion**](https://avascry.com/printing/pointed-discussion-vow) `{2}{B}` — *Sorcery*
20. [**Shredder's Revenge**](https://avascry.com/printing/shredders-revenge-tmt) `{2}{B}` — *Sorcery*
21. [**Remorseless Punishment**](https://avascry.com/printing/remorseless-punishment-plst) `{3}{B}{B}` — *Sorcery*
22. [**Cruel Bargain**](https://avascry.com/printing/cruel-bargain-vma) `{B}{B}{B}` — *Sorcery*
23. [**Peer into the Abyss**](https://avascry.com/printing/peer-into-the-abyss-plst) `{4}{B}{B}{B}` — *Sorcery*
24. [**Decorum Dissertation**](https://avascry.com/printing/decorum-dissertation-sos) `{3}{B}{B}` — *Sorcery — Lesson*
25. [**Caress of Phyrexia**](https://avascry.com/printing/caress-of-phyrexia-onc) `{3}{B}{B}` — *Sorcery*
26. [**Ozai's Cruelty**](https://avascry.com/printing/ozais-cruelty-tla) `{2}{B}` — *Sorcery — Lesson*
27. [**Foreboding Fruit**](https://avascry.com/printing/foreboding-fruit-eld) `{2}{B}` — *Sorcery*
28. [**Reverent Howl**](https://avascry.com/printing/reverent-howl-hob) `{2}{B}` — *Instant*
29. [**Greed**](https://avascry.com/printing/greed-leg) `{3}{B}` — *Enchantment*
30. [**Infernal Contract**](https://avascry.com/printing/infernal-contract-7ed) `{B}{B}{B}` — *Sorcery*
31. [**Afflict**](https://avascry.com/printing/afflict-ody) `{2}{B}` — *Instant*