---
target_card: Pygmy Hippo
mana_cost: "{G}{U}"
type_line: "Creature — Hippo"
algorithm: "4096-dimensional Qwen 8B Cosine Similarity over 38,000 Oracle embeddings"
canonical_url: https://avascry.com/similar/pygmy-hippo
json_api: https://avascry.com/similar/pygmy-hippo.json
---

# Cards Similar & Synergistic to Pygmy Hippo

- **Target Card:** [Pygmy Hippo](https://avascry.com/printing/pygmy-hippo-vis) (Creature — Hippo) `{G}{U}`
- **Algorithm:** 4096-dimensional Qwen 8B Cosine Similarity over 38,000 Oracle embeddings
- **JSON API:** https://avascry.com/similar/pygmy-hippo.json

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7. [**Bull Hippo**](https://avascry.com/printing/bull-hippo-7ed) `{3}{G}` — *Creature — Hippo*
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