---
target_card: Retribution of the Ancients
mana_cost: "{B}"
type_line: "Enchantment"
algorithm: "4096-dimensional Qwen 8B Cosine Similarity over 38,000 Oracle embeddings"
canonical_url: https://avascry.com/similar/retribution-of-the-ancients
json_api: https://avascry.com/similar/retribution-of-the-ancients.json
---

# Cards Similar & Synergistic to Retribution of the Ancients

- **Target Card:** [Retribution of the Ancients](https://avascry.com/printing/retribution-of-the-ancients-ktk) (Enchantment) `{B}`
- **Algorithm:** 4096-dimensional Qwen 8B Cosine Similarity over 38,000 Oracle embeddings
- **JSON API:** https://avascry.com/similar/retribution-of-the-ancients.json

## Top 31 Synergistic Matches

1. [**Black Sun's Zenith**](https://avascry.com/printing/black-suns-zenith-mbs) `{X}{B}{B}` — *Sorcery*
2. [**Make Obsolete**](https://avascry.com/printing/make-obsolete-klr) `{2}{B}` — *Instant*
3. [**Fevered Convulsions**](https://avascry.com/printing/fevered-convulsions-tmp) `{B}{B}` — *Enchantment*
4. [**Black Sun's Twilight**](https://avascry.com/printing/black-suns-twilight-pone) `{X}{B}` — *Instant*
5. [**Darkness Descends**](https://avascry.com/printing/darkness-descends-ecl) `{2}{B}{B}` — *Sorcery*
6. [**Wither and Bloom**](https://avascry.com/printing/wither-and-bloom-mh3) `{1}{B}` — *Instant*
7. [**Ancestral Vengeance**](https://avascry.com/printing/ancestral-vengeance-plst) `{B}{B}` — *Enchantment — Aura*
8. [**Splendid Agony**](https://avascry.com/printing/splendid-agony-akr) `{2}{B}` — *Instant*
9. [**Irradiate**](https://avascry.com/printing/irradiate-mrd) `{3}{B}` — *Instant*
10. [**Night of Souls' Betrayal**](https://avascry.com/printing/night-of-souls-betrayal-ha6) `{2}{B}{B}` — *Legendary Enchantment*
11. [**Subtle Strike**](https://avascry.com/printing/subtle-strike-znr) `{1}{B}` — *Instant*
12. [**Death Wind**](https://avascry.com/printing/death-wind-avr) `{X}{B}` — *Instant*
13. [**Blight Rot**](https://avascry.com/printing/blight-rot-ecl) `{2}{B}` — *Instant*
14. [**Bloodline Culling**](https://avascry.com/printing/bloodline-culling-mid) `{1}{B}{B}` — *Instant*
15. [**Phyrexian Denouncer**](https://avascry.com/printing/phyrexian-denouncer-dde) `{1}{B}` — *Creature — Phyrexian Carrier*
16. [**Plagued Rusalka**](https://avascry.com/printing/plagued-rusalka-cns) `{B}` — *Creature — Spirit*
17. [**Sick and Tired**](https://avascry.com/printing/sick-and-tired-ulg) `{2}{B}` — *Instant*
18. [**Festercreep**](https://avascry.com/printing/festercreep-cm2) `{1}{B}` — *Creature — Elemental*
19. [**The Black Breath**](https://avascry.com/printing/the-black-breath-ltr) `{2}{B}` — *Sorcery*
20. [**Shrivel**](https://avascry.com/printing/shrivel-m14) `{1}{B}` — *Sorcery*
21. [**Disfigure**](https://avascry.com/printing/disfigure-ddr) `{B}` — *Instant*
22. [**Lethal Exploit**](https://avascry.com/printing/lethal-exploit-neo) `{1}{B}` — *Instant*
23. [**Hazardous Conditions**](https://avascry.com/printing/hazardous-conditions-klr) `{2}{B}{G}` — *Sorcery*
24. [**Suicidal Charge**](https://avascry.com/printing/suicidal-charge-con) `{3}{B}{R}` — *Enchantment*
25. [**Incremental Blight**](https://avascry.com/printing/incremental-blight-ecc) `{3}{B}{B}` — *Sorcery*
26. [**Sickening Shoal**](https://avascry.com/printing/sickening-shoal-bok) `{X}{B}{B}` — *Instant — Arcane*
27. [**Infest**](https://avascry.com/printing/infest-prm) `{1}{B}{B}` — *Sorcery*
28. [**Instill Infection**](https://avascry.com/printing/instill-infection-som) `{3}{B}` — *Instant*
29. [**Banewhip Punisher**](https://avascry.com/printing/banewhip-punisher-hou) `{2}{B}` — *Creature — Human Warrior*
30. [**Lethal Sting**](https://avascry.com/printing/lethal-sting-akr) `{2}{B}` — *Sorcery*
31. [**Mutilate**](https://avascry.com/printing/mutilate-gvl) `{2}{B}{B}` — *Sorcery*