Abbrev in Standard Lib does exactly that:
require ' abbrev'
ar = ["Abyssal Specter", "Air Elemental", "Aladdin's Ring", "Ambition's Cost", "Anaba Shaman", "Angel of Mercy", "Angelic Page", "Archivist", "Ardent Militia", "Avatar of Hope", "Aven Cloudchaser","Aven Fisher"]
p ar.abbrev.invert.to_a
require ' abbrev'
ar = ["Abyssal Specter", "Air Elemental", "Aladdin's Ring", "Ambition's Cost", "Anaba Shaman", "Angel of Mercy", "Angelic Page", "Archivist", "Ardent Militia", "Avatar of Hope", "Aven Cloudchaser","Aven Fisher"]
p ar.abbrev.invert.to_a
# [["Abyssal Specter", "Ab"], ["Air Elemental", "Ai"], ["Aladdin's Ring", "Al"], ["Ambition's Cost", "Am"],
["Anaba Shaman", "Ana"], ["Angel of Mercy", "Angel "], ["Angelic Page", "Angeli"], ["Archivist", "Arc"],
["Ardent Militia", "Ard"], ["Avatar of Hope", "Ava"], ["Aven Cloudchaser", "Aven C"], ["Aven Fisher", "Aven F"]]
invert:
返回一个使用hsh的值做键、键做值的新散列表。如果hsh有重复的值,新散列表只使用其中一个作为键