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Read the Bones

{2}{B}

Sorcery

ORIMagic Origins#114common
Foil

The dead know lessons the living haven't learned.

Border
black
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 896
Illustrator
Lars Grant-West
Found in
Magic Origins MTGO Redemption · Magic Origins MTGO Redemption Foil · 2 more
Printings16
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyNot legal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Scry 2, then draw two cards. You lose 2 life. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Plays as: Card Draw · Scry · Life Outlet · Library Manipulation

Market · per finishspark updated 37m ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.27
$0.01 low-$0.05 gap
Foil-4.5%
$0.85
$0.65 low-$0.10 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.24· across 16 printings

Rulings

5 · latest Sep 15, 2013 · one tap opens all
  • WotCSep 15, 2013

    Scry appears on some spells and abilities with one or more targets. If all of the spell or ability's targets are illegal when it tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won't scry.

  • WotCSep 15, 2013

    The loss of life is part of the spell's effect. It's not an additional cost. If Read the Bones doesn't resolve, you won't lose life.

  • WotCSep 15, 2013

    When you scry, you may put all the cards you look at back on top of your library, you may put all of those cards on the bottom of your library, or you may put some of those cards on top and the rest of them on the bottom.

  • WotCSep 15, 2013

    You choose how to order cards returned to your library after scrying no matter where you put them.

  • WotCSep 15, 2013

    You perform the actions stated on a card in sequence. For some spells and abilities, that means you'll scry last. For others, that means you'll scry and then perform other actions.