Read the Bones
Sorcery
Set
Theros (ths)
Rarity
Common
Mana Cost
Artist
Lars Grant-West
Oracle Text
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.)Community
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Standard
Not Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pioneer
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Brawl
Legal
Decks with this card (1)
Rulings (5)
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Wizards of the CoastWhen 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.
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Wizards of the CoastYou 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.
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Wizards of the CoastScry 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.
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Wizards of the CoastYou choose how to order cards returned to your library after scrying no matter where you put them.
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Wizards of the CoastThe 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.
Other Printings
Secret Lair Drop (sld)
Secret Lair Drop (sld)
Pioneer Masters (pio)
Foundations Jumpstart (j25)
Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (dsc)
Commander Masters (cmm)
March of the Machine Commander (moc)
Starter Commander Decks (scd)
Dominaria United Commander (dmc)
Time Spiral Remastered (tsr)
The List (plst)
Commander 2017 (c17)
Duel Decks: Zendikar vs. Eldrazi (ddp)
Magic Origins (ori)
Commander 2014 (c14)