Read the Bones

set	min	mtgo
-	0.22	0.03 tix

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Name	Read the Bones
Type	Sorcery
Description	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.)
Flavor	Learn anything you want to know— and everything you don't.
Artist	Nicholas Gregory
Set	Secret Lair Drop #7066
Wallpaper	download
Image	download

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About Read the Bones

Read the Bones, Sorcery, designed by Lars Grant-West first released in Sep, 2013 in the set Theros and was printed exactly in 16 different ways. It see play in 2 formats: Commander and Duel Commander. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of 0.22.

A black control or midrange deck would benefit from using Read the Bones, as it provides card advantage through drawing two cards and filtering through the deck with scrying, at the cost of some life. While there are other similar cards like Sign in Blood or Night's Whisper that offer card draw without the life loss, Read the Bones is still a strong choice due to its flexibility in setting up future draws and potentially finding key cards. It should definitely see play in decks looking for card advantage and selection.

Rules

09/15/13

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.

09/15/13

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.

09/15/13

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