MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #298

Bone Shards

DIGITAL ONLY

j21·#298·common·nonfoil

Illus. Tommy Arnold

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Aug '21

5 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #2,678 · Niche pick

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Sorcery

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature or discard a card. Destroy target creature or planeswalker.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2021-06-18wotc

Once you begin to cast Bone Shards, no player may take actions until you're done. Notably, opponents can't try to remove the creature you wish to sacrifice or make you discard your last card.

2021-06-18wotc

You must sacrifice exactly one creature or discard exactly one card to cast this spell; you can't cast it without sacrificing a creature or discarding a card, and you can't sacrifice additional creatures or discard additional cards.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from J21 — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #298 of *Jumpstart: Historic Horizons*, the set that shipped alongside the August 2021 Jumpstart: Historic Horizons release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity black, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {B} (1 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #2,678 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Tommy Arnold. Rarix catalogs 91 other cards credited to this artist.