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◇ Concept · 20 printings

Read the Bones

Sorcery

printings

#445

EDHREC rank

#985

penny rank

Std

normal

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Value

$17.2090d high · 19 printings

90-dayhigh $17low $0.03range 57233.3%n 1186

Gameplay

Sorcery

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.)

The dead know lessons the living haven't learned.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDHnot legal

futurenot legal

legacylegal

modernlegal

pauperlegal

alchemynot legal

pioneerlegal

vintagelegal

historiclegal

standardnot legal

Timelesslegal

commanderlegal

Gladiatorlegal

Old Schoolnot legal

Premodernnot legal

Oathbreakerlegal

Standard Brawlnot legal

Pauper Commanderlegal

Context

Across the 19 printings of this card, the trailing-90-day price band runs from $0.03 to $17.20 across 1,186 observations.

Rarix catalogs 20 distinct printings of this card concept, spanning every set the card has appeared in. The Printings grid below lists each one with its own variant treatment, price, and collector signal.

Card type: Sorcery. Color identity: black. Mana cost: {2}{B} (3 converted). Keyword abilities: Scry.

Legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Pauper, Brawl, and Historic.

EDHrec ranks this card concept #445 in Commander, putting it in the popular-include tier of the format's playable pool.

The representative printing on this page is illustrated by Nicholas Gregory.