Read the Bones

Foundations Jumpstart • #479 • common

Sorcery |

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Live Value $0.30

Foil Multiplier: Flat Baseline (1.0x)

Reprint Profile:

Printed 18 times HIGH RISK

Reprinted 18x, including dedicated reprint sets like The List, Pioneer Masters.

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🗂️ Alternative Printings

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PLST #MOC-267(C) $0.00

DSC #154(C) $0.31

MOC #267(C) $0.35

SCD #101(C) $0.20

PLST #DDP-56(C) $0.26

Read the Bones

Foundations Jumpstart • #479 • common

Current Valuation

$0.3

30-Day Market Trend

Rarity

common

Set Origin

J25

Daily Shift

0.00%

EDHREC Rank

#488

Mana Cost

Oracle Data

Card Type Sorcery

Color Identity Black

🖋️ Curator's Notes

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."

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Official Judge Precedents

5 Precedents

2013-09-15

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.

2013-09-15

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.

2013-09-15

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.

2013-09-15

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

2013-09-15

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.

📜 Technical Attributes

Release Date: 2024-11-15

Set Name: Foundations Jumpstart

Artist Reference: Lars Grant-West

Border Profile: black

✨ Variants & Finishes

Available Finishes Standard

Promo Status NO