Read the Bones Price
18 printings · 15 sets · first printed 2013
Read the Bones has been printed 18 times across 15 sets, first in 2013 and most recently in 2026. Right now the cheapest printing is Starter Commander Decks #101 at $0.20, while the most expensive is Secret Lair Drop #7069 at $6.58 — about 33× more. The median across 16 priced printings is $0.35. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 18x, including dedicated reprint sets like The List, Pioneer Masters.
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Every Read the Bones Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter Commander Decks #101 (C) Cheapest | 2022 | $0.20 | $0.06 |
| The List #DDP-56 (C) | 2019 | $0.26 | $0.05 |
| Magic Origins #114 (C) | 2015 | $0.29 | $0.09 |
| Foundations Jumpstart #479 (C) | 2024 | $0.30 | $0.09 |
| Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander #154 (C) | 2024 | $0.31 | $0.08 |
| Commander 2014 #158 (C) | 2014 | $0.33 | $0.15 |
| Commander 2017 #122 (C) | 2017 | $0.34 | $0.09 |
| March of the Machine Commander #267 (C) | 2023 | $0.35 | $0.18 |
| Commander Masters #182 (C) | 2023 | $0.35 | $0.09 |
| Duel Decks: Zendikar vs. Eldrazi #56 (C) | 2015 | $0.38 | $0.15 |
| Theros #101 (C) | 2013 | $0.39 | $0.06 |
| Dominaria United Commander #117 (C) | 2022 | $0.40 | $0.09 |
| Time Spiral Remastered #328 (S) | 2021 | $1.36 | $0.50 |
| Secret Lair Drop #2566 (R) | 2026 | $2.00 | $1.80 foil |
| Secret Lair Drop #7066 (R) | 2025 | $5.70 | $1.85 |
| Secret Lair Drop #7069 (R) Foil | 2025 | $6.58 | $1.20 foil |
| The List #MOC-267 (C) | 2026 | — | — |
| Pioneer Masters #104 (C) | 2024 | — | — |
Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 18 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
5 PrecedentsWhen 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.
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.
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.
You choose how to order cards returned to your library after scrying no matter where you put them.
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.