“The dead know lessons the living haven't learned.”
Scry
Read the Bones
Card Rules and Details
Card Type: Sorcery
Mana Cost: {2}{B}
Oracle Rules Text: 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 Text: The dead know lessons the living haven't learned.
Set: Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (#154), Rarity: Common, Artist: Lars Grant-West
Sorcery
Black
Common
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Historical Printings & Sets (1)
1 Languages
Official Rulings (5)
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.
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