---
name: "Casting of Bones"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "ALL"
set_name: "Alliances"
collector_number: "44a"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Anson Maddocks"
oracle_id: "5a747256-4215-4334-98ab-0c2e4ed92e47"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/casting-of-bones-all"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Casting of Bones
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
When enchanted creature dies, draw three cards, then discard one of them.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Bequeathal](/printing/bequeathal-exo.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Dying Wail](/printing/dying-wail-uds.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Infernal Scarring](/printing/infernal-scarring-plst.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Dead Man's Chest](/printing/dead-mans-chest-prix.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Fate Foretold](/printing/fate-foretold-ths.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Hateful Eidolon](/printing/hateful-eidolon-thb.md) — Enchantment Creature — Spirit

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alliances (ALL) #44a
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Anson Maddocks
- **Total Printings:** 19 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `not_legal`