---
name: "Read the Bones"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Scry"]
set: "ORI"
set_name: "Magic Origins"
collector_number: "114"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Lars Grant-West"
oracle_id: "5bf4d8d9-a2b2-4dba-ac05-9d4470a89db2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/read-the-bones-ori"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Read the Bones
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Scry

## Oracle 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.)

> *죽은 자만 알 수 있는 지식도 있다.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Skeletal Scrying](/printing/skeletal-scrying-plst.md) — Instant
2. [Demon's Due](/printing/demons-due-snc.md) — Instant
3. [Fill with Fright](/printing/fill-with-fright-plst.md) — Sorcery
4. [Lost Legion](/printing/lost-legion-eld.md) — Creature — Spirit Knight
5. [Lose Hope](/printing/lose-hope-5dn.md) — Instant
6. [Viscera Seer](/printing/viscera-seer-plst.md) — Creature — Vampire Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Magic Origins (ORI) #114
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Lars Grant-West
- **Total Printings:** 89 across all historical editions

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