---
name: "Skeletal Scrying"
mana_cost: "{X}{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "CNS"
set_name: "Conspiracy"
collector_number: "124"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Bob Petillo"
oracle_id: "561c68d8-b727-48d8-a832-2e42d1345fac"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/skeletal-scrying-cns"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Skeletal Scrying
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, exile X cards from your graveyard.
You draw X cards and you lose X life.

> *家族遗骨不过是他召使这股黑暗赋力的小小代价。*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Read the Bones](/printing/read-the-bones-ddp.md) — Sorcery
2. [Suffer the Past](/printing/suffer-the-past-c21.md) — Instant
3. [Eldritch Pact](/printing/eldritch-pact-clb.md) — Sorcery
4. [Skulltap](/printing/skulltap-scg.md) — Sorcery
5. [Haunting Misery](/printing/haunting-misery-wth.md) — Sorcery
6. [Shattered Crypt](/printing/shattered-crypt-wth.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Conspiracy (CNS) #124
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Bob Petillo
- **Total Printings:** 27 across all historical editions

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