Read the Bones
Sorcery
Read the Bones
Sorcery
Secret Lair Drop (SLD)·#7069·rare·Oct 13, 2025
$4.72Foil
Card 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.)
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 3
- Colors
- Black
- Color Identity
- Black
- EDHREC Rank
- #428
Format Legalities
Duel
Brawl
Penny
Predh
Future
Legacy
Modern
Pauper
Alchemy
Pioneer
Vintage
Historic
Standard
Timeless
Commander
Gladiator
Oldschool
Premodern
Oathbreaker
Standardbrawl
Paupercommander
Legal
Not Legal
Banned
Restricted
Market Prices
USD
—USD Foil
$4.72EUR
—EUR Foil
6,52 €Prices from TCGPlayer and Cardmarket
Price History (30d)
All Printings (88)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) | #7066 | rare | en | Nicholas Gregory | $2.47 | — |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) | #7069 | rare | en | Nicholas Gregory | — | $4.72 |
| Pioneer Masters (PIO) | #104 | common | en | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Foundations Jumpstart (J25) | #479 | common | en | Lars Grant-West | $0.20 | — |
| Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC) | #154 | common | en | Lars Grant-West | $0.22 | — |
| Commander Masters (CMM) | #182 | common | en | Lars Grant-West | $0.31 | $0.40 |
| March of the Machine Commander (MOC) | #267 | common | en | Lars Grant-West | $0.32 | — |
| Starter Commander Decks (SCD) | #101 | common | en | Lars Grant-West | $0.28 | — |
| Dominaria United Commander (DMC) | #117 | common | en | Lars Grant-West | $0.43 | — |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #328 | special | en | Lars Grant-West | $2.94 | $16.22 |
| The List (PLST) | #DDP-56 | common | en | Lars Grant-West | $0.25 | — |
| Commander 2017 (C17) | #122 | common | en | Lars Grant-West | $0.34 | — |
| Duel Decks: Zendikar vs. Eldrazi (DDP) | #56 | common | en | Lars Grant-West | $0.25 | — |
| Magic Origins (ORI) | #114 | common | en | Lars Grant-West | $0.30 | $0.94 |
| Commander 2014 (C14) | #158 | common | en | Lars Grant-West | $0.18 | — |
| Theros (THS) | #101 | common | en | Lars Grant-West | $0.34 | $1.32 |
| Foundations Jumpstart (J25) | #479 | common | de | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC) | #154 | common | de | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Commander Masters (CMM) | #182 | common | de | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| March of the Machine Commander (MOC) | #267 | common | de | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Dominaria United Commander (DMC) | #117 | common | de | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #328 | special | de | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Commander 2017 (C17) | #122 | common | de | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Magic Origins (ORI) | #114 | common | de | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Commander 2014 (C14) | #158 | common | de | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Theros (THS) | #101 | common | de | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Foundations Jumpstart (J25) | #479 | common | es | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC) | #154 | common | es | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Commander Masters (CMM) | #182 | common | es | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| March of the Machine Commander (MOC) | #267 | common | es | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Dominaria United Commander (DMC) | #117 | common | es | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #328 | special | es | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Commander 2017 (C17) | #122 | common | es | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Magic Origins (ORI) | #114 | common | es | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Commander 2014 (C14) | #158 | common | es | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Theros (THS) | #101 | common | es | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Foundations Jumpstart (J25) | #479 | common | fr | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC) | #154 | common | fr | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Commander Masters (CMM) | #182 | common | fr | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| March of the Machine Commander (MOC) | #267 | common | fr | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Dominaria United Commander (DMC) | #117 | common | fr | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #328 | special | fr | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Commander 2017 (C17) | #122 | common | fr | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Magic Origins (ORI) | #114 | common | fr | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Commander 2014 (C14) | #158 | common | fr | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Theros (THS) | #101 | common | fr | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Foundations Jumpstart (J25) | #479 | common | it | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC) | #154 | common | it | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| March of the Machine Commander (MOC) | #267 | common | it | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Dominaria United Commander (DMC) | #117 | common | it | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #328 | special | it | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Commander 2017 (C17) | #122 | common | it | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Magic Origins (ORI) | #114 | common | it | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Commander 2014 (C14) | #158 | common | it | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Theros (THS) | #101 | common | it | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Foundations Jumpstart (J25) | #479 | common | ja | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC) | #154 | common | ja | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Commander Masters (CMM) | #182 | common | ja | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| March of the Machine Commander (MOC) | #267 | common | ja | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Dominaria United Commander (DMC) | #117 | common | ja | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #328 | special | ja | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Commander 2017 (C17) | #122 | common | ja | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Duel Decks: Zendikar vs. Eldrazi (DDP) | #56 | common | ja | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Magic Origins (ORI) | #114 | common | ja | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Commander 2014 (C14) | #158 | common | ja | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Theros (THS) | #101 | common | ja | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Magic Origins (ORI) | #114 | common | ko | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Theros (THS) | #101 | common | ko | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Commander Masters (CMM) | #182 | common | pt | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| March of the Machine Commander (MOC) | #267 | common | pt | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Dominaria United Commander (DMC) | #117 | common | pt | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #328 | special | pt | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Commander 2017 (C17) | #122 | common | pt | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Magic Origins (ORI) | #114 | common | pt | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Theros (THS) | #101 | common | pt | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #328 | special | ru | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Magic Origins (ORI) | #114 | common | ru | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Theros (THS) | #101 | common | ru | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Commander Masters (CMM) | #182 | common | zhs | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| March of the Machine Commander (MOC) | #267 | common | zhs | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Dominaria United Commander (DMC) | #117 | common | zhs | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #328 | special | zhs | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Magic Origins (ORI) | #114 | common | zhs | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Commander 2014 (C14) | #158 | common | zhs | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Theros (THS) | #101 | common | zhs | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #328 | special | zht | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Magic Origins (ORI) | #114 | common | zht | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Theros (THS) | #101 | common | zht | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
Official Rulings (5)
wotc·
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.
wotc·
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.
wotc·
You choose how to order cards returned to your library after scrying no matter where you put them.
wotc·
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.
wotc·
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.
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