Read the Bones
The List DDP-56 • common
- Set
- The List
- Collector number
- DDP-56
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Lars Grant-West
- Market price
- $0.23
What it does
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.)
The dead know lessons the living haven't learned.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Read the Bones was originally introduced as a common card in the Dragons of Tarkir expansion for Magic: The Gathering in 2015. It reflects the grim aesthetic of the Abzan Houses, a faction characterized by their endurance and connection to their ancestors. The design team crafted the card as a black-aligned sorcery that provides players with both card selection and resource management, leaning into the game's established theme of exchanging life points for strategic advantage.
The artwork was illustrated by Clint Cearley, who aimed to capture the dark, ritualistic nature of the card's mechanics. His depiction of bones cast into patterns is a visual representation of divination through sacrifice. Since its inception, the card has seen inclusion in 'The List', a curated collection of legacy cards that Wizards of the Coast occasionally inserts into modern booster packs to highlight influential designs from the game's history.
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