Read the Bones

As of Aug 8, 2026, the cheapest tracked printing of Read the Bones is $0.21 (SCD #101), and the most expensive is $17.69 (TSR #328, Foil). The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $0.24, flat over 7 days, flat over 30 days, up 9.1% over 90 days. All-time tracked high: $5.40 (2026).

Read the Bones has 15 tracked printings across 14 sets, in nonfoil, foil and confetti foil finishes, including borderless treatments.

SCD #101

$0.21

CK $0.49 / $0.06 71%

MP $0.20 175 avail

PLST #DDP-56

$0.24 +14%

CK $0.39 / $0.04 83%

MP $0.23 48 avail

DSC #154

$0.28 +33%

CK $0.49 / $0.08 71%

MP $0.15 363 avail

ORI #114

$0.30 +43%

CK $0.59 / $0.08 73%

MP $0.15 799 avail

J25 #479

$0.31 +48%

CK $0.49 / $0.06 81%

MP $0.15 143 avail

THS #101

$0.31 +48%

CK $0.49 / $0.05 84%

MP $0.15 1071 avail

C14 #158

$0.32 +52%

CK $0.59 / $0.09 72%

MP $0.26 58 avail

DDP #56

$0.33 +57%

CK $0.39 / $0.04 88%

MP $0.16 213 avail

MOC #267

$0.36 +71%

CK $0.59 / $0.05 86%

MP $0.20 91 avail

CMM #182

$0.38 +81%

CK $0.39 / $0.05 87%

MP $0.15 353 avail

C17 #122

$0.39 +86%

CK $0.59 / $0.09 77%

MP $0.26 89 avail

CMM #182 Foil

$0.40 +90%

CK $1.99 / $0.50 -25%

MP $0.36 62 avail

DMC #117

$0.40 +90%

CK $0.49 / $0.06 85%

MP $0.26 98 avail

ORI #114 Foil

$0.79 +276%

CK $2.49 / $0.75 5%

MP $0.41 11 avail

THS #101 Foil

$1.34 +538%

CK $2.99 / $0.75 44%

MP $0.57 11 avail

TSR #328

$1.39 +562%

CK $1.29 / $0.26 81%

MP $0.41 55 avail

SLD #7066 Borderless

$5.40 +2471%

CK $3.99 / $1.00 81%

MP $5.19 11 avail

SLD #7069 Borderless Confetti Foil

$6.76 +3119%

CK $7.49 / $3.10 54%

MP $5.05 4 avail

TSR #328 Foil

$17.69 +8324%

CK $24.99 / $12.50 29%

MP $79.70 1 avail

SLD #7066 Borderless Foil

CK $4.49 / $1.35

MP $3.28 4 avail

Card Kingdom currently pays $12.50 cash for TSR #328 (Foil); the retail-buylist spread on that printing is 50% (wide).

• Sep 15, 2013 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.
• Sep 15, 2013 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.
• Sep 15, 2013 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.
• Sep 15, 2013 You choose how to order cards returned to your library after scrying no matter where you put them.
• Sep 15, 2013 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.

Read the Bones has been reprinted 20 times. The Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander reprint cut the price 23% in 30 days.

Set	Date	Rarity	Treatment	Price before	Day 1	30 days	90 days
J25 #479	2024-11-15	Common	Standard	—	$0.26	$0.21	$0.19
DSC #154	2024-09-27	Common	Standard	$0.22	$0.14	$0.17	$0.22
CMM #182	2023-08-04	Common	Standard	—	—	—	—
CMM #182	2023-08-04	Common	Standard	—	—	—	—
MOC #267	2023-04-21	Common	Standard	—	—	—	—
SCD #101	2022-12-02	Common	Standard	—	—	—	—
DMC #117	2022-09-09	Common	Standard	—	—	—	—
PLST #DDP-56	2022-04-29	Common	Standard	—	—	—	—
SLD #7066	2021-06-21	Rare	Borderless	—	—	—	—
SLD #7066	2021-06-21	Rare	Borderless	—	—	—	—

Showing the 10 most recent of 20 printings.

Read the Bones is the #461 most-played card on EDHREC, down 14 places over the last 30 days.

• RANKED 20 Power-Crept Commander Staples to Reconsider