Read the Bones

Mana cost: {2}{B}
Type: Sorcery
Set: Dominaria United Commander #117 (common)
Price: $0.37 USD

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.)

Read the Bones has 18 printings, first in Theros (2013). EDHREC ranks it #495 among Commander cards. It appears most in Kaalia of the Vast decks (8,783 on EDHREC). 6 public decks on TCG run it. It has 5 official rulings.

Legality

commander: legal
legacy: legal
vintage: legal
pauper: legal
modern: legal
pioneer: legal
standard: not legal
brawl: legal

Public decks that run Read the Bones

Cavalry Charge - March of the Machine Commander, led by Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir
Chaos Incarnate - Starter Commander Decks, led by Kardur, Doomscourge
Legends' Legacy - Dominaria United, led by Dihada, Binder of Wills
Miracle Worker - Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander, led by Aminatou, Veil Piercer
Sworn to Darkness - Commander 2014, led by Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath
Vampiric Bloodlust - Commander 2017, led by Edgar Markov

Commanders that run Read the Bones most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

Kaalia of the Vast: 8,783 decks
Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied: 5,898 decks
Edgar Markov: 4,534 decks
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth: 4,469 decks
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse: 4,198 decks
Isshin, Two Heavens as One: 3,798 decks
Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir: 3,793 decks
Judith, Carnage Connoisseur: 3,504 decks

Often played with Read the Bones

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

Rulings

2013-09-15: 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.
2013-09-15: 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.
2013-09-15: 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.
2013-09-15: You choose how to order cards returned to your library after scrying no matter where you put them.
2013-09-15: 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.