Skeletal Scrying
Skeletal Scrying: Instant, Commander 2017. As an additional cost to cast this spell, exile X cards from your graveyard. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {X}{B}
- Mana value
- 1
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Commander 2017 (C17)
- Released
- 2017-08-25
- Collector number
- 125
- Artist
- Bob Petillo
- Commander rank
- 12,601 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Skeletal Scrying
Skeletal Scrying is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black instant from Commander 2017 (C17), a Commander product released in August 2017. It is collector number 125 in that set, with art by Bob Petillo. It costs {X}{B} (X and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Odyssey (2001) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.56 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).
Card text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, exile X cards from your graveyard.
You draw X cards and you lose X life.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.56 (as of 2026-11-11).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Skeletal Scrying by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
Other printings of Skeletal Scrying
Skeletal Scrying has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #C14-162 | Uncommon | 2019 |
| Commander 2014 (C14) #162 | Uncommon | 2014 |
| Conspiracy (CNS) #124 | Uncommon | 2014 |
| Odyssey (ODY) #161 | Uncommon | 2001 |
Similar cards
Other instant cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Skeletal Scrying is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.
- Vampiric Bloodlust (C17), led by Edgar Markov
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