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"Find me cards equivalent to: Skeletal Scrying"

Skeletal Scrying equivalents (black instants that let you draw cards, often with life loss):
1. Sign in Blood – Draw 2, lose 2 life (not variable X, but similar).
2. Costly Plunder – Draw 2, sacrifice artifact/creature (different cost, but black instant draw).
3. Read the Bones – Scry 2, draw 2, lose 2 life (sorcery, similar effect).

True equivalents are rare, but these share the black card draw with a downside. Skeletal Scrying is unique for exile + variable X at instant speed.

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Costly Plunder

Read the Bones

Sign in Blood

Skeletal Scrying

Costly Plunder #80 Instant

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Rarity: Common
Converted Cost: 2
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  • Instant
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    Rules

  • You can't cast Costly Plunder without sacrificing a permanent, and you can't sacrifice additional permanents.
  • You can't sacrifice an artifact to generate mana to pay towards Costly Plunder's cost and also to pay its additional cost.

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    Seller Price
    Cardkingdom / 0.49 USD 0.35 USD
    Tcgplayer / 0.26 USD 0.26 USD
    Manapool / 0.18 USD 0.15 USD
    Cardmarket / 0.22 EUR 0.12 EUR

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    As an additional cost to cast this spell,sacrificean artifact or creature. Draw two cards.

    Read the Bones #MOC-267 Sorcery

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Sorcery
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Scry

    Rules

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • You choose how to order cards returned to your library after scrying no matter where you put them.
  • 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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    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    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.)

    Sign in Blood #125 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 2
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    Seller Price
    Manapool 0.15 USD
    Cardmarket 0.75 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.69 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

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    Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

    Skeletal Scrying #161 Instant

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 1
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  • Instant
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    Normal
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    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Cardkingdom 4.49 USD / 54.99 USD
    Manapool / 21.88 USD 2.35 USD
    Tcgplayer 3.91 USD / 27.49 USD
    Cardmarket / 43 EUR 5.15 EUR

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    As an additional cost to cast this spell, exile X cards from your graveyard. You draw X cards and you lose X life.