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Skeletal Scrying

First printed in Odyssey (2001)

All 5 prints

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  • The List (PLST) #C14-162, 2019
  • Commander 2017 (C17) #125, 2017
  • Commander 2014 (C14) #162, 2014
  • Conspiracy (CNS) #124, 2014
  • Odyssey (ODY) #161, 2001

Skeletal Scrying

Instant

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

In the last 30 days 2.0% of Premodern decks played it (12 of 590). Most played in Mono-Black Control.

Staple

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Legality

Constructed

  • Standard Not legal
  • Pioneer Not legal
  • Modern Not legal
  • Legacy Legal
  • Vintage Legal
  • Pauper Not legal
  • Future Standard Not legal
  • Historic Not legal
  • Timeless Not legal
  • Alchemy Not legal
  • Penny Dreadful Not legal
  • Premodern Legal
  • Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

  • Gladiator Not legal

Commander formats

  • Commander Legal
  • Duel Commander Legal
  • Pauper Commander Not legal
  • PreDH Legal
  • Tiny Leaders Legal
  • Oathbreaker Legal
  • Brawl Not legal
  • Standard Brawl Not legal
  • Competitive Brawl Not legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta
share of the archetype in the format
Play it
decks of the archetype that play this card
Together
decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift
how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Premodern Other periods →

In 12 of 590 decks (2.0%).

Share of decks
2.0%
▲ 0.2 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-06: 6.7% 2026-08-13: 5.7% 2026-08-20: 3.8% 2026-08-27: 1.9% 2026-09-03: 0.0% 2026-09-10: 1.5% 2026-09-17: 3.3% 2026-09-24: 1.4% 2026-10-01: 3.1% 2026-10-08: 2.9% 2026-10-15: 0.8% 2026-10-22: 1.6%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
12
11 main, 2 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.9
in the main deck
Win rate
45%
3 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Mono-Black Control 8.1% 4%
BG (unclassified) 1.2% 29%
WB (unclassified) 0.8% 100%
BR (unclassified) 0.7% 50%
Contamination 0.2% 100%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Duress100%4.5
Phyrexian Furnace55%6.6
Wasteland55%1.7
Gerrard's Verdict45%53.6
Innocent Blood45%33.5
Caves of Koilos45%33.5
Vindicate45%17.9
Wrath of God45%6.9
Exalted Angel45%6.5
Smother45%2.6

Best win rate

DeckRecord
WB
Felipe Silva Riquelme in Expert level III		 4-3
57%
Mono-Black Control
Bellazio in Premodern Challenge 16		 3-3
50%
WB
HoldTheElle in Premodern Challenge 16		 2-3
40%
Mono-Black Control
Reinaldo Rosas in Kikopen 4		 2-3
40%
BG
etf1990 in Premodern Challenge 32		 2-3
40%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Mono-Black Control
Bellazio, 		1 main #8
3-3
BG
DB_MurkPie, 		1 main
1 side		 5-0
WB
Felipe Silva Riquelme, 		2 main #4
4-3
Contamination
Curtis S, 		3 main #18
1-3
WB
digdude13, 		3 main 5-0
WB
HoldTheElle, 		2 main #15
2-3
BR
Kask1, 		1 main #21
1-3
BR
Kask1, 		2 main 5-0

No recent decks in: Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander.