Casting of Bones
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
When enchanted creature dies, draw three cards, then discard one of them.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Alliances
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #19829
Casting of Bones is a three-mana Aura that draws three cards when the enchanted creature dies — straightforward card advantage stapled to a removal magnet. The setup cost is real, but in black decks that want creatures to die, the payoff is worth the vulnerability.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Casting of Bones sees its most relevant play in Commander, where enchanting a utility creature or a sacrifice outlet guarantees three fresh cards when the inevitably removal-heavy table deals with it. In Pauper it's legal and has a niche in black-based sacrifice or death-trigger decks where card draw at common rarity is scarce enough to matter. Legacy and Vintage are legal but uninterested — the card is too slow and conditional against the threats and interaction at those tables. Oathbreaker follows the Commander logic at a smaller scale.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Casting of Bones is deep bulk — you're paying pennies for a card that can replace itself with three draws. That price is stable; there's no trajectory that takes a low-visibility common to meaningful secondary-market value, but anyone running a sacrifice or death-trigger deck has zero reason not to own a copy.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.