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Bone Shards, art by Tommy Arnold
Art by Tommy Arnold · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · image via Scryfall
Selected printing · USD
$0.29
checked Jun 14, 2026 · Scryfall
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Bone Shards

{B} · Sorcery

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature or discard a card. Destroy target creature or planeswalker.

Rulings (2)

Jun 18, 2021 · Once you begin to cast Bone Shards, no player may take actions until you're done. Notably, opponents can't try to remove the creature you wish to sacrifice or make you discard your last card.

Jun 18, 2021 · You must sacrifice exactly one creature or discard exactly one card to cast this spell; you can't cast it without sacrificing a creature or discarding a card, and you can't sacrifice additional creatures or discard additional cards.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
ModernLegal
PioneerNot legal
StandardNot legal
PauperLegal
PremodernNot legal
cEDHLegal

Where it’s played now

Inclusion by archetype

% of archetype's lists running it · last 30 days · n=62 decks
ArchetypeFormatInclusionCopiesDecks (n)
Golgari ScamModern90%20
Rakdos ScamModern40%5
Dimir MidrangeLegacy35.3%1–2×34
Jund CreativityModern33.3%3
Data as of Jun 14, 2026 · MTGO + papercasthaven.com

Price

Bone Shards — price trend

Daily cheapest printing · USD · last 90 days · n=2 snapshots
Data as of Jun 14, 2026 · Scryfallcasthaven.com

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