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"The world is a puzzle, and the mind is its key."
Details
- Rarity
- Rare
- First printed
- Onslaught
- Released
- 2002-10-07
- Artist
- Alan Pollack
- Printings
- 4
Prices
- Cheapest legal
- $0.59
- Cheapest foil
- $8.92
TCGplayer market via Scryfall, 2026-10-18; cheapest tournament-legal paper printing.
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Played in tournaments
Share of published Premodern decklists that play Read the Runes (main or sideboard): 4,173 lists from paper events and MTGO in the last 90 days, through .
- Play rate · 90d
- 0.0%
- +0.0 ppnew
- Play rate · 30d
- 0.1%
- +0.1 pp
- Lists · 90d
- 1
- 100% main deck
- Avg copies (main)
- 2.0
- when main-decked
Monthly play rate (12 × 30 days)
Nov 22, 2025Oct 18, 2026
Months with few lists are noisy; early months have partial paper coverage.
Most often in (90d)
- Replenish1% of lists · 1
Often played with
Cards most played alongside Read the Runes in its top archetypes over the last 90 days: Replenish (1%).
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Printings (4)
Every tournament-legal paper printing (no gold-border, World Championship or oversized cards). Hover or tap the thumbnail to preview a printing; tap the set name to see all cards in that set.
| Printing | Set | USD |
|---|---|---|
 Preview Read the Runes — Onslaught #104Onslaught | #104 | $0.59 |
 Preview Read the Runes — Commander 2016 #95Commander 2016 | #95 | $0.60 |
 Preview Read the Runes — Jumpstart #167Jumpstart | #167 | $0.80 |
 Preview Read the Runes — The List #ONS-104The List | #ONS-104 | $0.60 |
Price trend
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