Scry

Scry is a keyword ability on Sorceries and Instants (and a single Enchantment), which allows a player to look at a certain number of cards at the top of his or her library and put them back in any order.

All cards with Scry were printed in Fifth Dawn of the Mirrodin block.

From the Comprehensive Rules

• 502.36. Scry
  • 502.36a Scry is a static ability that functions while a spell or ability is resolving. “Scry N” means “Look at the top N cards of your library. Put any number of them on the bottom of your library in any order and the rest on top of your library in any order.”
  • 502.36b If a spell or ability has multiple instances of scry, each one works separately.

Rulings

• If a spell has scry 2, you look at the top two cards of your library and then decide where you want to put them. You can put both cards on either the top or bottom of your library in any order, or you can put one card on the top and one on the bottom.
• Follow a spell's instructions in order. All spells with scry in the Fifth Dawn set have scry as the last part of their text, so scrying is the last thing you do before the spell is put into its owner's graveyard.
• If the spell is countered, you don't get to use the scry ability.
• There is one card (Eyes of the Watcher) that has a triggered ability with scry. When the triggered ability resolves, look at the top two cards of your library and then decide where you want to put them, just as though the ability were a spell with scry.

Examples

• Fill with Fright - {3}{B}
  Target player discards two cards.
  Scry 2 (Look at the top two cards of your library. Put any number of them on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.)
• Condescend - {X}{U}
  Instant
  Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}.
  Scry 2 (Look at the top two cards of your library. Put any number of them on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.)