The Cruelty of Gix

three generic mana one black mana Enchantment — Saga

Read ahead (Choose a chapter and start with that many lore counters. Add one after your draw step. Skipped chapters don't trigger. Sacrifice after III.)

— Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a creature or planeswalker card from it. That player discards that card.

— Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle. You lose 3 life.

— Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.

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The Cruelty of Gix rulings

2022-09-09
You must search your library as the chapter II ability resolves, and you will lose 3 life.
2022-09-09
As a Saga with read ahead enters the battlefield, its controller chooses a number from one to that Saga’s greatest chapter number. The Saga enters the battlefield with the chosen number of lore counters. Neither choosing the number nor putting the counters on the Saga use the stack, and neither can be responded to.

The Cruelty of Gix keyword rules

Read Ahead Rule 702.155

Read ahead is a keyword found on some Saga cards. “Read ahead” means “Chapter abilities of this Saga can’t trigger the turn it entered the battlefield unless it has exactly the number of lore counters on it specified in the chapter symbol of that ability.” See rule , “Saga Cards.”

As a Saga with the read ahead ability enters the battlefield, its controller chooses a number from one to that Saga’s final chapter number. That Saga enters the battlefield with the chosen number of lore counters on it. See rule , “Saga Cards.”

Multiple instances of read ahead on the same object are redundant.