diff --git a/lib/datalog/scoreboard.json b/lib/datalog/scoreboard.json
index 9d8fb6d2..72e9732b 100644
--- a/lib/datalog/scoreboard.json
+++ b/lib/datalog/scoreboard.json
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
   "lang": "datalog",
-  "total_passed": 227,
+  "total_passed": 228,
   "total_failed": 0,
-  "total": 227,
+  "total": 228,
   "suites": [
     {"name":"tokenize","passed":26,"failed":0,"total":26},
     {"name":"parse","passed":18,"failed":0,"total":18},
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
     {"name":"negation","passed":10,"failed":0,"total":10},
     {"name":"aggregates","passed":19,"failed":0,"total":19},
     {"name":"api","passed":20,"failed":0,"total":20},
-    {"name":"magic","passed":27,"failed":0,"total":27},
+    {"name":"magic","passed":28,"failed":0,"total":28},
     {"name":"demo","passed":21,"failed":0,"total":21}
   ],
-  "generated": "2026-05-08T12:31:39+00:00"
+  "generated": "2026-05-08T12:35:21+00:00"
 }
diff --git a/lib/datalog/scoreboard.md b/lib/datalog/scoreboard.md
index 98e6ecc0..39b7704f 100644
--- a/lib/datalog/scoreboard.md
+++ b/lib/datalog/scoreboard.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # datalog scoreboard
 
-**227 / 227 passing** (0 failure(s)).
+**228 / 228 passing** (0 failure(s)).
 
 | Suite | Passed | Total | Status |
 |-------|--------|-------|--------|
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@
 | negation | 10 | 10 | ok |
 | aggregates | 19 | 19 | ok |
 | api | 20 | 20 | ok |
-| magic | 27 | 27 | ok |
+| magic | 28 | 28 | ok |
 | demo | 21 | 21 | ok |
diff --git a/lib/datalog/tests/magic.sx b/lib/datalog/tests/magic.sx
index 90b6f75b..fc4707d3 100644
--- a/lib/datalog/tests/magic.sx
+++ b/lib/datalog/tests/magic.sx
@@ -211,6 +211,23 @@
             (= (len semi) (len magic))))
         true)
 
+      ;; All-bound query (existence check) generates an "bb"
+      ;; adornment chain. Verifies the rewriter walks multiple
+      ;; (rel, adn) pairs through the worklist.
+      (dl-mt-test! "magic existence check via bb"
+        (let
+          ((db (dl-program
+                 "parent(a, b). parent(b, c). parent(c, d).
+                  ancestor(X, Y) :- parent(X, Y).
+                  ancestor(X, Z) :- parent(X, Y), ancestor(Y, Z).")))
+          (let
+            ((found (dl-magic-query
+                      db (list (quote ancestor) (quote a) (quote c))))
+              (missing (dl-magic-query
+                         db (list (quote ancestor) (quote a) (quote z)))))
+            (and (= (len found) 1) (= (len missing) 0))))
+        true)
+
       ;; Magic over a rule whose body contains an aggregate.
       ;; The rewriter passes aggregate body lits through unchanged
       ;; (no propagation generated for them), so semi-naive's count