---
name: "A-Knockout Blow"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "SNC"
set_name: "Streets of New Capenna"
collector_number: "A-20"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Zoltan Boros"
oracle_id: "25a7330a-f67a-48fc-a8c1-d349cb693553"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/a-knockout-blow-snc"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# A-Knockout Blow
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
This spell costs {2} less to cast if it targets a red creature.
Destroy target tapped creature. You gain 2 life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Knockout Blow](/printing/knockout-blow-snc.md) — Instant
2. [Grounded for Life](/printing/grounded-for-life-tmt.md) — Instant
3. [Radiant Strike](/printing/radiant-strike-eoe.md) — Instant
4. [Surge of Righteousness](/printing/surge-of-righteousness-dtk.md) — Instant
5. [Seized from Slumber](/printing/seized-from-slumber-dsk.md) — Instant
6. [Luminous Rebuke](/printing/luminous-rebuke-fdn.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Streets of New Capenna (SNC) #A-20
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Zoltan Boros

## Format Legalities
Commander: `not_legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `not_legal` | Vintage: `not_legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`