---
name: "Channeled Force"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{R}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R", "U"]
color_identity: ["R", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "IKO"
set_name: "Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths"
collector_number: "180"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Randy Vargas"
oracle_id: "e12ed186-01c1-4da5-b90f-cfbb77c4e8d0"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/channeled-force-iko"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Channeled Force
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{R}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard X cards.
Target player draws X cards. Channeled Force deals X damage to up to one target creature or planeswalker.

> *在怪兽感知娜尔施的力量后，胆敢挑战者所剩无几。*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
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2. [Thrill of Possibility](/printing/thrill-of-possibility-one.md) — Instant
3. [Broadside Barrage](/printing/broadside-barrage-dft.md) — Instant
4. [Acceptable Losses](/printing/acceptable-losses-ody.md) — Sorcery
5. [Nahiri's Wrath](/printing/nahiris-wrath-emn.md) — Sorcery
6. [Master the Way](/printing/master-the-way-ktk.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO) #180
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Randy Vargas
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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