---
name: "Fateful Showdown"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}{R}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "PKLD"
set_name: "Kaladesh Promos"
collector_number: "114s"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Chris Rallis"
oracle_id: "729b7ce8-7e7f-4db9-b3ce-67aba46a7b0d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/fateful-showdown-pkld"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Fateful Showdown
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}{R}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Fateful Showdown deals damage to any target equal to the number of cards in your hand. Discard all the cards in your hand, then draw that many cards.

> *Tonight at the Grand Exhibition, witness Head Judge Tezzeret face off against the infamous renegade Pia Nalaar.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sudden Impact](/printing/sudden-impact-9ed.md) — Instant
2. [Gaze of Adamaro](/printing/gaze-of-adamaro-sok.md) — Instant — Arcane
3. [Dangerous Wager](/printing/dangerous-wager-avr.md) — Instant
4. [Storm Seeker](/printing/storm-seeker-leg.md) — Instant
5. [Spiraling Embers](/printing/spiraling-embers-sok.md) — Sorcery — Arcane
6. [Dark Deal](/printing/dark-deal-sld.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Kaladesh Promos (PKLD) #114s
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Chris Rallis
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

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