---
name: "Harnessed Lightning"
mana_cost: "{1}{R}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "KLD"
set_name: "Kaladesh"
collector_number: "117"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Chris Rallis"
oracle_id: "d8dd7e7f-0053-44bb-bac0-1a08843d4c49"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/harnessed-lightning-kld"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Harnessed Lightning
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{R}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Choose target creature. You get {E}{E}{E} (three energy counters), then you may pay any amount of {E}. Harnessed Lightning deals that much damage to that creature.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Galvanic Discharge](/printing/galvanic-discharge-mh3.md) — Instant
2. [Lightning Storm](/printing/lightning-storm-plst.md) — Instant
3. [A-Galvanic Discharge](/printing/a-galvanic-discharge-mh3.md) — Instant
4. [Lightning Strike](/printing/lightning-strike-m19.md) — Instant
5. [Lightning Bolt](/printing/lightning-bolt-sld.md) — Instant
6. [Radiating Lightning](/printing/radiating-lightning-m19.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Kaladesh (KLD) #117
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Chris Rallis
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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