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Channeled Force

Magic: The GatheringIkoria: Lair of Behemoths#180

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Ikoria: Lair of BehemothsIKO · #180

Card type: Instant
Rarity: Uncommon
Indicative price: 0.11 € · ★ 0.24 € · 0.24 $ · ★ 0.38 $
Mana value: 4
Colour: Blue Red

Card 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.

Format legality

BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
CompetitivebrawlLegal
DuelLegal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
TimelessLegal
VintageLegal

Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).

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Printing information

Illustrator: Randy Vargas
Card language: English
Release date: 2020-04-24

Flavour text

Few monsters challenged Narset after they sensed her power.

Rulings

2020-04-17

If one of Channeled Force’s two targets becomes illegal, the other is still affected as appropriate.

2020-04-17

If you cast Channeled Force without paying its mana cost, you still choose a value for X and discard that many cards. This is because the spell doesn’t have in its mana cost.