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Fireball

Summer Magic / Edgar #150 common
Sorcery |
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Rarity
common
Set Origin
Daily Shift
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EDHREC Rank
#4,431
Mana Cost
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Oracle Data

Card Type Sorcery
Color Identity Red
🖋️ Curator's Notes
This spell costs 1 more to cast for each target beyond the first.

Fireball deals X damage divided evenly, rounded down, among any number of targets.
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Official Judge Precedents

4 Precedents

Fireball's damage is divided as Fireball resolves, not as it's cast, because there are no choices involved. The division involves only targets that are still legal as Fireball resolves.

For example, if X is 5 and you choose three target creatures, Fireball has a total cost of {7}{R} (even though its mana cost is just {5}{R} and its mana value is 6). If those creatures are all still legal targets as Fireball resolves, it deals 1 damage to each of them.

You may cast Fireball with zero targets, regardless of the value chosen for X. If you do so, it will not be a targeted spell, and no damage will actually be dealt when it resolves.

You can target more than X creatures. However, if the number of legal targets at the time Fireball resolves is greater than X, none of them will be dealt any damage.

📜 Technical Attributes
Release Date: 1994-06-21
Artist Reference: Mark Tedin
Border Profile: white
✨ Variants & Finishes
Available Finishes Standard
Promo Status NO
Edition Status Reprint

Sanctioned Formats

standard not_legal
modern legal
legacy legal
commander legal
pioneer not_legal
pauper legal
vintage legal
brawl not_legal
explorer not_legal
penny legal
predh legal
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