Fireball
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| Card Set | Collectors' Edition |
| Card Type | Sorcery |
| Rarity | Common |
| Mana Cost | |
| Card Text | This spell costs more to cast for each target beyond the first. Fireball deals X damage divided evenly, rounded down, among any number of targets. |
| Card Number | #150 |
| Artist | Mark Tedin |
| Card Languages | English |
| Frame Version | 1993 |
| Border Color | Black |
| EDHREC Rank | 4000 |
| EDHREC Saltiness | 0.19 |
| Has Foil? | No |
| Reprint? | Yes |
| Is Promo? | No |
| Oversized? | No |
| Joke Card? | No |
| In Starter? | Yes |
| Time Shifted? | No |
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Card Rulings
2017-11-17Fireball'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.
2017-11-17For example, if X is 5 and you choose three target creatures, Fireball has a total cost of (even though its mana cost is just 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.
2017-11-17You 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.
2017-11-17You 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.