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Fireball

30th Anniversary Edition · #442

CommonSorcery

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Overview

Legality, special rules, and flavor text

Rules

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.

Rulings

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 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. — 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.

Card details

Printing, type line, and catalog data

Identity & printing

Card ID: 30A-442--normal
Name: Fireball
Number: 442
Rarity: Common

Type line & Magic stats

Types: Sorcery
Mana cost: {X}{R}
Mana value: 1

Set, artist & references

Artist: Mark Tedin
Language: English
Set name: 30th Anniversary Edition
Game name: Magic: The Gathering

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