Fireball

Fireball {X}{R}

Sorcery
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.
Details
  • Artist: Jock
  • Collector Number: 7
  • Available only as nonfoil
  • Promo: arenaleague
  • Rarity: rare
  • Released: 1996-08-02
  • Set: Arena League 1996
Legalities
Rulings
  • 2017-11-17 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.
  • 2017-11-17 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.
  • 2017-11-17 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.
  • 2017-11-17 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.
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Foreign names
  • 火球
  • 火球
  • Feuerball
  • Boule de feu
  • Palla di Fuoco
  • 火の玉
  • 불덩어리
  • Bola de Fogo
  • Огненный Шар
  • Bola de Fuego