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Fireball - Sorcery

Fifth Edition · 1997

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Legality

PremodernLEGAL
Full Scryfall Data
Fifth Edition{X}{R}

Fireball

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.

Printings & Editions

Premodern-legal editions of Fireball — old-border printings plus any period-appropriate foil promos (Arena/Judge, through Scourge). Hover to preview an edition on the card; click to select it.

Old-border editions + pre-Scourge promo foils (Arena/Judge). Modern-frame reprints (8th Edition onward) exist but are not period-appropriate printings.

Critical 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."

— 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 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."

— 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

Price History

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