wotc
If an effect creates a copy of Pyrotechnics, the number of targets and division of damage can’t be changed. The effect that creates the copy may allow you to change the targets, however.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #48
Pyrotechnics
ath·#48·common·nonfoil
Illus. Anson Maddocks
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wishlisted
Nov 1998
28 yr ago
Value
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30 days high $0.20 · low $0.20
Volatility · high
USD$0.20EUR€0.26
NM$0.20
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #25,522 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
Sorcery
Pyrotechnics deals 4 damage divided as you choose among any number of targets.
"Hi! ni! ya! Behold the man of flint, that's me! / Four lightnings zigzag from me, strike and return."
—Navajo war chant
Legalities
tlrnot legal
duellegal
brawlnot legal
pennylegal
PreDH
Rulings · 3
wotc
You choose how the damage is divided as you cast the spell, not as it resolves. Each target must be assigned at least 1 damage.
wotc
If some but not all of Pyrotechnics’s targets become illegal, you can’t change the division of damage. Damage that would have been dealt to illegal targets simply isn’t dealt.
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Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Anson Maddocks
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