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.

The spell fell upon the crowd like a dragon, ancient and full of death.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 4

2017-11-17wotc

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.

2017-11-17wotc

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.

2017-11-17wotc

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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