wotc
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.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #7
Fireball
parl·#7·rare·nonfoil
Illus. Jock
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wishlisted
Aug 1996
30 yr ago
Value
$8.71+$0 (+4.2%)
30 days high $7.98 · low $7.27
NM$7.71
LP—
MP—
HP—
DMG—
$7.12–$8.14modeled
30 days agotoday
90-dayhigh $7.71low $3.31range 132.9%n 53
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #4,342 · Niche pick
Variants
Gameplay
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.
Legalities
tlrlegal
duellegal
brawlnot legal
pennylegal
PreDH
Rulings · 4
wotc
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.
wotc
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.
Context
Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $7.71. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $3.31 and $7.71 across 53 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PARL — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
Card #7 of *Arena League 1996*, the set that shipped alongside the August 1996 Arena League 1996 release.
Card type: Sorcery, color identity red, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {X}{R} (1 converted).
Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Pauper.
EDHrec ranks this card #4,342 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Jock. Rarix catalogs 9 other cards credited to this artist.
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