Fireball

Format legality

Where you can play Fireball in sanctioned and popular formats.

All printings (45)

Prices range from $0.13 to $139.00 across finishes. Cheapest printing: Introductory Two-Player Set at $0.13.

+ 5 more printings not shown.

Rulings

Official rulings from Wizards of the Coast (4).

• 2017-11-17For 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.
• 2017-11-17You 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.
• 2017-11-17Fireball'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.
• 2017-11-17You 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.

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