Fireball

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Fireball

Sorcery

This spell costs more to cast for each target beyond the first.
Fireball deals X damage divided evenly, rounded down, among any number of targets.

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Set: Liquid error (snippets/rm-card-details line 73): comparison of String with 0 failed
Set code: 4ED
Number: 210
Rarity: Common
Artist: Mark Tedin
Card type: Sorcery
Colors: Mono-Red (Red)
Mana value: 1
Released: April 1, 1995
EDHREC rank: #4545 on EDHREC
Available on: Paper
Language: English
Frame: 1993
Border: White
Finishes: Nonfoil

Nov 17, 2017
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.
Nov 17, 2017
For example, if X is 5 and you choose three target creatures, Fireball has a total cost of (even though its mana cost is just 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.
Nov 17, 2017
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.
Nov 17, 2017
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.