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.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #4310
Fireball kills one or many targets for exactly as much mana as you can pour into it — the ceiling is as high as your mana pool. The cost is that it divides damage among multiple targets, so going wide demands a real mana engine behind it; without one, Rosheen, Roaring Prophet and friends exist for exactly this reason.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Rosheen, Roaring Prophet
Rosheen, Roaring Prophet's tap ability produces four mana restricted to X spells, which feeds directly into Fireball — she effectively gives you a four-damage floor on the spell the turn she enters.
Neheb, the Eternal
Neheb, the Eternal generates red mana in the postcombat main phase proportional to life lost, and Fireball converts that sudden surplus into a lethal burst — the loop of dealing damage to build mana and spending mana to deal damage is as clean as it gets.
Imodane, the Pyrohammer
Imodane, the Pyrohammer copies single-target spells that deal damage to opponents and spreads that damage to each opponent, which turns a modestly sized Fireball aimed at one player into a full-table finisher without splitting the damage yourself.
Mizzix of the Izmagnus
Mizzix of the Izmagnus reduces the generic portion of spell costs via experience counters, and since Fireball's X is generic, each counter shaved off is a direct damage upgrade — a deck that stacks experience quickly turns this into an efficiently costed finisher.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Fireball is a mana-sink win condition: it scales into late-game mana pools and can close out multiple opponents if you have enough to split across the table. Pauper is where it also earns consistent play, since large X spells at common are rare and the format's slower pace gives you time to build toward a lethal cast. Legacy and Vintage have it legal but functionally ignore it — the formats are too fast and the competition for that mana is too steep. Fireball is not legal in Pioneer or Standard, so those conversations end there.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Fireball is bulk — it has been printed into the ground across decades of sets and will not appreciate. Pick it up without thinking twice; the only reason to spend more is chasing a specific printing for aesthetic reasons.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Rosheen, Roaring Prophet
- Neheb, the Eternal
- Imodane, the Pyrohammer
- Mizzix of the Izmagnus
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.