Pyrotechnics

Legends (LEG) #161 · Common · Sorcery

Mana cost: {4}{R}

Pyrotechnics deals 4 damage divided as you choose among any number of targets.

"Hi! ni! ya! Behold the man of flint, that's me!/ Four lightnings zigzag from me, strike and return." —Navajo war chant

Illustrated by Anson Maddocks · Released June 1, 1994

Prices

Nonfoil price since August 17, 2026: down $0.02 USD (4.3%) to $0.44 USD; low $0.44 USD, high $0.47 USD.

Printings

  1. The List #FRF-111 (PLST) · Uncommon · 2019 · $0.19 USD
  2. Fate Reforged #111 (FRF) · Uncommon · 2015 · $0.06 USD
  3. Planechase #60 (HOP) · Uncommon · 2009 · $0.13 USD
  4. Eighth Edition #211 (8ED) · Uncommon · 2003 · $0.09 USD
  5. Eighth Edition #211★ (8ED) · Uncommon · 2003 · $0.51 USD foil
  6. Seventh Edition #210 (7ED) · Uncommon · 2001 · $0.15 USD
  7. Seventh Edition #210★ (7ED) · Uncommon · 2001 · $13.39 USD foil
  8. Classic Sixth Edition #199 (6ED) · Common · 1999 · $0.20 USD
  9. Anthologies #48 (ATH) · Common · 1998 · $0.35 USD
  10. Fifth Edition #263 (5ED) · Uncommon · 1997 · $0.18 USD
  11. Introductory Two-Player Set #38 (ITP) · Uncommon · 1996 · $1.00 USD
  12. Rivals Quick Start Set #37 (RQS) · Uncommon · 1996
  13. Fourth Edition #217 (4ED) · Uncommon · 1995 · $0.13 USD
  14. Legends #161 (this printing) · Common · 1994 · $0.44 USD

Legality

Rulings

  1. 2014-11-24 · wotc — If an effect creates a copy of Pyrotechnics, the number of targets and division of damage can’t be changed. The effect that creates the copy may allow you to change the targets, however.
  2. 2014-11-24 · wotc — You choose how the damage is divided as you cast the spell, not as it resolves. Each target must be assigned at least 1 damage.
  3. 2014-11-24 · wotc — If some but not all of Pyrotechnics’s targets become illegal, you can’t change the division of damage. Damage that would have been dealt to illegal targets simply isn’t dealt.

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