Pyrotechnics

Rivals Quick Start Set (RQS) #37 · Uncommon · 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 July 1, 1996

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 (this printing) · Uncommon · 1996
  13. Fourth Edition #217 (4ED) · Uncommon · 1995 · $0.13 USD
  14. Legends #161 (LEG) · 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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