First printed in Ice Age (1995)
Sorcery
Meteor Shower deals X plus 1 damage divided as you choose among any number of targets.
"Eenie, meenie, minie, moe . . . oh, why not all of them?"
—Jaya Ballard, Task Mage
- Illustrated by
- Rick Emond
Legality
- Legal in
- Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (3)
- You can’t choose to do fractional damage to a target.
- You divide the damage as you cast Meteor Shower, not as it resolves. Each target must be assigned at least 1 damage.
- A tip on how this math works: To deal a total of 1 damage, X is 0. The cost is
+
+
=
. To deal a total of 2 damage, X is 1. The cost is
+
+
=
. To deal a total of 3 damage, X is 2. The cost is
+
+
=
. And so on.
Prices
Paper price: €0.17 / $0.16 , the cheapest non-foil print (Cardmarket, and TCGplayer, otherwise Mana Pool or Card Kingdom, through MTGJSON, 5 Nov 2026).
MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 5 Nov 2026).