Pyrotechnics
Sorcery
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
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Rulings
The number of targets chosen for Pyrotechnics must be at least one and at most four. 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.
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.
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.