Fireball Wizard

For other uses of "Fireball", see Fireball (disambiguation).

Fireball Wizard

On Attack: Set target Bloon on fire

Whose hat is on fire? Oh MINE is?!

Class	Magic
Card Pack	Camo Storm
Rarity	Uncommon
Keywords	On Attack, On Fire
Introduced	Version 6.0

Stats
Cost	6	Ammo	1
Charges	1	ATK	120
Type	Wizard	Reload	2

Fireball Wizard is a Magic Monkey card in Bloons Card Storm, introduced in version 6.0. It sets the target Bloon on fire.

The card artwork depicts a Fireball Wizard giving the thumbs up while smiling. The environment and the monkey's hat are ignited in embers. Various rocks are scorched.

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This section was last updated for: version 6.4

• A slower method of consistently applying fire than the Burny Stuff Mortar, but can be manually targeted, does more damage, and can attack during a turn. It remains useful for Gwen decks, which benefit from Bloons set on fire.
• Fireball Wizard has the highest ATK out of any non-Unique Monkey that doesn't scale ATK (Night Vision Sniper is the second-highest), making it a solid choice for many decks that struggle with single-target damage during the mid-game. Notably, after ending the opponent's turn with On Fire damage, it does enough damage to pop a Yellow Bloon, and always immediately pops a Blooming Bloon only buffed by Zee Jay or Amelia even on Dark Castle.
• Without accounting for On Fire, this is essentially a non-Military Sniper Monkey that costs 3 more Gold and does 30 more damage. Like the Sniper, it's good for single-target damage and benefits from ammo buffs like Ezili's Totem.
• If affected by Buddy Bloon, it attacking is only worth it if wanting to trigger fire synergies such as Gwen's exclusive cards (especially Extreme Heat) or Flame Strike.

Update history

Version 6.2

•  ATK increased ― 90 → 100

Version 6.4

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Fireball Wizard has its damage increased from 100 to 120. Fireball Wizard's targeting is just so bad and so limited to the point where Fireball needs to have pretty dang high damage to really justify its usage, considering that, again, some of its damage is also spread out over turns because it's fire damage. And now it has 120 damage and now deals a solid 90 damage per turn to any Bloon that it sets on fire that is over 1 delay, making Fireball Wizard a very strong option early if your opponent is playing very few Bloons.
— u/No-Appearance1780's commentary, 40:20-40:54 (with most disfluencies removed)

”

•  ATK increased ― 100 → 120

Development

During Version 6.2 playtesting, playtesters noted that Fireball Wizard's lack of flexibility is more of an intentional weakness by design, so instead, community playtesters opted for a slight ATK buff, making it slightly better for anti-aggro (e.g. one-shotting a Yellow Bloon after On Fire effects) and general use against single targets.

Fireball Wizard's ATK was increased so that the raw damage isn't so dependent on the On Fire benefit to do damage, and also improves its effectiveness against opponents that only send one Bloon at a time, especially early on. It now has the highest ATK of any non-Unique, non-scaling Monkey in the whole game.

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In other languages

This section was last updated for: version 6.0

Name

Language	Text	Notes
Danish	Ildkugle-troldmand	—
German	Feuerball-Zauberer	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Mago de Bola de Fuego	—
French	Sorcier Boule de Feu	—
Italian	Mago della Palla di Fuoco	—
Japanese	ファイヤーボールの魔法使い	—
Korean	불덩이 마법사	—
Norwegian	Ildkule-trollmann	—
Polish	Czarodziej Kuli Ognistej	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Mago da Bola de Fogo	—
Russian	Огненный волшебник	—
Swedish	Eldklot-Trollkarl	—
Chinese (traditional)	火球巫師	—

Flavor

Language	Text	Notes
Danish	Hvem har hatten i brand? Åh, MIN er den?!	—
German	Wessen Hut brennt? Oh, MEIN Hut brennt?!	—
Spanish (Latin America)	¿De quién está en llamas el sombrero? ¡Ah, el mío es!	—
French	Quel chapeau est en feu ? Oh, le mien est celui-là !	—
Italian	Di chi è il cappello in fiamme? Oh, è il mio!	—
Japanese	帽子が燃えているのは誰？ああ、私のだったの！？	—
Korean	누가 모자에 불이 붙었나요? 오, 내 거야?!	—
Norwegian	Hvem sin hatt er i brann? Åh, MIN er den?!	—
Polish	Czyj kapelusz płonie? O mój — mój jest?!	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	De quem é o chapéu que está pegando fogo? Ah, o MEU é?!	—
Russian	Чья шляпа горит? О, моя же?!	—
Swedish	Vems hatt brinner? Åh, MIN är det?!	—
Chinese (traditional)	誰的帽子著火了？哦，是我的！	—