Mental Misstep
U/PInstant
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({U/P} can be paid with either or 2 life.) Counter target spell with mana value 1.
"Your first mistake was thinking I would let you live long enough to make a second." —Sarnvax, Gitaxian sective
Market prices
updated on 06/17/2026| Source | Normal | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Cardhoarder | 0.02 tix | — |
| Card Kingdom | $9.49 | — |
| CardTrader Buy | €8.14 | — |
| TCGplayer | $7.58 | — |
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Near Mint: 19 · Slightly Played: 5
Rulings (7)
Each Phyrexian mana symbol in a spell's mana cost contributes 1 to that spell's mana value. For example, Mental Misstep's mana value is 1, regardless of how its cost was paid.
06/01/2011To calculate the mana value of a card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, count each Phyrexian mana symbol as 1.
06/01/2011If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be the value chosen for it while that spell is on the stack.
06/01/2011As you cast a spell or activate an activated ability with one or more Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, you choose how to pay for each Phyrexian mana symbol at the same time you would choose modes or choose a value for X.
06/01/2011A card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its mana cost is each color that appears in that mana cost, regardless of how that cost may have been paid.
06/01/2011If you're at 1 life or less, you can't pay 2 life.
06/01/2011Phyrexian mana is not a new color. Players can't produce Phyrexian mana.
06/01/2011Legality by format
| Brawl | Not legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Legacy | Banned |
| Modern | Banned |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Old School | Not legal |
| Pauper | Not legal |
| Pioneer | Not legal |
| Premodern | Not legal |
| Standard | Not legal |
| Vintage | Restricted |
| Block Constructed | Not legal |
| Extended | Not legal |
| Frontier | Not legal |
| Tiny Leaders | Not legal |