Mental Misstep

Mental Misstep

U/P

Instant

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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

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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.

06/01/2011

To calculate the mana value of a card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, count each Phyrexian mana symbol as 1.

06/01/2011

If 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.

06/01/2011

As 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.

06/01/2011

A 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.

06/01/2011

If you're at 1 life or less, you can't pay 2 life.

06/01/2011

Phyrexian mana is not a new color. Players can't produce Phyrexian mana.

06/01/2011

Legality 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