Mental Misstep

Mana cost

Mana value1TypeInstant Color identity

Blue RarityUncommon SetNew Phyrexia (NPH) ArtistErica Yang Price€6.16 · foil €134.34 · $8.30

About this card

Mental Misstep is an instant card in Magic: The Gathering with mana value 1 (color identity: blue). First printed in New Phyrexia (2011); 9 paper printings in total. Role in Commander: counterspell. It is one of the 1,000 most played cards in Commander (EDHREC rank 477). Legal in Commander. Restricted in Vintage (one copy only). Banned in Modern and Legacy. Cheapest printing: €6.21 (New Phyrexia); most expensive: €73.07 (Secret Lair Drop).

Mental Misstep

Instant

(

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

Name in each language

FrançaisFaux-pas mentalEnglishMental MisstepEspañolTropiezo mentalDeutschMentaler FehltrittItalianoPasso Falso MentalePortuguêsLapso Mental日本語精神的つまづき

Legality

CommanderLegalStandardNot legalPioneerNot legalModernBannedLegacyBannedVintageRestrictedPauperNot legalBrawlNot legalOathbreakerLegalHistoricNot legalTimelessNot legalPenny DreadfulNot legal

Rulings

2011-06-01
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.

2011-06-01
To calculate the mana value of a card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, count each Phyrexian mana symbol as 1.

2011-06-01
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.

2011-06-01
If you're at 1 life or less, you can't pay 2 life.

2011-06-01
Phyrexian mana is not a new color. Players can't produce Phyrexian mana.

2011-06-01
If a spell has in its mana cost, X is considered to be the value chosen for it while that spell is on the stack.

2011-06-01
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.