Mental Misstep
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
The Zeta SetSLZ · #264
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- Price unavailable
- Mana value
- 1
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
( can be paid with either or 2 life.) Counter target spell with mana value 1.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyBanned
- ModernBanned
- OathbreakerLegal
- PredhLegal
- VintageRestricted
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- MSCHF
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2026-09-02
Rulings
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.
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.
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.
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.
If you're at 1 life or less, you can't pay 2 life.
Phyrexian mana is not a new color. Players can't produce Phyrexian mana.
To calculate the mana value of a card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, count each Phyrexian mana symbol as 1.
