Mental Misstep
Instant
( can be paid with either 
or 2 life.)
Counter target spell with mana value 1.
- Set
- Media and Collaboration Promos (PMEI #2023-1)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 1
- Released
- 2023-05-15
- Artist
- Erica Yang
- EDHREC rank
- #462
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Foil
- Served from
- Local database
Commander bracket
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Combos
Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.
Format legality
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
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
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.
- 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
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
To calculate the mana value of a card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, count each Phyrexian mana symbol as 1.