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Mental Misstep 
Mental Misstep appeared in 1,736 MTGO Challenge Top-8 decks over the past 12 months, averaging 1 copies per deck. Its current TCGplayer price is $8.55.
Oracle Text
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Counter target spell with mana value 1.Format Legality
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Mental Misstep, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vintage | 77 | 1 | 1073 | 1 |
| Duel Commander | 15 | 1 | 663 | 1 |
Details
- Set
- Mystery Booster 2
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana value
- 1
- Collector #
- 30
Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Mental Misstep
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Instants (9)
Lands (18)
- 2 Bayou$226.24 7.71 tix
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.71 tix
- 4 Bazaar of Baghdad$1949.99 4.03 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.71 0.02 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.20 1.19 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.77 0.83 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.68 2.56 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.57
0.10 tix - 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.45 0.02 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix - 1 Nature's Claim
$0.44
0.01 tix
- 1 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix - 2 Stubborn Denial
$3.28
0.03 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix - 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 12.11 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
Sorceries (12)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (10)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 11
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (21)
- 1 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix - 1 Gush
$2.39
0.04 tix - 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix - 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.78
0.02 tix - 4 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.03
0.04 tix
Artifacts (4)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 9
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (16)
- 1 Fire Prophecy
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.39
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 2 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 2 Assassin's Trophy
$0.68
0.02 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 2 Nature's Claim
$0.44
0.01 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
$0.25
0.02 tix - 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 12.11 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix - 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (20)
- 1 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.39
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.78
0.02 tix
- 4 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.03
0.04 tix
Artifacts (4)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Sorceries (14)
Instants (19)
- 2 Brain Freeze
$2.57
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.39
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.78
0.02 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (24)
- 2 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.45
0.02 tix
- 3 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.39
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Cling to Dust
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 4 Dark Ritual
$3.35
0.02 tix
- 1 Demonic Consultation
$7.35
1.07 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.47
0.14 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 3 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 4 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
$0.23
0.02 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 12.11 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
- 4 Paradoxical Outcome
$0.24
0.02 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
- 1 Repeal
$0.07
0.01 tix
Artifacts (14)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
51.91 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
13.49 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
23.59 tix
- 2 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.42 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
14.61 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
11.65 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.44 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.68 tix
- 2 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.59
1.01 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.01
0.02 tix
- 1 Bolas's Citadel
$10.23
0.02 tix
Lands (13)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (21)
- 1 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.39
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.78
0.02 tix
- 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.78
0.02 tix
- 4 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
- 3 Swords to Plowshares
$1.03
0.04 tix
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Ashiok, Dream Render
$1.08
0.03 tix - 1 Dovin, Hand of Control
$0.25
0.03 tix - 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.78
0.02 tix
- 4 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 3 Shattering Spree
$0.93
0.22 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.03
0.04 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 12.11 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Sorceries (14)
Instants (19)
- 2 Brain Freeze
$2.57
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.39
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.78
0.02 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (21)
- 1 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.39
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.78
0.02 tix
- 4 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.03
0.04 tix
Artifacts (4)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Instants (23)
Lands (11)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
- 1 Vengevine
$5.72
1.69 tix
- 3 Vengevine
$5.72
1.69 tix
- 4 Hollow One
$0.31
0.10 tix
- 4 Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
$1.26
0.06 tix - 4 Stitcher's Supplier
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 4 Bloodghast
$0.70
0.02 tix
- 2 Deathrite Shaman
$4.99
0.77 tix
- 2 Deathrite Shaman
$4.99
0.77 tix
- 2 Basking Rootwalla
$0.13
0.01 tix
- 2 Basking Rootwalla
$0.13
0.01 tix
Instants (9)
Lands (18)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.71 tix
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.71 tix
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.71 tix
- 4 Bazaar of Baghdad$1949.99 4.03 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.71 0.02 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.20 1.19 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.77 0.83 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.68 2.56 tix
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Sorceries (10)
Instants (25)
- 2 Brain Freeze
$2.57
0.02 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.67 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Intuition
$358.15
15.87 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 3 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.39
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.78
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
- 1 Repeal
$0.07
0.01 tix
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (16)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 3 Underground Sea$393.31 13.58 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
- 3 Golgari Thug
$0.41
0.03 tix
- 4 Shambling Shell
$0.12
0.01 tix
- 4 Narcomoeba
$0.33
0.02 tix
- 4 Prized Amalgam
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 4 Stinkweed Imp
$1.10
0.03 tix
- 4 Ichorid
$0.61
0.26 tix
- 1 Golgari Grave-Troll
$0.93
0.02 tix
- 1 Ashen Rider
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 4 Hollow One
$0.31
0.10 tix
- 1 Flayer of the Hatebound
$0.24
0.02 tix
Sorceries (10)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Sorceries (14)
Instants (19)
- 2 Brain Freeze
$2.57
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.39
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.78
0.02 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.67 tix
- 4 Paradoxical Outcome
$0.24
0.02 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (15)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
51.91 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
13.49 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
23.59 tix
- 3 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.42 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
14.61 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
11.65 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.44 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.68 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.59
1.01 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.59
1.01 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.01
0.02 tix
- 1 Bolas's Citadel
$10.23
0.02 tix
Enchantments (2)
Lands (13)
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 3 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.67 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.78
0.02 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 1 Peacekeeper
$10.41
0.41 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.03
0.04 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 12.11 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.27
4.72 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (15)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
51.91 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
13.49 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
23.59 tix
- 3 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.42 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
14.61 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
11.65 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.44 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.68 tix
- 2 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.59
1.01 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.01
0.02 tix
- 1 Bolas's Citadel
$10.23
0.02 tix
Enchantments (2)
Lands (13)
Sideboard
- 1 Balance
$1.10
0.20 tix
- 1 Blightsteel Colossus
$34.71
0.03 tix - 2 Disenchant
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 3 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.67 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
$6.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 1 Notion Thief
$1.32
0.02 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.03
0.04 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (21)
- 1 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.39
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.78
0.02 tix
- 4 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.03
0.04 tix