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Mental Misstep 
Mental Misstep appeared in 1,741 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 | 82 | 1 | 1077 | 1 |
| Duel Commander | 15 | 1 | 664 | 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 (9)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix - 1 Gush
$2.41
0.04 tix - 1 Dig Through Time
$0.28
0.02 tix - 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix - 3 Assassin's Trophy
$0.70
0.02 tix - 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Mana Drain
$51.06
0.40 tix
- 4 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (17)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Library of Alexandria$1675.25 0.12 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 3 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 3 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Assassin's Trophy
$0.70
0.02 tix
- 1 Cavern of Souls$50.49 0.53 tix
- 3 Energy Flux
$0.26
0.16 tix - 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix - 1 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
$0.63
1.16 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix - 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Thrun, the Last Troll
$0.71
0.03 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.42
0.06 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
- 1 Trygon Predator
$0.14
0.02 tix
- 1 Phantasmal Image
$4.44
0.02 tix
- 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
$2.17
0.02 tix
- 4 Vengevine
$5.72
1.69 tix
- 1 Squee, Goblin Nabob
$0.26
0.10 tix - 1 Wonder
$1.25
0.02 tix
- 4 Hollow One
$0.31
0.10 tix - 2 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
$0.63
1.16 tix
- 3 Deathrite Shaman
$4.88
0.71 tix - 4 Basking Rootwalla
$0.13
0.01 tix
Sorceries (2)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
- 2 Golgari Thug
$0.41
0.03 tix
- 1 Flame-Kin Zealot
$0.11
0.03 tix - 4 Narcomoeba
$0.33
0.02 tix
- 2 Stinkweed Imp
$1.10
0.03 tix
- 2 Stinkweed Imp
$1.10
0.03 tix
- 4 Golgari Grave-Troll
$0.93
0.03 tix
- 1 Ashen Rider
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 4 Hollow One
$0.31
0.10 tix
- 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
$15.34
0.02 tix
- 4 Bloodghast
$0.71
0.02 tix
Sorceries (7)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (10)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
- 2 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 2 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 4 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (4)
Lands (17)
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (18)
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.41
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 4 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
Artifacts (6)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
- 1 Trygon Predator
$0.14
0.02 tix
- 1 Phantasmal Image
$4.44
0.02 tix
- 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
$2.17
0.02 tix
- 4 Vengevine
$5.72
1.69 tix
- 1 Squee, Goblin Nabob
$0.26
0.10 tix
- 1 Wonder
$1.25
0.02 tix
- 4 Hollow One
$0.31
0.10 tix
- 2 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
$0.63
1.16 tix
- 3 Deathrite Shaman
$4.88
0.71 tix
- 4 Basking Rootwalla
$0.13
0.01 tix
Sorceries (2)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (19)
- 1 Force of Will$26.25 10.90 tix
- 3 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.41
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Mana Drain
$51.06
0.40 tix
- 4 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (5)
Lands (16)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Library of Alexandria$1675.25 0.12 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (15)
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.54 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 2 Mana Drain
$51.06
0.40 tix
- 2 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (11)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
54.65 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
14.55 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
23.97 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
14.97 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.04 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.81 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.61
1.06 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$0.96
0.02 tix
- 1 Voltaic Key
$1.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.80 tix
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 2 By Force
$0.27
0.03 tix - 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Goblin Cratermaker
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.54 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Subterranean Tremors
$1.13
0.05 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (17)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Library of Alexandria$1675.25 0.12 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 4 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
- 2 Golgari Thug
$0.41
0.03 tix
- 1 Flame-Kin Zealot
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 4 Narcomoeba
$0.33
0.02 tix
- 4 Stinkweed Imp
$1.10
0.03 tix
- 2 Ichorid
$0.61
0.26 tix
- 4 Golgari Grave-Troll
$0.93
0.03 tix
- 1 Ashen Rider
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 4 Hollow One
$0.31
0.10 tix
- 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
$15.34
0.02 tix
- 4 Bloodghast
$0.71
0.02 tix
Sorceries (7)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (10)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (5)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (17)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
54.65 tix
- 1 Lotus Petal
$36.20
16.38 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
14.55 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
23.97 tix
- 3 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.14 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
14.97 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.04 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.81 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.60 tix
- 2 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.61
1.06 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$0.96
0.02 tix
- 1 Voltaic Key
$1.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.80 tix
Lands (13)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (18)
- 4 Forbidden Orchard$9.43 0.02 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Library of Alexandria$1675.25 0.12 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Energy Flux
$0.26
0.16 tix
- 1 Firespout
$0.37
0.02 tix - 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.54 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.44
0.01 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Shattering Spree
$0.94
0.22 tix
- 1 Stormbreath Dragon
$0.30
0.02 tix
- 1 Sudden Shock
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 4 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (18)
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.41
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 4 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
Artifacts (6)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (6)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (18)
- 4 Forbidden Orchard$9.43 0.02 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Library of Alexandria$1675.25 0.12 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Energy Flux
$0.26
0.16 tix
- 1 Firespout
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Monastery Mentor
$0.46
0.02 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.44
0.01 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Shattering Spree
$0.94
0.22 tix
- 1 Stormbreath Dragon
$0.30
0.02 tix
- 1 Sudden Shock
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 4 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (17)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Library of Alexandria$1675.25 0.12 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (2)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (19)
- 1 Force of Will$26.25 10.90 tix
- 3 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.41
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Mana Drain
$51.06
0.40 tix
- 4 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (5)
Lands (16)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Library of Alexandria$1675.25 0.12 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix