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Mental Misstep 
Instant
Mental Misstep appeared in 1,749 MTGO Challenge Top-8 decks over the past 12 months, averaging 1 copies per deck. Its current TCGplayer price is $8.55.
Oracle Text
( can be paid with either 
or 2 life.)
Counter target spell with mana value 1.
can be paid with either or 2 life.)
Counter target spell with mana value 1.Format Legality
ModernLegacyVintageDuel Commander
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Mental Misstep, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vintage | 88 | 1 | 1082 | 1 |
| Duel Commander | 15 | 1 | 667 | 1 |
Details
- Set
- Mystery Booster 2
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana value
- 1
- Collector #
- 30
Non-foilBorderless
Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Mental Misstep
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (10)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (19)
- 2 Smash to Smithereens
$0.30
0.03 tix - 2 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix - 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.41
0.04 tix - 1 Dig Through Time
$0.28
0.02 tix - 3 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 4 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Lands (19)
- 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
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 4 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (13)
- 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 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 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix - 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 3 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix - 2 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.54 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix - 1 Ray of Revelation
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 1 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Tsabo's Web
$4.32
20.28 tix
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
$15.34
0.02 tix - 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moat
$7.15
0.02 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.44
0.01 tix - 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 3 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (11)
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 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
- 4 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
- 3 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (16)
- 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
- 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
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.61
1.06 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$0.96
0.02 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
Lands (11)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (14)
- 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 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 Tsabo's Web
$4.32
20.28 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 2 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
$2.65
0.02 tix
- 3 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.54 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 1 Monastery Mentor
$0.46
0.02 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 1 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (12)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (8)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (15)
- 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 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
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (12)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (20)
- 2 Sudden Shock
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 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 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
- 2 Mana Drain
$51.06
0.40 tix
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (13)
- 1 Demonic Tutor
$58.78
5.92 tix - 1 Time Walk
$498.49
6.15 tix
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
$44.00
1.90 tix
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
$0.24
0.02 tix
- 1 Wheel of Fortune
$199.99
0.33 tix
- 1 Timetwister
$780.68
8.08 tix
- 1 Tinker
$1.02
2.69 tix
- 1 Windfall
$4.77
0.29 tix
- 1 Mind's Desire
$1.02
0.02 tix
- 1 Ponder
$1.81
0.01 tix
- 2 Preordain
$0.51
0.01 tix
- 1 Gitaxian Probe
$3.57
0.01 tix
Instants (17)
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
- 1 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
- 1 Sol Ring
$0.96
0.02 tix
- 1 Voltaic Key
$1.00
0.03 tix
- 2 Defense Grid
$6.54
0.02 tix
- 1 Grim Monolith
$29.99
9.15 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.80 tix
- 1 Memory Jar
$36.82
0.36 tix
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (10)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (15)
- 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
- 4 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
Enchantments (3)
Lands (11)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (15)
- 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 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
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (15)
- 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
- 4 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
Enchantments (3)
Lands (11)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (22)
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.54 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 3 Gifts Ungiven
$5.43
0.02 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 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 3 Mana Drain
$51.06
0.40 tix
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (10)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (15)
- 2 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
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.50 2.89 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 2 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 By Force
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.47
0.07 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.54 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.44
0.01 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 4 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Subterranean Tremors
$1.13
0.05 tix
- 1 Sulfur Elemental
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.42
0.06 tix
- 1 Yixlid Jailer
$0.09
0.04 tix
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (17)
- 1 Force of Will$26.25 10.90 tix
- 1 Path to Exile$0.97 0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 2 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 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
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
- 3 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
Artifacts (8)
Lands (17)
- 3 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Library of Alexandria$1675.25 0.12 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Aegis of the Gods
$0.98
0.02 tix
- 1 Balance
$1.10
0.14 tix
- 1 By Force
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Ceremonious Rejection
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.21
0.02 tix
- 2 Fragmentize
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.78 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Sudden Shock
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.49
0.10 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (16)
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 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.60 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 (16)
- 2 Mana Confluence$32.96 0.48 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Seat of the Synod$0.65 0.98 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.50 2.89 tix
- 3 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
Sideboard
- 2 By Force
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Dismember
$3.01
3.76 tix - 1 Engineered Plague
$7.77
8.63 tix
- 1 Extirpate
$1.31
0.03 tix
- 1 Goblin Welder
$22.01
4.99 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 1 Notion Thief
$1.32
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Sudden Shock
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 3 Sulfur Elemental
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 1 Wurmcoil Engine$8.87 0.12 tix
