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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
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (9)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (9)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (18)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 3 Forbidden Orchard$9.43 0.02 tix
- 1 Forbidden Orchard$9.43 0.02 tix
- 2 Grove of the Burnwillows$5.85 0.77 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Library of Alexandria$1675.25 0.12 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (25)
- 1 Rebuild
$0.26
0.03 tix - 2 Thirst for Knowledge
$0.11
0.01 tix
- 1 Thirst for Knowledge
$0.11
0.01 tix
- 4 Paradoxical Outcome
$0.25
0.02 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 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix - 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 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
- 1 Repeal
$0.07
0.01 tix
Artifacts (13)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
54.65 tix - 1 Chrome Mox
$38.87
1.82 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 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.61
1.06 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.61
1.06 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$0.96
0.02 tix
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 2 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.54 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.54 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 2 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Yixlid Jailer
$0.09
0.04 tix
7
Final: 7 |
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 (11)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (15)
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)
- 1 Badlands$235.61 8.20 tix
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Cavern of Souls$50.49 0.53 tix
- 1 Mana Confluence$32.96 0.48 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Seat of the Synod$0.65 0.98 tix
- 2 Spire of Industry$0.29 0.02 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.50 2.89 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (19)
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 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 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
Lands (14)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (10)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (16)
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
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (6)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (17)
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 2 Punishing Fire
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 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 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Izzet Charm
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Mana Drain
$51.06
0.40 tix
- 4 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (18)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 3 Forbidden Orchard$9.43 0.02 tix
- 1 Forbidden Orchard$9.43 0.02 tix
- 2 Grove of the Burnwillows$5.85 0.77 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Library of Alexandria$1675.25 0.12 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (25)
- 1 Rebuild
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 3 Thirst for Knowledge
$0.11
0.01 tix
- 4 Paradoxical Outcome
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 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
- 1 Repeal
$0.07
0.01 tix
Artifacts (13)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
54.65 tix
- 1 Chrome Mox
$38.87
1.82 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
Lands (14)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (19)
- 2 Sudden Shock
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 3 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
- 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 Mana Drain
$51.06
0.40 tix
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
- 1 Enlightened Tutor
$20.99
4.00 tix - 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (22)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Library of Alexandria$1675.25 0.12 tix
- 3 Mishra's Factory$0.15 0.03 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 3 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Arcane Laboratory
$0.56
0.04 tix
- 1 Energy Flux
$0.26
0.16 tix
- 1 Fragmentize
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.54 tix
- 1 Kataki, War's Wage
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 1 Sudden Shock
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (12)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 By Force
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 4 Ingot Chewer
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 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 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 2 Sulfur Elemental
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Yixlid Jailer
$0.09
0.04 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (20)
- 1 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 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
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 4 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
Artifacts (5)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 2 Ingot Chewer
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.61 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 1 Shattering Spree
$0.94
0.22 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
- 3 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.29
4.72 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (15)
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
- 2 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 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
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (12)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
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
- 2 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
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Disenchant
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 2 Energy Flux
$0.26
0.16 tix
- 3 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.49
0.10 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (15)
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
- 2 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 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
