Mental Misstep

Name
Mental Misstep

Mana Cost

Type
Instant

Set
Mystery Booster 2

Rarity
Uncommon

Text

( can be paid with either or 2 life.)
Counter target spell with mana value 1.


Flavor Text

"Your first mistake was thinking I would let you live long enough to make a second."
—Sarnvax, Gitaxian sective


Number
#30

Other Prints
New Phyrexia
Eternal Weekend
Media and Collaboration Promos
Secret Lair Drop
The Zeta Set

Legal Formats
Commander | Duel | Oathbreaker

Availability
Magic Online | Paper

Rulings

(01/06/2011)
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.


(01/06/2011)
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.


(01/06/2011)
To calculate the mana value of a card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, count each Phyrexian mana symbol as 1.


(01/06/2011)
Phyrexian mana is not a new color. Players can't produce Phyrexian mana.


(01/06/2011)
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.


(01/06/2011)
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.


(01/06/2011)
If you're at 1 life or less, you can't pay 2 life.


Artist
Erica Yang

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