Mental Misstep (New Phyrexia) - Gatherer

Mental Misstep

Community Rating:

Community Rating: 4.441 / 5 (281 votes)

Oracle Printed

Card Name:

Mental Misstep

Mana Cost:

Mana Value:

Types:

Instant

Card Text:

( can be paid with either or 2 life.)

Counter target spell with converted mana cost 1.

Flavor Text:

"Your first mistake was thinking I would let you live long enough to make a second."

—Sarnvax, Gitaxian sective

Watermark:

Phyrexian

Expansion:

New Phyrexia

Rarity:

Uncommon

All Sets:

Card Number:

Artist:

Erica Yang

Language:

English

Rulings

6/1/2011	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.
6/1/2011	To calculate the mana value of a card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, count each Phyrexian mana symbol as 1.
6/1/2011	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.
6/1/2011	If you're at 1 life or less, you can't pay 2 life.
6/1/2011	Phyrexian mana is not a new color. Players can't produce Phyrexian mana.
6/1/2011	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.
6/1/2011	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.