Mental Misstep

Mana Value

1

Rarity

uncommon

Mental Misstep

Instant

{U/P}
Color Identity: U

Card Text

({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.) Counter target spell with mana value 1.

Set

New Phyrexia

(NPH)

EDHREC Rank

#440

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.

Wotc — June 01, 2011

To calculate the mana value of a card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, count each Phyrexian mana symbol as 1.

Wotc — June 01, 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.

Wotc — June 01, 2011

If you're at 1 life or less, you can't pay 2 life.

Wotc — June 01, 2011

Phyrexian mana is not a new color. Players can't produce Phyrexian mana.

Wotc — June 01, 2011

If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be the value chosen for it while that spell is on the stack.

Wotc — June 01, 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.

Wotc — June 01, 2011

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