Mental Misstep

Commanders that run Mental Misstep most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

• Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy: 12,440 decks
• Vivi Ornitier: 11,402 decks
• Kraum, Ludevic's Opus // Tymna the Weaver: 10,445 decks
• Sisay, Weatherlight Captain: 7,451 decks
• Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow: 6,427 decks
• Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin: 6,155 decks
• Urza, Lord High Artificer: 5,226 decks
• Glarb, Calamity's Augur: 4,573 decks

Often played with Mental Misstep

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

• City of Traitors
• Mindbreak Trap
• Disrupting Shoal
• Lion's Eye Diamond
• Ranger-Captain of Eos
• Chain of Vapor
• Candelabra of Tawnos
• Rain of Filth
• Intuition
• Tainted Pact

Rulings

• 2011-06-01: 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.
• 2011-06-01: To calculate the mana value of a card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, count each Phyrexian mana symbol as 1.
• 2011-06-01: 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.
• 2011-06-01: 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.
• 2011-06-01: 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.
• 2011-06-01: If you're at 1 life or less, you can't pay 2 life.
• 2011-06-01: Phyrexian mana is not a new color. Players can't produce Phyrexian mana.