Mental Misstep Price
9 printings · 6 sets · first printed 2011
Mental Misstep has been printed 9 times across 6 sets, first in 2011 and most recently in 2026. Right now the cheapest printing is Mystery Booster 2 #30 at $5.67, while the most expensive is Media and Collaboration Promos #2023-1 at $224.17 — about 40× more. The median across 5 priced printings is $15.84. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 9x, including dedicated reprint sets like Mystery Booster 2.
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Every Mental Misstep Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mystery Booster 2 #30 (U) Cheapest | 2024 | $5.67 | $5.00 |
| New Phyrexia #38 (U) | 2011 | $7.98 | $6.00 |
| Secret Lair Drop #2373 (R) | 2026 | $15.84 | $12.00 |
| Secret Lair Drop #1179 (R) | 2022 | $75.81 | $54.00 |
| Media and Collaboration Promos #2023-1 (R) Foil | 2023 | $224.17 | $250.00 foil |
| The Zeta Set #143 (U) | 2026 | — | — |
| The Zeta Set #22 (U) | 2026 | — | — |
| The Zeta Set #264 (U) | 2026 | — | — |
| Eternal Weekend #2023a (R) Foil | 2023 | — | — |
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can be paid with either 
or 2 life.)Counter target spell with mana value 1.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 9 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
7 PrecedentsEach 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.
To calculate the mana value of a card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, count each Phyrexian mana symbol as 1.
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.
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.
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.
If you're at 1 life or less, you can't pay 2 life.
Phyrexian mana is not a new color. Players can't produce Phyrexian mana.