Mental Misstep

New Phyrexia · #38 · uncommon · EN

$4.12 · Foil €113.49

cheapest of 42 store offers · see all

market $8.60 · Foil $176.72

Mana cost: {U/P}

Type: Instant

Commonly played as: Counterspell

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

Artist: Erica Yang

Released: 2011-05-13

Finishes: Nonfoil, Foil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $8.60
  • TCGplayer foil: $176.72
  • Cardmarket: €5.86
  • Cardmarket foil: €134.34
  • MTGO tix: 0.03
$176.72$7.42
233 days of daily prices for Mental Misstep: $8.37 to $8.60
2026-01-252026-11-12
regular foil · 233 days tracked · $8.37 → $8.60 (+3%) · low $7.42 · high $176.72
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (New Phyrexia #38) in 9 other languages.

Store prices

The 3 cheapest per condition and finish, in stock at the last check. Offers not re-confirmed within 60 days are not shown. Prices in different currencies are compared at the current exchange rate.

StoreConditionFinishPriceChecked
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$4.12today
ManaPoolHP · todayHPregular$4.35today
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$5.17today
401 GamesHP · todayHPregularCA$7.80today
CardTraderMP · todayMPregular€5.11today
CardTraderSP · todaySPregular€5.11today
ManaPoolNM · todayNMregular$5.76today
CardmarketNM · todayNMregular€6.14today
Le Coin Du JeuMP · 7 days agoMPregularCA$10.357 days ago
GamezillaSP · todaySPregularCA$11.30today
The Comic HunterNM · 4 days agoNMregularCA$11.764 days ago
CardTraderHP · todayHPregular€8.42today
CardTraderHP · foil · todayHPfoil€113.49today
ManaPoolMP · foil · todayMPfoil$132.50today
Face To Face GamesSP · foil · todaySPfoilCA$191.99today
CardmarketNM · foil · todayNMfoil€134.34today
Face To Face GamesNM · foil · todayNMfoilCA$239.99today
ManaPoolSP · foil · todaySPfoil$172.79today
401 GamesSP · foil · todaySPfoilCA$252.00today
ManaPoolNM · foil · todayNMfoil$195.00today
CardTraderMP · foil · todayMPfoil€176.01today

Truncated: 21 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 42 in total.

Format legality

  • standard: not legal
  • pioneer: not legal
  • modern: banned
  • legacy: banned
  • vintage: restricted
  • commander: legal
  • pauper: not legal
  • brawl: not legal

In Gestic collections

  • Held in 22 lists
  • Played in 2 decks
  • 32 copies tracked

Decks that play this card

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All printings of Mental Misstep

USD · low $6.53 · high $6666.56

Set#RarityUSD
The Zeta Set#264 · uncommon264uncommon—
The Zeta Set#143 · uncommon143uncommon—
The Zeta Set#22 · uncommon22uncommon—
Secret Lair Drop#2373 · rare2373rare$15.66
Mystery Booster 2#30 · uncommon30uncommon$6.53
Eternal Weekend#2023a · rare2023arare$6666.56 foil
Secret Lair Drop#1179 · rare1179rare$74.71
New Phyrexia#38 · uncommon38uncommon$8.60