---
name: "Launch Mishap"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "J22"
set_name: "Jumpstart 2022"
collector_number: "14"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Kim Sokol"
oracle_id: "5d4ed768-0a37-4604-8121-43920ed9fb4a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/launch-mishap-j22"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Launch Mishap
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Counter target creature or planeswalker spell. Create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Access Denied](/printing/access-denied-nec.md) — Instant
2. [Strix Serenade](/printing/strix-serenade-pmh3.md) — Instant
3. [Geist Snatch](/printing/geist-snatch-avr.md) — Instant
4. [Summoner's Bane](/printing/summoners-bane-ddm.md) — Instant
5. [Nimble Thopterist](/printing/nimble-thopterist-dft.md) — Creature — Vedalken Artificer
6. [Thopter Squadron](/printing/thopter-squadron-vma.md) — Artifact Creature — Thopter

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Jumpstart 2022 (J22) #14
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Kim Sokol
- **Total Printings:** 7 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`