---
name: "Mental Misstep"
mana_cost: "{U/P}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "PEWK"
set_name: "Eternal Weekend"
collector_number: "2023a"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Kai Carpenter"
oracle_id: "1a0770e6-b093-4439-baff-6889a50ba12e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/mental-misstep-pewk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "banned"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "banned"
  vintage: "restricted"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Mental Misstep
- **Mana Cost:** `{U/P}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

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

> *Eternal Weekend
Vintage Championship 2023*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Minor Misstep](/printing/minor-misstep-one.md) — Instant
2. [Psychic Barrier](/printing/psychic-barrier-nph.md) — Instant
3. [Force Spike](/printing/force-spike-plst.md) — Instant
4. [Mana Tithe](/printing/mana-tithe-p08.md) — Instant
5. [Undermine](/printing/undermine-inv.md) — Instant
6. [Runeboggle](/printing/runeboggle-gpt.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Eternal Weekend (PEWK) #2023a
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Kai Carpenter
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

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