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Magic · Secret Lair Drop Series · #1179 · Rare

Mental Misstep (1179)

Magic card price for Mental Misstep (1179): $183.16 market, from $170.69 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 18, 2026
$183.16
0.0% this week · +1.0% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days0.0%
30 days+1.0%
90 days+2.8%
1 year+54.7%
All time+152.5%

Sellers right now

$170.69lowest listing$9,999.00highest
Market price$183.16
Mid listing$180.00
Direct$179.05
30-day avg$184.82

Market price is what a near-mint copy actually sold for. The cheapest listing is what a seller asks today — on thin markets the two differ a lot.

Where to buy

TCGplayer$183.16
Cardmarket$179.36 €159.39

EUR converted at 1.1253 (ECB reference rate). Shipping and condition not included.

One year

$117.4752-week low$187.6552-week high
In the range94%
All-time low$72.53
All-time high$187.65
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$65.62$110.14$154.65$199.16
$183.16
Feb 2024Dec 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Mental Misstep (1179) (Foil) came out in October 2026; we leave the first weeks out of this story, because early prices are set before real supply exists. Listings currently start at $170.69; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $184.82.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$183.16$170.69$9,999.000.0%
Normal$75.81$54.50$329.950.0%

The card in play

Type line
Instant
Rules text

The Meaning of Life, Maybe
Counter target spell with mana value 1.

Flavor

"Paws."

Other printings of Mental Misstep

8 more · $5.87 – $225.41
All printings
Mental Misstep (Phyrexian) (1), Media Promos — Magic card price +0.6% 7d Mental Misstep (Phyrexian) Media Promos · #1 $225.41 Mental Misstep (38), New Phyrexia — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Mental Misstep New Phyrexia · #38 $170.72 Mental Misstep (2373) (2373), Secret Lair Drop Series — Magic card price −1.3% 7d Mental Misstep (2373) Secret Lair Drop Series · #2373 $15.67 Mental Misstep (White Border) (30), Mystery Booster 2 — Magic card price +2.4% 7d Mental Misstep (White Border) Mystery Booster 2 · #30 $5.87 Mental Misstep (Retro Frame) (Eternal Weekend 2023 Promo) (1), Unique and Miscellaneous Promos — Magic card price — 7d Mental Misstep (Retro Frame) (Eternal Weekend 2023 Promo) Unique and Miscellaneous Promos · #1 —

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