Miscalculation
Mana cost {1}{U}.
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {2}.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Miscalculation is a blue card, legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Urza's Legacy printing.
Price and printings: Cardmarket (€0.68) · TCGplayer ($0.45) · Scryfall
Tracked daily since 28 July 2026: on Cardmarket between €0.68 and €0.98 in that time.
How often Miscalculation is played
Miscalculation is maindecked in 6 of 131 tournament decks in this archive (5%), averaging 1.8 copies; kept in 1 sideboard (1%); used by 2 of 33 tracked archetypes.
Counting only the 48 decks that can cast blue cards, 7 of them play it (15%).
See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.
Premodern archetypes that play Miscalculation
- Tron (4x)
Sideboard plans with Miscalculation
- Fluctuator vs. Stiflenought, Landstill, Psychatog, Stasis, Tron and Rebels. Miscalculation counters a spell unless its controller pays {2}, and cycles for free with Fluctuator when you do not need it.
Tournament decks with Miscalculation
- Mono Blue Control: 1st Place at MTGO Premodern League (2× mainboard)
- Guided Passage: 1st Place at MTGO Premodern League (1× mainboard)
- Treva Oath Control: 8th Place at Liga Premodern Alicante 2026 (2× mainboard)
- Mono Blue Control: 1st Place at MTGO Challenge (2× mainboard)
- Fluctuator: 2nd Place at Magico Conclave Etrusco (4× sideboard)
- UW Control: 1st Place at Moxforge League May 2026 (1× mainboard)
- The Solution: 2nd Place at Monthly Italiano Maggio (3× mainboard)
