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Three Steps Ahead 
Oracle Text
— Counter target spell.
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— Create a token that's a copy of target artifact or creature you control.
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— Draw two cards, then discard a card.Format Legality
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Three Steps Ahead, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | 30 | 1.4 | 352 | 1.7 |
| Pioneer | 17 | 1.1 | 130 | 1.1 |
| Duel Commander | 0 | 0 | 66 | 1 |
Details
- Set
- Marvel Universe
- Rarity
- Mythic Rare
- Mana value
- 1
- Collector #
- 62
Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Three Steps Ahead
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (23)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (32)
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Spellgyre
- 1 Emergency Eject
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Three Steps Ahead
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Condemn
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 Tithe
- 1 No More Lies
- 1 Lost to Legend
- 1 Logic Knot
- 1 March of Otherworldly Light
- 1 Unexpectedly Absent
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (39)
- 1 Abstergo Entertainment
- 1 Agna Qel'a
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Castle Ardenvale
- 1 Castle Vantress
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Demolition Field
- 1 Deserted Beach
- 1 Dust Bowl
- 1 Field of Ruin
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Fountainport
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Irrigated Farmland
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Myriad Landscape
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Plains
- 2 Plains
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Restless Anchorage
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scavenger Grounds
- 1 Secluded Starforge
- 7 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Windswept Heath
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (23)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (23)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (8)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (6)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (23)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (6)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (27)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (22)
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (25)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (27)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (22)
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (27)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (49)
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Muddle the Mixture
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Miscalculation
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Dizzy Spell
- 1 Dream's Grip
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 High Tide
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Opt
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Suspend
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Three Steps Ahead
- 1 Twiddle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Repeal
Lands (35)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (22)
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1