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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 | 16 | 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 (2)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (22)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (35)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (14)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (22)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (35)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (27)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (22)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (35)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (48)
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Confounding Riddle
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Long-Term Plans
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Chain of Vapor
- 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 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
Lands (35)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (48)
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Confounding Riddle
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Long-Term Plans
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Chain of Vapor
- 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 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
Lands (35)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Sorceries (4)
Artifacts (28)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Sorceries (6)
Artifacts (27)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (9)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Sorceries (6)
Artifacts (27)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (48)
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Confounding Riddle
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Long-Term Plans
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Chain of Vapor
- 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 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
Lands (35)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (35)
- 1 Fell the Profane
- 1 Go for the Throat
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Shoot the Sheriff
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Daze
- 1 Horribly Awry
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Negate
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Fact or Fiction
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Three Steps Ahead
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Shadow of Doubt
- 1 Mental Misstep
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (36)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Fetid Pools
- 1 Field of Ruin
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Fountainport
- 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants
- 4 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Restless Reef
- 1 River of Tears
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Sunken Ruins
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (13)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
