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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 (21)
Sorceries (1)
Instants (10)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
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: 3 | Swiss: 1
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
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (7)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Sorceries (6)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Sorceries (1)
Instants (10)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
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
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (7)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (46)
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Muddle the Mixture
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 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 Essence Flux
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 High Tide
- 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 (36)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (7)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Sorceries (1)
Instants (10)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Sorceries (1)
Instants (10)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Sorceries (1)
Instants (10)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (28)
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Miscalculation
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Engulf the Shore
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Commandeer
- 1 Chain of Vapor
- 1 Fading Hope
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Three Steps Ahead
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Occult Epiphany
- 1 Disrupting Shoal
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (9)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (37)
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants
- 1 Island
- 1 Island
- 1 Island
- 2 Island
- 1 Island
- 3 Island
- 2 Island
- 1 Island
- 1 Island
- 1 Island
- 1 Island
- 1 Island
- 3 Island
- 6 Island
- 1 Island
- 1 Island
- 1 Mishra's Factory
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mutavault
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Urza's Saga
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
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 Mana Short
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Dizzy Spell
- 1 Dream's Grip
- 1 Essence Flux
- 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: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
