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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
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (45)
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 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 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 Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 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)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (13)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Sorceries (4)
Instants (28)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (38)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Sorceries (4)
Instants (28)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (38)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Sorceries (3)
Instants (21)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (7)
Lands (40)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (45)
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 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 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 Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 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: 2 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (10)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (37)
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Fire Covenant
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Miscalculation
- 1 Remand
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Snuff Out
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Waterlogged Teachings
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 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 Invert Polarity
- 1 Mental Misstep
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (36)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Den of the Bugbear
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Haunted Ridge
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Spirebluff Canal
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Stormcarved Coast
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Wooded Foothills
