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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
Sorceries (5)
Instants (19)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Sorceries (5)
Instants (19)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (40)
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Miscalculation
- 1 Remand
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Flame of Anor
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Exclude
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Fact or Fiction
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cremate
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Terminate
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 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 Siphon Insight
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Invert Polarity
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Logic Knot
Artifacts (1)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (41)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Cascade Bluffs
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Dragonskull Summit
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Riverglide Pathway
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Spirebluff Canal
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Stormcarved Coast
- 1 Sulfur Falls
- 1 Sunken Palace
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Xander's Lounge
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Sorceries (5)
Instants (19)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Sorceries (5)
Instants (19)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (11)
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 Confounding Riddle
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 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 Muddle the Mixture
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
Lands (35)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (43)
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Refute
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Confounding Riddle
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 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 Suspend
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Three Steps Ahead
- 1 Twiddle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Muddle the Mixture
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
Lands (35)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Sorceries (5)
Instants (19)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (43)
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Flame of Anor
- 1 Prismari Command
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Fuel the Flames
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Exclude
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Fact or Fiction
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Pyrokinesis
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cremate
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Terminate
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Pyroblast
- 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 Siphon Insight
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Invert Polarity
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Logic Knot
Artifacts (1)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (40)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Cascade Bluffs
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Dragonskull Summit
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Riverglide Pathway
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Spirebluff Canal
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Stormcarved Coast
- 1 Sulfur Falls
- 1 Sunken Palace
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Xander's Lounge
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (11)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (1)
Instants (12)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Sorceries (5)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Instants (22)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (1)
Instants (12)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
