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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 | 31 | 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
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Sorceries (7)
Instants (21)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (1)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (24)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (5)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (22)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (34)
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Miscalculation
- 1 Prohibit
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Exclude
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Fading Hope
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Hydroblast
- 1 Peek
- 1 Slip Out the Back
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Three Steps Ahead
- 1 Vapor Snag
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Disrupting Shoal
- 1 Logic Knot
Artifacts (6)
Lands (37)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (22)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (7)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Sorceries (4)
Instants (25)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (8)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (46)
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 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 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Misdirection
- 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 (8)
Sorceries (15)
Instants (36)
- 1 Go for the Throat
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Power Word Kill
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Flare of Denial
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Fell the Profane
- 1 Flare of Malice
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Requiting Hex
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Three Steps Ahead
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Logic Knot
Enchantments (1)
Lands (38)
- 1 Agna Qel'a
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Castle Locthwain
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 High Market
- 4 Island
- 2 Island
- 2 Island
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Sunken Ruins
- 2 Swamp
- 2 Swamp
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urza's Cave
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (6)
Enchantments (7)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (24)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (23)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (19)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (46)
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 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 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Misdirection
- 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
