Three Steps Ahead

Three Steps Ahead

Instant

Mana cost: {U}

How we read this card

Spree

on-cast —

+ {1}{U} — Counter target spell.

on-cast —

+ {3} — Create a token that's a copy of target artifact or creature you control.

on-cast — makes a token

+ {2} — Draw two cards, then discard a card.

on-cast — draws you 2 cards

on-cast —

Causes: you face a dilemma, counter a spell, create an artifact token, create a creature token, put an artifact token onto the battlefield, put a creature token onto the battlefield, draw a card, discard a card.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

you face a dilemma — 739 cards in the game can cause this (Three Steps Ahead is one).

When Three Steps Ahead poses a dilemma:

  1. Seven of Nine — draws you 1 card
  2. Elim Garak, Simple Tailor — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  3. Obsidian Order Operative — makes each opponent lose 1 life

a card is discarded — 2,042 cards in the game can cause this (Three Steps Ahead is one).

When Three Steps Ahead makes a player discard a card:

  1. Ivora, Insatiable Heir — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Cool but Rude — deals 2 damage
  3. Containment Construct — brings a card back
  4. Moonstone, Harsh Mistress — brings a card back
  5. Lazotep Chancellor — puts 2 counters on a Zombie or Army
  6. Magmakin Artillerist — deals that much damage
  7. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — exiles a card from your library
  8. Pitchstone Wall — sacrifices itself
  9. Currency Converter — exiles it
  10. Hostile Investigator — triggers

51 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

provide a creature to sacrifice — 2,720 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Three Steps Ahead makes fodder for Jalira, Master Polymorphist
  2. Polymorph — Three Steps Ahead makes fodder for Polymorph
  3. Proteus Staff — Three Steps Ahead makes fodder for Proteus Staff
  4. Synthetic Destiny — Three Steps Ahead makes fodder for Synthetic Destiny
  5. Mass Polymorph — Three Steps Ahead makes fodder for Mass Polymorph

2,715 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature token enters the battlefield — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Three Steps Ahead is one).

When a creature enters thanks to Three Steps Ahead:

  1. Securitron Squadron — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Anointer Priest — gains you 1 life
  3. Nesting Dovehawk — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a creature token is created — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Three Steps Ahead is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When Three Steps Ahead makes a creature token, Staff of the Storyteller puts a story counter on itself

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a token enters the battlefield — 3,710 cards in the game can cause this (Three Steps Ahead is one).

When a creature or artifact enters thanks to Three Steps Ahead:

  1. Baron Bertram Graywater — makes a token
  2. Marneus Calgar — draws you 1 card
  3. Belladonna Took — gains you 1 life
  4. Kambal, Profiteering Mayor — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. Lucy MacLean, Positively Armed — makes a token
  6. Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards — draws you 1 card
  7. Cloakwood Swarmkeeper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Woodland Champion — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  9. Leonardo, the Balance — puts a counter on a creature
  10. Spiritcall Enthusiast // Scrollboost — becomes prepared

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a token is created — 3,711 cards in the game can cause this (Three Steps Ahead is one).

When Three Steps Ahead makes a creature or artifact token:

  1. Akim, the Soaring Wind — makes a token
  2. Idol of Oblivion — draws you 1 card
  3. Rosie Cotton of South Lane — puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Mirkwood Bats — makes each opponent lose 1 life

17 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (Three Steps Ahead is one).

When Three Steps Ahead makes a player draw a card:

  1. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — gives +1/+1
  2. Niv-Mizzet, Parun — deals 1 damage
  3. Aether Syphon — mills a card
  4. The Locust God — makes a token
  5. Starving Revenant — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Diviner's Wand — gets +1/+1
  7. Ominous Seas — puts a foreshadow counter on itself
  8. Dream Trawler — gets +1/+0
  9. Iron Man, Armored Avenger — puts a counter on a creature
  10. The Astonishing Ant-Man — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

57 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an instant is cast — 3,931 cards in the game can cause this (Three Steps Ahead is one).

When Three Steps Ahead is cast:

  1. Lunar Mystic — draws you 1 card
  2. Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch // Temple of Cyclical Time — grants rebound
  3. Repeated Reverberation — copies an ability
  4. Riku of Two Reflections — copies a spell
  5. Sword of Wealth and Power — copies a spell
  6. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
  7. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — brings a card back
  8. Harness the Storm — brings a card back
  9. In the Eye of Chaos — counters a spell
  10. Niblis of Frost — taps a creature an opponent controls

427 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact it makes cheaper to cast — 4,531 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Sapphire Medallion — Sapphire Medallion reduces what Three Steps Ahead costs

4,530 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact enters the battlefield — 4,643 cards in the game can cause this (Three Steps Ahead is one).

  1. Transplant Theorist — When an artifact enters thanks to Three Steps Ahead, Transplant Theorist draws you 1 card
  2. Elvish Archivist — When an artifact enters thanks to Three Steps Ahead, Elvish Archivist puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  3. Golbez, Crystal Collector — When an artifact enters thanks to Three Steps Ahead, Golbez, Crystal Collector surveils
  4. Vessel of Endless Rest — When Vessel of Endless Rest enters because Three Steps Ahead copies it, its ability triggers again

64 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Three Steps Ahead is one).

  1. Orcish Bowmasters — When Orcish Bowmasters enters because Three Steps Ahead copies it, its ability triggers again
  2. Quantum Riddler — When Quantum Riddler enters because Three Steps Ahead copies it, its ability triggers again
  3. Precursor Golem — When Precursor Golem enters because Three Steps Ahead copies it, its ability triggers again
  4. Conciliator's Duelist — When Conciliator's Duelist enters because Three Steps Ahead copies it, its ability triggers again
  5. Fell Specter — When Fell Specter enters because Three Steps Ahead copies it, its ability triggers again

400 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.