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"Find me cards equivalent to: Three Steps Ahead"

Equivalent cards to Three Steps Ahead with similar blue instant effects:

  • Cryptic Command: Versatile instant; can counter a spell, bounce a permanent, draw, or tap creatures.
  • Supreme Will: Modal blue instant; counters a spell or digs through deck.
  • Archmage's Charm: Blue instant; counters, draws, or steals an artifact.
  • Sublime Epiphany: Blue instant; can counter, bounce, draw, make token copies.

All keep to blue instants with modal flexibility and similar effects.

Found Cards

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Archmage's Charm

Cryptic Command

Sublime Epiphany

Supreme Will

Three Steps Ahead

Archmage's Charm #2490 Instant

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Rarity: Rare
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    Rules

  • If a creature on the battlefield has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
  • The mana value of a token that isn't a copy of another object is 0. A token that is a copy of another object has the same mana cost as that object.

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    Manapool / 3.89 USD 3.18 USD
    Cardmarket 2.54 EUR / 2.22 EUR
    Cardkingdom / 4.99 USD 4.99 USD
    Tcgplayer / 3.96 USD 3.11 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Choose one — •Countertarget spell. • Target player draws two cards. • Gain control of target nonland permanent with mana value 1 or less.

    Cryptic Command #905 Instant

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
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    Rules

  • Look at both chosen modes to determine how many targets Cryptic Command has, if any. If it has at least one target, and all its targets are illegal when it tries to resolve, then it won’t resolve and none of its effects will happen. For example, if you choose the second and fourth modes, and the permanent is an illegal target when Cryptic Command tries to resolve, you won’t draw a card.
  • You choose both modes as you cast Cryptic Command. You must choose two different modes.

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    Tcgplayer 5.82 USD
    Cardmarket 6.24 EUR
    Cardkingdom 8.49 USD
    Manapool 5.73 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Choose two — •Countertarget spell. • Return target permanent to its owner's hand. • Tap all creatures your opponents control. • Draw a card.

    Sublime Epiphany #167 Instant

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 6
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Instant
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    Copy

    Rules

  • Abilities that create replacement effects, such as a permanent entering the battlefield tapped or with counters on it, can't be countered. Abilities that apply "as [this creature] enters the battlefield" are also replacement effects and can't be countered.
  • Activated abilities are written in the form "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keyword abilities (such as equip) are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder texts.
  • Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied creature will trigger when the token enters the battlefield. Any "As [this creature] enters the battlefield" or "[This creature] enters the battlefield with" abilities of the copied creature will also work.
  • If any of the targets become illegal, the remaining targets are affected as appropriate.
  • If the copied creature has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0.
  • If the copied creature is copying something else, the token enters the battlefield as whatever that creature is copying.
  • If the copied creature is itself a token, the token created by Sublime Epiphany copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that created it.
  • If you choose more than one mode, you perform the modes in the order specified. For example, if you choose to counter target spell, return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand, and have target player draw a card, that permanent will be on the battlefield while that spell is countered (and may modify, affect, or trigger on that event) but will not be on the battlefield while that player draws a card.
  • If you choose the third and fourth modes and target the same creature you control both times, you'll return it and then create a token that's a copy of it, using its copiable values as it last appeared on the battlefield. This is because the legality of targets is checked only as the spell begins to resolve, before any actions are performed.
  • If you counter a delayed triggered ability that triggered at the beginning of the "next" occurrence of a specified step or phase, that ability won't trigger again the following time that phase or step occurs.
  • Sublime Epiphany's second mode can't counter an activated or triggered mana ability. An activated mana ability is one that could add mana as it resolves, doesn't have a target, and isn't a loyalty ability. A triggered mana ability is one that could add mana as it resolves and triggers on an activated mana ability.
  • Sublime Epiphany's second mode counters only activated and triggered abilities already on the stack. It doesn't prevent abilities from being activated or from triggering later in the turn, and it has no effect on static abilities.
  • The token copies exactly what is printed on the creature and nothing else (unless that creature is a token or is copying something else; see below). It doesn't copy whether that creature is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras and/or Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that changed its power, toughness, types, color, and so on.
  • Triggered abilities use the word "when," "whenever," or "at." They're often written as "[Trigger condition], [effect]." Some keyword abilities (such as prowess) are triggered abilities and will have "when," "whenever," or "at" in their reminder text.
  • You can't choose any one mode more than once.

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    Cardkingdom 0.49 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.25 USD
    Cardmarket 0.37 EUR
    Manapool 0.15 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Choose one or more — •Countertarget spell. •Countertarget activated or triggered ability. • Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. • Create a token that's a copy of target creature you control. • Target player draws a card.

    Supreme Will #102 Instant

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 3
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    Cardmarket 0.13 EUR / 0.3 EUR
    Manapool 0.15 USD / 0.15 USD
    Cardkingdom / 0.79 USD 0.35 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.17 USD / 0.18 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Choose one — •Countertarget spell unless its controller pays . • Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

    Three Steps Ahead #62 Instant

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    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 1
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  • Instant
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    Normal
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    Copy

    Abilities/Keywords

    Spree

    Rules

  • Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied permanent will trigger when the token enters the battlefield. Any “as [this permanent] enters the battlefield” or “[this permanent] enters the battlefield with” abilities of the copied permanent will also work.
  • Each additional cost and associated mode in the text box is also preceded with a + indicator. These symbols also have no rules meaning and serve only to remind players that the listed costs are additional costs.
  • If a mode requires a target, you can select that mode only if there’s a legal target available. Ignore the targeting requirements for modes you don’t choose.
  • If a spell with spree is copied, the effect that creates the copy may allow you to choose new targets. You cannot choose new modes.
  • If all targets for the chosen modes become illegal before a spell with spree resolves, the spell won’t resolve and none of its effects will happen. If at least one target is still legal, the spell will resolve but will have no effect on any illegal targets.
  • If an effect allows you to cast a spell with spree “without paying its mana cost,” you must still choose at least one mode and pay the associated additional costs.
  • If the copied permanent has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0.
  • If the copied permanent is a token, the token that’s created copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that created that token.
  • If the copied permanent is copying something else, then the token enters the battlefield as whatever that permanent copied.
  • If the first and/or second modes are chosen, then Three Steps Ahead has one or more targets. If so, and all its targets are illegal as it tries to resolve, Three Steps Ahead won’t resolve and none of its effects will happen. If at least one target is still legal, the spell will resolve and modes with legal targets (and the third mode, if chosen) will have their effects.
  • No matter which modes you choose, you always follow the instructions in the order they are written.
  • No player can cast spells or activate abilities in between the modes of a resolving spell. Any abilities that trigger won’t be put onto the stack until the spell is done resolving.
  • Spells with spree have a + (plus sign) indicator in the upper right corner of the card frame. This has no rules meaning and serves only to remind players that at least one additional cost is required to cast the spell.
  • The mana value of a spell with spree is determined only by its mana cost (in the upper right corner of the card). It doesn’t matter which modes you choose or which additional costs you pay, including any additional costs imposed by other effects.
  • The token copies exactly what was printed on the original permanent and nothing else (unless that permanent is copying something else or is a token; see below). It doesn’t copy whether that permanent is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, and so on.
  • You can’t choose the same mode more than once.
  • You choose the modes as you cast the spell with spree. Once modes are chosen, they can’t be changed.
  • You must choose at least one of the listed modes and pay its associated additional cost in order to cast a spell with spree.

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    Tcgplayer / 5.36 USD 2.71 USD
    Cardkingdom 4.99 USD / 8.99 USD
    Manapool 2.82 USD / 5.46 USD
    Cardmarket 1.92 EUR / 4.47 EUR

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.) + —Countertarget spell. + — Create a token that's a copy of target artifact or creature you control. + — Draw two cards, thendiscarda card.