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Three Steps Ahead POTJ

Other printings of "Three Steps Ahead": OTJ #75 POTJ #75p POTJ #75s OTJ #323

Card

id77126
artistFrancisco Miyara
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asciiName
attractionLights
availabilitypaper
boosterTypes
borderColorblack
colorIdentityU
colorIndicator
colorsU
defense
duelDeck
edhrecRank1385
edhrecSaltiness0.2
faceConvertedManaCost
faceFlavorName
faceManaValue
faceName
finishesnonfoil, foil
flavorName
flavorTextShe'd planned for every eventuality, with the obvious exception of failure.
frameEffects
frameVersion2015
hand
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hasContentWarning
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isAlternative
isFullArt
isFunny
isGameChanger
isOnlineOnly
isOversized
isPromo1
isRebalanced
isReprint1
isReserved
isStarter1
isStorySpotlight
isTextless
isTimeshifted
keywordsSpree
languageEnglish
layoutnormal
leadershipSkills
life
loyalty
manaCost{U}
manaValue1
nameThree Steps Ahead
number75p
originalPrintings
originalReleaseDate
originalText
otherFaceIds
power
printingsOTJ, POTJ
promoTypespromopack, stamped, planeswalkerstamped
rarityrare
rebalancedPrintings
relatedCards
securityStampoval
setCodePOTJ
side
signature
sourceProducts
subsets
subtypes
supertypes
textSpree (Choose one or more additional costs.)
+ {1}{U} — Counter target spell.
+ {3} — Create a token that's a copy of target artifact or creature you control.
+ {2} — Draw two cards, then discard a card.
toughness
typeInstant
typesInstant
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variations38ea376b-65d6-5633-a4a9-7ec73a58f763
watermark
setNameOutlaws of Thunder Junction Promos

Identifiers

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Legalities

id77126
alchemy
brawlLegal
commanderLegal
duelLegal
futureLegal
gladiatorLegal
historicLegal
legacyLegal
modernLegal
oathbreakerLegal
oldschool
pauper
paupercommander
penny
pioneerLegal
predh
premodern
standardLegal
standardbrawlLegal
timelessLegal
uuid7eebdccd-8508-5b76-bb34-b30ae698e08e
vintageLegal

Purchase URLs

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cardKingdomEtched
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Foreign Data (per language)

No foreign data.

Rulings

datetext
2024-04-12Any 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.
2024-04-12Each 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.
2024-04-12If 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.
2024-04-12If a spell with spree is copied, the effect that creates the copy may allow you to choose new targets. You cannot choose new modes.
2024-04-12If 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.
2024-04-12If 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.
2024-04-12If the copied permanent has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0.
2024-04-12If 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.
2024-04-12If the copied permanent is copying something else, then the token enters the battlefield as whatever that permanent copied.
2024-04-12If 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.
2024-04-12No matter which modes you choose, you always follow the instructions in the order they are written.
2024-04-12No 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.
2024-04-12Spells 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.
2024-04-12The 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.
2024-04-12The 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.
2024-04-12You can’t choose the same mode more than once.
2024-04-12You choose the modes as you cast the spell with spree. Once modes are chosen, they can’t be changed.
2024-04-12You 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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