Three Steps Ahead
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SetMAR
Collector #62
Released2026-06-26
Raritymythic
ArtistJack Kirby & Vince Colletta
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesBorderless · Full art · Reprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Three Steps Ahead

MythicColour IDMV 1
Instant
Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.)
+ — Counter target spell.
+ — Create a token that's a copy of target artifact or creature you control.
+ — Draw two cards, then discard a card.
Keywords
Spree
Card capabilities
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
4 other English printingsEarliest 2024-04-19Newest 2024-04-19Cheapest priced $5.07 in POTJ
Rulings (18)
wotc12 Apr 2024
You must choose at least one of the listed modes and pay its associated additional cost in order to cast a spell with spree.
wotc12 Apr 2024
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.
wotc12 Apr 2024
If the copied permanent is copying something else, then the token enters the battlefield as whatever that permanent copied.
wotc12 Apr 2024
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.
wotc12 Apr 2024
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.
wotc12 Apr 2024
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.