Three Steps Ahead (Standard)
Three Steps Ahead appears in 8.0% of Standard decks in the last 30 days (113 decks), averaging 2.0 copies in the main deck. It is played above all in UR (unclassified).
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Share of decks
8.0%
▲ 1.3
vs previous 30 days
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
113
108 main, 12 sideboard
Avg. copies
2.0
in the main deck
Win rate
56%
8 top 8 (challenges only)
Weekly data
| Week from | Share of decks |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-06 | – |
| 2026-08-13 | 4.8% |
| 2026-08-20 | 4.3% |
| 2026-08-27 | 3.2% |
| 2026-09-03 | 3.6% |
| 2026-09-10 | 4.5% |
| 2026-09-17 | 9.0% |
| 2026-09-24 | 12.9% |
| 2026-10-01 | 8.3% |
| 2026-10-08 | 9.7% |
| 2026-10-15 | 6.3% |
| 2026-10-22 | 7.1% |
Played together with
| Card | Together | Lift |
|---|---|---|
| Consult the Star Charts | 81% | 7.6 |
| Hallowed Fountain | 74% | 4.2 |
| Petrified Hamlet | 69% | 7.3 |
| Day of Judgment | 68% | 6.3 |
| The Theorist, Jace Beleren | 68% | 4.4 |
| No More Lies | 67% | 8.6 |
| Get Lost | 65% | 8.4 |
| Floodfarm Verge | 65% | 4.7 |
| Theorist's Sanctum | 63% | 10.6 |
| Seam Rip | 61% | 4.8 |
| Deserted Beach | 60% | 6.9 |
| Countersculpt | 58% | 11.2 |
| Erode | 58% | 2.4 |
| Jace's Machinations | 53% | 12.3 |
| Restless Anchorage | 48% | 12.4 |
| Spell Snare | 45% | 2.0 |
| Meticulous Archive | 43% | 5.9 |
| Pinnacle Starcage | 41% | 4.9 |
| Fountainport | 35% | 4.2 |
| Fatehold Charm | 28% | 11.9 |
- Together
- decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
- Lift
- how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose
Archetypes by metagame share
| Archetype | Meta | Play it |
|---|---|---|
| UR (unclassified) | 9.8% | 9% |
| UB (unclassified) | 9.5% | 6% |
| Azorius Control | 5.1% | 100% |
| WUBR (unclassified) | 3.7% | 11% |
| WU (unclassified) | 3.6% | 2% |
| UBR (unclassified) | 1.9% | 7% |
| URG (unclassified) | 1.1% | 20% |
| WUR (unclassified) | 1.1% | 13% |