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Three Steps Ahead OTJ 0075 · rare

Three Steps Ahead · {U} · Instant · Spree (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. · She'd planned for every eventuality, with the obvious exception of failure.

Three Steps Ahead · {U} · Instant · Spree (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. · She'd planned for every eventuality, with the obvious exception of failure.

Price
from $5.334 printings
Win rate
58.0% GIH 21,299 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 16–May 27, 2024 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 12,350 wins in 21,299 card-in-hand instances.

20,801 distinct games · 7,337 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 16–May 27, 2024.

17Lands file dated May 30, 2024 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Draft data

58.0%when drawn (GIH)

+3.8 pp vs 54.1% average · 21,299 instances

Premier Draft · Apr 16–May 27, 2024 · average from 1,172,393 games

#56 of 347 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 2.6 on average (27,117 packs).

4 of 51 blue cards · 2 of 10 blue rare cards.

Taken at pick2.99,276 picks
Makes the deck81.6%9,276 picks with known usage
When played53.7%39,885.3 matchesBenched 55.0%
6,741.7 matches
When drawn58.0%21,299 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Apr 16–May 27, 2024. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 53.6% · 7,793 instances
● Drawn later 60.5% · 13,506 instances

In hand 58.0% · 21,299 instances
Unseen in deck 49.7% · 25,677 instances
+8.3 percentage points when drawn

Compared with blue cards

Win rate when drawn58.0%21,299 instances4 of 51
Opening hand53.6%7,793 instances10 of 50
Drawn later60.5%13,506 instances2 of 51
In the deck53.6%47,268 instances7 of 51
Without seeing it49.7%25,677 instances25 of 51
Improvement when drawn+8.3 pp21,299 instances / 25,677 instances5 of 51
When benched55.0%6,741.7 matches4 of 51
Makes the deck81.6%9,276 picks with known usage9 of 51
Pick (last seen)2.627,117 packs7 of 51
Taken at2.99,276 picks7 of 51

Ranks require 100 observations for that metric; comparisons are descriptive, not a pick order. Pick ranks put earlier picks first.

Best decks for it

no-splash decks only · card-level in-hand rates · 100 minimum

Blue–Black UB59.8%2,448 instancesBlue–Green UG59.7%1,167 instancesWhite–Blue WU58.7%1,664 instancesBlue–Red UR55.1%1,702 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (58.0% · 21,299 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Usually played with

Deck co-occurrence; not evidence of synergy.

Phantom Interference20,148 games with both in the deckLoan Shark19,020 games with both in the deckTake the Fall17,006 games with both in the deck
How to read this

Observational, not a causal bonus. Both cards must be in the deck. Drawn means opening hand or normally drawn; each card counts once per game. Game-level approximate intervals do not account for repeated games by the same drafter.

At least 100 games in each of four drawn/not-drawn groups; adjusted for game length and screened by the lower confidence bound. Do not add these points to a card’s win rate.

Where it sits in the set

Above 84% of 347 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.

30% or lowerWin rate94% or higher

17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Apr 16–May 27, 2024

Collect

4 printingsScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

OTJ 0075 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster$5.96
FoilCollector Booster · Play Booster$6.74

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 85 packs (1.18%) · 13.2% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 787 packs (0.13%) · 4.5% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 65 packs (1.55%) · 42.9% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

How to pull it

Official rates for the whole category, not this card.

BoosterSlotPer packCategory
Play BoosterWildcard of any rarity100%Wildcard of any rarity
Play BoosterRare or mythic rare100%Rare or mythic rare
Play BoosterTraditional foil of any rarity100%Traditional foil of any rarity
Collector BoosterTraditional foil OTJ or BIG rare or mythic100%Traditional foil OTJ or BIG rare or mythic

Wizards · Collecting Outlaws of Thunder Junction ↗ · Oct 29, 2026

Details & sources

Legal in
Standard · Historic · Timeless · Pioneer · Modern · Legacy · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
Illustration
Francisco Miyara, OTJ 75 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
Regular printing printings →
Sources
Wizards · Collecting Outlaws of Thunder Junction · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗