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Sokrates, Athenian Teacher
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Sokrates, Athenian Teacher

{1}{W}{U}

Legendary Creature — Human Advisor

Defender

Sokrates has hexproof as long as it's untapped.

Sokratic Dialogue — {T}: Until end of turn, target creature gains "If this creature would deal combat damage to a player, prevent that damage. This creature's controller and that player each draw half that many cards, rounded down."

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Sokratic DialogueDefender
Set
Assassin's Creed (ACR #273)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
3
Released
2024-07-05
Artist
JB Casacop
EDHREC rank
#4,601
Colour identity
{U}{W}
Finishes
Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.15
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander

Combos 5

Sokrates, Athenian Teacher+Body of Research+Teferi's Ageless Insight
{G}{W}{U}
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite card draw for target opponentNear-infinite draw triggers for target opponent
Sokrates, Athenian Teacher+Body of Research+Thought Reflection
{G}{W}{U}
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite card draw for target opponentNear-infinite draw triggers for target opponent
Sokrates, Athenian Teacher+Body of Research+Alhammarret's Archive
{G}{W}{U}
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite card draw for target opponentNear-infinite draw triggers for target opponent
Sokrates, Athenian Teacher+Body of Research+Vnwxt, Verbose Host
{G}{W}{U}
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite card draw for target opponentNear-infinite draw triggers for target opponent
Sokrates, Athenian Teacher+Body of Research+Bard, King of Dale
{G}{W}{U}
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite card draw for target opponentNear-infinite draw triggers for target opponent

Format legality

Rulings

  • 2024-07-05

    If damage dealt by a creature with the ability granted by Sokrates's last ability can't be prevented for some reason, the appropriate players will still draw half that many cards, rounded down. (This won't come up often, but the unexamined ability is not worth activating.)

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