Card
Sokrates, Athenian Teacher
Mana cost {1}{W}{U}
Legendary Creature — Human Advisor 0/4
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."
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 5 known combos. 1 official ruling.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · ACR · #67
- Cheapest printing
- €0.64
- EDHREC salt
- 0.64
- Color identity
- Blue, White
- Keywords
- Sokratic Dialogue, Defender
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
5 known combos.
- Sokrates, Athenian Teacher + Body of Research + Teferi's Ageless Insight
Produces: Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite draw triggers for target opponent
View on Commander Spellbook - Sokrates, Athenian Teacher + Body of Research + Thought Reflection
Produces: Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite draw triggers for target opponent
View on Commander Spellbook - Sokrates, Athenian Teacher + Body of Research + Alhammarret's Archive
Produces: Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite draw triggers for target opponent
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2024-07-05 · Wizards of the Coast
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.)
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast