Sokrates, Athenian Teacher
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
What it does
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."
Combos with Sokrates, Athenian Teacher
The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Body of Research Teferi's Ageless Insight Infinite
- Infinite card draw
- Infinite draw triggers
- Near-infinite draw triggers for target opponent
- Near-infinite card draw for target opponent
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
One official ruling, as Wizards published it.
- 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.)
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Sokrates, Athenian Teacher, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ezio Auditore da Firenze | 2 | 0 | — |
| Aminatou, the Fateshifter | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Five-Color 2 decks
- Esper 1 deck
Sokrates, Athenian Teacher price history
The Assassin's Creed #67 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2026 | $0.99 | $0.54 |
| Nov 10, 2026 | $0.95 | $0.54 |
| Nov 9, 2026 | $0.99 | $0.54 |
| Nov 8, 2026 | $0.89 | $0.54 |
| Nov 7, 2026 | $0.91 | $0.54 |
| Nov 6, 2026 | $0.85 | $0.54 |
| Nov 4, 2026 | $0.87 | $0.54 |
| Nov 2, 2026 | $0.86 | $0.55 |
| Oct 31, 2026 | $0.84 | $0.56 |
| Oct 29, 2026 | $0.91 | $0.56 |
| Oct 27, 2026 | $0.95 | $0.56 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $1.01 | $0.56 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | $0.96 | $0.56 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | $1.13 | $0.56 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $1.16 | $0.55 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $1.11 | $0.60 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $1.13 | $0.60 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | $1.14 | $0.60 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | $1.14 | $0.59 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $1.14 | $0.57 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $1.16 | $0.57 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $1.09 | $0.57 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $0.98 | $0.57 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $1.05 | $0.57 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $0.98 | $0.57 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $0.87 | $0.57 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $0.91 | $0.57 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $0.98 | $0.57 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | $0.96 | $0.57 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $0.95 | $0.57 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $1.01 | $0.56 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $1.02 | $0.56 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $1.07 | $0.49 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Sokrates, Athenian Teacher
4 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
Inverted
- Normal
- $2.43
- Foil
- $2.68
Etched
- Etched
- $3.25
Inverted
- Foil
- $824.00
- Normal
- $0.99
- Foil
- $0.54
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Sokrates, Athenian Teacher. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
