Sokrates, Athenian Teacher
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Assassin's CreedACR · #273
- Card type
- Legendary Creature — Human Advisor
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- ★ 721.03 € · ★ 824.00 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Power
- 0
- Toughness
- 4
- Colour
- White Blue
Card text
Defender Sokrates has hexproof as long as it's untapped. Sokratic Dialogue — : 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."
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- JB Casacop
- Card language
- Ancient
- Release date
- 2024-07-05
Rulings
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.)