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Sokrates, Athenian Teacher [Politics]
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Est deck cost: $356.56
Salt sum: 45.65
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Commander

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Sokrates, Athenian Teacher

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."

Creature
Sokrates, Athenian Teacher (acr) 121

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Land

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Abandoned Campground

This land enters tapped unless a player has 13 or less life. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Abandoned Campground (dsk) 255
Abstergo Entertainment

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color. {3}, {T}, Exile Abstergo Entertainment: Return up to one target historic card from your graveyard to your hand, then exile all graveyards. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)

Land
Abstergo Entertainment (acr) 79
Archway of Innovation

This land enters tapped unless you control an Island. {T}: Add {U}. {U}, {T}: The next spell you cast this turn has improvise. (Your artifacts can help cast that spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.)

Land
Archway of Innovation (mh3) 214
Azorius Chancery

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {W}{U}.

Land
Azorius Chancery (clu) 229
Azorius Guildgate

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Azorius Guildgate (clu) 230
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (otc) 280
Deserted Beach

This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Deserted Beach (inr) 276
Exotic Orchard

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Land
Exotic Orchard (otc) 293
Glacial Fortress

This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or an Island. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Glacial Fortress (xln) 255
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (acr) 104
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Each player draws a card.

Land
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea (dmc) 217
Monumental Henge

This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains. {T}: Add {W}. {2}{W}{W}, {T}: Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a historic card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)

Land
Monumental Henge (mh3) 222
Mystic Gate

{T}: Add {C}. {W/U}, {T}: Add {W}{W}, {W}{U}, or {U}{U}.

Land
Mystic Gate (cmm) 1013
Path of Ancestry

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Land
Path of Ancestry (blc) 322
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (acr) 102
Port Town

As this land enters, you may reveal a Plains or Island card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Port Town (who) 885
Prairie Stream

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Prairie Stream (mkc) 281
Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Land
Reliquary Tower (otc) 312
Rogue's Passage

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Land
Rogue's Passage (otc) 313
Sea of Clouds

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Sea of Clouds (clb) 360
Temple of Enlightenment

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Temple of Enlightenment (who) 1116
Tranquil Cove

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Tranquil Cove (mom) 275

Land

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (otc) 252
Claim Jumper

Vigilance When this creature enters, if an opponent controls more lands than you, you may search your library for a Plains card and put it onto the battlefield tapped. Then if an opponent controls more lands than you, repeat this process once. If you search your library this way, shuffle.

Creature
Claim Jumper (otj) 8
Dazzling Theater

Enchantment
Dazzling Theater // Prop Room (dsk) 3
Decanter of Endless Water

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Decanter of Endless Water (clb) 444
Grand Arbiter Augustin IV

White spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Blue spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Spells your opponents cast cost {1} more to cast.

Creature
Grand Arbiter Augustin IV (2x2) 221
Invasion of Segovia

Battle
Invasion of Segovia // Caetus, Sea Tyrant of Segovia (mom) 63Invasion of Segovia // Caetus, Sea Tyrant of Segovia (mom) 63
Misleading Signpost

Flash When this artifact enters during the declare attackers step, you may reselect which player or permanent target attacking creature is attacking. (It can't attack its controller or their permanents.) {T}: Add {U}.

Artifact
Misleading Signpost (woc) 11
Monologue Tax

Whenever an opponent casts their second spell each turn, you create a Treasure token.

Enchantment
Monologue Tax (c21) 19
Omniscience

You may cast spells from your hand without paying their mana costs.

Enchantment
Omniscience (wot) 70
Pearl Medallion

White spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Artifact
Pearl Medallion (mh3) 294
Sapphire Medallion

Blue spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Artifact
Sapphire Medallion (mh3) 296
Show and Tell

Each player may put an artifact, creature, enchantment, or land card from their hand onto the battlefield.

Sorcery
Show and Tell (spg) 21
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (otc) 267
Wand of the Worldsoul

This artifact enters tapped. {T}: Add {W}. {T}: The next spell you cast this turn has convoke.

Artifact
Wand of the Worldsoul (moc) 20

Ramp

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Untap

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Drumbellower

Flying Untap all creatures you control during each other player's untap step.

Creature
Drumbellower (nec) 40
High Alert

Each creature you control assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power. Creatures you control can attack as though they didn't have defender. {2}{W}{U}: Untap target creature.

Enchantment
High Alert (plst) RNA-182

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Burn

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Ebony Owl Netsuke

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, if that player has seven or more cards in hand, this artifact deals 4 damage to that player.

Artifact
Ebony Owl Netsuke (sok) 154
Psychosis Crawler

Psychosis Crawler's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand. Whenever you draw a card, each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature Artifact
Psychosis Crawler (mkc) 234
Viseling

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, this creature deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of cards in their hand minus 4.

Creature Artifact
Viseling (c13) 269

Burn

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Lifegain

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Shabraz, the Skyshark

Partner with Brallin, Skyshark Rider Flying Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on Shabraz and you gain 1 life. {W/U}: Target Human gains flying until end of turn.

Creature
Shabraz, the Skyshark (c20) 14

Lifegain

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Removal

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An Offer You Can't Refuse

Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
An Offer You Can't Refuse (fdn) 160
Dovin's Veto

This spell can't be countered. Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Dovin's Veto (p30a) 27
Fractured Identity

Exile target nonland permanent. Each player other than its controller creates a token that's a copy of it.

Sorcery
Fractured Identity (who) 236
Path to Exile

Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Instant
Path to Exile (acr) 81
Render Silent

Counter target spell. Its controller can't cast spells this turn.

Instant
Render Silent (pdgm) 96★
Restricted Office

Enchantment
Restricted Office // Lecture Hall (dsk) 342
Sculpted Sunburst

Choose a creature you control, then each opponent chooses a creature they control with equal or lesser power. If you chose a creature this way, exile each creature not chosen by any player this way.

Sorcery
Sculpted Sunburst (clb) 42
Tragic Arrogance

For each player, you choose from among the permanents that player controls an artifact, a creature, an enchantment, and a planeswalker. Then each player sacrifices all other nonland permanents they control.

Sorcery
Tragic Arrogance (c21) 109
Unstable Glyphbridge

Artifact
Unstable Glyphbridge // Sandswirl Wanderglyph (lci) 41Unstable Glyphbridge // Sandswirl Wanderglyph (lci) 41

Removal

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Creature

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Homunculus Horde

Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a token that's a copy of this creature.

Creature
Homunculus Horde (fdn) 41
Minn, Wily Illusionist

Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 1/1 blue Illusion creature token with "This token gets +1/+0 for each other Illusion you control." Whenever an Illusion you control dies, you may put a permanent card with mana value less than or equal to that creature's power from your hand onto the battlefield.

Creature
Minn, Wily Illusionist (afc) 16
Scrawling Crawler

At the beginning of your upkeep, each player draws a card. Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player loses 1 life.

Creature Artifact
Scrawling Crawler (fdn) 132

Creature

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Mill

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Leveler

When this creature enters, exile all cards from your library.

Creature Artifact
Leveler (plst) MRD-195
Psychic Corrosion

Whenever you draw a card, each opponent mills two cards.

Enchantment
Psychic Corrosion (m19) 68

Mill

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Stax

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Fatespinner

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, that player chooses draw step, main phase, or combat phase. The player skips each instance of the chosen step or phase this turn.

Creature
Fatespinner (plst) MRD-36
Zur's Weirding

Players play with their hands revealed. If a player would draw a card, they reveal it instead. Then any other player may pay 2 life. If a player does, put that card into its owner's graveyard. Otherwise, that player draws a card.

Enchantment
Zur's Weirding (plst) 8ED-116

Stax

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Draw

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Body of Knowledge

Body of Knowledge's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand. You have no maximum hand size. Whenever this creature is dealt damage, draw that many cards.

Creature
Body of Knowledge (cmr) 59
Folio of Fancies

Players have no maximum hand size. {X}{X}, {T}: Each player draws X cards. {2}{U}, {T}: Each opponent mills cards equal to the number of cards in their hand.

Artifact
Folio of Fancies (eld) 46
Forced Fruition

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player draws seven cards.

Enchantment
Forced Fruition (plst) LRW-66
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries

If you would draw a card while your library has no cards in it, you win the game instead. +1: Target player mills two cards. Draw a card. −8: Draw seven cards. Then if your library has no cards in it, you win the game.

Planeswalker
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries (plst) WAR-54
Kwain, Itinerant Meddler

{T}: Each player may draw a card, then each player who drew a card this way gains 1 life.

Creature
Kwain, Itinerant Meddler (blc) 254
Mangara, the Diplomat

Lifelink Whenever an opponent attacks with creatures, if two or more of those creatures are attacking you and/or planeswalkers you control, draw a card. Whenever an opponent casts their second spell each turn, draw a card.

Creature
Mangara, the Diplomat (cmm) 42
Marina Vendrell's Grimoire

When Marina Vendrell's Grimoire enters, if you cast it, draw five cards. You have no maximum hand size and don't lose the game for having 0 or less life. Whenever you gain life, draw that many cards. Whenever you lose life, discard that many cards. Then if you have no cards in hand, you lose the game.

Artifact
Marina Vendrell's Grimoire (dsk) 308
Minds Aglow

Join forces — Starting with you, each player may pay any amount of mana. Each player draws X cards, where X is the total amount of mana paid this way.

Sorcery
Minds Aglow (cmm) 105
Plagiarize

Until end of turn, if target player would draw a card, instead that player skips that draw and you draw a card.

Instant
Plagiarize (10e) 97
Teferi's Puzzle Box

At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player puts the cards in their hand on the bottom of their library in any order, then draws that many cards.

Artifact
Teferi's Puzzle Box (vis) 156
The Council of Four

Whenever a player draws their second card during their turn, you draw a card. Whenever a player casts their second spell during their turn, you create a 2/2 white Knight creature token.

Creature
The Council of Four (clb) 271
The Second Doctor

Players have no maximum hand size. How Civil of You — At the beginning of your end step, each player may draw a card. Each opponent who does can't attack you or permanents you control during their next turn.

Creature
The Second Doctor (who) 761
Triskaidekaphile

You have no maximum hand size. At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have exactly thirteen cards in your hand, you win the game. {3}{U}: Draw a card.

Creature
Triskaidekaphile (blc) 178
Wedding Ring

When this artifact enters, if it was cast, target opponent creates a token that's a copy of it. Whenever an opponent who controls an artifact named Wedding Ring draws a card during their turn, you draw a card. Whenever an opponent who controls an artifact named Wedding Ring gains life during their turn, you gain that much life.

Artifact
Wedding Ring (who) 1059
Windfall

Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.

Sorcery
Windfall (otc) 123

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Protection

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Comeuppance

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you and planeswalkers you control this turn by sources you don't control. If damage from a creature source is prevented this way, Comeuppance deals that much damage to that creature. If damage from a noncreature source is prevented this way, Comeuppance deals that much damage to the source's controller.

Instant
Comeuppance (mkc) 58
Silent Arbiter

No more than one creature can attack each combat. No more than one creature can block each combat.

Creature Artifact
Silent Arbiter (cmm) 972
Swiftfoot Boots

Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and {T} no matter when it came under your control.) Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Swiftfoot Boots (fdn) 355
The Wandering Rescuer

Flash Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) Double strike Other tapped creatures you control have hexproof.

Creature
The Wandering Rescuer (dsk) 41

Protection

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Tokens

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Alandra, Sky Dreamer

Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 2/2 blue Drake creature token with flying. Whenever you draw your fifth card each turn, Alandra and Drakes you control each get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of cards in your hand.

Creature
Alandra, Sky Dreamer (mkc) 94
Chasm Skulker

Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. When this creature dies, create X 1/1 blue Squid creature tokens with islandwalk, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on this creature. (They can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)

Creature
Chasm Skulker (moc) 218
Emrakul's Messenger

Devoid (This card has no color.) Flying Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token with "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}."

Creature
Emrakul's Messenger (mh3) 61
Kiora Bests the Sea God

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Create an 8/8 blue Kraken creature token with hexproof. II — Tap all nonland permanents target opponent controls. They don't untap during their controller's next untap step. III — Gain control of target permanent an opponent controls. Untap it.

Enchantment
Kiora Bests the Sea God (thb) 52
Nadir Kraken

Whenever you draw a card, you may pay {1}. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and create a 1/1 blue Tentacle creature token.

Creature
Nadir Kraken (mkc) 112
Ominous Seas

Whenever you draw a card, put a foreshadow counter on this enchantment. Remove eight foreshadow counters from this enchantment: Create an 8/8 blue Kraken creature token. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Enchantment
Ominous Seas (plst) IKO-61
The Watcher in the Water

The Watcher in the Water enters tapped with nine stun counters on it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.) Whenever you draw a card during an opponent's turn, create a 1/1 blue Tentacle creature token. Whenever a Tentacle you control dies, untap up to one target Kraken and put a stun counter on up to one target nonland permanent.

Creature
The Watcher in the Water (ltr) 75

Tokens

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Finisher

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Laboratory Maniac

If you would draw a card while your library has no cards in it, you win the game instead.

Creature
Laboratory Maniac (plst) UMA-61

Finisher

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Pump

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Empyrial Plate

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each card in your hand. Equip {2}

Artifact
Empyrial Plate (c16) 251

Pump

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Tutor

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Archmage Ascension

At the beginning of each end step, if you drew two or more cards this turn, you may put a quest counter on this enchantment. As long as this enchantment has six or more quest counters on it, if you would draw a card, you may instead search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Enchantment
Archmage Ascension (zen) 42
Fabricate

Search your library for an artifact card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Fabricate (40k) 181
Personal Tutor

Search your library for a sorcery card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

Sorcery
Personal Tutor (cmm) 110

Tutor

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Deck Info

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31 pips - 24 cards
28 mana - 26 cards
55 pips - 41 cards
28 mana - 26 cards
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0 mana - 7 cards
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0 mana - 7 cards
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8 mana - 7 cards
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