Socrates Control • (Azorius Commander deck) • Archidekt

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Commander

Qty: 1 Price: $1.29

Sokrates, Athenian Teacher

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."

Legendary Creature - Human Advisor

$1.29 $1.16 $0.21

Commander

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Burn

Qty: 1 Price: $1.79

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 - Horror Phyrexian

$1.79 $2.13 $1.02

Burn

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Counters

Qty: 3 Price: $1.19

Clinquant Skymage

Flying
Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature - Wizard Bird

$0.35 $0.23 $0.15

Reject

Counter target creature or planeswalker spell unless its controller pays

. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.

Instant

$0.35 $0.20 $0.15

Steelburr Champion

Offspring

(You may pay an additional

as you cast this spell. If you do, when this creature enters, create a 1/1 token copy of it.)
Vigilance
Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature - Soldier Mouse

$0.49 $0.35 $0.15

Counters

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Draw

Qty: 16 Price: $191.72

Azorius Aethermage

Whenever a permanent is returned to your hand, you may pay

. If you do, draw a card.

Creature - Human Wizard

$0.35 $0.15 $0.15

Distorted Curiosity

Corrupted — This spell costs

less to cast if an opponent has three or more poison counters.
Draw two cards.

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.29 $0.15

Duelist of the Mind

Flying, vigilance
Duelist of the Mind's power is equal to the number of cards you've drawn this turn.
Whenever you commit a crime, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Creature - Human Advisor

$0.49 $0.28 $0.15

Esper Sentinel

Whenever an opponent casts their first noncreature spell each turn, draw a card unless that player pays

, where X is this creature's power.

Creature Artifact - Human Soldier

$79.99 $58.97 $58.24

Faramir, Prince of Ithilien

At the beginning of your end step, choose an opponent. At the beginning of that player's next end step, you draw a card if they didn't attack you that turn. Otherwise, create three 1/1 white Human Soldier creature tokens.

Legendary Creature - Human Noble

$0.79 $0.37 $0.15

Kwain, Itinerant Meddler

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

Legendary Creature - Wizard Rabbit

$0.49 $0.36 $0.15

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.

Legendary Creature - Human Cleric

$0.99 $0.38 $0.15

Rhystic Study

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays

Enchantment

$84.99 $69.95 $66.44

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 - Construct Phyrexian

$9.99 $6.54 $3.53

Spellbook

You have no maximum hand size.

Artifact - Book

$3.49 $4.54 $2.60

Sphinx of Enlightenment

Flying
When this creature enters, target opponent draws a card and you draw three cards.

Creature - Sphinx

$0.99 $0.35 $0.16

Tenuous Truce

Enchant opponent
At the beginning of enchanted opponent's end step, you and that player each draw a card.
When you attack enchanted opponent or a planeswalker they control or when they attack you or a planeswalker you control, sacrifice this Aura.

Enchantment - Aura

$0.69 $0.37 $0.25

Think Twice

Draw a card.
Flashback

(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Instant

$0.35 $0.24 $0.15

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.

: Draw a card.

Creature - Human Wizard

$1.79 $1.04 $0.45

Weftwalking

When this enchantment enters, if you cast it, shuffle your hand and graveyard into your library, then draw seven cards.
The first spell each player casts during each of their turns may be cast without paying its mana cost.

Enchantment

$0.99 $0.38 $0.15

Wizard Class

(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
You have no maximum hand size.

: Level 2
When this Class becomes level 2, draw two cards.

: Level 3
Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.

Enchantment - Class

$4.99 $3.26 $2.90

Draw

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Finisher

Qty: 2 Price: $10.78

Approach of the Second Sun

If this spell was cast from your hand and you've cast another spell named Approach of the Second Sun this game, you win the game. Otherwise, put Approach of the Second Sun into its owner's library seventh from the top and you gain 7 life.

Sorcery

$7.99 $6.07 $6.16

Laboratory Maniac

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

Creature - Human Wizard

$2.79 $1.54 $1.44

Finisher

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Land

Qty: 33 (34 w/ MDFC)Price: $22.03

Azorius Chancery

This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.

: Add

Land

$0.49 $0.37 $0.16

Azorius Guildgate

This land enters tapped.

: Add

Land - Gate

$0.35 $0.11 $0.15

Island

(

: Add

Basic Land - Island

$0.49 $0.25 $0.15

Plains

(

: Add

Basic Land - Plains

$0.49 $0.28 $0.15

Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size.

: Add

Land

$6.49 $5.19 $3.48

Land

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Lifegain

Qty: 2 Price: $2.28

Kiyomaro, First to Stand

Kiyomaro's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand.
As long as you have four or more cards in hand, Kiyomaro has vigilance.
Whenever Kiyomaro deals damage, if you have seven or more cards in hand, you gain 7 life.

Legendary Creature - Spirit

$1.49 $0.44 $0.28

Sunscorch Regent

Flying
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and you gain 1 life.

Creature - Dragon

$0.79 $0.33 $0.15

Lifegain

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Protection

Qty: 11 Price: $88.07

Azorius Guildmage

: Tap target creature.

: Counter target activated ability. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)

Creature - Wizard Vedalken

$0.35 $0.21 $0.15

Azorius Ploy

Prevent all combat damage target creature would deal this turn.
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn.

Instant

$0.35 $0.18 $0.15

Azorius Skyguard

Flying, first strike
Creatures your opponents control get -1/-0.

Creature - Human Knight

$0.35 $0.21 $0.15

Baird, Steward of Argive

Vigilance
Creatures can't attack you or planeswalkers you control unless their controller pays

for each of those creatures.

Legendary Creature - Human Soldier

$0.39 $0.29 $0.15

Fog Bank

Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Flying
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by this creature.

Creature - Wall

$0.39 $0.18 $0.15

Grand Abolisher

During your turn, your opponents can't cast spells or activate abilities of artifacts, creatures, or enchantments.

Creature - Human Cleric

$23.99 $17.95 $17.09

Hydroelectric Specimen

Flash
When this creature enters, you may change the target of target instant or sorcery spell with a single target to this creature.

Creature - Weird

Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory (mh3) 240

$2.79 $1.38 $0.81

Illusionist's Gambit

Cast this spell only during the declare blockers step on an opponent's turn.
Remove all attacking creatures from combat and untap them. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase. Each of those creatures attacks that combat if able. They can't attack you or planeswalkers you control that combat.

Instant

$0.49 $0.32 $0.15

Perch Protection

Gift an extra turn (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, they take an extra turn after this one.)
Create four 2/2 blue Bird creature tokens with flying. If the gift was promised, all permanents you control phase out, and until your next turn, your life total can't change and you gain protection from everything.
Exile Perch Protection.

Instant

$4.99 $3.82 $3.55

Propaganda

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays

for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Enchantment

$3.99 $2.14 $2.11

Teferi's Protection

Until your next turn, your life total can't change and you gain protection from everything. All permanents you control phase out. (While they're phased out, they're treated as though they don't exist. They phase in before you untap during your untap step.)
Exile Teferi's Protection.

Instant

$49.99 $45.31 $43.76

Protection

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Pump

Qty: 1 Price: $0.49

Archon of the Wild Rose

Flying
Other creatures you control that are enchanted by Auras you control have base power and toughness 4/4 and have flying.

Creature - Archon

$0.49 $0.22 $0.15

Pump

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Ramp

Qty: 8 Price: $46.90

Archaeomancer's Map

When this artifact enters, search your library for up to two basic Plains cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.
Whenever a land an opponent controls enters, if that player controls more lands than you, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Artifact

$2.29 $1.11 $1.04

Azorius Cluestone

: Add

, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact

$0.35 $0.12 $0.15

Azorius Keyrune

: Add

: This artifact becomes a 2/2 white and blue Bird artifact creature with flying until end of turn.

Artifact

$0.35 $0.29 $0.28

Azorius Locket

: Add

, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw two cards.

Artifact

$0.35 $0.27 $0.15

Azorius Signet

: Add

Artifact

$0.59 $0.33 $0.15

Grand Arbiter Augustin IV

White spells you cast cost

less to cast.
Blue spells you cast cost

less to cast.
Spells your opponents cast cost

more to cast.

Legendary Creature - Human Advisor

$18.99 $18.57 $13.58

Land Tax

At the beginning of your upkeep, if an opponent controls more lands than you, you may search your library for up to three basic land cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.

Enchantment

$20.99 $16.49 $15.28

Sol Ring

: Add

Artifact

$2.99 $2.31 $1.30

Ramp

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Recursion

Qty: 1 Price: $0.35

Kishla Trawlers

When this creature enters, you may exile a creature card from your graveyard. When you do, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature - Human Citizen

$0.35 $0.11 $0.15

Recursion

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Removal

Qty: 15 Price: $18.45

Absorb

Counter target spell. You gain 3 life.

Instant

$0.49 $0.38 $0.27

Aetherize

Return all attacking creatures to their owner's hand.

Instant

$0.99 $0.41 $0.15

Angel of Finality

Flying
When this creature enters, exile target player's graveyard.

Creature - Angel

$0.35 $0.25 $0.15

Aven Interrupter

Flash
Flying
When this creature enters, exile target spell. It becomes plotted. (Its owner may cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost.)
Spells your opponents cast from graveyards or from exile cost

more to cast.

Creature - Bird Rogue

$3.99 $3.54 $2.07

Azorius Arrester

When this creature enters, detain target creature an opponent controls. (Until your next turn, that creature can't attack or block and its activated abilities can't be activated.)

Creature - Human Soldier

$0.35 $0.14 $0.15

Azorius Charm

Choose one —
• Creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn.
• Draw a card.
• Put target attacking or blocking creature on top of its owner's library.

Instant

$0.49 $0.35 $0.25

Azorius Justiciar

When this creature enters, detain up to two target creatures your opponents control. (Until your next turn, those creatures can't attack or block and their activated abilities can't be activated.)

Creature - Human Wizard

$0.35 $0.17 $0.15

Deem Inferior

This spell costs

less to cast for each card you've drawn this turn.
The owner of target nonland permanent puts it into their library second from the top or on the bottom.

Sorcery

$0.39 $0.16 $0.15

Hindering Light

Counter target spell that targets you or a permanent you control.
Draw a card.

Instant

$0.49 $0.30 $0.15

Imprisoned in the Moon

Enchant creature, land, or planeswalker
Enchanted permanent is a colorless land with "

: Add

" and loses all other card types and abilities.

Enchantment - Aura

$0.79 $0.40 $0.19

Loran of the Third Path

Vigilance
When Loran enters, destroy up to one target artifact or enchantment.

: You and target opponent each draw a card.

Legendary Creature - Human Artificer

$7.99 $5.39 $5.05

Nahiri's Binding

Enchant creature or planeswalker
Enchanted permanent can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated.

Enchantment - Aura

$0.35 $0.15 $0.15

Perplexing Test

Choose one —
• Return all creature tokens to their owners' hands.
• Return all nontoken creatures to their owners' hands.

Instant

$0.59 $0.26 $0.15

Refute

Counter target spell. Draw a card, then discard a card.

Instant

$0.35 $0.25 $0.15

Time Stop

End the turn. (Exile all spells and abilities, including this spell. The player whose turn it is discards down to their maximum hand size. Damage heals and "this turn" and "until end of turn" effects end.)

Instant

$0.49 $0.28 $0.15

Removal

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Stax

Qty: 2 Price: $3.58

Leonin Arbiter

Players can't search libraries. Any player may pay

for that player to ignore this effect until end of turn.

Creature - Cleric Cat

$0.59 $0.47 $0.33

Vexing Bauble

Whenever a player casts a spell, if no mana was spent to cast it, counter that spell.

, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact

$2.99 $2.15 $1.04

Stax

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Tokens

Qty: 2 Price: $0.84

Mischievous Mystic

Flying
Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 1/1 blue Faerie creature token with flying.

Creature - Human Wizard

$0.49 $0.26 $0.15

Prince Imrahil the Fair

Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.

Legendary Creature - Human Noble

$0.35 $0.19 $0.15

Tokens

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Tutor

Qty: 1 Price: $2.99

Planar Bridge

: Search your library for a permanent card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Legendary Artifact

$2.99 $3.29 $1.95

Tutor

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Untap

Qty: 1 Price: $0.39

Ioreth of the Healing House

: Untap another target permanent.

: Untap two other target legendary creatures.

Legendary Creature - Human Cleric

$0.39 $0.38 $0.15

Untap

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Deck Info

Deck size: 100Est cost: $393.14

Color Cost & Production

Avg Mana Value: 3.19Total Mana Value: 214.00

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Avg Mana Value: 3.19Total Mana Value: 214.00

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