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002 Sokrates the political drawmaschine
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Est deck cost: $812.86
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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

Commander

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Mana

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Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (ltc) 273
Decanter of Endless Water

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

Artifact
Decanter of Endless Water (clb) 444
Emeria, the Sky Ruin

This land enters tapped. At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control seven or more Plains, you may return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. {T}: Add {W}.

Land
Emeria, the Sky Ruin (plst) ZEN-213
Floodfarm Verge

{T}: Add {W}. {T}: Add {U}. Activate only if you control a Plains or an Island.

Land
Floodfarm Verge (dsk) 330
Gilded Lotus

{T}: Add three mana of any one color.

Artifact
Gilded Lotus (brr) 17
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (mkm) 273
Maze of Ith

{T}: Untap target attacking creature. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by that creature this turn.

Land
Maze of Ith (dmr) 456
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
Otawara, Soaring City

{T}: Add {U}. Channel — {3}{U}, Discard this card: Return target artifact, creature, enchantment, or planeswalker to its owner's hand. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Land
Otawara, Soaring City (neo) 414
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (mkm) 272
Pristine Talisman

{T}: Add {C}. You gain 1 life.

Artifact
Pristine Talisman (ltc) 283
Reliquary Tower

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

Land
Reliquary Tower (who) 887
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (pfdn) 1
Thaumatic Compass

Artifact
Thaumatic Compass // Spires of Orazca (plst) XLN-249Thaumatic Compass // Spires of Orazca (plst) XLN-249
Thriving Heath

This land enters tapped. As it enters, choose a color other than white. {T}: Add {W} or one mana of the chosen color.

Land
Thriving Heath (j25) 777
Thriving Isle

This land enters tapped. As it enters, choose a color other than blue. {T}: Add {U} or one mana of the chosen color.

Land
Thriving Isle (j25) 778

Mana

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Artifact

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Crawlspace

No more than two creatures can attack you each combat.

Artifact
Crawlspace (dmr) 375
Glaring Spotlight

Creatures your opponents control with hexproof can be the targets of spells and abilities you control as though they didn't have hexproof. {3}, Sacrifice this artifact: Creatures you control gain hexproof until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn.

Artifact
Glaring Spotlight (gtc) 229
Howling Mine

At the beginning of each player's draw step, if this artifact is untapped, that player draws an additional card.

Artifact
Howling Mine (brr) 83
Iron Maiden

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

Artifact
Iron Maiden (ulg) 127
Midnight Clock

{T}: Add {U}. {2}{U}: Put an hour counter on this artifact. At the beginning of each upkeep, put an hour counter on this artifact. When the twelfth hour counter is put on this artifact, shuffle your hand and graveyard into your library, then draw seven cards. Exile this artifact.

Artifact
Midnight Clock (otc) 100
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
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) 468

Artifact

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Sorcery

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Farewell

Choose one or more — • Exile all artifacts. • Exile all creatures. • Exile all enchantments. • Exile all graveyards.

Sorcery
Farewell (mkc) 64
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

Sorcery

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Creature

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Avacyn, Angel of Hope

Flying, vigilance, indestructible Other permanents you control have indestructible.

Creature
Avacyn, Angel of Hope (inr) 477
Consecrated Sphinx

Flying Whenever an opponent draws a card, you may draw two cards.

Creature
Consecrated Sphinx (sld) 1657
Crystal Barricade

Defender (This creature can't attack.) You have hexproof. (You can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.) Prevent all noncombat damage that would be dealt to other creatures you control.

Creature Artifact
Crystal Barricade (fdn) 444
Esper Sentinel

Whenever an opponent casts their first noncreature spell each turn, draw a card unless that player pays {X}, where X is this creature's power.

Creature Artifact
Esper Sentinel (mh2) 328
Fog Bank

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

Creature
Fog Bank (plst) BBD-117
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
Loran of the Third Path

Vigilance When Loran enters, destroy up to one target artifact or enchantment. {T}: You and target opponent each draw a card.

Creature
Loran of the Third Path (blc) 143
Malevolent Hermit

Creature
Malevolent Hermit // Benevolent Geist (dbl) 61Malevolent Hermit // Benevolent Geist (dbl) 61
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 (blc) 282
Reckless Scholar

{T}: Target player draws a card, then discards a card.

Creature
Reckless Scholar (inr) 81
Renegade Silent

At the beginning of your end step, goad up to one target creature you don't control and put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. This creature phases out. (Treat it and anything attached to it as though they don't exist until your next turn.)

Creature
Renegade Silent (who) 53
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) 354
Selfless Squire

Flash When this creature enters, prevent all damage that would be dealt to you this turn. Whenever damage that would be dealt to you is prevented, put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature.

Creature
Selfless Squire (mkc) 82
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
Swans of Bryn Argoll

Flying If a source would deal damage to this creature, prevent that damage. The source's controller draws cards equal to the damage prevented this way.

Creature
Swans of Bryn Argoll (mm2) 199

Creature

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Enchantment

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Aegis of Honor

{1}: The next time an instant or sorcery spell would deal damage to you this turn, that spell deals that damage to its controller instead.

Enchantment
Aegis of Honor (ody) 1
As Foretold

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a time counter on this enchantment. Once each turn, you may pay {0} rather than pay the mana cost for a spell you cast with mana value X or less, where X is the number of time counters on this enchantment.

Enchantment
As Foretold (who) 214
Authority of the Consuls

Creatures your opponents control enter tapped. Whenever a creature an opponent controls enters, you gain 1 life.

Enchantment
Authority of the Consuls (pfdn) 137s
Behold the Unspeakable

Enchantment
Behold the Unspeakable // Vision of the Unspeakable (neo) 48Behold the Unspeakable // Vision of the Unspeakable (neo) 48
Blessed Sanctuary

Prevent all noncombat damage that would be dealt to you and creatures you control. Whenever a nontoken creature you control enters, create a 2/2 white Unicorn creature token.

Enchantment
Blessed Sanctuary (j22) 157
Curse of Unbinding

Enchant player At the beginning of enchanted player's upkeep, that player reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a creature card. Put that card onto the battlefield under your control. That player puts the rest of the revealed cards into their graveyard.

Enchantment
Curse of Unbinding (mic) 12
Dazzling Theater

Enchantment
Dazzling Theater // Prop Room (dsk) 334
Mind's Dilation

Whenever an opponent casts their first spell each turn, that player exiles the top card of their library. If it's a nonland card, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.

Enchantment
Mind's Dilation (otc) 101
Propaganda

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Enchantment
Propaganda (who) 219
Psychic Corrosion

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

Enchantment
Psychic Corrosion (sld) 1669
Rhystic Study

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays {1}.

Enchantment
Rhystic Study (pcy) 45
Smothering Tithe

Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player may pay {2}. If the player doesn't, you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Enchantment
Smothering Tithe (cmm) 693
Sphinx's Tutelage

Whenever you draw a card, target opponent mills two cards. If two nonland cards that share a color were milled this way, repeat this process. {5}{U}: Draw a card, then discard a card.

Enchantment
Sphinx's Tutelage (plst) ORI-76
Web of Inertia

At the beginning of combat on each opponent's turn, that player may exile a card from their graveyard. If the player doesn't, creatures they control can't attack you this turn.

Enchantment
Web of Inertia (plst) JUD-53
Well of Ideas

When this enchantment enters, draw two cards. At the beginning of each other player's draw step, that player draws an additional card. At the beginning of your draw step, draw two additional cards.

Enchantment
Well of Ideas (2xm) 75
Wizard Class

(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.) You have no maximum hand size. {2}{U}: Level 2 When this Class becomes level 2, draw two cards. {4}{U}: Level 3 Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.

Enchantment
Wizard Class (afr) 81

Enchantment

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Instant

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Absorb

Counter target spell. You gain 3 life.

Instant
Absorb (dmr) 443
Angelsong

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Instant
Angelsong (plst) DDC-15
Arcane Denial

Counter target spell. Its controller may draw up to two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep. You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Instant
Arcane Denial (dsc) 110
Argivian Find

Return target artifact or enchantment card from your graveyard to your hand.

Instant
Argivian Find (plst) WTH-6
Brainstorm

Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.

Instant
Brainstorm (cst) 61
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 (c14) 4
Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (sta) 15
Cyclonic Rift

Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand. Overload {6}{U} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Instant
Cyclonic Rift (cmm) 84
Disrupt

Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays {1}. Draw a card.

Instant
Disrupt (plst) WTH-37
Enlightened Tutor

Search your library for an artifact or enchantment card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

Instant
Enlightened Tutor (dmr) 412
Fierce Guardianship

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost. Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Fierce Guardianship (cmm) 94
Holy Day

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

Instant
Holy Day (inv) 20
Mana Drain

Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next main phase, add an amount of {C} equal to that spell's mana value.

Instant
Mana Drain (2x2) 57
Miscast

Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays {3}.

Instant
Miscast (m21) 57
Mystic Confluence

Choose three. You may choose the same mode more than once. • Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}. • Return target creature to its owner's hand. • Draw a card.

Instant
Mystic Confluence (cmm) 108
Mystical Dispute

This spell costs {2} less to cast if it targets a blue spell. Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.

Instant
Mystical Dispute (pr23) 1
Riot Control

You gain 1 life for each creature your opponents control. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you this turn.

Instant
Riot Control (blc) 151
Sublime Epiphany

Choose one or more — • Counter target spell. • Counter target activated or triggered ability. • Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. • Create a token that's a copy of target creature you control. • Target player draws a card.

Instant
Sublime Epiphany (m21) 355
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
Teferi's Protection (sta) 11

Instant

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Deck Info

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31 pips - 24 cards
21 mana - 19 cards
44 pips - 35 cards
25 mana - 23 cards
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0 mana - 4 cards
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0 mana - 4 cards
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0 mana - 4 cards
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6 mana - 5 cards
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Description

{"ops":[{"insert":"We are Sokrates, we dont care if we win. We want everyone to be able to play the game and ping or mill them a bit in response to give them the option to see more cards from their deck.\n'Be water my friend' - Bruce Lee\n"}]}
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