Sokrates, Athenian Teacher
Legendary Creature — Human Advisor
Sokrates, Athenian Teacher
Legendary Creature — Human Advisor
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."
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 3
- Colors
- Blue, White
- Color Identity
- Blue, White
- Power / Toughness
- 0 / 4
- EDHREC Rank
- #4,742
Format Legalities
Market Prices
Prices from TCGPlayer and Cardmarket
Price History (30d)
All Printings (20)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assassin's Creed (ACR) | #250 | rare | en | Alice Xia Zhang | — | — |
| Assassin's Creed (ACR) | #121 | rare | en | JB Casacop | $2.26 | $2.06 |
| Assassin's Creed (ACR) | #67 | rare | en | Alice Xia Zhang | $0.44 | $0.51 |
| Assassin's Creed (ACR) | #67 | rare | de | Alice Xia Zhang | — | — |
| Assassin's Creed (ACR) | #121 | rare | de | JB Casacop | — | — |
| Assassin's Creed (ACR) | #250 | rare | de | Alice Xia Zhang | — | — |
| Assassin's Creed (ACR) | #67 | rare | es | Alice Xia Zhang | — | — |
| Assassin's Creed (ACR) | #121 | rare | es | JB Casacop | — | — |
| Assassin's Creed (ACR) | #67 | rare | fr | Alice Xia Zhang | — | — |
| Assassin's Creed (ACR) | #121 | rare | fr | JB Casacop | — | — |
| Assassin's Creed (ACR) | #250 | rare | fr | Alice Xia Zhang | — | — |
| Assassin's Creed (ACR) | #273 | rare | grc | JB Casacop | — | — |
| Assassin's Creed (ACR) | #67 | rare | it | Alice Xia Zhang | — | — |
| Assassin's Creed (ACR) | #121 | rare | it | JB Casacop | — | — |
| Assassin's Creed (ACR) | #121 | rare | ja | JB Casacop | — | — |
| Assassin's Creed (ACR) | #67 | rare | ja | Alice Xia Zhang | — | — |
| Assassin's Creed (ACR) | #250 | rare | ja | Alice Xia Zhang | — | — |
| Assassin's Creed (ACR) | #250 | rare | zhs | Alice Xia Zhang | — | — |
| Assassin's Creed (ACR) | #121 | rare | zhs | JB Casacop | — | — |
| Assassin's Creed (ACR) | #67 | rare | zhs | Alice Xia Zhang | — | — |
Official Rulings (1)
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.)
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