Sokrates, Athenian Teacher
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SetACR
Collector #250
Released2024-07-05
Rarityrare
ArtistAlice Xia Zhang
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Sokrates, Athenian Teacher

RareColour IDMV 3
Legendary Creature — Human Advisor
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."
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Keywords
Sokratic DialogueDefender
Card capabilities
CreatureLegendary creature
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
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Other printings
2 other English printingsEarliest 2024-07-05Newest 2024-07-05Cheapest priced $0.93 in ACR
Rulings (1)
wotc5 Jul 2024
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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