Sokrates by user6299051

Format: Commander

Commander: Sokrates, Athenian Teacher

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 70

Deck overview

This deck is a competitive Azorius control and combo build that leverages Sokrates, Athenian Teacher alongside premier blue-white card draw, stax, and fast mana. The early game focuses on deploying resource engines like Rhystic Study and Mystic Remora while establishing stax pieces such as Drannith Magistrate, Harbinger of the Seas, and Vexing Bauble to slow down faster opponents. The deck protects its development with an extensive suite of low-cost and free countermagic. Once sufficient mana is assembled, the deck wins through instant-speed bounce loops using Hullbreaker Horror or Valley Floodcaller combined with Retraction Helix. These loops generate infinite mana, bounce all opposing permanents, and mill out opponents with Altar of the Brood or force lethal draws via Faerie Mastermind.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Altar of the Brood
  • 1 Amphibian Downpour
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Chain of Vapor
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clever Impersonator
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commandeer
  • 1 Copy Enchantment
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Disrupting Shoal
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flare of Denial
  • 1 Flash Photography
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Gifts Ungiven
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Grafdigger's Cage
  • 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Harbinger of the Seas
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 11 Island
  • 1 King T'Challa // Black Panther, Hope Enduring
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Mirrormade
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Mockingbird
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Orim's Chant
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Phantasmal Image
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Retraction Helix
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snapback
  • 1 Sokrates, Athenian Teacher
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steal Enchantment
  • 1 Subtlety
  • 1 Sudden Substitution
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Tezzeret, Cruel Captain
  • 1 Valley Floodcaller
  • 1 Vexing Bauble
  • 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
  • 1 Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands