Commander

Sokrates, Athenian Teacher

Global commander stats

All Azorius commanders

272 Wins

634 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Sokrates, Athenian Teacher is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 906 recorded Playgroup games, winning 30% of them (272–634) at an Elo of 1,646, ranking #215 globally.

Wins average 12 turns, with 6 damage dealt and 0.42 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 3 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Sokrates, Athenian Teacher's win rate?

Sokrates, Athenian Teacher has a 30% win rate across 906 recorded Playgroup games (272 wins, 634 losses).

How long do winning games with Sokrates, Athenian Teacher take?

Wins with Sokrates, Athenian Teacher take on average 12 turns. Total tracked play time: 10 days.

How many decks use Sokrates, Athenian Teacher?

255 decks list Sokrates, Athenian Teacher as their commander on Playgroup, of which 168 have played at least one recorded game.

Sokrates, Athenian Teacher Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

215

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1646

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 6

Average commander damage per game 3

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.42

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 255

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 168

No. games played with this commander 906

Total hours played 10 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1557	TRoberts1001	6	3	50 %
2	1518	LilJevans	9	3	33 %
3	1516	tHe_ZoU_cReW	4	3	75 %
4	1513	Mac	2	1	50 %
5	1512	Jake	3	1	33 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Sokrates, Athenian Teacher wins, 39.3% of wins come via alternative across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Alternative

39.3%

Mill

28.38%

Combat

19.21%

Non Combat Damage

9.61%

Combo

3.49%

Avg win turn 11.8 based on 275 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Sokrates, Athenian Teacher

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Sokrates, Athenian Teacher decks that leave them out.

+1.9 pp

Top card: Teferi's Ageless Insight

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Confidence	Games
1	Teferi's Ageless Insight Signature build 74 games · Signature build	+1.9 pp		74

Measured win-rate lift against decks on the same commander without the card, ranked by the 95% lower bound. How this is measured

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Sokrates, Athenian Teacher wins 35.68% of games from position 1 and 23.7% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

35.68% n=227

Seat 2

25.74% n=237

Seat 3

33.33% n=231

Seat 4

23.7% n=173

Seat 5

28.13% n=32

Seat 6

33.33% n=6

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Sokrates, Athenian Teacher wins 33.06% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

33.06% n=369

1 mulligan

26.12% n=134

2 mulligans

22.73% n=44

3 mulligans

22.22% n=9

4 mulligans

16.67% n=6

5 mulligans

50.0% n=2

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Sokrates, Athenian Teacher 3.85/5 on average, across 677 self-reports.

3.85 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Sokrates, Athenian Teacher wins, opponents flag the game as salty 78.5% of the time across 275 tracked wins.

78.5 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Sokrates, Athenian Teacher. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.