Commander

Sokrates, Athenian Teacher

Global commander stats

All Azorius commanders

274 Wins

650 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Sokrates, Athenian Teacher is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 925 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (274–650) at an Elo of 1,537, ranking #1326 globally.

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

Last full refresh 23 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Sokrates, Athenian Teacher's win rate?

Sokrates, Athenian Teacher has a 29% win rate across 925 recorded Playgroup games (274 wins, 650 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?

268 decks list Sokrates, Athenian Teacher as their commander on Playgroup, of which 174 have played at least one recorded game.

Sokrates, Athenian Teacher Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1326

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1537

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 268

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 174

No. games played with this commander 925

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	1500	marm0ta	1	0	0 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Sokrates, Athenian Teacher wins, 39.57% of wins come via alternative across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Alternative

39.57%

Mill

28.26%

Combat

19.13%

Non Combat Damage

9.57%

Combo

3.48%

Avg win turn 11.8 based on 277 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 77 games · Signature build	+1.9 pp		77

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 35.22% of games from position 1 and 23.43% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

35.22% n=230

Seat 2

25.74% n=237

Seat 3

32.91% n=237

Seat 4

23.43% n=175

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 32.53% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.53% n=375

1 mulligan

25.18% n=139

2 mulligans

22.22% n=45

3 mulligans

22.22% n=9

4 mulligans

14.29% n=7

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 687 self-reports.

3.85 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Sokrates, Athenian Teacher wins, opponents flag the game as salty 78.3% of the time across 277 tracked wins.

78.3 \%

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.