Sokrates, Athenian Teacher (Commander) - Budget

Sokrates, Athenian Teacher
Rank #548
496decks
Jonathan Zucchetti
Feb 12, 2026
The Problem of Generic Commanders
How do you build a commander that doesn't really give you an idea of how to build it? Is it worth it to build a generic commander?
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32%synergy
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28%synergy
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30%synergy
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Homunculus Horde
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26%synergy
Alluring Siren
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26%synergy
Fog Bank
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9%synergy
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-4%synergy
Scholarship Sponsor
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8%synergy
Eidolon of Rhetoric
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7%synergy
Selfless Squire
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7%synergy
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14%synergy
Generous Gift
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Long River's Pull
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21%synergy
Intellectual Offering
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19%synergy
Brainstorm
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1%synergy
Your Temple Is Under Attack
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15%synergy
Stroke of Midnight
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2%synergy
Words of Wisdom
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14%synergy
Opt
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7%synergy
Arcane Denial
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-11%synergy
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Disenchant
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An Offer You Can't Refuse
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-15%synergy
Union of the Third Path
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Dramatic Reversal
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4%synergy
Reality Shift
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Holy Day
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Mana Leak
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No More Lies
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Plagiarize
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1%synergy
Unwind
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1%synergy
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21%synergy
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21%synergy
Austere Command
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8%synergy
Time Wipe
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7%synergy
Windfall
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6%synergy
Council's Judgment
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16%synergy
Fell the Mighty
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15%synergy
Fractured Identity
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Plea for Power
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Ponder
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-1%synergy
Supreme Verdict
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-18%synergy
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1%synergy
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Preordain
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-3%synergy
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2%synergy
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2%synergy
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Folio of Fancies
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Unbender Tine
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16%synergy
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-10%synergy
Spellbook
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Marina Vendrell's Grimoire
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9%synergy
Howling Mine
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Wedding Ring
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5%synergy
Thopter Fabricator
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3%synergy
Empyrial Plate
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6%synergy
Ghirapur Orrery
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6%synergy
The Water Crystal
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-2%synergy
Ebony Owl Netsuke
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6%synergy
Aether Syphon
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5%synergy
Black Vise
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5%synergy
Enchantments
Ominous Seas
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21%synergy
Forced Fruition
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22%synergy
Duelist's Heritage
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18%synergy
Teferi's Ageless Insight
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13%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
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17%synergy
Knowledge Is Power
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15%synergy
Fall of the First Civilization
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15%synergy
Nerd Rage
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14%synergy
Dazzling Theater // Prop Room
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12%synergy
Ghostly Prison
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-11%synergy
Curse of Verbosity
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12%synergy
Dictate of Kruphix
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9%synergy
Public Enemy
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11%synergy
Freed from the Real
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8%synergy
Solitary Confinement
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7%synergy
Rest in Peace
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4%synergy
Proft's Eidetic Memory
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5%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
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7%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
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5%synergy
Telepathy
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8%synergy
Rule of Law
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5%synergy
Staggering Insight
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4%synergy
Well of Ideas
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6%synergy
Jace's Erasure
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7%synergy
Imprisoned in the Moon
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2%synergy
Witness Protection
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5%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
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1%synergy
Monologue Tax
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3%synergy
Tenuous Truce
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5%synergy
Restricted Office // Lecture Hall
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5%synergy
Darksteel Mutation
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-0%synergy
Hoofprints of the Stag
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5%synergy
Noble Heritage
5.2%inclusion26 decks496 decks
5%synergy
Dissipation Field
5.0%inclusion25 decks496 decks
4%synergy
Banishing Light
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3%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
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7%synergy
Jace Beleren
9.1%inclusion45 decks496 decks
8%synergy
Mordenkainen
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7%synergy
Utility Lands
Reliquary Tower
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5%synergy
Temple of the False God
14%inclusion69 decks496 decks
7%synergy
Rogue's Passage
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-1%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
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-10%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
6.0%inclusion30 decks496 decks
3%synergy
Secluded Steppe
6.0%inclusion30 decks496 decks
4%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
5.4%inclusion27 decks496 decks
1%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
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-14%synergy
Arcane Signet
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-14%synergy
Thought Vessel
56%inclusion277 decks496 decks
14%synergy
Azorius Signet
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-7%synergy
Talisman of Progress
38%inclusion188 decks496 decks
-13%synergy
Mind Stone
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6%synergy
Decanter of Endless Water
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16%synergy
Commander's Sphere
22%inclusion111 decks496 decks
8%synergy
Fellwar Stone
14%inclusion68 decks496 decks
-15%synergy
Sky Diamond
11%inclusion55 decks496 decks
3%synergy
Midnight Clock
11%inclusion55 decks496 decks
4%synergy
Bender's Waterskin
10%inclusion30 decks307 decks
3%synergy
Marble Diamond
9.1%inclusion45 decks496 decks
2%synergy
Patriar's Seal
7.3%inclusion36 decks496 decks
5%synergy
Azorius Locket
5.8%inclusion29 decks496 decks
3%synergy
Lands
Island
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4%synergy
Plains
99%inclusion493 decks496 decks
4%synergy
Command Tower
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-13%synergy
Prairie Stream
60%inclusion300 decks496 decks
-5%synergy
Port Town
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6%synergy
Temple of Enlightenment
52%inclusion260 decks496 decks
15%synergy
Glacial Fortress
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-13%synergy
Azorius Chancery
39%inclusion192 decks496 decks
3%synergy
Tranquil Cove
38%inclusion189 decks496 decks
20%synergy
Skycloud Expanse
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2%synergy
Evolving Wilds
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13%synergy
Exotic Orchard
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0%synergy
Adarkar Wastes
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-20%synergy
Irrigated Farmland
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4%synergy
Myriad Landscape
22%inclusion108 decks496 decks
6%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
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8%synergy
Azorius Guildgate
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11%synergy
Path of Ancestry
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2%synergy
Idyllic Beachfront
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6%synergy
University Campus
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9%synergy
Seachrome Coast
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-6%synergy
Thriving Isle
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7%synergy
Thriving Heath
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7%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
7.9%inclusion39 decks496 decks
1%synergy
Mystic Gate
7.9%inclusion39 decks496 decks
-16%synergy
Lonely Arroyo
7.7%inclusion38 decks496 decks
4%synergy
Skybridge Towers
7.5%inclusion37 decks496 decks
4%synergy
Sejiri Refuge
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0%synergy
Razortide Bridge
7.1%inclusion35 decks496 decks
-7%synergy
Meandering River
6.5%inclusion32 decks496 decks
3%synergy
Sharlayan, Nation of Scholars
6.4%inclusion22 decks343 decks
4%synergy
North Pole Gates
5.3%inclusion13 decks244 decks
3%synergy
Abandoned Campground
5.2%inclusion24 decks460 decks
3%synergy
Ash Barrens
5.0%inclusion25 decks496 decks
2%synergy
Deserted Beach
5.0%inclusion25 decks496 decks
-35%synergy