Sokrates, Athenian Teacher (Commander) - Budget

Sokrates, Athenian Teacher
Rank #544
501decks
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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36%synergy
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Negate
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23%synergy
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Laboratory Maniac
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36%synergy
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26%synergy
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32%synergy
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30%synergy
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4%synergy
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Mangara, the Diplomat
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27%synergy
Windborn Muse
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21%synergy
Oneirophage
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30%synergy
Faramir, Prince of Ithilien
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28%synergy
Homunculus Horde
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Emrakul's Messenger
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Azor's Elocutors
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26%synergy
Alluring Siren
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26%synergy
Fog Bank
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22%synergy
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21%synergy
Clinquant Skymage
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Shabraz, the Skyshark
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Viseling
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Reveille Squad
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Twenty-Toed Toad
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15%synergy
Scrawling Crawler
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Solemn Simulacrum
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The Watcher in the Water
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7%synergy
Adept Watershaper
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6%synergy
Sturmgeist
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9%synergy
Loran of the Third Path
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-3%synergy
Scholarship Sponsor
8.6%inclusion43 decks501 decks
8%synergy
Eidolon of Rhetoric
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7%synergy
Selfless Squire
8.4%inclusion42 decks501 decks
7%synergy
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3%synergy
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1%synergy
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4%synergy
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3%synergy
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4%synergy
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7%synergy
North Pole Patrol
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6%synergy
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6%synergy
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3%synergy
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3%synergy
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6%synergy
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5%synergy
Instants
Hindering Light
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24%synergy
Frantic Search
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13%synergy
Generous Gift
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-5%synergy
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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15%synergy
Opt
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7%synergy
Arcane Denial
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-11%synergy
Dovin's Veto
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-24%synergy
Disenchant
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5%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
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-15%synergy
Union of the Third Path
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9%synergy
Holy Day
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10%synergy
Reality Shift
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4%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
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4%synergy
Disdainful Stroke
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8%synergy
No More Lies
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6%synergy
Plagiarize
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10%synergy
Mana Leak
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6%synergy
Magic Damper
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9%synergy
Split Decision
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8%synergy
Cancel
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7%synergy
Absorb
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Refocus
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8%synergy
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6%synergy
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5%synergy
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Thirst for Knowledge
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4%synergy
Consider
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1%synergy
Shore Up
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5%synergy
Resculpt
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3%synergy
Condemn
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4%synergy
Dawn Charm
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4%synergy
Divert Disaster
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5%synergy
Illusionist's Gambit
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5%synergy
Unwind
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1%synergy
Unwanted Remake
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4%synergy
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Approach of the Second Sun
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12%synergy
Secret Rendezvous
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23%synergy
Promise of Loyalty
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Minds Aglow
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22%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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14%synergy
Fractured Identity
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12%synergy
Plea for Power
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12%synergy
Ponder
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Supreme Verdict
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-18%synergy
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2%synergy
Starfall Invocation
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5%synergy
Sevinne's Reclamation
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1%synergy
Cleansing Nova
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3%synergy
Preordain
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-3%synergy
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4%synergy
Fascination
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4%synergy
Treasure Cruise
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3%synergy
Prosperity
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2%synergy
Dusk // Dawn
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2%synergy
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Folio of Fancies
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27%synergy
Ivory Tower
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Wayfarer's Bauble
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10%synergy
Unbender Tine
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16%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
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-9%synergy
Spellbook
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11%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
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11%synergy
Marina Vendrell's Grimoire
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10%synergy
Howling Mine
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4%synergy
Wedding Ring
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5%synergy
Thopter Fabricator
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3%synergy
Empyrial Plate
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7%synergy
The Water Crystal
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-1%synergy
Ghirapur Orrery
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6%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
Teferi's Ageless Insight
20%inclusion101 decks501 decks
13%synergy
Duelist's Heritage
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18%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
18%inclusion92 decks501 decks
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
Curse of Verbosity
14%inclusion69 decks501 decks
13%synergy
Ghostly Prison
14%inclusion69 decks501 decks
-11%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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9%synergy
Solitary Confinement
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7%synergy
Rest in Peace
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4%synergy
Proft's Eidetic Memory
9.2%inclusion46 decks501 decks
6%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
9.0%inclusion45 decks501 decks
7%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
9.0%inclusion45 decks501 decks
5%synergy
Telepathy
8.8%inclusion44 decks501 decks
8%synergy
Rule of Law
8.2%inclusion41 decks501 decks
6%synergy
Staggering Insight
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4%synergy
Well of Ideas
7.8%inclusion39 decks501 decks
6%synergy
Jace's Erasure
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7%synergy
Imprisoned in the Moon
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2%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
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1%synergy
Witness Protection
6.8%inclusion34 decks501 decks
5%synergy
Tenuous Truce
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5%synergy
Monologue Tax
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3%synergy
Restricted Office // Lecture Hall
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4%synergy
Hoofprints of the Stag
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5%synergy
Darksteel Mutation
5.2%inclusion26 decks501 decks
-0%synergy
Noble Heritage
5.2%inclusion26 decks501 decks
5%synergy
Banishing Light
5.2%inclusion26 decks501 decks
3%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
11%inclusion55 decks501 decks
7%synergy
Jace Beleren
9.4%inclusion47 decks501 decks
8%synergy
Mordenkainen
7.8%inclusion39 decks501 decks
7%synergy
Utility Lands
Reliquary Tower
54%inclusion273 decks501 decks
6%synergy
Rogue's Passage
14%inclusion69 decks501 decks
-1%synergy
Temple of the False God
14%inclusion69 decks501 decks
6%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
7.8%inclusion39 decks501 decks
-10%synergy
Secluded Steppe
6.0%inclusion30 decks501 decks
3%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
5.8%inclusion29 decks501 decks
1%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
5.8%inclusion29 decks501 decks
3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
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-13%synergy
Arcane Signet
70%inclusion350 decks501 decks
-13%synergy
Thought Vessel
57%inclusion286 decks501 decks
15%synergy
Azorius Signet
50%inclusion253 decks501 decks
-6%synergy
Talisman of Progress
38%inclusion191 decks501 decks
-12%synergy
Mind Stone
32%inclusion159 decks501 decks
6%synergy
Decanter of Endless Water
27%inclusion136 decks501 decks
16%synergy
Commander's Sphere
22%inclusion111 decks501 decks
8%synergy
Fellwar Stone
14%inclusion69 decks501 decks
-15%synergy
Sky Diamond
11%inclusion55 decks501 decks
2%synergy
Midnight Clock
11%inclusion55 decks501 decks
4%synergy
Bender's Waterskin
9.5%inclusion29 decks306 decks
3%synergy
Marble Diamond
9.0%inclusion45 decks501 decks
1%synergy
Patriar's Seal
7.6%inclusion38 decks501 decks
6%synergy
Azorius Locket
6.0%inclusion30 decks501 decks
3%synergy
Lands
Island
100%inclusion499 decks501 decks
4%synergy
Plains
99%inclusion498 decks501 decks
4%synergy
Command Tower
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-14%synergy
Prairie Stream
60%inclusion303 decks501 decks
-5%synergy
Port Town
53%inclusion267 decks501 decks
7%synergy
Temple of Enlightenment
52%inclusion263 decks501 decks
15%synergy
Glacial Fortress
51%inclusion254 decks501 decks
-13%synergy
Azorius Chancery
38%inclusion192 decks501 decks
2%synergy
Tranquil Cove
38%inclusion189 decks501 decks
19%synergy
Skycloud Expanse
37%inclusion187 decks501 decks
2%synergy
Exotic Orchard
28%inclusion139 decks501 decks
0%synergy
Evolving Wilds
28%inclusion138 decks501 decks
12%synergy
Adarkar Wastes
25%inclusion127 decks501 decks
-20%synergy
Irrigated Farmland
24%inclusion122 decks501 decks
4%synergy
Myriad Landscape
22%inclusion110 decks501 decks
6%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
18%inclusion90 decks501 decks
8%synergy
Azorius Guildgate
17%inclusion87 decks501 decks
11%synergy
Path of Ancestry
16%inclusion80 decks501 decks
2%synergy
Idyllic Beachfront
14%inclusion69 decks501 decks
6%synergy
University Campus
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9%synergy
Seachrome Coast
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-6%synergy
Thriving Isle
8.8%inclusion44 decks501 decks
6%synergy
Thriving Heath
8.6%inclusion43 decks501 decks
6%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
8.0%inclusion40 decks501 decks
1%synergy
Mystic Gate
7.8%inclusion39 decks501 decks
-16%synergy
Lonely Arroyo
7.6%inclusion38 decks501 decks
4%synergy
Skybridge Towers
7.6%inclusion38 decks501 decks
5%synergy
Razortide Bridge
7.2%inclusion36 decks501 decks
-7%synergy
Sejiri Refuge
7.2%inclusion36 decks501 decks
0%synergy
Sharlayan, Nation of Scholars
6.4%inclusion22 decks342 decks
4%synergy
Meandering River
6.4%inclusion32 decks501 decks
3%synergy
North Pole Gates
5.3%inclusion13 decks244 decks
3%synergy