The latter can also help force through damage but it does have the downside of potentially removing or fizzling buff effects
This is thanks to the card's trigger being useful no matter if you're behind or ahead
If you somehow knew for a fact that the players on either side of you were drafting blue-red and black-red decks, it would probably be in your best interest to draft white-green, because you'd get passed all of the best white and green cards that your neighbors didn't want
Sokrates, Athenian Teacher is a wall that makes you enter a dialogue with yourself, as well, so extra flavor win
However, options like Mystical Tutor, Vampiric Tutor, Personal Tutor, Cruel Tutor, and - if you're feeling ritzy - Imperial Seal all benefit you here