Once an ability that causes a creature to connive begins to resolve, no player may take any other actions until it's done. Notably, opponents can't try to remove the conniving creature after you discard cards but before it receives +1/+1 counters, if any.
If no cards are discarded, most likely because that player's hand is empty and an effect says they can't draw cards, the conniving creature does not receive any +1/+1 counters.
Connive X is a variant of connive. If a creature connives X, its controller will draw X cards, discard X cards, then then put a number of +1/+1 counters on the conniving permanent equal to the number of nonland cards discarded this way.
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This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from MH3 — the lineup includes Borderless alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
Card #358 of *Modern Horizons 3*, the set that shipped alongside the June 2024 Modern Horizons 3 release.
Card type: Land, color identity black, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Keyword abilities: Connive.
Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.
EDHrec ranks this card #1,145 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Hector Ortiz. Rarix catalogs 71 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Hector Ortiz
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If a resolving spell or ability instructs a specific creature to connive but that creature has left the battlefield, the creature still connives, although you can't put any +1/+1 counters on it. Abilities that trigger "when [that creature] connives" will trigger.
You must already control a Swamp as Spymaster's Vault enters the battlefield for it to enter untapped. If it enters the battlefield at the same time as a Swamp when you control no other Swamps, it will enter tapped.
