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 a nonland card but before it receives a counter.
If no card is 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 a +1/+1 counter.
If a resolving spell or ability instructs a specific creature to connive but that creature has left the battlefield, the creature still connives. If you discard a nonland card this way, you won't put a +1/+1 counter on anything. Abilities that trigger “when [that creature] connives” will trigger.
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This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from NCC — the lineup includes Etched Foil 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 #188 of *New Capenna Commander*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2022 New Capenna Commander release.
Card type: Legendary Creature — Octopus Rogue, color identity black/blue/white, printed at mythic. Mythic rares historically land in roughly one out of every eight boosters at standard print densities. Mana cost: {1}{W}{U}{B} (4 converted). Keyword abilities: Connive.
Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.
EDHrec ranks this card #7,810 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Chris Rallis. Rarix catalogs 691 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Chris Rallis
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