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 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.
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.
Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.23. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.19 and $0.25 across 47 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PLST — the lineup includes Nonfoil 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 #SNC-26 of *The List*, the set that shipped alongside the August 2024 The List release.
Card type: Creature — Human Wizard, color identity white, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {1}{W} (2 converted). Keyword abilities: Connive.
Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.
EDHrec ranks this card #20,107 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by John Stanko. Rarix catalogs 321 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. John Stanko
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