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.
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 multiple creatures are instructed to connive simultaneously, they connive one at a time in the order of their controller's choice.
Last observed at $17.13, up from $15.68 thirty days ago. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $3.46 and $17.13 across 35 observations. Headline volatility reads moderate. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
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This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PNCC — the lineup includes 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.
This card belongs to *New Capenna Commander Promos* (released April 2022).
Card #24p in New Capenna Commander Promos.
Rarity tier: rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters.
Card type: Instant. Color identity: blue. Mana cost: {X}{1}{U} (2 converted). Keyword abilities: Connive.
Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.
EDHrec ranks this card #7,403 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Campbell White. Rarix tracks 472 other cards credited to this artist across the catalog — browse the full gallery to see the body of work.
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Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Campbell White
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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.
You choose which creatures to phase out after all of those creatures have connived.
