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 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.
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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.
Card #28p of *New Capenna Commander Promos*, the promotional run that shipped alongside the April 2022 New Capenna Commander release.
Card type: Artifact — Equipment, color identity blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {2}{U} (3 converted). Keyword abilities: Equip and Connive.
Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.
EDHrec ranks this card #11,889 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by James Paick. Rarix catalogs 505 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. James Paick
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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.
