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.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #76p
Obscura Confluence
pncc·#76p·rare·foil
Illus. Wisnu Tan
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Apr '22
4 yr ago
Value
$1.20+$0 (+26.3%)
30 days high $1.27 · low $0.95
Volatility · high
USD$1.20EUR€1.29
NM$1.20
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #16,564 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
Instant
Choose three. You may choose the same mode more than once.
• Until end of turn, target creature loses all abilities and has base power and toughness 1/1.
• Target creature connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.)
• Target player returns a creature card from their graveyard to their hand.
Legalities
tlrnot legal
duellegal
brawlnot legal
pennynot legal
PreDHnot legal
Rulings · 3
wotc
wotc
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.
wotc
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.
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