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.
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.
Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $3.17. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.17 and $5.34 across 51 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from SNC — the lineup includes Foil and 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 #213 of *Streets of New Capenna*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2022 Streets of New Capenna release.
Card type: Legendary Creature — Sphinx Demon, 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: {W}{U}{B} (3 converted). Keyword abilities: Flying, Ward, and Connive.
Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.
EDHrec ranks this card #4,813 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Johannes Voss. Rarix catalogs 469 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Johannes Voss
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