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 $0.32. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.32 across 54 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 #26 of *Streets of New Capenna*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2022 Streets of New Capenna 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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