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 $32.15. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $26.92 and $32.15 across 53 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from SNC — the lineup includes Showcase 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 #392 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 Véronique Meignaud. Rarix catalogs 105 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Véronique Meignaud
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