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 #45
Hypnotic Grifter
snc·#45·uncommon·foil
Illus. Josu Hernaiz
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Apr '22
4 yr ago
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Volatility · high
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #22,072 · Fringe play
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Gameplay
Creature — Human Rogue
{3}: This creature connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
"All is calm. All is well. You know me to be a trusted member of your family, and I would like to discuss the contents of our safe."
1/2
Legalities
tlrlegal
duellegal
brawllegal
pennylegal
PreDH
Rulings · 3
wotc
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.
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.
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Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Josu Hernaiz
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