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 #91
Revel Ruiner
snc·#91·common·nonfoil
Illus. Christina Davis
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Apr '22
4 yr ago
Value
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Volatility · high
Tracking since · May 5, 2026
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #23,951 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
Creature — Octopus Rogue
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
When this creature enters, it connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
3/1
Legalities
tlrnot legal
duellegal
brawlnot legal
pennylegal
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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Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Christina Davis
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