Illuminator Virtuoso

Magic: The GatheringStreets of New Capenna#17
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Card type
Creature — Human Rogue
Rarity
Uncommon
Indicative price
0.17 € · ★ 0.31 € · 0.21 $ · ★ 0.33 $
Mana value
2
Power
1
Toughness
1
Colour
White

Card text

Double strike Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell you control, it connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)

The Obscura reserve their keenest blades for traitors in their midst.

Format legality

  • BrawlLegal
  • CommanderLegal
  • CompetitivebrawlLegal
  • DuelLegal
  • GladiatorLegal
  • HistoricLegal
  • LegacyLegal
  • ModernLegal
  • OathbreakerLegal
  • PioneerLegal
  • TimelessLegal
  • VintageLegal

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Printing information

Illustrator
John Stanko
Card language
English
Release date
2022-04-29

Rulings

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.

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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