Hypnotic Grifter
Creature — Human Rogue
"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."
Legal in
Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Brawl, Historic
Rulings (3)
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.
2022-04-29
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.
2022-04-29
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.
2022-04-29