Unstable Experiment
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Unstable Experiment {1}{U}

Instant · Common · Marvel Super Heroes Commander · #789

Target player draws a card, then up to one target creature you control connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.)

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SetNumberRarityCard KingdomFoil
Marvel Super Heroes Commander789Common$0.35$0.49
Marvel's Spider-Man47Common$0.35$0.49
3 rulings from Wizards of the Coast
  1. 19 September 2025Once 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.
  2. 19 September 2025If 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.
  3. 19 September 2025If 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.