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Illuminator Virtuoso
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Types
Creature
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Subtypes
Human
Rogue
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Normal
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Rules
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.)
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Power
1
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Toughness
1
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Rarity
Uncommon
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Number
17
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Artist
John Stanko
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Language
English
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Expansion
Streets of New Capenna
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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.
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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.
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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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The Obscura reserve their keenest blades for traitors in their midst.
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