Connive

Connive is a keyword action that a creature can be told to do. To have a creature connive, you draw a card, then discard a card. If the card you discarded is a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature. If you discarded a land card, the creature gets no counter, but you still drew and discarded. Some effects let you choose to have a creature connive, and some trigger automatically when a creature enters or deals combat damage.

In play, connive is a small engine: it filters your draws, fills your graveyard, and can slowly grow creatures into bigger threats. Because the counter only appears when you discard a nonland card, connive rewards decks that can spare extra spells or creatures. It also works well with effects that care about +1/+1 counters or cards in the graveyard.

• This catalog contains 50 unique cards with connive, appearing on 115 printings across 21 sets.
• The oldest printing here is from 2021 (Secret Lair Drop), and the newest set with one of its cards is The Zeta Set.
• Blue and Black are the main colors, and the card types are dominated by Creatures (40), followed by Artifacts (6), Instants (4), Enchantments (2), Lands (2), and Sorceries (1).
• Rarities represented include common, uncommon, rare, and mythic.
• Among the most-printed cards in this catalog are Lethal Scheme, Raffine, Scheming Seer, Ledger Shredder, Obscura Interceptor, Toluz, Clever Conductor, Body Launderer, Doctor Doom, King of Latveria, Baron Strucker, HYDRA Overlord, Change of Plans, Kamiz, Obscura Oculus, Mask of the Schemer, and Norman Osborn // Green Goblin.