Unstable Experiment
Through the Omenpaths (OM1) #45 · Common · Instant
Mana cost: {1}{U}
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.)
Illustrated by Adrián Rodríguez Pérez · Released September 23, 2025
Printings
- Marvel Super Heroes Commander #789 (MSC) · Common · 2026 · $0.30 USD
- Marvel's Spider-Man #47 (SPM) · Common · 2025 · $0.20 USD
- Through the Omenpaths #45 (this printing) · Common · 2025
Legality
- Standard: Legal
- Alchemy: Legal
- Pioneer: Legal
- Historic: Legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Not legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2025-09-19 · wotc — 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.
- 2025-09-19 · wotc — 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.
- 2025-09-19 · wotc — 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.
Played in these commander decks
- Doctor Doom, King of Latveria · in 15% of 46 decks