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Unstable Experiment

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Unstable Experiment, Marvel Super Heroes Commander printing
Marvel Super Heroes Commander MSC · No. 789 2026-06-26

Card text

{1}{U}
Instant
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.)
Keywords: Connive
"The solution is turning green! But . . . why? What does it mean?" —Norman Osborn
EDHREC rank #7815 Common Not on the Reserved List
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The 2 printings

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Standard ✓ Legal
Pioneer ✓ Legal
Modern ✓ Legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ✓ Legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ✓ Legal
Historic ✓ Legal
Timeless ✓ Legal
Alchemy ✓ Legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ✓ Legal
Penny ∅ Not legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

3 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

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 · Wizards of the Coast

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 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2025-09-19 · Wizards of the Coast

All printings

Unstable Experiment, Marvel Super Heroes Commander printing
Marvel Super Heroes Commander
MSC · #789
Common
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