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Psychic Pickpocket

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Card Name:

Psychic Pickpocket

Mana Cost:

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Types:

Creature — Cephalid Rogue

Card Text:

When Psychic Pickpocket enters the battlefield, it connives. When it connives this way, return up to one target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. (To have a creature connive, draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.)

P/T:

3 / 2

Expansion:

Streets of New Capenna

Rarity:

Uncommon

Card Number:

Artist:

Will Gist

Language:

English

Rulings

4/29/2022	If a resolving spell or ability instructs a specific creature to connive but that creature has left the battlefield, the creature still connives. Abilities that trigger "when [that creature] connives, such as that of Psychic Pickpocket, will trigger.
4/29/2022	The target permanent to return is chosen after Psychic Pickpocket connives.
4/29/2022	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.
4/29/2022	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.
4/29/2022	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.