(9/19/2025) If a resolving spell or ability instructs a specific creature to connive but that creature has left the battlefield, the creature still connives
Remember that we can stack the triggers to maximize his power before having that second one resolve
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician Another mono-black commander makes the cut you're less likely to see Yawgmoth, Thran Physician than Braids, Arisen Nightmare in the command zone, but the Father of Machines is a lot stranger in formats like Modern
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The concentric circles return in this one, but instead of calm, it gives a motion sickness-inducing whirlwind effect, as the poor mage can never make sense of the true world again! Bens penchant for telling stories in his composition is really something, and you can see more of his work on Artstation