Mask of the Schemer
- Mana cost
- {2}{U}
- Type
- Artifact — Equipment
- Set
- New Capenna Commander #129 (rare)
- Price
- $2.44 USD
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, it connives X, where X is the amount of damage it dealt to that player. (Draw X cards, then discard X cards. Put a +1/+1 counter on that creature for each nonland card discarded this way.)
Equip {2}
Mask of the Schemer has 3 printings, first in New Capenna Commander (2022). EDHREC ranks it #11,582 among Commander cards. It appears most in Kamiz, Obscura Oculus decks (1,073 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 4 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Mask of the Schemer
- Obscura Operation - New Capenna Commander, led by Kamiz, Obscura Oculus
Commanders that run Mask of the Schemer most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Kamiz, Obscura Oculus: 1,073 decks
- Doctor Doom, King of Latveria: 828 decks
- Raffine, Scheming Seer: 583 decks
- Ratonhnhaké꞉ton: 496 decks
- Toluz, Clever Conductor: 175 decks
- Prowler, Clawed Thief: 78 decks
- Symbiote Spider-Man: 70 decks
- Leader, Super-Genius: 50 decks
Often played with Mask of the Schemer
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : 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.
- : 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.
- : 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.
- : Connive X is a variant of connive. If a creature connives X, its controller will draw X cards, discard X cards, then then put a number of +1/+1 counters on the conniving permanent equal to the number of nonland cards discarded this way.