TYPE
Legendary Creature — Scorpion Human Villain

ABILITY
Deathtouch At the beginning of your end step, if a creature died this turn, 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.)

POWER/TOUGHNESS
3/3

FLAVOR TEXT
The scorpion is the natural predator of the spider, and so Mac Gargan hunts.

ILLUSTRATOR
Simon Dominic

LEGALITIES
Standard Future Historic Timeless Gladiator Pioneer Modern Legacy Pauper Vintage Penny Commander Oathbreaker Standardbrawl Brawl Competitivebrawl Alchemy Paupercommander Duel Oldschool Premodern Predh Tlr

LANGUAGES
DE EN ES FR IT JP

RULINGS

• 2025-09-19 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 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 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.