Connive // Concoct
Sorcery // Sorcery
Gain control of target creature with power 2 or less.
- CMC
- 9
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Ravnica Remastered
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #8766
Connive // Concoct pulls double duty: the Connive half disrupts opposing graveyards while filtering your own hand, and the Concoct half reanimates any creature straight onto the battlefield — both modes at instant speed. The six-mana back half is the real payoff, and Mirko, Obsessive Theorist decks treat it as a recursive closer once the graveyard is stocked.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Mirko, Obsessive Theorist
Mirko, Obsessive Theorist mills opponents aggressively, and Connive // Concoct fits both halves of that game plan — Connive strips a threat from an opponent's graveyard while cantripping, and Concoct converts whatever Mirko has milled into your own creatures at instant speed.
Hidetsugu and Kairi
Hidetsugu and Kairi wants the biggest possible instant or sorcery on top of the library when it dies or connects, and Connive // Concoct's six-mana back half is a legal target that reanimates any creature — a clean payoff that also sets up future triggers.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Connive // Concoct earns its slot as a flexible instant that does legitimate work in any blue-black graveyard or reanimator shell. Competitive non-rotating formats like Legacy and Modern have faster, more redundant reanimation lines — Animate Dead and Persist effects are cheaper and harder to interact with — so this card doesn't see real play there. Pioneer is legal but similarly underserves it; four and six mana is asking a lot when Persist and Atraxa, Grand Unifier packages dominate the format. Commander is where Connive // Concoct belongs: the singleton format rewards modal instants, the graveyard hate on Connive is relevant in nearly every pod, and the six-mana reanimation ceiling is acceptable when you're not racing a turn-four clock.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Connive // Concoct is bulk — you're picking this up in a trade binder or as a throw-in with no budget friction. Bulk rares with genuine Commander demand tend to stay cheap rather than spike, so don't expect it to move unless a breakout deck pushes it into wider circulation.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.