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If a resolving spell or ability instructs a specific creature to connive but that creature has left the battlefield, the creature still connives, although you can't put any +1/+1 counters on it
The main schtick of the deck is Inventors, a classification shared by a decent chunk of its cards
And, as far as the rules go, there's a difference between cards that literally say draw in their text, and cards that say put a card into your hand or some similar wording
(9/20/2024) If a face-down creature loses its abilities, it can't be turned face up with a disguise or morph ability because it will no longer have that ability (or the associated cost) once face up
Plus I cant play all of the cool new Dragons from this set if Im stuck in mono-red