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
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When, at the beginning of their turn, a player can no longer draw any cards from his or her library , that player has lost
Assassin Gauntlet is fantastic in a deck that wants to go wide with equipped creatures or otherwise use small to medium sized bodies, like Assassins or other types grouped as Outlaws
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Sure, opponent disruption makes it more vulnerable to more original Fling effects