23 cards where (the text includes “connive”)

A-Psionic Snoop (Streets of New Capenna #A-53)
A-Revel Ruiner (Streets of New Capenna #A-91)
Body Launderer (Streets of New Capenna #68)
Change of Plans (New Capenna Commander #24)
Cyclonus, the Saboteur // Cyclonus, Cybertronian Fighter (Transformers #9)
Cyclonus, the Saboteur // Cyclonus, Cybertronian Fighter (Transformers #9)
Diviner of Fates (Alchemy: New Capenna #22)
Echo Inspector (Streets of New Capenna #40)
Hypnotic Grifter (Streets of New Capenna #45)
Illuminator Virtuoso (Streets of New Capenna #17)
Kamiz, Obscura Oculus (New Capenna Commander #3)
Ledger Shredder (Streets of New Capenna #46)
Lethal Scheme (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander #201)
Mask of the Schemer (New Capenna Commander #28)
Obscura Confluence (New Capenna Commander #76)
Obscura Interceptor (Streets of New Capenna #209)
Psionic Snoop (Streets of New Capenna #53)
Psychic Pickpocket (Streets of New Capenna #54)
Raffine, Scheming Seer (Streets of New Capenna #213)
Raffine's Informant (Streets of New Capenna #26)
Raffine's Silencer (Streets of New Capenna #90)
Revel Ruiner (Streets of New Capenna #91)
Security Bypass (Streets of New Capenna #59)
Toluz, Clever Conductor (Streets of New Capenna #228)

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