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
It also spurred the now famous Is gum food? topic on the R&D white board
Appearing alongside the much more popular central character, Clara is the very first character to appear (albeit from the rear!) and she even got to ride one of the planes (in a manner of speaking!) that Mickey builds in the short
Your fellow opponents will help expand your hand, and one additional spell on turns other than your own is nothing to scoff at
But as it stands, this is an amazing little banned-in-Modern green card that is easy to pull lots of value from if a giant-sized portion of your curve is mana value 5 or more
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin It takes very little to break Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin