Security Bypass

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Security Bypass: Enchantment - Aura, Streets of New Capenna. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{U}
Mana value
2
Type
Enchantment - Aura
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Rarity
Common
Set
Streets of New Capenna (SNC)
Released
2022-04-29
Collector number
59
Artist
Volkan Baǵa
Commander rank
6,109 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Connive, Enchant

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About Security Bypass

Security Bypass is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common blue enchantment from Streets of New Capenna (SNC), an expansion set released in April 2022. It is collector number 59 in that set, with art by Volkan Baǵa. It costs {1}{U} (one generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. Streets of New Capenna is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.24 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Enchant creature

As long as enchanted creature is attacking alone, it can't be blocked.

Enchanted creature has "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, it connives." (Its controller draws a card, then discards a card. If they discarded a nonland card, they put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.24 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Security Bypass by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Security Bypass, newest first.

  • If a resolving spell or ability instructs a specific creature to connive but that creature has left the battlefield, the creature still connives. If you discard a nonland card this way, you won't put a +1/+1 counter on anything. Abilities that trigger “when [that creature] connives” will trigger.
  • 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.
  • Once an ability that causes a creature to connive begins to resolve, no player may take any other actions until it's done. Notably, opponents can't try to remove the conniving creature after you discard a nonland card but before it receives a counter.

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