Beseech the Queen
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2484 · Rare · Sorcery
Mana cost: {2/B}{2/B}{2/B}
({2/B} can be paid with any two mana or with {B}. This card's mana value is 6.)
Search your library for a card with mana value less than or equal to the number of lands you control, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
"You must inflict pain in order to end pain."
Illustrated by Anna Podedworna · Released February 9, 2026
Prices
- Nonfoil: $12.15 USD · €10.82 EUR
- Foil: $13.28 USD · €13.09 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 25, 2026: down $1.05 USD (8.0%) to $12.15 USD; low $12.05 USD, high $13.41 USD.
Printings
- Secret Lair Drop #2484 (this printing) · Rare · 2026 · $12.15 USD
- The List #SHM-57 (PLST) · Uncommon · 2020 · $4.97 USD
- From the Vault: Lore #1 (V16) · Mythic · 2016 · $6.30 USD foil
- Planechase #19 (HOP) · Uncommon · 2009 · $8.56 USD
- Shadowmoor #57 (SHM) · Uncommon · 2008 · $6.62 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Not legal
- Historic: Not legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Not legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Not legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Not legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2008-05-01 · wotc — If a cost includes more than one monocolored hybrid mana symbol, you can choose a different way to pay for each symbol. For example, you can pay for Beseech the Queen by spending {B}{B}{B}, {2}{B}{B}, {4}{B}, or {6}.
- 2008-05-01 · wotc — A card with monocolored hybrid mana symbols in its mana cost has a mana value equal to the highest possible cost it could be cast for. Its mana value never changes. Thus, Beseech the Queen has a mana value of 6, even if you spend {B}{B}{B} to cast it.
- 2008-05-01 · wotc — A card with a monocolored hybrid mana symbol in its mana cost is each of the colors that appears in its mana cost, regardless of what mana was spent to cast it. Thus, Beseech the Queen is black even if you spend six red mana to cast it.
- 2008-05-01 · wotc — If an effect reduces the cost to cast a spell by an amount of generic mana, it applies to a monocolored hybrid spell only if you’ve chosen a method of paying for it that includes generic mana.
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