Beseech the Queen

Sorcery

({2B} can be paid with any two mana or with {B}. This card's converted mana cost is 6.)

Search your library for a card with converted mana cost less than or equal to the number of lands you control, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
PreDH	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (50)

legendofa on What do you want more …

2 days ago

Since this thread is wandering into hybrid bend-or-break territory again, Sugar Coat can be used as mono-{U} life gain. Then, poking at twobrid (which I personally believe should not be used outside of its color identity), there's mono-{R} life gain with Defibrillating Current, mono-{G} exile removal with Kin-Tree Severance, and all of the twobrid Shadowmoor cards (Beseech the Queen, Flame Javelin, etc.)

My current thoughts on Commander hybrid: it's generally a casual format, so I'd allow a couple. If you really want Kulrath Knight in your {B}{G} deck, that's fine by me, but thanks for checking first. If the deck is specifically designed to abuse hybrid (e.g. loading all the available Shadowmoor Lieges into a deck to give a two-color commander +7/+7), I'd let it ride as a gimmick once, then ask that it be put away. Twobrid should stay in it's identity, and the more competitive it goes, the stricter the color identity rules.

theNeroTurtle on Ratatouille, the Movie - Let's Cook

1 month ago

I was thinking I could pay six life with Beseech the Queen. Thanks for pointing that out, Profet93. It got dropped. DarkKiridon is right… Skullclamp has to go in. You are both right.

theNeroTurtle on Competitive card Draw in Mono …

1 month ago

Since Necrologia sasys at the end of my turn, wouldn't I just lose them at my discard phase? Beseech the Queen looks very spicy.

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SaberTech on Competitive card Draw in Mono …

1 month ago

I think that the next best options to draw a bunch of cards at once might be Cut of the Profits and Necrologia. If you are having to frequently recover from board wipes then having Grim Haruspex on the board at least lets you draw a card for each other non-token creature that gets wrathed away.

Icon of Ancestry is an anthem and can help dig for more rats. Some less desirable options might be Slate of Ancestry (expensive and doesn't help you recover after a board wipe) or Endless Atlas (probably just not strong enough for the level you are building for).

Instead of more draw spells, another option would be to try to up your tutor count (Beseech the Queen maybe?) and just aim to tutor for Necropotence as often as you can.

Profet93 on Ratatouille, the Movie - Let's Cook

1 month ago

theNeroTurtle

I would say to add necro or ad naus, not both. But try it and see how it goes, just be mindful of your life total as you have no way to recoup it from what I can see. That means you need to go deeper into combos or aggro to win through the life loss. Imp's mischief is criminally underutilized and is really useful to protect your commander/combo pieces. Its a pet card of mine so I am biased, but its so versatile and being able to bluff with 2 mana makes you feel like the blue player!

I actually like suggestion DarkKiridon provided - Also side note, your username means something really funny in my language.

Plumb the forbidden can be used in respond to removal at instant speed, which offsets losing the creature since it was gonna die anyways. Applying this logic, this can be used in response to a boardwipe. This is extremely useful as one downside of your deck is over-extendeding and then not having draw to regroup. Personally, I'm not a fan of the card but for this deck, I find it potentially immensely helpful. Lifegain on the side is nice as well.

Ratcatcher - It's cool, but costs 6 mana and doesn't give you the card immediately, you just hope it survives at your upkeep to give you rats. Might as well just put in another omni tutor such as Grim Tutor, Insatiable Avarice, Beseech the Queen or Beseech the Mirror. Beseech the mirror is especially useful for getting rid of The One Ring or Necropotence.

Mirkwood Bats - While I understand the combo with Plague of Vermin + the potential for token generation during winmore scenarios, Bats is useless on it's own. If you're looking to make this more competitive, I would remove him as well as ratcatcher in place of more draw, ramp or even utility (Ex: Imp's mischief). If you really wanted a combo piece, aetherflux sits at the same CMC and is harder to remove.

It appears like I'm pushing you towards that combo, because I sort of am, as you wanted suggestions for a more competitive build. Keep Plague of Vermin for the fun and actual use. But especially with adding ad naus, you _really _want to cut down on the amount of higher CMC cards in the deck that aren't worth their spot.

Would love your thoughts on potentially swapping out Cabal Stronghold for Shizo Death Storehouse.

Daz_Aster on Colorless 5 Color

4 months ago

Wow, this is an interesting take on colourless 5 colour. You are heavily dependant on your commander. Have you thought about running Command Beacon?

I have been devising a similar deck idea with cards like Beseech the Queen and Slash Panther where you can play them with a colourless mana base. My commander would probably be Ulalek, Fused Atrocity.

Profet93 on Shadowborn Demons | Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker

6 months ago

If you're running extra planar lens, I recommend using Snow-Covered Swamp to make the benefit one sided.

Cabal Stronghold is a solid budget land ramp option - to be upgrade to Cabal coffers when $ permits.

Syphon Mind is a solid budget card draw option.

Reliquary Tower - For all ur draw/recursion

While mono black excels in omni tutors, you don't need to use many or the expensive ones to get some benefit. Budget options like Insatiable Avarice and Beseech the Queen can get you what you need. Mausoleum Secrets is also a powerful contendor

Czarnian90 on Hellegion, Shadows and Flames (Raphael)

7 months ago

Another way to make the deck more efficient while keeping its demonic core intact – and without relying too heavily on mana ramp – could be tutoring big demons from the library and cheating them directly onto the battlefield via alternative costs. That way, I can even skip their sacrifice effects if I want to.

It’s admittedly a bit schizophrenic considering I recently cut some of the more mana-heavy demons, but there are still plenty of major bosses in the list worth fetching and cheating out.

Cards like Diabolic Intent, Dark Petition, Beseech the Queen, or even bringing back Rune-Scarred Demon could help me tutor what I need.

And cards like Quicksilver Amulet, Thran Temporal Gateway, or Sneak Attack would let me deploy them for cheap, leaving room to cast two threats in one turn or keep mana open for interaction – like removal spells.

The possibilities are wide open.