<p>Yes, its color identity is black so you can play it in any deck that includes black in its commander's color identity (like Drana).</p>
<p>A hybrid mana symbol grants the color of both sides of the symbol to the color identity of the card. However Beseech the Queen uses {2/B} hybrid symbols which are colorless and black. Since colorless is not a color black is the only color added to the cards color identity.</p>
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<p><strong>107.4e</strong> Hybrid mana symbols are also colored mana symbols. Each one represents a cost that can be paid in one of two ways, as represented by the two halves of the symbol. A hybrid symbol such as {W/U} can be paid with either white or blue mana, and a monocolored hybrid symbol such as {2/B} can be paid with either one black mana or two mana of any type. <strong>A hybrid mana symbol is all of its component colors.</strong></p>
<p><strong>903.4.</strong> The Commander variant uses color identity to determine what cards can be in a deck with a certain commander. The color identity of a card is the color or colors of any mana symbols in that card’s mana cost or rules text, plus any colors defined by its characteristic-defining abilities (see rule 604.3) or color indicator (see rule 204).</p>
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<p>Is <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bBeseech%20the%20Queen%5d">Beseech the Queen</a> in my commander colors identity? My commander is <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bDrana%2c%20Kalastria%20Bloodchief%5d">Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief</a>. </p>

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Is there a particular reason why you think it wouldn't be included in Drana's color identity?
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Does monocolored hybrid mana count within that color's identity?
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# Does monocolored hybrid mana count within that color's identity?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-11-18)

Is [Beseech the Queen](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bBeseech%20the%20Queen%5d) in my commander colors identity? My commander is [Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bDrana%2c%20Kalastria%20Bloodchief%5d).

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Is there a particular reason why you think it wouldn't be included in Drana's color identity?  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-11-18. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

Yes, its color identity is black so you can play it in any deck that includes black in its commander's color identity (like Drana).

A hybrid mana symbol grants the color of both sides of the symbol to the color identity of the card. However Beseech the Queen uses {2/B} hybrid symbols which are colorless and black. Since colorless is not a color black is the only color added to the cards color identity.

> **107.4e** Hybrid mana symbols are also colored mana symbols. Each one represents a cost that can be paid in one of two ways, as represented by the two halves of the symbol. A hybrid symbol such as {W/U} can be paid with either white or blue mana, and a monocolored hybrid symbol such as {2/B} can be paid with either one black mana or two mana of any type. **A hybrid mana symbol is all of its component colors.**
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> **903.4.** The Commander variant uses color identity to determine what cards can be in a deck with a certain commander. The color identity of a card is the color or colors of any mana symbols in that card’s mana cost or rules text, plus any colors defined by its characteristic-defining abilities (see rule 604.3) or color indicator (see rule 204).


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