Queen's Commission
Sorcery
Create two 1/1 white Vampire creature tokens with lifelink.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ixalan
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #17892
Queen's Commission puts two 1/1 white Vampire tokens with lifelink onto the battlefield for three mana — a clean two-for-one that pairs life gain with a board presence. It's a role-player in tribal Vampire lists, not a staple, but it does its job without apology.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Queen's Commission is a Commander and Pauper card — full stop. In Commander, tribal Vampire decks are its natural home, where token count and life-gain triggers compound quickly enough to justify the three-mana ask. In Pauper, two lifelink bodies at common is a legitimate rate for aggressive white decks or any shell that drains life incrementally. Legacy, Vintage, Modern, and Pioneer are all legal but practically irrelevant — the competition at three mana in those formats is steep, and Queen's Commission offers no unique angle to compete. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander: synergy-dependent, but functional in the right shell.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Queen's Commission is bulk — you're paying for cardboard and ink, not scarcity. Demand from tribal Vampire upgrades keeps it from hitting true zero, but don't expect the price to move in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.