---
name: "The Hive"
mana_cost: "{5}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "LEA"
set_name: "Limited Edition Alpha"
collector_number: "272"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Sandra Everingham"
oracle_id: "87a77482-f286-4fb1-b179-85b2095bb768"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/the-hive-lea"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# The Hive
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
{5}, {T}: Create a 1/1 colorless Insect artifact creature token with flying named Wasp. (It can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Hornet Cannon](/printing/hornet-cannon-sth.md) — Artifact
2. [Wirefly Hive](/printing/wirefly-hive-dst.md) — Artifact
3. [Living Hive](/printing/living-hive-mrd.md) — Creature — Elemental Insect
4. [Caustic Wasps](/printing/caustic-wasps-mmq.md) — Creature — Insect
5. [Hornet Queen](/printing/hornet-queen-pip.md) — Creature — Insect
6. [The Wasp, Janet Van Dyne](/printing/the-wasp-janet-van-dyne-msc.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Hero

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Limited Edition Alpha (LEA) #272
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Sandra Everingham
- **Total Printings:** 56 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`