The Hive

The Hive

Artifact

Mana cost: {5}

How we read this card

Create a 1/1 colorless Insect artifact creature token with flying named Wasp.

activated {5}, {T} — makes a token

Causes: create an Insect artifact token, create an Insect creature token, put an Insect artifact token onto the battlefield, put an Insect creature token onto the battlefield.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a creature token enters the battlefield — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (The Hive is one).

When an Insect enters thanks to The Hive:

  1. Securitron Squadron — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Anointer Priest — gains you 1 life
  3. Nesting Dovehawk — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a creature token is created — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (The Hive is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When The Hive makes an Insect token, Staff of the Storyteller puts a story counter on itself

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact is cast — 3,683 cards in the game can cause this (The Hive is one).

When The Hive is cast:

  1. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — copies a spell
  2. Sai, Master Thopterist — makes a token
  3. Ravenous Robots — makes a token
  4. Pinnacle Emissary — makes a token
  5. Mirrodin Besieged — makes a token
  6. Poetic Ingenuity — makes a token
  7. Digsite Engineer — makes a token
  8. Myrsmith — makes a token
  9. Riddlesmith — draws you 1 card
  10. Dr. Madison Li — puts a counter on a permanent you control

271 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a token enters the battlefield — 3,710 cards in the game can cause this (The Hive is one).

When an Insect enters thanks to The Hive:

  1. Baron Bertram Graywater — makes a token
  2. Marneus Calgar — draws you 1 card
  3. Belladonna Took — gains you 1 life
  4. Kambal, Profiteering Mayor — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. Lucy MacLean, Positively Armed — makes a token
  6. Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards — draws you 1 card
  7. Cloakwood Swarmkeeper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Woodland Champion — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  9. Leonardo, the Balance — puts a counter on a creature
  10. Spiritcall Enthusiast // Scrollboost — becomes prepared

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a token is created — 3,711 cards in the game can cause this (The Hive is one).

When The Hive makes an Insect token:

  1. Akim, the Soaring Wind — makes a token
  2. Idol of Oblivion — draws you 1 card
  3. Rosie Cotton of South Lane — puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Mirkwood Bats — makes each opponent lose 1 life

17 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken artifact enters the battlefield — 3,768 cards in the game can cause this (The Hive is one).

When The Hive enters:

  1. Ultron, Artificial Malevolence — makes a token
  2. The Prydwen, Steel Flagship — makes a token
  3. Conquest Mission — puts a quest counter on itself
  4. Surge Conductor — proliferates
  5. Replication Specialist — makes a token
  6. Weapons Manufacturing — makes a token
  7. Mirrorworks — makes a token

an artifact enters the battlefield — 4,643 cards in the game can cause this (The Hive is one).

When an Insect enters thanks to The Hive:

  1. Transplant Theorist — draws you 1 card
  2. Elvish Archivist — puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  3. Golbez, Crystal Collector — surveils
  4. Sludge Strider — makes a player lose 1 life
  5. Underhanded Designs — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Mechan Assembler — makes a token
  7. Glassdust Hulk — gets +1/+1
  8. Rook Turret — draws you 1 card
  9. Hedron Detonator — deals 1 damage
  10. Pactdoll Terror — makes each opponent lose 1 life

57 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (The Hive is one).

When an Insect enters thanks to The Hive:

  1. Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom — gains you 1 life
  2. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — gains you 1 life
  3. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — gains you 1 life
  4. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — gains you 1 life
  5. Glaring Fleshraker — deals 1 damage
  6. Blasting Station — untaps itself
  7. General Kreat, the Boltbringer — deals 1 damage
  8. Mogg Bombers — sacrifices itself
  9. Flame-Kin War Scout — sacrifices itself
  10. Monkey Cage — sacrifices itself

351 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (The Hive is one).

When an Insect enters thanks to The Hive:

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. HYDRA Assault Robot — deals 1 damage
  3. Era of Innovation — puts a counter on a permanent you control

52 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything is cast — 31,128 cards in the game can cause this (The Hive is one).

When The Hive is cast:

  1. Sokka, Bold Boomeranger — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Saheeli, Radiant Creator — puts a counter on a permanent you control

10 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.