The Hive Price

Updated 2026-07-08

The Hive is an Alpha Edition artifact that creates 1/1 flying Wasp token creatures for a cumulative mana investment each turn. It is a slow, expensive effect by modern standards with little competitive relevance, but Alpha Edition cards of any kind carry substantial collector premium due to the print run size and historical significance of the first Magic set. Alpha copies are distinguished by their rounded corners and collector cachet as cards from the inaugural set. Price data shows no movement in either window, reflecting stable collector demand for an Alpha card valued for its set origin rather than functional power. Buyers at this price level are collectors completing an Alpha set or acquiring Alpha cards as a class. The Alpha premium applies broadly across the set regardless of individual card power, and The Hive benefits from that collective demand. Supply is fixed and slowly declining as copies age permanently out of the secondary market.