Jumpstart

Jumpstart
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Set Information
Set symbol
Symbol description	two half decks in a circle
Design	Doug Beyer (lead); Sam Stoddard; Yoni Skolnik; Mark Gottlieb; Annie Sardelis
Development	Doug Beyer (lead); Yoni Skolnik; Adam Prosak; Jadine Klomparens; Reggie Valk; Michael Hinderaker
Art direction	Cynthia Sheppard
Release date	July 17, 2020
Plane	Multiversal
Themes and mechanics	46 different themes in 121 packs
Keywords/ability words	Various
Set size	78 cards; (11 commons, 7 uncommons, 14 rares, 6 mythic rares, 40 basic lands); +417 reprints; (186 commons, 147 uncommons, 73 rares, 11 mythic rares); +169 M21 cards; (79 commons, 48 uncommons, 20 rares, 7 mythic rares, 15 basic lands)
Expansion code	JMP
Jumpstart series
Magic: The Gathering Chronology

Jumpstart

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For other uses, see Jumpstart (disambiguation).

Jumpstart is a supplemental Magic booster set with mostly reprints and some new cards. The set is closely tied to Core Set 2021 but is a stand-alone product.^[2]

Jumpstart was intended to be released on June 26, 2020, but this was pushed back to July 17 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] For Europe, the release was further delayed to October 16, 2020.^[7]

Set details

“

Mix, Match, Mayhem

”

Jumpstart melds an easy way of deckbuilding with the “shuffle up and play” speed of constructed. In this, it is similar to the Smash Up game by Alderac Entertainment Group and KeyForge by Richard Garfield.

The set introduced a new way to play Magic that mashes together themes from throughout the history of the game and lets you skip the deckbuilding part. To play a game of Jumpstart, players simply open two boosters and shuffle them together to form a ready-to-play 40-card deck.

The set contained 37 new cards, featuring the Jumpstart expansion symbol, and almost 600 reprints. The new cards are not Standard-, Pioneer-, or Modern-legal but are legal in Eternal formats (Legacy, Vintage, Pauper and Commander). 169 of the reprinted cards are from Core Set 2021^[8] and feature the M21 expansion symbol, while the remainder (over 400) are reprints from sets before Core Set 2021 and have the Jumpstart expansion symbol. All cards in the set, including the reprints, have the post-M15 card frame. The new cards and cards with new art are numbered #1/78 to #78/78 (11 commons, 7 uncommons, 14 rares, 6 mythic rares, 40 basic lands). The other reprints with the Jumpstart expansion symbol are numbered #79-495 (186 commons, 147 uncommons, 73 rares, 11 mythic rares). The set contains no foil cards.

The set was designed for two-player gameplay, but players can also play multiplayer with it.^[9]

Marketing

Jumpstart was primarily sold in 20-card boosters, with 24 boosters per booster box.^[10] The contents of each pack fit one of 46 randomly-chosen themes, with each theme having a "rarity" of common, rare or mythic rare. Common and rare themes have multiple variations of their pack contents; in total, there are 121 possible pack contents. All boosters contain at least one rare, and one in three boosters includes an extra rare. Within each pack, seven or eight of the 20 cards are lands and the rest are spells; one basic land in each pack (or in the case of the Rainbow theme, Terramorphic Expanse) features art that matches the pack's theme. The planeswalker-themed packs use their respective Showcase lands from M21, but the other packs use brand-new art created specifically for this set. The booster pack itself is wrapped like a regular pack, but the cards within are packed in an additional plastic wrap, with a face card (the "Pack Summary card") that indicates the pack's theme and color.

Jumpstart was also available in the Jumpstart Multipack, which includes four 20-card booster packs.^[11]

The set had an unlimited print run, though it was put on hold during the 2019-2020 coronavirus pandemic. The set is available in English only.

Events

Prerelease: July 17-19, 2020
- Prereleases ran all day. Each player received two Jumpstart boosters to create a deck. When they played enough matches, they earned a promo card.

Promo

Launch promo: Scholar of the Lost Trove ^[12]

Online

Jumpstart was released on MTG Arena on July 16th, 2020. Jumpstart cards on MTG Arena are legal in Historic. Some of the deck contents are slightly different from the paper release.^[13] The official physical way to play is to open four packs, and then choose how to pair them and then play with two decks. That process works a little differently on MTG Arena. In addition, the card pool of Jumpstart is slightly different on Arena, due to some cards not working well within the format of a computer game (such as constantly asking players to confirm decisions), concerns for the Historic format, or technical constraints. In total, twenty cards from Jumpstart are excluded from the MTG Arena and replaced with other cards.^[14]

In Magic Online, Jumpstart cards became available in Treasure Chests.

Themes and mechanics

There are 46 themes that range from the familiar to the curious. Common themes are each represented four times in different variations among the 121 packs, rare themes twice, and mythic themes are represented only once. The rarity of a given pack should not be taken as an indication of power level; but rather how replayable the theme is.^[15] The variant decklists of a given theme always have the same general flavor, mana curve, and game plan.^[16] In addition to the Rainbow deck, each color features two mythic themes, three rare themes, and four common themes.

Name	Rarity	Theme	Rares	Mythics
Basri	Mythic	Basri Ket, +1/+1 counters	Basri's Lieutenant	Basri Ket
Unicorns	Mythic	Unicorns	Blessed Sanctuary^†	Emiel the Blessed^†
Teferi	Mythic	Teferi, card draw	Teferi's Ageless Insight	Teferi, Master of Time
Milling	Mythic	Milling		Bruvac the Grandiloquent^†
Liliana	Mythic	Liliana Vess, Zombies	Liliana's Standard Bearer	Liliana, Waker of the Dead
Phyrexian	Mythic	Phyrexians		Sheoldred, Whispering One
Chandra	Mythic	Chandra Nalaar, direct damage	Chandra's Incinerator	Chandra, Heart of Fire
Seismic	Mythic	Elementals, direct damage^[15]	Grim Lavamancer, Magmaquake
Garruk	Mythic	Garruk Wildspeaker, "ferocious"	Garruk's Harbinger	Garruk, Unleashed
Walls	Mythic	Walls, defender^[15]	Assault Formation	Towering Titan^†
Rainbow	Mythic	Multicolored cards, mana fixing^[17]	Chamber Sentry	Maelstrom Archangel
Angels	Rare	Angels	Angelic Arbiter	Baneslayer Angel, Linvala, Keeper of Silence
Dogs	Rare	Dogs, white weenies	Isamaru, Hound of Konda, Pack Leader
Enchanted	Rare	Auras	Ajani's Chosen, Celestial Mantle, Kor Spiritdancer
Pirates	Rare	Pirates	Corsair Captain^†
Spirits	Rare	Spirits	Rattlechains, Shacklegeist
Under the Sea	Rare	Big aquatic creatures	Pursued Whale, Whelming Wave
Discarding	Rare	Discard	Liliana's Reaver, Nyxathid	Tinybones, Trinket Thief^†
Rogues	Rare	Rogues	Gonti, Lord of Luxury, Thieves' Guild Enforcer
Witchcraft	Rare	Sacrificing creatures for lifegain, Food	Bogbrew Witch, Witch of the Moors^†
Dragons	Rare	Dragons	Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge, Lathliss, Dragon Queen	Terror of the Peaks
Lightning	Rare	Aggro, cards with "lightning" in their names	Ball Lightning, Lightning Phoenix^†
Minotaurs	Rare	Minotaurs	Rageblood Shaman, Sethron, Hurloon General^†
Cats	Rare	Cats	Feline Sovereign, Lurking Predators
Elves	Rare	Elves, ramp	Elvish Archdruid	Allosaurus Shepherd^†, Craterhoof Behemoth
Lands	Rare	Landfall, lands as creatures	Oracle of Mul Daya	Ulvenwald Hydra
Doctor	Common	Lifegain	Cradle of Vitality, Path of Bravery, Rhox Faithmender, Speaker of the Heavens
Feathered Friends	Common	Birds and other winged creatures	Angel of the Dire Hour, Archon of Justice, Archon of Redemption, Steel-Plume Marshal^†
Heavily Armored	Common	+1/+1 counters and go wide	Cathars' Crusade, Duelist's Heritage, High Sentinels of Arashin	Mikaeus, the Lunarch
Legion	Common	Go wide tokens	Blessed Sanctuary^†, Glorious Anthem, Mentor of the Meek, Lena, Selfless Champion
Above the Clouds	Common	Flying creatures	Inniaz, the Gale Force^†, Kira, Great Glass-Spinner, Serendib Efreet, Windreader Sphinx
Archaeology	Common	Artifact recursion, Scarecrows	Scarecrone, Scholar of the Lost Trove^†, Sharding Sphinx, Vedalken Archmage
Well-Read	Common	Card draw	Mystic Archaeologist, Ormos, Archive Keeper^†, Read the Runes, Rhystic Study
Wizards	Common	Wizards, control	Barrin, Tolarian Archmage, Talrand, Sky Summoner, Riptide Laboratory
Minions	Common	Sacrificing creatures, graveyard recursion^[17]	Kels, Fight Fixer^†, Phyrexian Tower	Ghoulcaller Gisa
Reanimated	Common	Reanimation	Gravewaker, Reanimate, Scourge of Nel Toth	Rise of the Dark Realms
Spooky	Common	Morbid	Liliana's Standard Bearer, Black Market, Harvester of Souls, Languish, Ogre Slumlord
Vampires	Common	Vampires, lifegain	Exquisite Blood, Sangromancer, Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose	Drana, Liberator of Malakir
Devilish	Common	Devils, creature sacrifice	Brash Taunter, Hellrider, Sin Prodder, Zurzoth, Chaos Rider^†
Goblins	Common	Goblins	Goblin Chieftain, Goblin Goon, Krenko, Mob Boss, Muxus, Goblin Grandee^†
Smashing	Common	"Ferocious"	Etali, Primal Storm, Hamletback Goliath, Sarkhan's Unsealing, Volcanic Salvo
Spellcasting	Common	Instants and sorceries, prowess	Charmbreaker Devils, Double Vision, Dualcaster Mage	Immolating Gyre^†
Dinosaurs	Common	Dinosaurs	Ghalta, Primal Hunger, Primal Might, Rampaging Brontodon	Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
Plus One	Common	+1/+1 counters and go tall	Branching Evolution^†, Champion of Lambholt, Rishkar, Peema Renegade	Primeval Bounty
Predatory	Common	Death triggers on creatures, lure and fight effects^[16]	Momentous Fall, Neyith of the Dire Hunt^†, Ravenous Baloth, Thragtusk
Tree-Hugging	Common	Treefolk, drawing two cards in a turn	Jolrael, Mwonvuli Recluse, Primordial Sage, Soul of the Harvest, Verdant Embrace

^† New card.

Tokens

Jumpstart comes with neither tokens nor emblems: that said, a number of cards in the set generate tokens, so a list is provided below for reference. (A list of tokens and emblems for cards printed in Core 2021 can be found here.)

2/2 Cat creature for Ajani's Chosen.
1/1 Dog creature for Release the Dogs.
1/1 Human creature for Voice of the Provinces.
2/2 Knight creature with vigilance for Knightly Valor.
1/1 Soldier creature for Ironroot Warlord, Lena, Selfless Champion and Raise the Alarm.
2/2 Unicorn creature for Blessed Sanctuary.^*
1/1 Bird with flying for Falconer Adept.
4/4 Angel with flying for Angelic Ascension.
2/2 Griffin with flying for Griffin Aerie
2/2 Drake with flying for Talrand, Sky Summoner and Talrand's Invocation.
1/1 Thopter artifact creature for Sharding Sphinx.
2/1 Cat creature for Penumbra Bobcat.^†
1/1 Rat creature for Ogre Slumlord.
2/2 Zombie creature for Ghoulcaller Gisa, Ghoulcaller's Accomplice, Liliana's Reaver and Zombie Infestation.
1/1 Devil creature with "When this creature dies, it deals 1 damage to any target," for Dance with Devils and Zurzoth, Chaos Rider.
5/5 Dragon creature with flying for Lathliss, Dragon Queen.
1/1 Elemental creature for Young Pyromancer.
1/1 Goblin creature for Beetleback Chief, Dragon Fodder, Goblin Instigator, Goblin Rally and Krenko, Mob Boss.
2/3 Minotaur creature with haste for Flurry of Horns.^*
2/3 Minotaur creature for Sethron, Hurloon General.
3/3 Beast creature for Primeval Bounty and Thragtusk.
3/3 Boar creature for Brindle Shoat.
3/3 Dinosaur creature with trample for Thundering Spineback.
2/2 Elemental creature for Zendikar's Roil.
1/1 Elf Warrior creature for Ambassador Oak, Dwynen's Elite and Presence of Gond.
1/1 Saproling creature for Sporemound and Verdant Embrace.
1/1 Myr artifact creature for Myr Sire and Parasitic Implant.
Food for Bake into a Pie and Tempting Witch.
Treasure for Corsair Captain, Prosperous Pirates, Rapacious Dragon and Sailor of Means.

^* These tokens do not have paper printings as of the time of release.
^† These tokens do not have paper printings as of the time of release, but they were printed afterwards.

The following tokens are produced by cards exclusive to the digital release of Jumpstart on Arena.

0/1 Goat creature created by Woe Strider.
2/2 Pegasus creature with flying for Archon of Sun's Grace.

Cycles

Jumpstart contains two cycles of new cards.

Cycle name
Hybrid legends	Emiel the Blessed ()	Inniaz, the Gale Force ()	Kels, Fight Fixer ()	Sethron, Hurloon General ()	Neyith of the Dire Hunt ()
Hybrid legends	Five rare or mythic rare legendary creatures, each of which has an ability requiring allied color hybrid mana.
Thriving lands	Thriving Heath	Thriving Isle	Thriving Moor	Thriving Bluff	Thriving Grove
Thriving lands	Five common taplands. Each one taps for a given color or a color chosen when it enters the battlefield.

Notable cards

New cards

White

Blue

Black

Red

Green

Artifacts

32 Lightning-Core Excavator

Lands

New art lands

38 Plains Legion
39 Plains Doctor
40 Plains Angels
41 Plains Unicorns
42 Plains Enchanted
43 Plains Heavily Armored
44 Plains Feathered Friends
45 Plains Dogs
46 Island Under the Sea
47 Island Wizards
48 Island Above the Clouds
49 Island Archaeology
50 Island Mill
51 Island Spirits
52 Island Pirates
53 Island Well-Read
54 Swamp Minions
55 Swamp Discarding
56 Swamp Reanimated
57 Swamp Rogues
58 Swamp Phyrexians (uses Phyrexian script)
59 Swamp Witchcraft
60 Swamp Vampires
61 Swamp Spooky
62 Mountain Dragons
63 Mountain Devils
64 Mountain Seismic
65 Mountain Goblins
66 Mountain Spellcasting
67 Mountain Smashing
68 Mountain Lightning
69 Mountain Minotaurs
70 Forest Tree-Hugging
71 Forest Lands
72 Forest Plus One
73 Forest Dinosaurs
74 Forest Cats
75 Forest Walls
76 Forest Predatory
77 Forest Elves
78 Terramorphic Expanse Rainbow

Other cards with new art

328 Goblin Lore

Paper and digital exclusives

Twenty cards were excluded from the MTG Arena release as a result of either their perceived power level being too high for Historic at the time, their digital version being too difficult to use (such as requiring multiple repeated choices from players) or their implementation requiring more time than was available.^[14] These 20 paper exclusive cards were replaced with 20 alternative cards when Jumpstart was released on Arena, 5 of which were new to Arena.^[18]^[19] Several excluded cards were later introduced to Arena through other expansions.

Paper variant	Online variant	Packs affected	Added to Arena in
Ajani's Chosen	Archon of Sun's Grace	Enchanted
Angelic Arbiter	Serra's Guardian	Angels
Path to Exile	Banishing Light	Legion	Breaking News
Read the Runes	Gadwick, the Wizened	Well-Read
Rhystic Study	Teferi's Ageless Insight	Well-Read	Enchanting Tales
Thought Scour	Weight of Memory	Mill
Exhume	Bond of Revival	Reanimated
Mausoleum Turnkey	Audacious Thief	Rogues
Reanimate	Doomed Necromancer^‡	Reanimated	Breaking News
Scourge of Nel Toth	Woe Strider	Reanimated
Sheoldred, Whispering One	Carnifex Demon^‡	Phyrexian	Historic Anthology #5
Ball Lightning	Lightning Serpent^‡	Lightning
Chain Lightning	Lightning Strike	Lightning
Draconic Roar	Scorching Dragonfire	Dragons
Flametongue Kavu	Fanatic of Mogis^‡	Smashing
Goblin Lore	Goblin Oriflamme^‡	Goblins
Lightning Bolt	Lightning Strike	Lightning	Mystical Archive
Fa'adiyah Seer	Dryad Greenseeker	Lands
Scrounging Bandar	Pollenbright Druid	Plus One
Time to Feed	Prey Upon	Predatory

^‡ New to Historic.

Misprints

There were several quality issues reported for Jumpstart packs. The most notable was the appearance of cards with two different card faces layered over each other. These "double printed" cards resulted for example in combining 2 different basic lands into accidental dual lands that garnered high prices on the secondary market.^[20]^[21]