Jumpstart

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.
Jumpstart was intended to be released on June 26, 2020, but this was pushed back to July 17 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For Europe, the release was further delayed to October 16, 2020. 
==Set details==
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 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 . The other reprints with the Jumpstart expansion symbol are numbered #79-495 . The set contains no foil cards.
The set was designed for two-player gameplay, but players can also play multiplayer with it.
===Marketing===
Jumpstart was primarily sold in 20-card boosters, with 24 boosters per booster box. 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, ) 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.
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: 
===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. 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.
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. The variant decklists of a given theme always have the same general flavor, mana curve, and game plan. In addition to the Rainbow deck, each color features two mythic themes, three rare themes, and four common themes.
Name 	Color	Rarity	Theme 	Rares 	Mythics
Basri 	 	Mythic	Basri Ket, +1/+1 counters 	<c>Basri's Lieutenant</c> 	<c>Basri Ket</c>
Unicorns 	 	Mythic	Unicorns 	<c>Blessed Sanctuary</c> 	<c>Emiel the Blessed</c>
Teferi 	 	Mythic	Teferi, card draw 	<c>Teferi's Ageless Insight</c> 	<c>Teferi, Master of Time</c>
Milling 	 	Mythic	Milling 	 	<c>Bruvac the Grandiloquent</c>
Liliana 	 	Mythic	Liliana Vess, Zombies 	<c>Liliana's Standard Bearer</c> 	<c>Liliana, Waker of the Dead</c>
Phyrexian 	 	Mythic	Phyrexians 	 	<c>Sheoldred, Whispering One</c>
Chandra 	 	Mythic	Chandra Nalaar, direct damage 	<c>Chandra's Incinerator</c> 	<c>Chandra, Heart of Fire</c>
Seismic 	 	Mythic	Elementals, direct damage 	<c>Grim Lavamancer</c>, <c>Magmaquake</c> 	
Garruk 	 	Mythic	Garruk Wildspeaker, "ferocious" 	<c>Garruk's Harbinger</c> 	<c>Garruk, Unleashed</c>
Walls 	 	Mythic	Walls, defender 	<c>Assault Formation</c> 	<c>Towering Titan</c>
Rainbow 	 	Mythic	Multicolored cards, mana fixing 	<c>Chamber Sentry</c> 	<c>Maelstrom Archangel</c>
Angels 	 	Rare 	Angels 	<c>Angelic Arbiter</c> 	<c>Baneslayer Angel</c>, <c>Linvala, Keeper of Silence</c>
Dogs 	 	Rare 	Dogs, white weenies 	<c>Isamaru, Hound of Konda</c>, <c>Pack Leader</c> 	
Enchanted 	 	Rare 	Auras 	<c>Ajani's Chosen</c>, <c>Celestial Mantle</c>, <c>Kor Spiritdancer</c> 	
Pirates 	 	Rare 	Pirates 	<c>Corsair Captain</c> 	
Spirits 	 	Rare 	Spirits 	<c>Rattlechains</c>, <c>Shacklegeist</c> 	
Under the Sea 	 	Rare 	Big aquatic creatures 	<c>Pursued Whale</c>, <c>Whelming Wave</c> 	
Discarding 	 	Rare 	Discard 	<c>Liliana's Reaver</c>, <c>Nyxathid</c> 	<c>Tinybones, Trinket Thief</c>
Rogues 	 	Rare 	Rogues 	<c>Gonti, Lord of Luxury</c>, <c>Thieves' Guild Enforcer</c> 	
Witchcraft 	 	Rare 	Sacrificing creatures for lifegain, Food 	<c>Bogbrew Witch</c>, <c>Witch of the Moors</c> 	
Dragons 	 	Rare 	Dragons 	<c>Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge</c>, <c>Lathliss, Dragon Queen</c> 	<c>Terror of the Peaks</c>
Lightning 	 	Rare 	Aggro, cards with "lightning" in their names 	<c>Ball Lightning</c>, <c>Lightning Phoenix</c> 	
Minotaurs 	 	Rare 	Minotaurs 	<c>Rageblood Shaman</c>, <c>Sethron, Hurloon General</c> 	
Cats 	 	Rare 	Cats 	<c>Feline Sovereign</c>, <c>Lurking Predators</c> 	
Elves 	 	Rare 	Elves, ramp 	<c>Elvish Archdruid</c> 	<c>Allosaurus Shepherd</c>, <c>Craterhoof Behemoth</c>
Lands 	 	Rare 	Landfall, lands as creatures 	<c>Oracle of Mul Daya</c> 	<c>Ulvenwald Hydra</c>
Doctor 	 	Common	Lifegain 	<c>Cradle of Vitality</c>, <c>Path of Bravery</c>, <c>Rhox Faithmender</c>, <c>Speaker of the Heavens</c> 	
Feathered Friends	 	Common	Birds and other winged creatures 	<c>Angel of the Dire Hour</c>, <c>Archon of Justice</c>, <c>Archon of Redemption</c>, <c>Steel-Plume Marshal</c> 	
Heavily Armored 	 	Common	<c>Cathars' Crusade</c>, <c>Duelist's Heritage</c>, <c>High Sentinels of Arashin</c> 	<c>Mikaeus, the Lunarch</c> 	
Legion 	 	Common	Go wide tokens 	<c>Blessed Sanctuary</c>, <c>Glorious Anthem</c>, <c>Mentor of the Meek</c>, <c>Lena, Selfless Champion</c> 	
Above the Clouds 	 	Common	Flying creatures 	<c>Inniaz, the Gale Force</c>, <c>Kira, Great Glass-Spinner</c>, <c>Serendib Efreet</c>, <c>Windreader Sphinx</c> 	
Archaeology 	 	Common	Artifact recursion, Scarecrows 	<c>Scarecrone</c>, <c>Scholar of the Lost Trove</c>, <c>Sharding Sphinx</c>, <c>Vedalken Archmage</c> 	
Well-Read 	 	Common	Card draw 	<c>Mystic Archaeologist</c>, <c>Ormos, Archive Keeper</c>, <c>Read the Runes</c>, <c>Rhystic Study</c> 	
Wizards 	 	Common	Wizards, control 	<c>Barrin, Tolarian Archmage</c>, <c>Talrand, Sky Summoner</c>, <c>Riptide Laboratory</c> 	
Minions 	 	Common	Sacrificing creatures, graveyard recursion 	<c>Kels, Fight Fixer</c>, <c>Phyrexian Tower</c> 	<c>Ghoulcaller Gisa</c>
Reanimated 	 	Common	Reanimation 	<c>Gravewaker</c>, <c>Reanimate</c>, <c>Scourge of Nel Toth</c> 	<c>Rise of the Dark Realms</c>
Spooky 	 	Common	Morbid 	<c>Liliana's Standard Bearer</c>, <c>Black Market</c>, <c>Harvester of Souls</c>, <c>Languish</c>, <c>Ogre Slumlord</c>	
Vampires 	 	Common	Vampires, lifegain 	<c>Exquisite Blood</c>, <c>Sangromancer</c>, <c>Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose</c> 	<c>Drana, Liberator of Malakir</c>
Devilish 	 	Common	Devils, creature sacrifice 	<c>Brash Taunter</c>, <c>Hellrider</c>, <c>Sin Prodder</c>, <c>Zurzoth, Chaos Rider</c> 	
Goblins 	 	Common	Goblins 	<c>Goblin Chieftain</c>, <c>Goblin Goon</c>, <c>Krenko, Mob Boss</c>, <c>Muxus, Goblin Grandee</c> 	
Smashing 	 	Common	"Ferocious" 	<c>Etali, Primal Storm</c>, <c>Hamletback Goliath</c>, <c>Sarkhan's Unsealing</c>, <c>Volcanic Salvo</c> 	
Spellcasting 	 	Common	Instants and sorceries, prowess 	<c>Charmbreaker Devils</c>, <c>Double Vision</c>, <c>Dualcaster Mage</c> 	<c>Immolating Gyre</c>
Dinosaurs 	 	Common	Dinosaurs 	<c>Ghalta, Primal Hunger</c>, <c>Primal Might</c>, <c>Rampaging Brontodon</c> 	<c>Selvala, Heart of the Wilds</c>
Plus One 	 	Common	<c>Branching Evolution</c>, <c>Champion of Lambholt</c>, <c>Rishkar, Peema Renegade</c>	<c>Primeval Bounty</c> 	
Predatory 	 	Common	Death triggers on creatures, lure and fight effects 	<c>Momentous Fall</c>, <c>Neyith of the Dire Hunt</c>, <c>Ravenous Baloth</c>, <c>Thragtusk</c> 	
Tree-Hugging 	 	Common	Treefolk, drawing two cards in a turn 	<c>Jolrael, Mwonvuli Recluse</c>, <c>Primordial Sage</c>, <c>Soul of the Harvest</c>, <c>Verdant Embrace</c> 	
 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.)
 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 <c>Woe Strider</c>.
* 2/2 Pegasus creature with flying for <c>Archon of Sun's Grace</c>.
==Cycles==
Jumpstart contains two cycles of new cards.
Cycle name 	 	 	 	 	
Hybrid legends	<c>Emiel the Blessed</c> 	<c>Inniaz, the Gale Force</c> 	<c>Kels, Fight Fixer</c> 	<c>Sethron, Hurloon General</c> 	<c>Neyith of the Dire Hunt</c>
Hybrid legends	Five rare or mythic rare legendary creatures, each of which has an ability requiring allied color hybrid mana.	Five rare or mythic rare legendary creatures, each of which has an ability requiring allied color hybrid mana.	Five rare or mythic rare legendary creatures, each of which has an ability requiring allied color hybrid mana.	Five rare or mythic rare legendary creatures, each of which has an ability requiring allied color hybrid mana.	Five rare or mythic rare legendary creatures, each of which has an ability requiring allied color hybrid mana.
Thriving lands	<c>Thriving Heath</c> 	<c>Thriving Isle</c> 	<c>Thriving Moor</c> 	<c>Thriving Bluff</c> 	<c>Thriving Grove</c>
Thriving lands	Five common taplands. Each one taps for a given color or a color chosen when it enters the battlefield. 	Five common taplands. Each one taps for a given color or a color chosen when it enters the battlefield. 	Five common taplands. Each one taps for a given color or a color chosen when it enters the battlefield. 	Five common taplands. Each one taps for a given color or a color chosen when it enters the battlefield. 	Five common taplands. Each one taps for a given color or a color chosen when it enters the battlefield.
==Notable cards==
===New cards===
===New art lands===
===Other cards with new art===
* 328 
===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. These 20 paper exclusive cards were replaced with 20 alternative cards when Jumpstart was released on Arena, 5 of which were new to Arena. Several excluded cards were later introduced to Arena through other expansions.
Color	Paper variant	Online variant 	Packs affected	Added to Arena in
 	 	<c>Archon of Sun's Grace</c> 	Enchanted 	
 	 	<c>Serra's Guardian</c> 	Angels 	
 	 	<c>Banishing Light</c> 	Legion 	Breaking News
 	 	<c>Gadwick, the Wizened</c> 	Well-Read 	
 	 	<c>Teferi's Ageless Insight</c>	Well-Read 	Enchanting Tales
 	 	<c>Weight of Memory</c> 	Mill 	
 	 	<c>Bond of Revival</c> 	Reanimated 	
 	 	<c>Audacious Thief</c> 	Rogues 	
 	 	<c>Doomed Necromancer</c> 	Reanimated 	Breaking News
 	 	<c>Woe Strider</c> 	Reanimated 	
 	 	<c>Carnifex Demon</c> 	Phyrexian 	Historic Anthology #5
 	 	<c>Lightning Serpent</c> 	Lightning 	Foundations
 	 	<c>Lightning Strike</c> 	Lightning 	
 	 	<c>Scorching Dragonfire</c> 	Dragons 	Pioneer Masters
 	 	<c>Fanatic of Mogis</c> 	Smashing 	
 	 	<c>Goblin Oriflamme</c> 	Goblins 	
 	 	<c>Lightning Strike</c> 	Lightning 	Mystical Archive
 	 	<c>Dryad Greenseeker</c> 	Lands 	
 	 	<c>Pollenbright Druid</c> 	Plus One 	
 	 	<c>Prey Upon</c> 	Predatory 	Foundations Jumpstart
 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.
File:JMP Volcanic Island.jpg|"Volcanic Island" misprint
File:JMP Tropical Island.jpg|"Tropical Island" misprint
File:MisprintTeferi.jpg|"Teferi, Master of Time" + "Towering Titan"
==Changes in rarity==
Shifted from the last non-precon set (mentioned in parentheses).
===Common to uncommon===
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*
*
===Common to rare===
*
===Rare to uncommon===
*
===Uncommon to common===
These cards are all new to Pauper.
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==Pack Summary cards==
File:JMP Above the Clouds pack summary card.jpg|Above the Clouds 
File:JMP Angels pack summary card.jpg|Angels
File:JMP Archaeology pack summary card.jpg|Archaeology
File:JMP Basri pack summary card.jpg|Basri
File:JMP Cats pack summary card.jpg|Cats
File:JMP Chandra pack summary card.jpg|Chandra
File:JMP Devilish pack summary card.jpg|Devilish
File:JMP Dinosaurs pack summary card.jpg|Dinosaurs
File:JMP Discarding pack summary card.jpg|Discarding
File:JMP Doctor pack summary card.jpg|Doctor
File:JMP Dogs pack summary card.jpg|Dogs
File:JMP Dragons pack summary card.jpg|Dragons
File:JMP Elves pack summary card.jpg|Elves
File:JMP Enchanted pack summary card.jpg|Enchanted
File:JMP Feathered Friends pack summary card.jpg|Feathered Friends
File:JMP Garruk pack summary card.jpg|Garruk
File:JMP Goblins pack summary card.jpg|Goblins
File:JMP Heavily Armored pack summary card.jpg|Heavily Armored
File:JMP Lands pack summary card.jpg|Lands
File:JMP Legion pack summary card.jpg|Legion
File:JMP Lightning pack summary card.jpg|Lightning
File:JMP Liliana pack summary card.jpg|Liliana
File:JMP Milling pack summary card.jpg|Milling
File:JMP Minions pack summary card.jpg|Minions
File:JMP Minotaurs pack summary card.jpg|Minotaurs
File:JMP Phyrexian pack summary card.jpg|Phyrexian
File:JMP Pirates pack summary card.jpg|Pirates
File:JMP Plus One pack summary card.jpg|Plus One
File:JMP Predatory pack summary card.jpg|Predatory
File:JMP Rainbow pack summary card.jpg|Rainbow
File:JMP Reanimated pack summary card.jpg|Reanimated
File:JMP Rogues pack summary card.jpg|Rogues
File:JMP Seismic pack summary card.jpg|Seismic
File:JMP Smashing pack summary card.jpg|Smashing
File:JMP Spellcasting pack summary card.jpg|Spellcasting
File:JMP Spirits pack summary card.jpg|Spirits
File:JMP Spooky pack summary card.jpg|Spooky 
File:JMP Teferi pack summary card.jpg|Teferi
File:JMP Tree-Hugging pack summary card.jpg|Tree-Hugging
File:JMP Under the Sea pack summary card.jpg|Under the Sea
File:JMP Unicorns pack summary card.jpg|Unicorns
File:JMP Vampires pack summary card.jpg|Vampires
File:JMP Walls pack summary card.jpg|Walls
File:JMP Well-Read pack summary card.jpg|Well-Read
File:JMP Witchcraft pack summary card.jpg|Witchcraft
File:JMP Wizards pack summary card.jpg|Wizards
==See also==
* Jumpstart: Historic Horizons
==References==
Category:Jumpstart sets