Jumpstart: Historic Horizons

Jumpstart: Historic Horizons is an MTG Arena-exclusive card set released on August 26, 2021. Similar to the original 2020 Jumpstart release, it melds an easy way of deckbuilding with the speed of constructed. The release was two weeks delayed from the original announced release date (August 12), due to a major overhaul of the MTG Arena backend systems. 
==Description==
Jumpstart: Historic Horizons contains 787 cards from Modern Horizons, Modern Horizons 2, and more. Of these, 372 were new to Arena , and therefore were introduced to its Historic format by this set, including 31 designed-for-digital cards brand new to Magic. These were the first collectible Arena-exclusive cards, and the first with digital-only mechanics, a feature continued by the subsequent Alchemy series of sets.
=== Jumpstart events ===
Like the original Jumpstart release on MTG Arena, players are intended to select two of 46 different themed half deck packets which combine to create a deck for play. Instead of being completely preselected, some card slots in Jumpstart: Historic Horizons packets have a chance to be filled with alternate cards that fit the packet theme. The numerous possibilities per pack create more variety each time the format is played, but require players to pick the same pack more than once if they wish to collect all its cards without crafting.
Basic lands aren't included in the packet lists. Jumpstart: Historic Horizon events automatically provide a mix of basic lands based on the packets chosen, balanced for the costs and activated abilities on their cards. Players also receive nonbasic lands for play, either cycling lands from Historic Anthology 2 for single-color packets, or multicolor life-gain taplands from Core Set 2020 for packets with multiple colors.
==Themes==
There are 46 themes.
Name 	Color 	Theme 	Rares 	Mythics
Cycling 	 	Cycling 	<c>Benalish Partisan</c> 	
Humans 	 	Human tribal, +1/+1 counters 	<c>Elite Spellbinder</c>, <c>Hanweir Militia Captain</c>, <c>Thalia's Lieutenant</c> 	<c></c>
Legion 	 	White weenie aggro 	<c>Return to the Ranks</c> 	<c>Ranger-Captain of Eos</c>
Serra's Realm 	 	Angels 	<c>Righteous Valkyrie</c> 	<c>Serra the Benevolent</c>, <c>Serra's Emissary</c>
Teyo 	 	Toughness matters 	<c></c> 	<c>Teyo, Aegis Adept</c>
Above the Clouds 	 	Flying creatures, looting 	<c>Inniaz, the Gale Force</c>, <c>Wonder</c> 	<c></c>
Animated 	 	Animating artifacts 	<c>Rise and Shine</c>, <c>Tome of the Infinite</c> 	<c></c>
Kiora 	 	Sea creatures 	<c>Tome of the Infinite</c> 	<c>Kiora, the Tide's Fury</c>
Merfolk 	 	Merfolk tribal 	<c>Master of the Pearl Trident</c> 	<c>Svyelun of Sea and Sky</c>
Undone 	 	Control, flash 	<c>Archmage's Charm</c>, <c>Voracious Greatshark</c> 	
Davriel 	 	Discard 	<c>Subversive Acolyte</c> 	<c>Davriel, Soul Broker</c>
Plague 	 	 	 	
<c>Subversive Acolyte</c>	<c>Yawgmoth, Thran Physician</c>	 	 	
Rats 	 	Rat tribal 	<c>Marrow-Gnawer</c>, <c>Piper of the Swarm</c> 	
Vampire 	 	Vampire tribal 	<c>Callous Bloodmage</c>, <c>Cordial Vampire</c> 	
Zombie 	 	Zombie tribal 	<c>Dark Salvation</c>, <c>Diregraf Colossus</c>, <c>Endling</c>, <c>Murderous Rider</c> 	<c></c>
Goblins 	 	Goblin tribal 	<c>Goblin Dark-Dwellers</c>, <c>Managorger Phoenix</c> 	
Junkyard 	 	Sacrificing artifacts for value 	<c>Breya's Apprentice</c>, <c>Goblin Engineer</c>, <c>Scrap Trawler</c> 	<c></c>
Sarkhan 	 	Dragon tribal 	<c>Thunderbreak Regent</c> 	<c>Sarkhan, Wanderer to Shiv</c>
Scavenger 	 	Discard 	<c>Conspiracy Theorist</c>, <c>Managorger Phoenix</c> 	
Spellcasting 	 	Direct damage, Aggro 	<c>Harmonic Prodigy</c> 	<c>Seasoned Pyromancer</c>
Bears 	 	Bear tribal 	<c>Ayula, Queen Among Bears</c>, <c>Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma</c> 	
Energy 	 	Energy 	<c>Bristling Hydra</c>, <c>Pool of Vigorous Growth</c>, <c>Sylvan Anthem</c> 	
Freyalise 	 	Elf tribal 	<c>Marwyn, the Nurturer</c> 	<c>Freyalise, Skyshroud Partisan</c>
Scaled Up 	 	<c>Hardened Scales</c>, <c>Oran-Rief Ooze</c>	 	
Zoologist 	 	Tokens 	<c>Chitterspitter</c>, <c>Esika's Chariot</c>, <c>Parallel Lives</c>, <c>Verdant Command</c> 	
Flickering 	 	Flickering 	<c>Charming Prince</c>, <c>Restoration Angel</c> 	
In the Machine 	 	Affinity for artifacts, modular 	<c>Esper Sentinel</c>, <c>Nettlecyst</c>, <c>Thought Monitor</c> 	<c></c>
Lost and Found 	 	Discard 	<c>Bazaar Trademage</c>, <c>Champion of Wits</c>, <c>Necrogoyf</c> 	
Ninjas 	 	Ninjas 	<c>Mist-Syndicate Naga</c> 	<c></c>
Goblin Fodder 	 	Sacrifice, aristocrats 	<c>Pashalik Mons</c>, <c>Dark-Dweller Oracle</c> 	
Madness 	 	Madness 	<c>Asylum Visitor</c>, <c>Chainer, Nightmare Adept</c> 	
Scorched Earth 	 	Lands 	<c>Pool of Vigorous Growth</c>, <c>Reap the Past</c>, <c>Squirrel Wrangler</c>, <c>Territorial Kavu</c>	
Storm 	 	Storm, Instants and Sorceries 	<c>Aeve, Progenitor Ooze</c>, <c>Birgi, God of Storytelling</c>, <c>Dragonsguard Elite</c> 	<c></c>
Enchanted 	 	Constellation 	<c>Sanctum Weaver</c>, <c>Starfield Mystic</c>, <c>Sterling Grove</c>, <c>Sythis, Harvest's Hand</c> 	<c></c>
Pumped Up 	 	Creature pumping 	<c>Knight of Autumn</c>, <c>Rishkar, Peema Renegade</c> 	
Many Faced 	 	Changeling 	<c>Blade Splicer</c>, <c>Dire Fleet Poisoner</c> 	
Reanimated 	 	Reanimator 	<c>Nullpriest of Oblivion</c>, <c>Priest of Fell Rites</c> 	<c></c>
Delirium 	 	Delirium 	<c>Bloodbraid Marauder</c> 	<c></c>
On the Draw 	 	Card draw 	<c>Irencrag Pyromancer</c> 	<c>Seasoned Pyromancer</c>
Relentless 	 	Graveyard Recursion 	<c>Lord of Extinction</c>, <c>Nether Spirit</c>, <c>Pool of Vigorous Growth</c> 	
Squirrels 	 	Squirrel tribal 	<c>Chitterspitter</c>, <c>Squirrel Mob</c>, <c>Verdant Command</c> 	<c>Chatterfang, Squirrel General</c>
Modular 	 	Modular 	<c>Gadrak, the Crown Scourge</c>, <c>Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp</c> 	
Sliver Assault 	 	Sliver aggro 	<c>Bonescythe Sliver</c>, <c>Cloudshredder Sliver</c>, <c>Spiteful Sliver</c> 	<c></c>
Evolving 	 	Evolve, adapt 	<c>Lonis, Cryptozoologist</c>, <c>Pool of Vigorous Growth</c>, <c>Simic Ascendancy</c> 	<c></c>
Tinkerer 	 	Tokens 	<c>Aeve, Progenitor Ooze</c>, <c>Lonis, Cryptozoologist</c>, <c>Pool of Vigorous Growth</c> 	
Sliver Hive 	 	Sliver tribal 	<c>Sliver Hive</c> 	<c>The First Sliver</c>
==Mechanics==
The exclusive cards include three new mechanics with “digital-only” designs that cannot be replicated in paper Magic.
*Seek is a digital twist on a tutor effect. Certain cards will allow you to seek a card with specific criteria, randomly pulling one from your library that meets that criteria without shuffling afterward – something that couldn’t happen at the tabletop without a player manually looking through their deck.
*Perpetually modifies a specific card permanently, even as it enters other zones of play. For example, <c>Davriel’s Withering</c> perpetually gives a creature -1/-2 – if that card reduces a creature to 0 toughness or less and sends it to the graveyard, for example, the debuff will remain in effect even if a player is able to bring it back to battlefield (causing it to immediately die again). Alternatively, <c>Lumbering Lightshield</c> can perpetually increase the casting cost of a card in your opponent’s hand by one colorless mana – the affected card then maintains that increase whether it’s cast from hand or somewhere else, like from the graveyard with Flashback or from exile with Foretell. While this is an effect that can more reasonably be tracked with paper cards, it becomes substantially simpler in a digital space.
*Conjure creates a card for you to use out of nowhere – not a token or a copy, but an actual card that can sit in your hand until you are ready to use it. This can include cards that aren’t otherwise in a set or format, like <c>Ponder</c>, <c>Stormfront Pegasus</c>, or the original dual lands (none of which are collectible in Historic Horizons on their own).
Historic Horizons utilizes its digital-only nature beyond these three recurring mechanics as well, making it possible to print cards with rules that wouldn’t fit in a paper frame. That includes the planeswalker <c>Davriel, Soul Broker</c>, who has an otherwise cryptic ability: “Accept one of Davriel’s offers, then accept one of Davriel’s conditions.” In practice, this has you pick one of three randomly selected positive effects from a possible list of eight before doing the same for a negative effect.
==Cards==
===List of exclusive digital only cards===
Jumpstart: Historic Horizons includes 31 brand new digital-exclusive cards.
===List of cards that can be conjured===
Cards marked with * aren't otherwise available on MTG Arena.
<c>Tome of the Infinite</c> conjures the following cards from its spellbook:
===Cycles===
Jumpstart contains two cycles of new cards.
Cycle name 	 	 	 	 	
Conjuring Planeswalkers	<c>Teyo, Aegis Adept</c> (<c>Lumbering Lightshield</c>) 	<c>Kiora, the Tide's Fury</c> (<c>Kraken Hatchling</c>) 	<c>Davriel, Soul Broker</c> (<c>Manor Guardian</c>) 	<c>Sarkhan, Wanderer to Shiv</c> (<c>Shivan Dragon</c>) 	<c>Freyalise, Skyshroud Partisan</c> (<c>Regal Force</c>)
Conjuring Planeswalkers	Five mythic rare 4-loyalty Planeswalkers, each of which, among other digital-only effects, conjure a creature. 	Five mythic rare 4-loyalty Planeswalkers, each of which, among other digital-only effects, conjure a creature. 	Five mythic rare 4-loyalty Planeswalkers, each of which, among other digital-only effects, conjure a creature. 	Five mythic rare 4-loyalty Planeswalkers, each of which, among other digital-only effects, conjure a creature. 	Five mythic rare 4-loyalty Planeswalkers, each of which, among other digital-only effects, conjure a creature.
Perpetual creatures 	<c>Leonin Sanctifier</c> 	<c>Mentor of Evos Isle</c> 	<c>Plaguecrafter's Familiar</c> 	<c>Reckless Ringleader</c> 	<c>Veteran Charger</c>
Perpetual creatures 	Five common creatures that perpetually adds something to a creature in your hand when it enters the battlefield. Four of them add keywords, while one adds stats.	Five common creatures that perpetually adds something to a creature in your hand when it enters the battlefield. Four of them add keywords, while one adds stats.	Five common creatures that perpetually adds something to a creature in your hand when it enters the battlefield. Four of them add keywords, while one adds stats.	Five common creatures that perpetually adds something to a creature in your hand when it enters the battlefield. Four of them add keywords, while one adds stats.	Five common creatures that perpetually adds something to a creature in your hand when it enters the battlefield. Four of them add keywords, while one adds stats.
===List of new-to-Arena reprints===
Jumpstart contains 341 reprinted cards that weren't part of MTG Arena before. True to its name, nearly two-thirds of the set (222 cards) are drawn from the first two sets of the Modern Horizons series. They are legal in Historic.
==Notes==
==References==
Category:Jumpstart sets