MTG Jumpstart: Spoilers and Set Information

Last updated on November 3, 2022

Terramorphic Expanse | Illustration by Andreas Rocha

There’s a brand-new MTG “play experience” about to jump at you later this year. With bigger packs than ever, a new way to play Magic, and exciting themes. Intrigued? I am as well.

Ready to learn everything we know about this new way to play? Let’s start with its name: Jumpstart!

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An evocative name if you ask me. Short, sweet, and something that is sure to excite. And we’ll be taking you from the start to the finish line right now. So, without further ado, let’s jump in! #punintended

Jumpstart Basic Information

Plummet | Illustration by Sidharth Chaturvedi

Set Details

Important Dates

As you can see, there are a lot of dates mentioned. It’s a shame we have to wait to play this game in paper because of the Coronavirus. This set seems to be designed for you to sit down with your friends at your LGS and enjoy the crazy madness that Jumpstart is promising to be. I’ll give you more on that in a bit.

One thing is for sure, though: from all the sets releasing around the beginning of summer, this is most definitely the one to be on the lookout for.

Jumpstart will be available at your local game store and online, and there will also be prereleases at your LGS on July 17, so make sure to keep an eye out for that as well!

Jumpstart is also now available on our draft simulator! Give it a try and see which weird pack combinations you get.

About the Cards: Size, Packs, and Legality

Seek the Wilds | Illustration by Anna Steinbauer

Now that you’ve seen what the product will look like and got all the basic info on Jumpstart, let’s dive a little deeper. What else do we know so far? Wizards described it like this:

Jumpstart takes the best parts of Limited and Constructed Magic and fuses them into a dynamic, innovative play experience.

Wizards of the Coast

I’ll get into exactly how this plays out later on because it is an innovative new way to play Magic and deserves a spot all of its own.

The next thing that jumps out is its size. This set is going to be big—especially considering that of recent years sets haven’t surpassed 300 cards, with the Mystery Boosters being the only exception. That in and of itself is something to be excited about because it will give WotC the opportunity to include some meaningful and much-needed reprints, as we covered above.

Another cool thing to know is that one in three packs will include an extra rare. So, if you join two events, chances are very high that you’ll be taking an extra rare home. And it gets even better because Wizards has included a very special kind of pack dubbed the “Mythic Rare” pack. These packs contain a non-variable list of cards with a theme that is one-of-a-kind. A lucky few will be sporting a very special deck, and it could be you.

Then there’s set legality. Where will you be able to use these cards, other than the prerelease and subsequent Jumpstart events? Well, to answer your question, Jumpstart cards can be used in the Commander, Legacy, and Vintage formats. So, even though it’s a combination of Constructed and Limited, many of these cards are not legal in Standard.

However, the cards that have the M21 set symbol on them will be legal in Standard because they were printed in the main set.

We’ve seen them do this before with sets like Battlebond and Ultimate Masters, and it may be a hint to what types of cards will be included. It gives WotC the opportunity to reprint cards for Commander, Legacy, and Vintage. This gives Wizards a lot of directions in which to fly this set.

Jumpstart in MTG Arena

Gift of Orzhova | Illustration by Johannes Voss

Jumpstart is coming to Arena on July 16 with the platform’s game update, and there are some things that you need to know if you’re looking to play this new “format” digitally. Here’s the rundown:

• Jumpstart will feature on MTGA as a Limited event with over 500 cards
• The themed boosters will only available as part of the event, but all of the cards can be crafted using Wildcards (even after the event ends)
• All of Jumpstart‘s cards will be Historic-legal
• The themed basic lands will be added to MTGA and you can find them in the corresponding Jumpstart themed booster (you only need to find one copy of basic lands to use them, as usual)
• 20 of the reprinted cards for tabletop Jumpstart will be swapped in MTG Arena, as follows:

Jumpstart Card Gallery

There will be 37 new cards introduced in Jumpstart. Spoiler season is here, and we’re keeping up as best we can! We know that Jumpstart will feature around 120 cards from Core Set 2021, and we’re showcasing those plus all other reprints and new cards here!

Are you ready? We’re ready! Let’s jump to it:

White

Planeswalker

Creatures

Instants

Sorceries

Enchantments

Lands

Blue

Planeswalker

Creatures

Instants

Sorceries

Enchantments

Lands

Black

Planeswalker

Creatures

Instants

Sorceries

Enchantments

Artifact

Lands

Red

Planeswalker

Creatures

Instants

Sorceries

Enchantment

Lands

Green

Planeswalker

Creatures

Instants

Sorceries

Enchantments

Lands

Multicolor

Spells

Lands

Colorless

Artifact Creatures

Artifacts

Land

Themes in Jumpstart

Themes are an important part of Jumpstart. There are a whopping 46 of them, giving a big nod to some of Magic’s most iconic sets, creature types, planeswalkers, and planes. Take a look:

Frilled Mystic | Illustration by Randy Vargas

Jumpstart Decklists by Theme

Basri

Chandra

Garruk

Liliana

Teferi

Above the Clouds

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Angels

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Archaeology

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Cats

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Devilish

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Dinosaurs

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Discarding

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Doctor

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Dogs

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Dragons

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Elves

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Enchanted

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Feathered Friends

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Goblins

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Heavily Armored

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Lands

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Legion

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Lightning

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Milling

Minions

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Minotaurs

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Phyrexian

Pirates

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Plus One

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Predatory

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Rainbow

Reanimated

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Rogues

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Seismic

Smashing

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Spellcasting

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Spirits

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Spooky

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