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Jumpstart: Historic Horizons
Jumpstart HH
Set Information
Set symbol
Symbol description Two half decks in an ellipse
Release date August 12, 2021
Set size 782
Expansion code J21[1]
MTG Arena series
Kaladesh Remastered Jumpstart: Historic Horizons N/A
Magic: The Gathering Chronology
2021 Arena Starter Kit Jumpstart: Historic Horizons Innistrad: Midnight Hunt

Jumpstart: Historic Horizons is a MTG Arena exclusive card set, to be released on August 12, 2021. Similar to the original 2020 Jumpstart release, it melds an easy way of deckbuilding with the speed of constructed.

Description

Jumpstart: Historic Horizons contains 782 cards (383 commons, 286 uncommons, 85 rares, 13 mythic rares, 15 basic lands) from Modern Horizons, Modern Horizons 2, and more — including 31 new-to-Magic cards you'll only find in this digital release.[2][3]

Like with the original Jumpstart release on MTG Arena, you select from themed packets to build a deck for play. There are 46 different half decks. Jumpstart: Historic Horizons introduces a new dynamic to packet picking and deckbuilding: select card slots in each packet have a chance to be filled with alternate cards that fit the packet theme. This means more card possibilities in each pack, and more variety for your decks every time you play.

Basic lands aren't included in the packet lists. When you play in Jumpstart: Historic Horizon events, you'll automatically receive a mix of basic lands based on the packets you choose, balanced for the costs and activated abilities on the spells in your packets. You'll also receive nonbasic lands for play. Packets you choose will add cycling lands from Historic Anthology 2 or multicolor life-gain taplands from Core Set 2020 of the appropriate colors to your deck — cycling lands for packets with one color and dual lands for packets with multiple colors.

Themes

There are 46 themes that range from the familiar to the curious.

Name Color Theme Rares Mythics
Humans {W} Human tribal, +1/+1 counters Elite Spellbinder, Hanweir Militia Captain, Thalia's Lieutenant
Legion {W} Mana value 1 creatures Ranger-Captain of Eos
Above the Clouds {U} Flying creatures, looting Wonder
Animated {U} Animating artifacts Rise and Shine, Tome of the Infinite
Kiora {U} Sea monsters Tome of the Infinite Kiora, the Tide's Fury
Davriel {B} Discard Subversive Acolyte Davriel, Soul Broker
Zombies {B} Zombie tribal Dark Salvation, Diregraf Colossus, Endling, Murderous Rider
Junkyard {R} Sacrificing artifacts for value Breya's Apprentice, Goblin Engineer, Scrap Trawler
Sarkhan {R} Dragon tribal Thunderbreak Regent Sarkhan, Wanderer to Shiv
In the Machine {W/U} Affinity for artifacts, modular Esper Sentinel, Nettlecyst, Thought Monitor
Ninjas {U/B} Ninjas Mist-Syndicate Naga
Enchantments {G/W} Constellation Sanctum Weaver, Starfield Mystic, Sterling Grove, Sythis, Harvest's Hand
Reanimated {W/B} Reanimator Nullpriest of Oblivion, Priest of Fell Rites
Delirium {U/R} Delirium Bloodbraid Marauder
Sliver Assault {R/W} Sliver aggro Bonescythe Sliver, Cloudshredder Sliver
Evolution {G/U} Evolve, adapt Lonis, Cryptozoologist, Pool of Vigorous Growth, Simic Ascendancy
Sliver Hive {M} Sliver tribal Sliver Hive The First Sliver
Storm {R/G} Storm, treasure Aeve, Progenitor Ooze, Birgi, God of Storytelling, Dragonsguard Elite

Mechanics

The exclusive cards include three new mechanics with “digital-only” designs that cannot be replicated in paper Magic.[4]

  • 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, Davriel’s Withering 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, Lumbering Lightshield 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 Ponder, Stormfront Pegasus, 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 Davriel, Soul Broker, who has an otherwise cryptic Loyalty symbol down-2 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.

List of exclusive digital only cards

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Cycles

Jumpstart contains two cycles of new cards.

Cycle name {W} {U} {B} {R} {G}
Conjuring Planeswalkers Teyo, Aegis Expert (Lumbering Lightshield) Kiora, Tide's Fury (Kraken Hatchling) Davriel, Soul Broker (Manor Guardian) Sarkhan, Wanderer to Shiv (Shivan Dragon) Freyalise, Skyshroud Partisan (Regal Force)
Five mythic rare 4-loyalty Planeswalkers, each of which, among other digital-only effects, conjure a creature.
Perpetual creatures Leonin Sanctifier Mentor of Evos Isle Plaguecrafter's Familiar Reckless Ringleader Veteran Charger
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 revealed new-to-Arena reprints

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References

  1. ↑ Gaby Spartz (July 26, 2021). "I've got some Jumpstart: Historic Horizons previews to kick your week off!". Twitter.
  2. ↑ Wizards of the Coast (July 26, 2021). "What Is MTG Arena's Jumpstart: Historic Horizons?". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  3. ↑ Wizards of the Coast (July 26, 2021). "Jumpstart: Historic Horizons Packet Lists". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  4. ↑ Tom Marks (July 26, 2021). "Exclusive: MTG Arena’s Jumpstart: Historic Horizons Set Will Add Digital-Only Cards, Full Details Revealed". IGN.com.
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