The initial press release for Jumpstart doesn't specific an exact release date for Jumpstart on Magic Arena, but does confirm that it will come to the game sometime this year. The short answer is yes, but the longer answer is a bit more complicated. RELATED: Magic: The Gathering Reveals Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Box Art

Jumpstart takes the best parts of Limited and Constructed Magic and fuses them into a dynamic, innovative play experience.' If you absolutely must merge the greatest evils in the multiverse together, Cats and Phyrexian packs are waiting for you. If you can't wait to have Pirates head into battle with Unicorns, smash two boosters together and ride on. Jumpstart is a new way to play Magic that mashes together themes from throughout the history of the game and lets you skip the deckbuilding part. All together at last, thanks to Jumpstart. It will likely be a very casual format that isn't designed for highly competitive tournaments. It's an interesting idea that aims to capitalize on the game space that exists somewhere between Limited and Constructed play. One booster pack may be Pirate themed and another may be Goblin themed, so combining the two will give players a ready to use Goblin Pirates deck. Players are meant to purchase two Jumpstart booster packs and shuffle them together to make a mash-up deck. WotC actually released a ton of details about how Jumpstart will impact Magic and Magic Arena during its reveal, so many of the most common questions already have answers revealed.

RELATED: Magic: The Gathering Hides Easter Eggs in New Land CycleĪs always, anytime there is a new product available consumers are going to have a lot of questions. This varies from the usual pre-constructed deck products because there is a ton of room for variation and customization thanks to the different themes included in each booster.

Jumpstart aims to offer a new way to quickly build decks by smashing two thematic boosters together. This week brought the surprise announcement of a brand new product called Jumpstart that aims to provide fast and exciting thematic battles without hours of deckbuilding.ĭeckbuilding is obviously a big part of the fun for many Magic: The Gathering players, but that's not the case for everyone. Although the Magic: The Gathering sets for 2020 were announced months ago, that doesn't mean Wizards of the Coast has revealed all of its Magic the Gathering secrets for the year.

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