A Jumpstart booster is not really a booster. It is half a deck: twenty cards built around one theme, lands already included, designed so that two packs shuffled together make a playable forty-card deck with no deckbuilding at all. It is the fastest way to get two people playing Magic from sealed product, and it is also the most misunderstood pack type in the lineup because people buy it expecting a normal booster.
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| First release | Jumpstart, July 17, 2020 |
| Cards per pack | 20, including roughly 7 to 8 lands |
| Rares per pack | At least 1; about 1 pack in 3 has a second |
| Packs per box | 24 for mainline Jumpstart sets; 18 for set tie-in Jumpstart |
| Boxes per case | 6 |
| Pack MSRP | $5.49 for Foundations Jumpstart; $6.99 for Marvel Super Heroes Jumpstart |
| Standard legal | No. Commander, Legacy and Vintage legal |
| Jumpstart box range (Sep 2026) | $90 to $260 depending on set |
Twenty cards forming one half-deck on a single theme, with the lands already mixed in. You do not sort it, you do not build with it: you take two packs, shuffle them together, and you have a forty-card deck. Every pack contains at least one rare or mythic, and roughly one in three contains a second, which works out to about 32 rares and mythics across a 24-pack box.
Themes are the product's whole identity. Foundations Jumpstart offered 46 of them across common, rare and mythic rarity tiers, so some themes appear far more often than others and a few are genuinely hard to find. Set tie-in Jumpstart products run far fewer themes, typically around ten, which is why they feel repetitive by the second box.
Mainline Jumpstart boxes hold 24 packs. Set tie-in Jumpstart displays, the ones released alongside a premier or Universes Beyond set, usually hold 18. A case is six boxes either way.
There are two categories and they behave differently. The mainline Jumpstart sets are standalone products with wide theme pools. The tie-in products attach a small Jumpstart display to a regular set release.
| Product | Released | Packs per box | Box range (Sep 2026) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jumpstart | Jul 2020 | 24 | $200-$260 |
| Jumpstart 2022 | Dec 2022 | 24 | $130-$180 |
| Dominaria United Jumpstart | Sep 2022 | 18 | $95-$130 |
| The Brothers' War Jumpstart | Nov 2022 | 18 | $90-$125 |
| The Lord of the Rings Jumpstart | Jun 2023 | 18 | $150-$210 |
| Foundations Jumpstart | Nov 2024 | 24 | $110-$150 |
| Avatar: The Last Airbender Jumpstart | 2025 | 18 | $110-$155 |
| Marvel Super Heroes Jumpstart | Jun 2026 | 18 | $120-$170 |
One to two rares or mythics per pack and a decent run of playable uncommons, but the value proposition is not really about pulls. Mainline Jumpstart sets have carried genuinely good reprints over the years and Jumpstart 2020 in particular is remembered for them, which is why that box still sells above its release price.
Set tie-in Jumpstart is where people get disappointed. Those packs draw from a narrow pool and rarely contain anything expensive, so buying a tie-in Jumpstart display hoping for singles value is a mistake. Buy those to play with, not to open.
There are no Booster Fun treatment slots, no bonus sheets and no serialized cards in any Jumpstart product.
For getting people playing, they are excellent and nothing else does the same job. Two packs, shuffle, play. For teaching a new player, running a casual night, or putting together an impromptu two-player game from a shop shelf, a pair of Jumpstart packs at roughly $11 beats every other option in the lineup.
For value, they are a poor purchase and an especially poor hold. A 24-pack box at $130 produces around 32 rares from a pool that is mostly reprints of cards you can buy for a dollar. The expected value is well below box price for every Jumpstart product except Jumpstart 2020, and that one appreciated because it is out of print and the reprint list aged well, not because of anything about the format.
Note the legality trap before you buy: Jumpstart cards are not Standard legal. New cards unique to a Jumpstart set are legal in Commander, Legacy and Vintage, and reprints are legal wherever that card already was. If you are buying to build a Standard deck, this is the wrong product.
Jumpstart has a specific vulnerability the other formats do not: themes are printed on the pack, so packs are searchable by name and the desirable themes get picked out of opened boxes and sold individually. A display that has been opened and re-wrapped will be missing exactly the themes people want. Buy sealed displays rather than loose packs unless the seller is a shop you can identify.
On the display itself, look for tight even shrink, an intact tear strip and no adhesive residue or blade marks. Because rarity tiers determine how many of each theme are in a box, a genuinely sealed mainline box will contain a predictable spread; a box that produces only common-tier themes has probably been picked. Counterfeit Jumpstart product is uncommon but Jumpstart 2020 boxes are valuable enough to be worth checking print quality on before paying.
Loose Jumpstart packs are one of the most reliably stocked items at a local shop, which makes them easy to grab for a game night. Use the card shop directory to find one, and card shows for out-of-print Jumpstart 2020 boxes. Online:
A 20-card themed half-deck with lands included. Two packs shuffled together make a playable 40-card deck with no deckbuilding required.
Twenty, including roughly seven or eight lands. Every pack has at least one rare or mythic and about one in three has a second.
Twenty-four for mainline Jumpstart sets such as Jumpstart 2020, Jumpstart 2022 and Foundations Jumpstart. Set tie-in Jumpstart displays usually hold eighteen.
No. New cards unique to a Jumpstart set are legal in Commander, Legacy and Vintage, and reprints are legal wherever that card's other printings already are.
A Play Booster is 14 cards built for drafting with one guaranteed rare. A Jumpstart booster is 20 cards forming half a ready-to-play deck on a fixed theme, with lands included. They are not interchangeable and Jumpstart is not draftable in the usual sense.
They are the best product for getting two people playing quickly. They are poor value for singles, with box expected value well below box price on every Jumpstart product except the out-of-print 2020 release.
Prices in this guide were last reviewed 2026-09. Live eBay listings above update daily.