The set contains almost 500 reprints but also introduced 37 new cards that were designed to help fill out some of the themes. To play a game of Jumpstart, players simply open two boosters and shuffle them together to form a ready-to-play deck. The set introduced a new way to play Magic that mashes together themes from throughout the history of the game and lets you skip the deckbuilding part. In this, it is similar to the Smash Up game by Alderac Entertainment Group and KeyForge by Richard Garfield. Jumpstart melds an easy way of deckbuilding with the “ shuffle up and play” speed of constructed.
