Jump is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Target creature gains flying until end of turn.
Complete guide
Jump is a classic blue instant that embodies the simplicity of early Magic: The Gathering design. For just a single blue mana, you can grant any creature the power of flight, allowing it to soar over ground-based defenses.
Soaring High
When you cast Jump, you choose a target creature currently on the battlefield. Upon resolution, that creature gains the flying keyword until the end of the current turn. This means the creature can only be blocked by other creatures with flying or reach, and it can also block creatures with flying that it otherwise wouldn't be able to interact with.
Timing and Resolution
Because Jump is an instant, you can cast it during almost any phase of the turn. However, its effectiveness depends heavily on the stack. To use Jump as an evasion tool, you must cast it and have it resolve before the 'Declare Blockers' step begins. If a creature is already blocked by a non-flying creature, giving it flying afterward will not remove the blocker or change the fact that it is blocked.
Common Pitfalls
A common mistake is confusing the card Jump with the 'Jump-start' keyword or the 'Jump' keyword ability found on specific creatures. While they share a name, the card Jump is a one-time buff. Furthermore, remember that giving a creature flying does not grant it 'haste'; if the creature just entered the battlefield this turn, it still cannot attack unless it has haste, even if it is now flying.
Strategic Uses
Jump is best utilized offensively to push through the final points of damage when your opponent has a cluttered ground board. Defensively, it can be a surprise trick to allow your large ground unit to intercept an opponent's pesky flyer. It also serves as a cheap spell to trigger abilities that care about casting instants or to fill the graveyard for cards that scale with spell count.
Interaction examples
During your turn, Kain, Traitorous Dragoon already has flying due to his own ability. However, if you are forced to use him as a blocker during an opponent's turn (when his ability is inactive), you can cast Jump on Kain to give him flying, allowing him to block an incoming aerial threat.
If you have Jump in your graveyard and later cast Beacon Bolt with Jump-start, the Jump card contributes to the damage dealt by Beacon Bolt. Beacon Bolt checks the number of instant and sorcery cards in both your graveyard and exile; Jump counts toward this total regardless of which zone it sits in.
An Offer You Can't RefuseYou cast Jump targeting Cid, Freeflier Pilot to ensure he can attack safely. Your opponent responds with An Offer You Can't Refuse to counter Jump. If the counterspell resolves, Jump is moved to the graveyard without granting flying, but you receive two Treasure tokens. You can then use those Treasures to pay for other abilities, such as Cid's activated ability.
First, you cast Jump on a creature to give it flying. Then, you cast Quasiduplicate targeting that same creature. Note that the resulting token copy will NOT have flying. In Magic, copy effects generally only copy what is printed on the card; temporary effects like Jump's flying buff are not part of the creature's copiable values.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Jump
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
To work as an evasion ability, an attacking creature must already have flying when the declare blockers step begins. Once a creature has become blocked, giving it flying won’t change that.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Interactions with other cards
These cards' text mentions Jump.
Equipment and Vehicle spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Jump — During your turn, Cid has flying. {2}, {T}: Return target Equipment or Vehicle card from your graveyard to your hand.
Create a token that's a copy of target creature you control. Jump-start (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a card in addition to paying its other costs. Then exile this card.)
Jump — During your turn, Freya Crescent has flying. {T}: Add {R}. Spend this mana only to cast an Equipment spell or activate an equip ability.
Jump — During your turn, Kain has flying. Whenever Kain deals combat damage to a player, that player gains control of Kain. If they do, you draw that many cards, create that many tapped Treasure tokens, then lose that much life.
Draw two cards. Jump-start (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a card in addition to paying its other costs. Then exile this card.)
Target opponent may have Risk Factor deal 4 damage to them. If that player doesn't, you draw three cards. Jump-start (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a card in addition to paying its other costs. Then exile this card.)
Draw a card. Jump-start (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a card in addition to paying its other costs. Then exile this card.)
Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target player. Jump-start (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a card in addition to paying its other costs. Then exile this card.)
Choose two — • Jump Kick — Destroy target artifact. • Dash Attack — Put two +1/+1 counters on target attacking or blocking creature you control. • Foot Toss — Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to any other target. Then sacrifice it.
Draw two cards, then discard a card. You gain life equal to the number of cards you've discarded this turn. Jump-start (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a card in addition to paying its other costs. Then exile this card.)
Beacon Bolt deals damage to target creature equal to the total number of instant and sorcery cards you own in exile and in your graveyard. Jump-start (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a card in addition to paying its other costs. Then exile this card.)
Flying, hexproof from monocolored Each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard that's exactly two colors has jump-start. (You may cast that card from your graveyard by discarding a card in addition to paying its other costs. Then exile it.)
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