Grossly underpowered by modern standards, and shaky even back in the day.
I have no idea how this jank card saw reprints for so many years when it was clearly outclassed.
Posted By:
Radagast
(12/19/2010 3:05:16 PM)
When I was but a wee Magic player in 1994, I scoffed at Jump. For the exact same cost, I could give my creatures flying permanently with Flight. But Jump provided me with something Flight never could - the element of surprise. Getting attacked by a Serra Angel or Sengir Vampire is never much fun, unless you have a Sea Serpent in play and a Jump in your hand. The real problem with Jump isn't that it isn't useful. It's that it's blue. Most of blue's most useful creatures all ready fly. In a multi-colored blue and green deck, Jump becomes much better.
Posted By:
Eppek_the_Goblin
(8/16/2012 9:06:20 AM)
WHY DID THEY REPRINT THIS FOR SO LONG!?
Posted By:
Mudbutt_on
(11/27/2010 12:32:28 AM)
How the hell is this card under a 2?! Instantly making any creature flying for 1B can be a game winning move.
I almost always run my Blue decks with at least one of these.
Posted By:
Gaussgoat
(12/28/2009 12:31:06 PM)
It can be useful certainly, but not so much so that it would be a mainstay card.
Posted By:
stevebugge
(5/23/2010 8:10:31 PM)
Ah, Jump. One of the original combat tricks.
Posted By:
Test-Subject_217601
(8/25/2010 11:08:08 AM)
Jump is made for earthquakes.
Posted By:
Goatllama
(9/19/2010 1:57:00 PM)
Gaussgoat...While I agree that this is fairly useful, it most certainly does NOT cost {1B} as you think.
Posted By:
NeoKoda
(12/11/2011 4:55:07 PM)
holy shit you could use this to stop red field wipes like earthquake, however thats a shaky proposition.
Only use for this card is making monkeys fly so they can attack your enemy and steal their shoes
Posted By:
nope.avi
(12/20/2011 3:21:55 PM)
And for that element of surprise, I could probably at least allot a slot in an EDH deck for this. You never know.
Might as well jump.
Posted By:
jfre81
(9/1/2012 11:34:10 PM)