Jump
Instant
Target creature gains flying until end of turn.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Limited Edition Alpha
- Price
- $22.81
- EDHREC rank
- #24219
Jump grants a creature flying and unblockability through the air until end of turn for a single blue mana — a one-shot evasion enabler at instant speed. It's a combat trick, not a permanent solution, and at $22.81 it's hard to justify in any format where a better option exists.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Jump is too narrow — spending a card slot on a one-turn flying grant rarely pulls enough weight in a 100-card singleton format where permanence and card advantage dominate. Pauper is the format where Jump sees the most plausible use, slotting into tempo and evasion-based aggressive lists that need cheap instant-speed tricks. Legacy and Vintage have it available but would never touch it; the power ceiling in those formats leaves no room for a sorcery-adjacent cantrip-less effect. Jump is legal in Oathbreaker, but the same Commander logic applies — one turn of flying on one creature rarely closes a game.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Jump does what Leap or Writ of Passage do for a fraction of the price, with Leap functioning as a near-identical one-mana instant that replaces itself by drawing a card — making it strictly better in almost every context. If the goal is repeatable evasion rather than a one-shot, Levitation or Archetype of Imagination solve the problem permanently for a deck slot instead of a spell slot.
Price Context
Current price
$22.81 premium tier
At $22.81, Jump sits in premium territory entirely on the back of its Alpha and Beta printings — later editions are under a dollar and functionally identical. Unless you're chasing the old-border prestige, there's no mechanical reason to pay the premium.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.