---
name: "Chemister's Insight"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: []
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Jump", "Jump-start"]
set: "CLU"
set_name: "Ravnica: Clue Edition"
collector_number: "81"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Josh Hass"
oracle_id: "a2cb30d7-c0a9-4f79-bc19-fc88c4986725"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/chemisters-insight-clu"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Chemister's Insight
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Jump, Jump-start

## Oracle Text
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.)

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## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ravnica: Clue Edition (CLU) #81
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Josh Hass

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`

## Official Rulings
- *(2018-10-05)* If a card with jump-start is put into your graveyard during your turn, you'll be able to cast it right away if it's legal to do so, before an opponent can take any actions.
- *(2018-10-05)* You must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions when casting a spell with jump-start, including those based on the card's type. For instance, you can cast a sorcery using jump-start only when you could normally cast a sorcery.
- *(2018-10-05)* A spell cast using jump-start will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, it's countered, or it leaves the stack in some other way.
- *(2018-10-05)* If an effect allows you to pay an alternative cost rather than a spell's mana cost, you may pay that alternative cost when you jump-start a spell. You'll still discard a card as an additional cost to cast it.