---
name: "Direct Current"
mana_cost: "{1}{R}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: []
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Jump", "Jump-start"]
set: "CLU"
set_name: "Ravnica: Clue Edition"
collector_number: "132"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Dan Murayama Scott"
oracle_id: "54e34440-c890-4a07-83c6-63a2f7a65639"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/direct-current-clu"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Direct Current
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{R}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Jump, Jump-start

## Oracle Text
Direct Current deals 2 damage to any target.
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.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Gravitic Punch](/printing/gravitic-punch-grn.md) — Sorcery
2. [Eelectrocute](/printing/eelectrocute-unf.md) — Instant
3. [Boltfire](/printing/boltfire-mb2.md) — Sorcery
4. [Electro's Bolt](/printing/electros-bolt-spm.md) — Sorcery
5. [Sonic Assault](/printing/sonic-assault-grn.md) — Instant
6. [Shock](/printing/shock-msc.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ravnica: Clue Edition (CLU) #132
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Dan Murayama Scott

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `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)* 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.
- *(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.