The Jolly Balloon Man
- Mana cost
- {1}{R}{W}
- Type
- Legendary Creature — Human Clown
- Power / toughness
- 1 / 4
- Set
- Duskmourn: House of Horror #359 (rare)
- Price
- $0.93 USD
Haste
{1}, {T}: Create a token that's a copy of another target creature you control, except it's a 1/1 red Balloon creature in addition to its other colors and types and it has flying and haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.
The Jolly Balloon Man has 7 printings, first in Duskmourn: House of Horror (2024). EDHREC ranks it #2,575 among Commander cards. It appears most in Ghired, Mirror of the Wilds decks (2,852 on EDHREC). It has 5 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run The Jolly Balloon Man most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Ghired, Mirror of the Wilds: 2,852 decks
- Zurgo, Thunder's Decree: 2,606 decks
- Zinnia, Valley's Voice: 2,286 decks
- Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer: 2,007 decks
- Zidane, Tantalus Thief: 1,955 decks
- Neriv, Heart of the Storm: 1,547 decks
- Malik, Grim Manipulator: 883 decks
- Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire: 721 decks
Often played with The Jolly Balloon Man
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Except for the listed exceptions, the token created by The Jolly Balloon Man's ability copies exactly what was printed on the original creature and nothing else (unless that creature is copying something else or is a token; see below). It doesn't copy whether that creature is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, and so on.
- : Any enters abilities of the copied creature will trigger when the token enters. Any "as [this creature] enters" or "[this creature] enters with" abilities of the copied creature will also work.
- : If the copied creature has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0.
- : If the copied creature is a token, the token that's created copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that created that token, with the stated exceptions.
- : If the copied creature is copying something else, then the token enters as whatever that creature copied, with the stated exception.