The Jolly Balloon Man
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.
How The Jolly Balloon Man decks play in EDH
The Jolly Balloon Man is a Boros commander in white and red costing 1RW, and its legendary creature - human clown line shapes the whole deck around it. It makes tokens, so the deck wants ways to pump a wide board and to turn spare bodies into cards or damage. Sacrifice is built into the card, which pairs it with cheap recursive creatures and payoffs that trigger when something dies. The cards below are the ones The Jolly Balloon Man decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $62.94Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (5)
Card draw (3)
Removal (3)
Creatures (8)
Synergy & payoffs (1)
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What colours can I use in a The Jolly Balloon Man deck?
The Jolly Balloon Man has a Boros colour identity, so every card in the deck must be white and red or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for The Jolly Balloon Man?
The cards played most often in The Jolly Balloon Man decks include Flickering Hound, Belladonna Took, Bilbo's Gambit. The full list of staples above is grouped by the job each card does, so you can see the deck's skeleton rather than just a pile of names.
How much does a The Jolly Balloon Man deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $62.94 at current market prices. A complete 100-card build costs more, and Grimoire can generate a budget version instead if you set a price ceiling.
Can I build a The Jolly Balloon Man deck from cards I already own?
Yes. Import your collection into Grimoire and choose "my cards" when you build. The generator will only use cards you actually own, and the Missing Cards page shows what you would need to buy to finish any list.