The Jolly Balloon Man

The Jolly Balloon Man

Legendary Creature — Human Clown

Mana cost: {1}{R}{W}

How we read this card

Haste
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.

activated {1}, {T} — makes a token

activated {1}, {T} —

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: create a Balloon creature token, put a Balloon creature token onto the battlefield, a Balloon creature token dies, sacrifice a Balloon creature token.

Cares about: a Balloon to sacrifice.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (The Jolly Balloon Man is one).

  1. Nadier, Agent of the Duskenel — When a Balloon leaves the battlefield thanks to The Jolly Balloon Man, Nadier, Agent of the Duskenel puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

2 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature token dies — 67 cards in the game can cause this (The Jolly Balloon Man is one).

When a Balloon dies thanks to The Jolly Balloon Man:

  1. Grismold, the Dreadsower — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Joel, Resolute Survivor — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a token is sacrificed — 90 cards in the game can cause this (The Jolly Balloon Man is one).

When a Balloon is sacrificed thanks to The Jolly Balloon Man:

  1. Mirkwood Bats — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Eloise, Nephalia Sleuth — surveils
  3. The Sackville-Bagginses — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Burdened Aerialist — grants flying
  5. Shire Shirriff — exiles a creature an opponent controls

a creature token leaves the battlefield — 117 cards in the game can cause this (The Jolly Balloon Man is one).

When a Balloon leaves the battlefield thanks to The Jolly Balloon Man:

  1. Twilight Drover — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Zurgo Stormrender — makes each opponent lose 1 life

a token is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 122 cards in the game can cause this (The Jolly Balloon Man is one).

  1. Tatsumasa, the Dragon's Fang — When a Balloon dies thanks to The Jolly Balloon Man, Tatsumasa, the Dragon's Fang exiles itself

a token leaves the battlefield — 182 cards in the game can cause this (The Jolly Balloon Man is one).

When a Balloon leaves the battlefield thanks to The Jolly Balloon Man:

  1. Boomer Scrapper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Nadier's Nightblade — makes each opponent lose 1 life

4 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (The Jolly Balloon Man is one).

When a Balloon is sacrificed thanks to The Jolly Balloon Man:

  1. Ziatora, the Incinerator — deals that creature's power damage
  2. Dina, Essence Brewer — draws you 1 card
  3. Fleshtaker — gains you 1 life
  4. Body Dropper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  6. Kels, Fight Fixer — draws you 1 card
  7. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — triggers
  8. Grist, the Hunger Tide — kills a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls
  9. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  10. Rakdos, the Muscle — exiles a card from an opponent's library

20 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

provide a creature to sacrifice — 2,720 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Industrial Advancement — The Jolly Balloon Man makes fodder for Industrial Advancement
  2. Divergent Transformations — The Jolly Balloon Man makes fodder for Divergent Transformations
  3. Transmogrify — The Jolly Balloon Man makes fodder for Transmogrify

2,717 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature token enters the battlefield — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (The Jolly Balloon Man is one).

When a Balloon enters thanks to The Jolly Balloon Man:

  1. Securitron Squadron — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Anointer Priest — gains you 1 life
  3. Nesting Dovehawk — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a creature token is created — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (The Jolly Balloon Man is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When The Jolly Balloon Man makes a Balloon token, Staff of the Storyteller puts a story counter on itself

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this (The Jolly Balloon Man is one).

When a Balloon dies thanks to The Jolly Balloon Man:

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  5. Meathook Massacre II — brings a card back
  6. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  7. Missy — brings a card back
  8. Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire — brings a card back
  9. Saffi Eriksdotter — sacrifices itself
  10. Angelic Renewal — sacrifices itself

422 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything is sacrificed — 3,450 cards in the game can cause this (The Jolly Balloon Man is one).

  1. Gorbag of Minas Morgul — When a Balloon is sacrificed thanks to The Jolly Balloon Man, Gorbag of Minas Morgul triggers

2 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a token enters the battlefield — 3,710 cards in the game can cause this (The Jolly Balloon Man is one).

When a Balloon enters thanks to The Jolly Balloon Man:

  1. Baron Bertram Graywater — makes a token
  2. Marneus Calgar — draws you 1 card
  3. Belladonna Took — gains you 1 life
  4. Kambal, Profiteering Mayor — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. Lucy MacLean, Positively Armed — makes a token
  6. Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards — draws you 1 card
  7. Cloakwood Swarmkeeper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Woodland Champion — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  9. Leonardo, the Balance — puts a counter on a creature
  10. Spiritcall Enthusiast // Scrollboost — becomes prepared

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a token is created — 3,711 cards in the game can cause this (The Jolly Balloon Man is one).

When The Jolly Balloon Man makes a Balloon token:

  1. Akim, the Soaring Wind — makes a token
  2. Idol of Oblivion — draws you 1 card
  3. Rosie Cotton of South Lane — puts a counter on a permanent

18 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (The Jolly Balloon Man is one).

When a Balloon leaves the battlefield thanks to The Jolly Balloon Man:

  1. Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom — gains you 1 life
  2. Funeral March — makes a player sacrifice a creature

30 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (The Jolly Balloon Man is one).

When The Jolly Balloon Man attacks:

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — makes a token
  2. Grim Javelineer — gives +1/+0
  3. Clavileño, First of the Blessed — turns something into a creature

132 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature is cast — 18,010 cards in the game can cause this (The Jolly Balloon Man is one).

When The Jolly Balloon Man is cast:

  1. Quirion Beastcaller — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Champions of the Perfect — draws you 1 card

89 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (The Jolly Balloon Man is one).

  1. Boss's Chauffeur — When a Balloon enters thanks to The Jolly Balloon Man, Boss's Chauffeur puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Dinosaur Egg — When The Jolly Balloon Man enters, Dinosaur Egg puts a counter on itself

368 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.