looney ballooney by user8783799

Format: Commander

Commander: The Jolly Balloon Man

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This deck is a Boros creature-combo list led by The Jolly Balloon Man. The primary strategy focuses on deploying low-cost mana ramp on the first two turns to cast the commander on Turn 3. On Turn 4, the deck deploys utility creatures with powerful enter-the-battlefield triggers, such as Imperial Recruiter, Recruiter of the Guard, and Atsushi, the Blazing Sky, using the commander's ability to create flying balloon copies for repeated value and card selection. On Turn 5, the deck transitions into a decisive win attempt by assembling infinite creature loops, primarily Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker combined with Village Bell-Ringer, Zealous Conscripts, or Combat Celebrant. Because Kiki-Jiki grants haste to its copies, the resulting token army attacks all three opponents for lethal damage in the same turn. The deck is shielded by proactive protection like Voice of Victory and Teferi's Protection, though its reactive interaction against opposing game plans is limited.

Decklist (101 cards)

  • 1 Agate Instigator
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Ao, the Dawn Sky
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Atsushi, the Blazing Sky
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Balor
  • 1 Battlemage's Bracers
  • 1 Blinkmoth Nexus
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Garrison
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Cadric, Soul Kindler
  • 1 Charming Prince
  • 1 Charming Scoundrel
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Coercive Recruiter
  • 1 Combat Celebrant
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cosmic Intervention
  • 1 Curse-Marred Demon
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Deep Gnome Terramancer
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Determined Iteration
  • 1 Earthshape
  • 1 Ertha Jo, Frontier Mentor
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exalted Sunborn
  • 1 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki
  • 1 Feldon of the Third Path
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Ghost Vacuum
  • 1 Goblin Engineer
  • 1 Gold Myr
  • 1 Goldlust Triad
  • 1 Hedron Crawler
  • 1 Illusionist's Bracers
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Inkmoth Nexus
  • 1 Iron Myr
  • 1 Ironwill Forger
  • 1 Jaxis, the Troublemaker
  • 1 Kabira Takedown // Kabira Plateau
  • 1 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Loyal Retainers
  • 1 Meek Attack
  • 1 Mishra's Factory
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Mutavault
  • 1 Nesting Dovehawk
  • 1 Ocelot Pride
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Patriar's Seal
  • 1 Patron of the Arts
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Port Razer
  • 1 Priest of Urabrask
  • 1 Razorgrass Ambush // Razorgrass Field
  • 1 Reckless Barbarian
  • 1 Recruiter of the Guard
  • 1 Redoubled Stormsinger
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Renewed Solidarity
  • 1 Reveillark
  • 1 Romana II
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Sacred Peaks
  • 1 Selfless Spirit
  • 1 Serra Ascendant
  • 1 Sneak Attack
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Splinter Twin
  • 1 Sunbillow Verge
  • 1 Sundial of the Infinite
  • 1 Sunscorched Divide
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Tannuk, Steadfast Second
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple of Triumph
  • 1 The Jolly Balloon Man
  • 1 Ultimate Magic: Holy
  • 1 Village Bell-Ringer
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Zealous Conscripts