balloon by user5407030

Format: Commander

Commander: The Jolly Balloon Man

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

The Jolly Balloon Man leads an aggressive Boros token and enters-the-battlefield deck that overwhelms opponents through repeated creature duplication and burn damage. The commander provides immediate utility by cloning impactful utility and army-in-a-can creatures into flying, hasty Balloon copies for just one mana. Early turns establish mana rocks and incremental token engines like Adeline, Resplendent Cathar and Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon. Mid-game turns leverage damage multipliers like Molten Gatekeeper and Warleader's Call alongside Delney, Streetwise Lookout to drain the table rapidly. The deck closes games by multiplying token generation with Mondrak, Glory Dominus, overwhelming boards with Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite, or taking extra combats with Aurelia, the Warleader.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Beetleback Chief
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Champions from Beyond
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Cloister Gargoyle
  • 1 Combustible Gearhulk
  • 1 Comeuppance
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crossroads Village
  • 1 Crystal Grotto
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Dazzling Theater // Prop Room
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
  • 1 Firemane Commando
  • 1 General Leo Cristophe
  • 1 Generous Plunderer
  • 1 Goblin-town Flunkies
  • 1 Havoc Eater
  • 1 Helpful Hunter
  • 1 Hideous Taskmaster
  • 1 Ingot Chewer
  • 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Meteor Golem
  • 1 Mogg War Marshal
  • 1 Molten Gatekeeper
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 11 Mountain
  • 1 Outpost Siege
  • 1 Parting Gust
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 12 Plains
  • 1 Priest of Ancient Lore
  • 1 Rabble Rousing
  • 1 Recruiter of the Guard
  • 1 Reinforced Ronin
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Ruin Grinder
  • 1 Scrapwork Mutt
  • 1 Selfless Squire
  • 1 Semester's End
  • 1 Settle the Wreckage
  • 1 Siege-Gang Commander
  • 1 Skrelv, Defector Mite
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Splitskin Doll
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Sunbillow Verge
  • 1 Sunscorched Divide
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart
  • 1 The Jolly Balloon Man
  • 1 Umaro, Raging Yeti
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Vengeful Ancestor
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Warleader's Call
  • 1 Wedding Ring
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire