The Jolly BALLOON Man by gurdius

Format: Commander

Commander: The Jolly Balloon Man

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a Boros ETB-value and token-copy deck helmed by The Jolly Balloon Man. The core plan floods the board with enter-the-battlefield triggers, then uses the commander's sorcery-speed copy ability to turn any creature into a temporary 1/1 flying haste Balloon that still delivers its ETB (and dies at end of turn). Doublers like Panharmonicon, Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines, Delney, Streetwise Lookout, and Mondrak, Glory Dominus multiply every trigger and token. Primary wins are infinite hasty attackers via Village Bell-Ringer loops (with the commander or Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker) and overwhelming combat through token swarms. Secondary paths include grind value with Sun Titan recursion and one-sided interaction. The commander is a convenient enabler with haste but is not required for the Kiki line or the dense ETB package in the 99.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agrus Kos, Eternal Soldier
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Big Mother Mouser
  • 1 Bronze Walrus
  • 1 Caretaker's Talent
  • 1 Cavalier of Dawn
  • 1 Charming Scoundrel
  • 1 Circuit Mender
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Combat Thresher
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Determined Iteration
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
  • 1 Emrakul's Hatcher
  • 1 Enduring Innocence
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Fury
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Gold Myr
  • 1 Hedron Crawler
  • 1 Helpful Hunter
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Inspiring Overseer
  • 1 Inspiring Vantage
  • 1 Iron Myr
  • 1 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
  • 1 Kindly Customer
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Manakin
  • 1 Marvin, Murderous Mimic
  • 1 Mindclaw Shaman
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 Needleverge Pathway // Pillarverge Pathway
  • 1 Obsidian Charmaw
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Overlord of the Boilerbilges
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Patron of the Arts
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 1 Plague Myr
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Plundering Barbarian
  • 1 Priest of Ancient Lore
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Radiant Summit
  • 1 Recruiter of the Guard
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Renewed Solidarity
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 S.H.I.E.L.D. Spy Satellite
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Skyclave Apparition
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Solitude
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Spirited Companion
  • 1 Splitskin Doll
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Sunbaked Canyon
  • 1 Sunbillow Verge
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Sunset Strikemaster
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 T'Challa's Protection
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 The Jolly Balloon Man
  • 1 The Mind Stone
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Turbulent Steppe
  • 1 Village Bell-Ringer
  • 1 Wall of Omens
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Zookeeper Mechan