The Jolly Balloon Man

Legendary Creature — Human Clown

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.

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Set

The Zeta Set (SLZ #333)

Rarity

Uncommon

Mana value

3

Released

2026-09-02

Artist

MSCHF

EDHREC rank

#2,419

Colour identity

Finishes

Nonfoil

Served from

Local database

Commander bracket

EDHREC

Combos 77

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Format legality

Rulings

• 2024-09-20

  Any enters abilities of the copied creature will trigger when the token enters. Any "as [this creature] enters" or "[this creature] enters with" abilities of the copied creature will also work.

• 2024-09-20

  Except for the listed exceptions, the token created by The Jolly Balloon Man's ability copies exactly what was printed on the original creature and nothing else (unless that creature is copying something else or is a token; see below). It doesn't copy whether that creature is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, and so on.

• 2024-09-20

  If the copied creature has in its mana cost, X is 0.

• 2024-09-20

  If the copied creature is a token, the token that's created copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that created that token, with the stated exceptions.

• 2024-09-20

  If the copied creature is copying something else, then the token enters as whatever that creature copied, with the stated exception.