First printed in Duskmourn: House of Horror (2024)
All 7 prints
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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.
1/4
- Illustrated by
- Campbell White
Legality
- Legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Pauper, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH
Rulings (5)
- 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.
- 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.
- If the copied creature has
in its mana cost, X is 0. - 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.
- If the copied creature is copying something else, then the token enters as whatever that creature copied, with the stated exception.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
In Limited on MTG Arena
Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).
| Set | GIH WR | vs set | IWD | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duskmourn: House of Horror (DSK), Premier Draft | 54.0% | -0.5 | +0.2 | 15276 |
| Duskmourn: House of Horror (DSK), Sealed | 56.0% | +0.2 | +3.5 | 1023 |
- GIH WR
- win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
- vs set
- points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
- IWD
- improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
- Games
- games in which the card was seen
Combos
77 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: The Jolly Balloon Man + Village Bell-Ringer
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Ertha Jo, Frontier Mentor + The Jolly Balloon Man + Zealous Conscripts
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Coercive Recruiter + The Jolly Balloon Man
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Ashnod's Altar + The Jolly Balloon Man + Village Bell-Ringer
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Ertha Jo, Frontier Mentor + Restoration Angel + The Jolly Balloon Man
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Ertha Jo, Frontier Mentor + Felidar Guardian + The Jolly Balloon Man
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Combat Celebrant + Determined Iteration + The Jolly Balloon Man
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Felidar Guardian + Mondrak, Glory Dominus + The Jolly Balloon Man
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Anointed Procession + Felidar Guardian + The Jolly Balloon Man
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Phyrexian Altar + The Jolly Balloon Man + Village Bell-Ringer
