The Jolly Balloon Man
The Jolly Balloon Man: Legendary Creature - Human Clown, Duskmourn: House of Horror. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{R}{W}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Human Clown
- Colour identity
- White and red (WR)
- Power / toughness
- 1/4
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Duskmourn: House of Horror (DSK)
- Released
- 2024-09-27
- Collector number
- 219
- Artist
- Campbell White
- Keywords
- Haste
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About The Jolly Balloon Man
The Jolly Balloon Man is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white and red legendary creature from Duskmourn: House of Horror (DSK), an expansion set released in September 2024. It is collector number 219 in that set, with art by Campbell White. It costs {1}{R}{W} (one generic, one white and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 1/4 creature. Its colour identity is white and red. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.57 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Haste
{1}, {T}: 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.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.57 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of The Jolly Balloon Man by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Alchemy | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of The Jolly Balloon Man
The Jolly Balloon Man has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Zeta Set (SLZ) #212 | Uncommon | 2026 |
| The Zeta Set (SLZ) #333 | Uncommon | 2026 |
| The Zeta Set (SLZ) #91 | Uncommon | 2026 |
| Duskmourn: House of Horror (DSK) #359 | Rare | 2024 |
| Duskmourn: House of Horror Promos (PDSK) #219p | Rare | 2024 |
| Duskmourn: House of Horror Promos (PDSK) #219s | Rare | 2024 |
Official rulings
Five official rulings apply to The Jolly Balloon Man, newest first.
- 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 {X} 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.
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