The Jolly Balloon Man 
Legendary Creature — Human Clown · Duskmourn: House of Horror
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.
Plays well with: Tokens
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📖 How to build The Jolly Balloon Man
The Jolly Balloon Man is a hasty Boros creature whose tap ability, activated only as a sorcery for {1}, creates a token copy of another creature you control. The token is a 1/1 red Balloon that gains flying and haste in addition to its other colors and types, and it is sacrificed at the beginning of the next end step. The game plan is to turn your best creatures into temporary flying attackers each turn, getting extra combat damage and copy effects without permanently adding to your board.
Build around creatures that are worth copying, especially ones with strong triggered abilities, and include enough creatures to make the ability reliable. From the popular list, Faithless Looting can help you find more pieces and keep card flow going, while Swords to Plowshares and Path to Exile can remove blockers or threats. Teferi's Protection can help protect your key creatures and your Balloon Man plan from disruption.
Watch out for the ability's limits. Because it requires tapping the Balloon Man, you can only make one token per turn, and you cannot use his tap ability and attack with him in the same turn. He also needs another creature you control to do anything, and the token only lasts until the next end step, so its value is temporary. The copy is only as strong as the creature it copies. As a three-mana legend with no built-in protection, he is also vulnerable to removal.
Deck guide written with AI assistance based on the card's rules text.
🔗 Tokens synergy
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