The Jolly Balloon Man

Global Commander Stats
Win Rate 31%
678 Wins
1492 Losses

Summary

The Jolly Balloon Man is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,170 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (6781492) at an Elo of 1,619, ranking #357 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 419 damage dealt and 0.67 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently asked

What is The Jolly Balloon Man's win rate?

The Jolly Balloon Man has a 31% win rate across 2170 recorded Playgroup games (678 wins, 1492 losses).

How long do winning games with The Jolly Balloon Man take?

Wins with The Jolly Balloon Man take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 26 days.

How many decks use The Jolly Balloon Man?

557 decks list The Jolly Balloon Man as their commander on Playgroup, of which 348 have played at least one recorded game.

The Jolly Balloon Man Magic: The Gathering commander card art
Global Rank
357
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
9
Elo rating
1619

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 419
Average commander damage per game 2
Average poison counters given per game 4
Average kills per game 0.67
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 557
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 348
No. games played with this commander 2170
Total hours played 26 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1558 Wrenstigator 15 5
2 1536 Rye 12 4
3 1525 xZefyr 58 18
4 1514 Kamillo 8 3
5 1513 Vegeta 8 3

How does this commander win?

When The Jolly Balloon Man wins, 52.56% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
52.56%
Non Combat Damage
32.78%
Combo
10.81%
Alternative
2.01%
Commander Damage
1.65%
Mill
0.18%
Avg win turn 8.5 based on 689 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

The Jolly Balloon Man wins 40.0% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
40.0% n=640
2
Seat 2
30.19% n=636
3
Seat 3
27.13% n=527
4
Seat 4
24.02% n=333
5
Seat 5
28.81% n=59
6
Seat 6
0.0% n=7

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The Jolly Balloon Man wins 32.25% after 0 mulligans and 40.0% after 4 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
32.25% n=1135
1
1 mulligan
28.57% n=364
2
2 mulligans
32.46% n=114
3
3 mulligans
23.08% n=26
4
4 mulligans
40.0% n=5

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with The Jolly Balloon Man 3.87/5 on average, across 1555 self-reports.

3.87 / 5
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Opponent salt

When The Jolly Balloon Man wins, opponents flag the game as salty 71.0% of the time across 690 tracked wins.

71.0 \%

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against The Jolly Balloon Man. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.

Top 5 best matchups

Kykar, Wind's Fury commander art
70.0%
Imotekh the Stormlord commander art
66.67%
Arahbo, Roar of the World commander art
63.16%
Temmet, Naktamun's Will commander art
60.0%
Rin and Seri, Inseparable commander art
57.14%

Top 5 worst matchups