Commander

The Jolly Balloon Man

Global commander stats {R} {W} All Boros commanders
Win Rate 31%
850 Wins
1853 Losses
Overview

Summary

The Jolly Balloon Man is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,727 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (850–1853) at an Elo of 1,551, ranking #1148 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 535925 damage dealt and 0.66 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 2727 recorded Playgroup games (850 wins, 1853 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: about 1 month.
How many decks use The Jolly Balloon Man?
695 decks list The Jolly Balloon Man as their commander on Playgroup, of which 441 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
1148
Wins by turn (avg.)
9
Elo rating
1551
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 536418
Average commander damage per game 2
Average poison counters given per game 3
Average kills per game 0.66
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 695
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 442
No. games played with this commander 2727
Total hours played about 1 month
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1576 Basti Irmer 5 3
2 1569 Rye 13 5
3 1559 mike 24 13
4 1558 Wrenstigator 15 5
5 1543 ZeArtista 3 2
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When The Jolly Balloon Man wins, 52.73% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
52.73%
Non Combat Damage
32.94%
Combo
10.49%
Alternative
2.36%
Commander Damage
1.33%
Mill
0.15%
Avg win turn 8.6 based on 864 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for The Jolly Balloon Man

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with The Jolly Balloon Man decks that leave them out.

+10.5 pp
Top card: Clifftop Retreat
Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)
# Card Lift
11
Recruiter of the Guard
Recruiter of the Guard 207 games
+3.5 pp
12
Impact Tremors
Impact Tremors 332 games
+3.1 pp
13
Exotic Orchard
Exotic Orchard 172 games
+2.8 pp
14
Goblin Bombardment
Goblin Bombardment 197 games
+2.4 pp
15
Professional Face-Breaker
Professional Face-Breaker 136 games
+2.4 pp

Measured win-rate lift against decks on the same commander without the card, ranked by the 95% lower bound. How this is measured

Table position

Does seating order matter?

The Jolly Balloon Man wins 40.23% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
40.23% n=819
2
Seat 2
30.92% n=781
3
Seat 3
27.23% n=650
4
Seat 4
23.37% n=415
5
Seat 5
25.71% n=70
6
Seat 6
0.0% n=9
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The Jolly Balloon Man wins 32.53% after 0 mulligans and 44.44% after 4 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
32.53% n=1291
1
1 mulligan
28.3% n=477
2
2 mulligans
34.78% n=161
3
3 mulligans
24.44% n=45
4
4 mulligans
44.44% n=9
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with The Jolly Balloon Man 3.89/5 on average, across 1952 self-reports.

3.89 / 5
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Opponent salt

When The Jolly Balloon Man wins, opponents flag the game as salty 34.8% of the time across 867 tracked wins.

34.8 \%
Head to head

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
66.67%
Imotekh the Stormlord commander art
60.0%
Arahbo, Roar of the World commander art
59.09%
Temmet, Naktamun's Will commander art
55.56%
Alela, Artful Provocateur commander art
55.0%

Top 5 worst matchups