The Jolly Balloon Man

Global Commander Stats {R} {W} All Boros commanders
Win Rate 30%
702 Wins
1573 Losses

Summary

The Jolly Balloon Man is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,275 recorded Playgroup games, winning 30% of them (7021573) at an Elo of 1,463, ranking #3594 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 454377 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 30% win rate across 2275 recorded Playgroup games (702 wins, 1573 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: 27 days.
How many decks use The Jolly Balloon Man?
581 decks list The Jolly Balloon Man as their commander on Playgroup, of which 364 have played at least one recorded game.
Global Rank
3594
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
9
Elo rating
1463

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 454377
Average commander damage per game 2
Average poison counters given per game 3
Average kills per game 0.67
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 581
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 364
No. games played with this commander 2275
Total hours played 27 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1558 Wrenstigator 15 5
2 1536 Rye 12 4
3 1514 Kamillo 8 3
4 1513 Vegeta 8 3
5 1512 Jordan Bailey 1 1

How does this commander win?

When The Jolly Balloon Man wins, 52.92% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
52.92%
Non Combat Damage
32.57%
Combo
10.8%
Alternative
1.95%
Commander Damage
1.59%
Mill
0.18%
Avg win turn 8.6 based on 716 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

The Jolly Balloon Man wins 40.12% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
40.12% n=668
2
Seat 2
30.02% n=663
3
Seat 3
26.86% n=551
4
Seat 4
23.16% n=354
5
Seat 5
27.69% n=65
6
Seat 6
0.0% n=7

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The Jolly Balloon Man wins 32.23% after 0 mulligans and 40.0% after 4 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
32.23% n=1179
1
1 mulligan
28.2% n=383
2
2 mulligans
31.4% n=121
3
3 mulligans
20.69% n=29
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 3.85/5 on average, across 1632 self-reports.

3.85 / 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 717 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
69.23%
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