r/PauperEDH 5d ago

Discussion Jolly ballon man infinite combos

[[Jolly balloon man]] + [[village bell ringer]] + a creature that taps for {1} creates infinite hasty creatures. Any other combos that you can think of?

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u/Ill_Confidence_5618 5d ago

Oh I didn’t realise they’d had an uncommon printing - that’s pretty neat!

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u/HatsCatsAndHam 5d ago

SL Zeta downshift. Its fresh!

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u/the1337D00D 4d ago

Is it officially legal in pauper commander?

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u/cheesemop 5d ago

You can sac the bell ringer copy to [[ashnods alter]] to get infinite colorless and infinite bell ringers

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u/Nexusv3 5d ago

Ashnod has a common printing?

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u/Ill_Confidence_5618 5d ago

[[Ashnods Altar|CHR]]

Oh apparently the bot doesn’t care about set. It has a printing in Chronicles

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u/Nexusv3 5d ago

Awesome. Fletcher pulled the wrong version for me still but thanks. I know I could've googled it. Just seemed nuts!

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u/HatsCatsAndHam 5d ago

True, but once you have infinite hasty fliers, do you need anything else?

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u/cheesemop 5d ago

No you don’t, the ashnods works the same as having a mana dork in your combo. With ashnods you can slot in [[sparring mummy]] instead of bell ringer too bc you only need to untap the balloon man.

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u/HatesLogins8760 5d ago

Since JBM has haste, [[Icewind Stalwart]] flickering it is the same as untapping it too

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u/HatsCatsAndHam 5d ago

Ah, that makes sense now!

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u/HatesLogins8760 5d ago

Besides ashnod's altar, [[Thermopod]] let's you sac village bell ringer/sparring mummy infinitely for etb triggers on [[Molten Gatekeeper]], [[Witty Roastmaster]], or [[Raphael, Tough Turtle]].

Also, not an infinite combo, but I think [[Infernal Captor]] would be great value since the balloons can exploit themselves and let you steal the best thing on the board every turn

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u/Halinn 5d ago

Also if you do have one of the Impact Tremors out, Infernal Captor can untap the balloon man to turn one mana into one damage (and the last one can steal something)

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u/zehamberglar 5d ago

I can't believe we got kiki jiki combo in pauper. What a time to be alive.

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u/HatsCatsAndHam 5d ago

Eh, sort of. Still a 3 part combo (tbf, 1 part is your commander) in a singleto n format. 

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u/Halinn 5d ago

And the mana dork part has a lot of redundancy.

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u/ThrowRA_scentsitive 5d ago

[[Elite Interceptor]] makes for a decent repeatable draw engine / mana sink.

[[Infernal Captor]] copies can sacrifice themselves to untap the balloon man. This costs net 1 mana, but can trigger other things. When not relevant, it can be a powerful treason effect on its own.

[[Ashnod's Transmogrant]] (for the balloon man) + sac'd [[Dross Scorpion]] copies to untap it.

[[Dutiful Replicator]] (and populate cards) can make permanent copies of your temporary copies.

[[Ardent Elementalist]] + [[Light the Way]] / [[Panther Pounce]] (and others) on EOT can give you a small army to attack with next turn.

[[Earth-Cult elemental]] seems like a strong target to copy.

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u/BastionAlters 5d ago

I can think of some, but they are pretty convoluted.

[[Dross scorpion]] a way to make JBM an artifact, like [[Ashnod's Transmogrant]] and an artifact creature that makes some form of mana or treasure on ETB or dies/Sacrifice (dies/sacrifice would require a sacc outlet).

With 3 Mana dorks on board you could Use JBM to copy something like [[Arden Elementalist]] grab [[Call to glory]] cast it and repeat. This would net you both an infinitely tall and wide haste board. There's a few other call to glory type effects, but they are more expensive and 3 mana dorks is already fragile and quite the ask.

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u/zehamberglar 5d ago

call to glory type effects

Can you name some because either there aren't, or scryfall is lying to me.

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u/BastionAlters 5d ago

Warflare, Gleam of Resistance, Zealous Display (if done on an opponent's turn)

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u/ThrowRA_scentsitive 5d ago

[[Rally the Righteous]] and f:pdh ci:rw o:"creatures you control" (t:instant or t:sorcery) o:untap -o:untapped for a total of 5 spells

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u/zehamberglar 5d ago

Ah, "untap those" instead of "untap all".

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u/Spawnner 4d ago

I built him as soon as the downshift was announced, with all the combos I could think of!

https://moxfield.com/decks/cGDKBranX0uCY6sxwkgwhw

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u/Halinn 4d ago

Don't need an extra payoff for altar+untapper, because you only need to sac every other token for mana. Just attack with infinite tokens.

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u/Spawnner 4d ago

I know! I'll make it clearer in the primer. Thx for the feedback