The Jolly Balloon Man

one generic mana one red mana one white mana Legendary Creature — Human ClownPower and toughness1/4

Haste. 1, TAP: 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 as a sorcery only.

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The Jolly Balloon Man rulings

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Except for the listed exceptions, the token created by The Jolly Balloon Man's ability copies exactly what was printed on the original creature and nothing else (unless that creature is copying something else or is a token; see below). It doesn't copy whether that creature is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, and so on.
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If the copied creature has in its mana cost, X is 0.
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If the copied creature is a token, the token that's created copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that created that token, with the stated exceptions.
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If the copied creature is copying something else, then the token enters as whatever that creature copied, with the stated exception.
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Any enters abilities of the copied creature will trigger when the token enters. Any "as [this creature] enters" or "[this creature] enters with" abilities of the copied creature will also work.

The Jolly Balloon Man keyword rules

Haste Rule 702.10

Haste is a static ability.

If a creature has haste, it can attack even if it hasn’t been controlled by its controller continuously since their most recent turn began. (See rule .)

If a creature has haste, its controller can activate its activated abilities whose cost includes the tap symbol or the untap symbol even if that creature hasn’t been controlled by that player continuously since their most recent turn began. (See rule .)

Multiple instances of haste on the same creature are redundant.