Ashnod the Uncaring + Thopter Squadron + Crime Novelist + Krark-Clan Ironworks

Ashnod the Uncaring

Thopter Squadron

Crime Novelist

Krark-Clan Ironworks

How it works

1. Activate Thopter Squadron's first ability twice by paying 2 and removing two +1/+1 counters from it, creating two 1/1 Thopter artifact creature tokens.
2. Activate Krark-Clan Ironworks by sacrificing a Thopter, adding CC,
3. Crime Novelist triggers, causing you to add and put a +1/+1 counter on it.
4. Activate Thopter Squadron's second ability by paying 1 and sacrificing the other Thopter token.
5. Ashnod and Crime Novelist trigger.
6. Resolve the Crime Novelist trigger, adding and putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
7. Resolve the Ashnod trigger, copying Thopter Squadron's ability.
8. Resolve both Thopter Squadron abilities, putting two +1/+1 counters on it,.
9. Repeat.

This intricate loop turns Thopter Squadron into a self-sustaining engine by cycling its counters into tokens and back again. By using Krark-Clan Ironworks to sacrifice those tokens for mana, you trigger Crime Novelist to continuously swell in power and generate a steady stream of red mana alongside your colorless reserves. Meanwhile, Ashnod the Uncaring watches over the sacrifices made to Thopter Squadron's counter-recovery ability, copying it to effortlessly rebuild the Squadron's reserves and keep the cascade of creature tokens, deaths, and triggers going infinitely.