Duchess, Wayward Tavernkeep + Crime Novelist + Quest for Pure Flame + Weftstalker Ardent

Duchess, Wayward Tavernkeep

Crime Novelist

Quest for Pure Flame

Weftstalker Ardent

How it works

1. Activate Duchess by paying 1 and removing a quest counter from a permanent you control, creating a Junk token.
2. When the Junk enters, Weftstalker Ardent triggers, dealing 1 damage to each opponent.
3. Quest for Pure Flame triggers, putting a quest counter on it.
4. Activate the Junk by tapping and sacrificing it.
5. Crime Novelist triggers, adding and putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
6. Resolve the Junk's ability, exiling the top card of your library with the ability to play it until end of turn.
7. Repeat.

This clever loop turns the humble Junk token factory of Duchess, Wayward Tavernkeep into an engine of endless destruction, using Weftstalker Ardent to ping your opponents to death every time a new artifact enters the battlefield. As you sacrifice those tokens to fuel the loop, Crime Novelist steps in to generously refund the mana with red energy while growing into a massive threat with infinite +1/+1 counters. Meanwhile, Quest for Pure Flame quietly tracks the carnage by stacking up quest counters, ready to double all your damage output when you choose to cash it in.