Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter + Haunted One + Retribution of the Ancients + Woe Strider

Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter

Haunted One

Retribution of the Ancients

Woe Strider

How it works

1. Activate Jan Jansen's first ability by tapping it and sacrificing another artifact creature you control except the Gnome or Artificer.
2. Jan Jansen triggers, causing it and creatures you control that share a creature type with it to get +2/+0 and undying until end of turn.
3. Resolve the Jan Jansen ability, creating two Treasure tokens.
4. Activate Woe Strider by sacrificing Jan Jansen.
5. When Jan Jansen dies, its undying ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
6. Resolve the Woe Strider ability, causing you to scry 1.
7. Activate Jan Jansen's first ability by tapping it and sacrificing the Gnome or Artificer.
8. When the Gnome or Artificer dies, its undying ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
9. Resolve the Jan Jansen ability, creating two Treasure tokens.
10. Activate a Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
11. Activate Retribution of the Ancients by paying and removing the +1/+1 counter from Jan Jansen and the other Gnome or Artificer, giving a creature -2/-2 until end of turn.
12. Repeat from step 4.

This clever loop turns Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter into a self-sustaining engine of creation and destruction, leveraging Haunted One to grant your commander and its mechanical kin the gift of undying whenever they tap to work their magic. By tapping Jan Jansen to sacrifice an artifact creature, you trigger Haunted One's passive buff and rebirth mechanic, allowing Woe Strider to freely sacrifice your commander to the graveyard so it can immediately return with a +1/+1 counter. Those generated Treasure tokens provide the necessary black mana to fuel Retribution of the Ancients, letting you strip away those very same +1/+1 counters to systematically shrink and dismantle opposing boards.