Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter
Haste {T}, Sacrifice an artifact creature: Create two Treasure tokens. {T}, Sacrifice a noncreature artifact: Create two 1/1 colorless Construct artifact creature tokens.
How Jan Jansen decks play in EDH
Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter is a Mardu commander in white, black and red costing RWB, and its legendary creature - gnome artificer line shapes the whole deck around it. It makes tokens, so the deck wants ways to pump a wide board and to turn spare bodies into cards or damage. Sacrifice is built into the card, which pairs it with cheap recursive creatures and payoffs that trigger when something dies. The cards below are the ones Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $74.94Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (3)
Card draw (6)
Removal (1)
Creatures (4)
Synergy & payoffs (6)
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What colours can I use in a Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter deck?
Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter has a Mardu colour identity, so every card in the deck must be white, black and red or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter?
The cards played most often in Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter decks include Smaug, Wicked Worm, Gleaming Splendor, The Sackville-Bagginses. The full list of staples above is grouped by the job each card does, so you can see the deck's skeleton rather than just a pile of names.
How much does a Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $74.94 at current market prices. A complete 100-card build costs more, and Grimoire can generate a budget version instead if you set a price ceiling.
Can I build a Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter deck from cards I already own?
Yes. Import your collection into Grimoire and choose "my cards" when you build. The generator will only use cards you actually own, and the Missing Cards page shows what you would need to buy to finish any list.