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Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter

Legendary Creature — Gnome Artificer

Haste
{T}, Sacrifice an artifact creature: Create two Treasure tokens.
{T}, Sacrifice a noncreature artifact: Create two 1/1 colorless Construct artifact creature tokens.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{R}{W}{B}
Color identity
BRW
Rarity
rare
Set
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#3916
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Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter card art
Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter generates artifact tokens and sacrifices them for mana or card advantage on the same turn, making it one of the most self-sufficient combo engines in the four-mana range. Pair it with Clock of Omens to untap Jan Jansen repeatedly in a single turn, and you stop needing anything else on the board to go infinite — Mr. House, President and CEO decks figured this out fast.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Mr. House, President and CEO

Mr. House, President and CEO

70.3% of decks · synergy 0.64

Mr. House, President and CEO turns every Treasure Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter produces into a dice roll, stacking card selection on top of an engine that already generates mana — the two cards share so much functional overlap that Jan Jansen shows up in over 70% of Mr. House lists.

02
Vihaan, Goldwaker

Vihaan, Goldwaker

69.8% of decks · synergy 0.63

Vihaan, Goldwaker animates Treasures into attacking creatures, and Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter is one of the most consistent Treasure producers in the format — together they build a combat-damage win condition out of what would otherwise be a mana-generation loop.

03
Breya, Etherium Shaper

Breya, Etherium Shaper

29.3% of decks · synergy 0.12

Breya, Etherium Shaper needs a steady supply of artifacts to sacrifice for her activated abilities, and Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter delivers that supply on demand while also producing mana to pay for it — the synergy is lower than the Treasure-tribal commanders but still real enough to earn a slot in nearly 30% of Breya lists.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Commander is the only format where it actually sees play. In Legacy and Vintage, a four-mana legendary creature that requires multiple activations to generate value is far too slow — those formats kill before Jan Jansen can untap. Commander is the natural home: the 100-card singleton structure rewards engines over individual card power, the longer game gives Jan Jansen time to generate multiple triggers, and the legendary status means it can sit in the command zone ready to rebuild if removed.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Pricing data for Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter isn't available in the current index, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number before buying. Given its high inclusion rates in Mr. House and Vihaan lists, demand is real — if you're building either deck, pick it up before you need it rather than after.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.