Dwarven Weaponsmith
Creature — Dwarf Artificer
, Sacrifice an artifact: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. Activate only during your upkeep.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Revised Edition
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #23539
Dwarven Weaponsmith trades a creature you control for a permanent +1/+1 counter on any artifact — useful in artifact-counters synergy builds, but the cost of sacrificing a creature to place a single counter is steep enough that it rarely earns a slot outside very targeted strategies. Narrow effect, narrow home.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Dwarven Weaponsmith is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a two-mana 1/1 that trades a creature for a single +1/+1 counter on an artifact. Commander is the only realistic home, and even there the effect needs a dedicated artifacts-matter or counters-matter shell — think Depala, Pilot Exemplar or Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer — to justify the sacrifice cost. Outside those niches, Dwarven Weaponsmith sits on the bulk pile for good reason.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Dwarven Weaponsmith is firmly bulk — no financial case for picking it up speculatively. The price reflects the card's narrow playability, and there's nothing on the horizon likely to change that trajectory.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.