Renowned Weaponsmith
Creature — Human Artificer
: Add 
. Spend this mana only to cast artifact spells or activate abilities of artifacts.
, : Search your library for a card named Heart-Piercer Bow or Vial of Dragonfire, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Core Set 2020
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #14820
Renowned Weaponsmith taps for two blue mana — but only toward artifact spells or activated abilities, which is a real restriction. In decks built around Memnarch or Mycosynth Lattice, that restriction disappears entirely, and you're looking at a one-mana mana rock that doubles your blue output for artifact-dense turns.
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Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Renowned Weaponsmith sees essentially no play outside Commander; the mana restriction is too narrow for the fast, interactive formats like Legacy or Modern where you need general-purpose mana. In Pauper it's legal but irrelevant — artifact synergy decks there have better options at common. Commander is where it belongs, and even there it's a role-player, not a staple: slot it when your deck's activated abilities or spell base is heavily artifact-oriented, and cut it when it isn't.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Mycosynth LatticeFreed from the RealRenowned Weaponsmith
Infinite colored mana that can only be spent to activate abilities; Infinite colored mana that can only be spent to cast artifact spells; Infinite colorless mana that can only be spent to activate abilities; Infinite colorless mana that can only be spent to cast artifact spells
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Mycosynth LatticePemmin's AuraRenowned Weaponsmith
Infinite colored mana that can only be spent to activate abilities; Infinite colored mana that can only be spent to cast artifact spells; Infinite colorless mana that can only be spent to activate abilities; Infinite colorless mana that can only be spent to cast artifact spells
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Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Renowned Weaponsmith is deep bulk — pick it up without thinking about cost. Demand is narrow enough that there's no pressure pushing the price up, so it'll stay in bulk bins for the foreseeable future.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.