Hi Mark! In MoM, one of the tribal themes with Knights. Elspeth is in this set. One of her previous cards is Elspeth, Knight Errant. Why does Elspeth summon Soldiers instead of Knights?

“Knights matter” is a component of a draft archetype (white/blue). Elspeth is an attempt at a constructed shot. Different elements aimed at different things.

Re: The "knight errant" story; do you think that was an isolated incident, or was there a lesson in card naming there?

There was definitely a lesson in card naming.

One of your rulings on Mishra's Toy Workshop says (or at least implies) it can't be used to cast Cloudgoat Ranger, Elspeth, Knight Errant, and Doubling Season. Yet you implied in another ruling that it can be used to cast Myr Battlesphere. I don't understand the difference between casting Myr Battlesphere and Cloudgoat Ranger (they both create tokens with ETB, and only ETB). What is the difference?

Mishra’s Toy Factory can be used or any spell or effect that directly makes tokens. I’ve ruled that an “enter the battlefield” effect counts.

Silver-Border question: can you use Mishra's Toy Factory to cast Cloudgoat Ranger? how about Elspeth, Knight Errant?

Mishra’s Toy Workshop can only be used to cast spells and activate abilities that actively are making tokens. You cannot use it, for example, to cast a creature (let’s say Phelddagrif) that has the ability to make tokens. You could though use it on the activation that makes them. So, casting Raise the Alarm, yes. Casting Doubling Season, no.

MaRo, you had me going with the New New World Order article all the way up to Knight Errant. Well played.

The funny thing is Knight Errant did cause us endless headaches in focus groups.