Renowned Weaponsmith

Upcoming Card Tutor Observation

Re: upcoming card tutor:Renowned Weaponsmith from FRF tutors up Vial of Dragonfire from DTK.

Ooh, I forgot that one. Good catch.

Dragons of Tarkir Fate Reforged Tutoring Renowned Weaponsmith Vial of Dragonfire

Specific Naming Request

May I request more cards that refer to other cards by name, like Renowned Weaponsmith and Sift Through Sands?

You may.

Renowned Weaponsmith Sand Sift Through Sands

Forward-Calling Cards

I've realized that one of the few things I am going to miss about the existence of blocks is the "cards that call forward specific card names that will later on be in the same limited environment" thing: Renowned Weaponsmith, Godpharaoh's Gift, Shield of Kaldra and the like. Will there ever be a way for things like this to show up again in some form or other?

We can still make call-forwards, but they won’t be in the same limited environment.

Card Names Limited Renowned Weaponsmith Shield of Kaldra

Inter-Set Card References

Hi Mark! Is it possible for cards printed in different sets to reference each other the way bogbrew witch, the cauldron, and the newt do? Like print card A in set 1, card B in set 2, and then card C in set 3 and have C directly reference cards named A and B?

We’ve done it before. For example Renowned Weaponsmith was in Fates Refirged while the two caddscit referred to were in in Khans of Tarkir and Dragons of Tarkir.

Bogbrew Witch Card Printing Dragon Dragons of Tarkir Khans of Tarkir Renowned Weaponsmith

Apprentice Wizard and Blue

I read in MtG Wiki that Apprentice Wizard is a color pie break even though we have blue mana production as close as Fate Reforged (Renowned Weaponsmith). Is this true?

No. Blue is allowed access to colorless mana. It’s most often tied to artifact production.

Apprentice Wizard Artifacts Blue Color Pie Colorless Colors Fate Reforged Mana Renowned Weaponsmith

Foreshadow Cards Opinion

Hello, Mark! RE: Foreshadow cards. I love them, but I think something like Dark Intimations is a little too on the nose. I prefer it when we don't know what the card is referring to, like with Renowned Weaponsmith or the Kaldra equipments, or when it's a vague reference that only "clicks" retroactively. Thanks!

Not everything need be subtle.

Dark Intimations Foreshadow Renowned Weaponsmith

Renowned Weaponsmith Art

MaRo, does Renowned Weaponsmith have Heart-Piercer Bow and Vial of Dragonfire in the back of his art?

He does.

Art Heart-Piercer Bow Mark Rosewater Renowned Weaponsmith Vial of Dragonfire

Tertiary Mana Production

Would you say blue is "tertiary" in mana production? You've let it produce colorless mana (Deranged Assistant) or mana that's restricted for artifact use (Renowned Weaponsmith) recently, but would cards like Apprentice Wizard and Iceberg still be in blue's part of the pie?

Blue is allowed to produce colorless mana.

Apprentice Wizard Artifacts Blue Colorless Deranged Assistant Mana Renowned Weaponsmith Tertiary

Renowned Weaponsmith Query

If Renowned Weaponsmith is so "renowned," why can he only make exactly two kinds of weapon?

He/she made a lot of weapons. Only one was famous one thousand plus years later.

Renowned Weaponsmith

Renowned Weaponsmith Design

Was there any sort of conflict in designing a card that tutors for a card from a different set? a' la Renowned Weaponsmith. was it planned from the start of the blocks design that Renowned weaponsmith would be able to tutor for those cards specifically? It feels odd and disconnected to me unlike Bogbrew Witch which felt planned and tightly connected to it's other cards from the start.

The whole structure of the three cards was planned from the start.

Bogbrew Witch Renowned Weaponsmith Tutoring

Renowned Weaponsmith Opinions

I know the card was not meant for me, but I really dislike Renowned Weaponsmith and how blatant it's "hinting" is. Do you have any words of consolation?

People that dislike this card, please explain to me what you don’t like about it.

Renowned Weaponsmith

Missing Vial Mystery

Hey MaRo, we know Vial of Dragonfire exists because of Renowned Weaponsmith, but we haven't seen it yet. But with the rest of the set spoiled today, it seems to still be missing. What's up with that?

Hmm, it’s not in Fate Reforged? How could that be? : )

Fate Reforged Mark Rosewater Renowned Weaponsmith Vial of Dragonfire

Cycle Design Reason

What is the reason for doing cycles across a block, such as Kaldra's gear in Mirrodin and Renowned Weaponsmith in FRF?

The same reason we do anything - because people like them,

Cycles Mirrodin Renowned Weaponsmith

Future Card Teases

I'm confused. Can you please explain what's the point of mention searchable cards in new cards which doesn't exist yet? (Renowned weaponsmith)

Because many players like being teased about the future (in this case I mean that in two ways).

Renowned Weaponsmith