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    Painter's Servant

    Artifact Creature — Scarecrow

    Painter's Servant

    Illustrated by Mike Dringenberg

    EDHREC Rank #7,159
    As this creature enters, choose a color. All cards that aren't on the battlefield, spells, and permanents are the chosen color in addition to their other colors.

    It gathers hues from the twilight mist so that its master can paint a better world.

    Rulings (6)

    Each card becomes a new object as it changes zones, so this effect will apply to it from scratch in the new zone. However, replacement effects that care about the color of permanents entering the battlefield (like "[color] permanents enter tapped") will apply to permanents entering if that color was chosen for Painter's Servant because Painter's Servant's effect applies simultaneously with those permanents entering the battlefield. Zone-change triggered abilities that care about the new color (like "whenever a [color] permanent enters" or "whenever you cast a [color] spell") will also work.

    Sep 1, 2026

    The effects of multiple Painter's Servants are cumulative.

    Sep 1, 2026

    If something affected by Painter's Servant is normally colorless, it will simply be the new color. It won't be both the new color and colorless.

    Sep 1, 2026

    Legality

    Formats by platform

    Commander

    Competitive

    Digital

    Community & retro

    Prints (4)

    Painter's Servant — Shadowmoor
    SHM#257$49.15
    Shadowmoor
    Painter's Servant — Special Guests
    SPG#147$32.51
    Special Guests