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Painter's Servant
ARTIFACT CREATURE — SCARECROW

Painter's Servant

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.
CMC
2
Set
MPS
Rarity
special
Price
—
FORMATS
CommanderLEGAL
Brawl (Historic)LEGAL
DraftNOT LEGAL
StandardNOT LEGAL
ModernLEGAL
PioneerNOT LEGAL
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  • WWizards of the Coast2008-05-01
    Official Ruling
    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.
  • WWizards of the Coast2008-05-01
    Official Ruling
    Each card becomes a new object as it changes zones, so this effect will apply to it from scratch in the new zone. Zone-change replacement abilities that care about the new color (like "[color] permanents enter tapped") won't work because those effects are applied as the card is entering its new zone. Zone-change triggered abilities that care about the new color (like "when a [color] permanent enters" or "when you cast a [color] spell") will work because those effects apply after the card is already in its new zone.
  • WWizards of the Coast2008-05-01
    Official Ruling
    The effects of multiple Painter's Servants are cumulative.
  • WWizards of the Coast2008-05-01
    Official Ruling
    This ability affects every card in every game zone, all tokens on the battlefield, and all spell copies on the stack, regardless of who controls or owns them.
  • WWizards of the Coast2008-05-01
    Official Ruling
    While Painter's Servant is on the battlefield, an effect that changes an object's colors will overwrite Painter's Servant's effect. For example, casting Cerulean Wisps on a creature will turn it blue, regardless of the color chosen for Painter's Servant.
  • WWizards of the Coast2008-05-01
    Official Ruling
    This ability doesn't overwrite any previous colors. Rather, it adds another color.

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COMMENTS · 1
  • WO
    Painter's Servant was banned in historic on January 12, 2026. Painter's Servant is a card with mostly non-interactive applications, notably forming a cheap, easy-to-assemble instant-win combo with Grindstone. Since the pieces are both artifacts, the strategy gains great consistency in the form of tutors and recursion. In the interest of moderating the strength of non-interactive combos in Historic, Painter's Servant is pre-banned. Source: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/mtg-arena/announcements-january-12-2026