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Painter's Servant

4 printings listed in our catalog, from newest to oldest.

Painter's Servant, Special Guests printing
Special Guests SPG · No. 147 2026-01-23

Card text

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Artifact Creature — Scarecrow
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.
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A wandering palette seeking a master's hand to give it purpose.
EDHREC rank #7167 Mythic Not on the Reserved List
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The 4 printings

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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ∅ Not legal
Modern ✓ Legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✗ Banned
Brawl ✓ Legal
Historic ✗ Banned
Timeless ✓ Legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ✓ Legal
Penny ✓ Legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

6 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

This ability doesn't overwrite any previous colors. Rather, it adds another color.

2026-09-01 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2026-09-01 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2026-09-01 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2026-09-01 · Wizards of the Coast

The effects of multiple Painter's Servants are cumulative.

2026-09-01 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2026-09-01 · Wizards of the Coast

All printings

Painter's Servant, Special Guests printing
Special Guests
SPG · #147
Mythic
Tapt's Canadian calculation. How to read these prices
La Boutique Mythique · Condition LP · Foil
Painter's Servant, Kaladesh Inventions printing
Kaladesh Inventions
MPS · #20
Special
Tapt's Canadian calculation. How to read these prices
Fusion Gaming · Condition MP · Foil