Painter's Servant

Painter's Servant {2}

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.
A wandering palette seeking a master's hand to give it purpose.
1/3
Details
  • Artist: Ryan Riller
  • Collector Number: 147
  • Available foil and nonfoil
  • Frame Effects: inverted
  • Promo: boosterfun
  • Rarity: mythic (ECL)
  • Released: 2026-01-23
  • Set: Special Guests
  • Stamp: oval
Legalities
Rulings
  • 2008-05-01 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.
  • 2008-05-01 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.
  • 2008-05-01 The effects of multiple Painter's Servants are cumulative.
  • 2008-05-01 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.
  • 2008-05-01 This ability doesn't overwrite any previous colors. Rather, it adds another color.
  • 2008-05-01 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.
Printings

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Foreign names
  • 画家仆役
  • Diener des Malers
  • Servant du peintre
  • Servo del Pittore
  • 絵描きの召使い
  • Servo do Pintor
  • Слуга Живописца
  • Sirviente del pintor