Painter's Servant

Name
Painter's Servant

Mana Cost

Type
Artifact Creature — Scarecrow

Set
Shadowmoor

Rarity
Rare

Text

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.


Flavor Text

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


Power/Toughness
1/3

Number
#257

Other Prints
Kaladesh Inventions
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Special Guests

Legal Formats
Brawl | Commander | Duel | Gladiator | Legacy | Modern | Penny | Timeless | Vintage

Availability
Arena | Magic Online | Paper

Rulings

(01/05/2008)
This ability doesn't overwrite any previous colors. Rather, it adds another color.


(01/05/2008)
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.


(01/05/2008)
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.


(01/05/2008)
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.


(01/09/2026)
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.


(01/09/2026)
The effects of multiple Painter's Servants are cumulative.


(01/09/2026)
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.


(01/09/2026)
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.


(01/09/2026)
This ability doesn't overwrite any previous colors. Rather, it adds another color.


(01/09/2026)
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.


(01/05/2008)
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.


(01/05/2008)
The effects of multiple Painter's Servants are cumulative.


Artist
Mike Dringenberg

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