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Painter's Servant

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Painter's Servant

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Artifact Creature — Scarecrow

Oracle 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.

Rulings

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.2008-05-01
  • This ability doesn't overwrite any previous colors. Rather, it adds another color.2008-05-01

Market price

$54.81

Commanders that play this card

Use over time

1 public deck with Painter's Servant saved in the last 12 weeks, by the week each was last saved. Approximate: a deck counts in the week it was saved, not every week it held the card.

Jul 27This week

Often played with

Across the 2 public decks that play Painter's Servant. That's a thin sample — treat these as observations, not staples.

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2 of 2 (100%)