Painter's Servant
#1Artifact 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.
It gathers hues from the twilight mist so that its master can paint a better world.
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Legalities
standardpioneermodernlegacyvintagepaupercommanderbrawl
Rulings (12)
- 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 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 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 The effects of multiple Painter's Servants are cumulative.
- 2008-05-01 This ability doesn't overwrite any previous colors. Rather, it adds another color.
- 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.
- 2026-09-01 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.
- 2026-09-01 The effects of multiple Painter's Servants are cumulative.
- 2026-09-01 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.
- 2026-09-01 This ability doesn't overwrite any previous colors. Rather, it adds another color.
- 2026-09-01 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.
- 2026-09-01 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.
- Frame
- 1997
- Promo
- Yes
- Finish
- foil
- Rarity
- rare
- Promo Types
- judgegift
- Border Color
- black