Painter's Servant

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.

This whimsical automaton helps create beautiful murals, then stands guard as they dry.

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Set

Kaladesh Inventions (MPS #20)

Rarity

Special

Mana value

2

Released

2016-09-30

Artist

Magali Villeneuve

EDHREC rank

#7,173

Finishes

Foil

Served from

Local database

Commander bracket

EDHREC

Combos 93

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Format legality

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.

• 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.

• 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

  The effects of multiple Painter's Servants are cumulative.

• 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

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

• 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.