Painter's Servant 
Artifact Creature — Scarecrow1/3
Oracle text (EN)
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.
Printing details
- Set
- MPS · 20
- Rarity
- Special
- Language
- EN
- Artist
- Magali Villeneuve
- Released
- 2016-09-30
- Prices
- €149.83 · $222.09
Price history
The trend shows with at least 7 days of history.
- Cardmarket, trend
- CardTrader, Near Mint minimum (EN)
The history starts on October 28, 2026 and grows every day.
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| Date | Cardmarket, trend | CardTrader, Near Mint minimum (EN) |
|---|---|---|
| October 31, 2026 | €149.83 | €203.87 |
| October 29, 2026 | €149.83 | €203.58 |
| October 28, 2026 | €150.55 | €202.88 |
Prices
| Source | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Cardmarket | low €148.00 trend €0.00 30-day avg – | low €148.00 trend €149.83 30-day avg €149.54 |
| CardTrader (EN) | NM from – | NM from €203.87 with Zero from €203.87 |
| CardTrader (any language) | NM from – | NM from €203.87 |
Cardmarket updated Oct 31, 2026 · CardTrader updated Oct 31, 2026
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Legality
- standard Not legal
- pioneer Not legal
- modern Legal
- legacy Legal
- vintage Legal
- commander Legal
- pauper Not legal
- alchemy Not legal
- brawl Legal
- competitivebrawl Legal
- duel Legal
- future Not legal
- gladiator Legal
- historic Banned
- oathbreaker Banned
- oldschool Not legal
- paupercommander Not legal
- penny Legal
- predh Legal
- premodern Not legal
- standardbrawl Not legal
- timeless Legal
- tlr Legal
Rulings
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This ability doesn't overwrite any previous colors. Rather, it adds another color.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The effects of multiple Painter's Servants are cumulative.
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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.