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Painter's Servant

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Card details
Artist
Magali Villeneuve
Frame
2015
Language
EN
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricBanned
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerBanned
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Oracle text

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.

P/T1/3
Abilities
StaticAs this creature enters, choose a color.
StaticAll cards that aren't on the battlefield, spells, and permanents are the chosen color in addition to their other colors.
Flavor & art
This whimsical automaton helps create beautiful murals, then stands guard as they dry.
Illustrated by
Magali Villeneuve
Rulings
  • WotCMay 1, 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.

  • WotCMay 1, 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.

  • WotCMay 1, 2008

    The effects of multiple Painter's Servants are cumulative.

  • WotCMay 1, 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.

  • WotCMay 1, 2008

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

  • WotCMay 1, 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.