Painter's Servant
~$33.48 low · ~$221.67 high
Colorless. Artifact Creature — Scarecrow
Shadowmoor #257 · Illustrated by Mike Dringenberg
Shadowmoor #257 · Illustrated by Mike DringenbergWhat is Painter's Servant worth?
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TCGplayer market prices in USD, updated October 14, 2026. Each price is for one printing and one finish.
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.
1/3
It gathers hues from the twilight mist so that its master can paint a better world.
Format legality
All 4 printings of Painter's Servant
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Special Guests spg #147· 2026Borderlessmythic· Cardmarket €18.82 · €21.03 foil | mythic | $33.48 | $36.29 | €18.82€21.03 foil | |
 Judge Gift Cards 2023 p23 #1· 2023Retro Framerare· Cardmarket €41.48 foil | rare | No non-foil printing | $62.39 | €41.48 foil | |
 Kaladesh Inventions mps #20· 2016special· Cardmarket €150.20 foil | special | No non-foil printing | $221.67 | €150.20 foil | |
 Shadowmoor shm #257· 2008rare· Cardmarket €22.23 · €67.81 foil | rare | $51.83 | $120.00 | €22.23€67.81 foil |
Prices are TCGplayer market prices in USD for each printing and finish, via Scryfall. They are a guide, not an appraisal.
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Card details
- First printed
- 2008
- Printings
- 4
- Mana value
- 2
- EDHREC rank
- #7,158 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Artists
- Ryan Riller, Mike Dringenberg, Magali Villeneuve
Rulings (6)
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.
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
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
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.
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