Painter's Servant is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card 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.
How it works : Painter's Servant
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
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.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
This ability doesn't overwrite any previous colors. Rather, it adds another color.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
The effects of multiple Painter's Servants are cumulative.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
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.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
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.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #6· Wizards of the Coast
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.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Painter's Servant + Grindstone
- 1Activate Grindstone by paying
and tapping it, causing target player to mill two cards. - 2Because both cards will share a color due to Painter's Servant, the process in step 1 repeats until the player has milled their entire library.
Llawan, Cephalid Empress + Painter's Servant
- 1Painter's Servant causes all creature spells to be blue in addition to their other colors.
- 2Because Llawan prevents your opponent from casting blue creature spells, they are unable to cast creature spells.
Teysa, Orzhov Scion + Painter's Servant
- 1Activate Teysa by sacrificing three other creatures, targeting any creature.
- 2When the creatures die, Teysa triggers three times, creating three 1/1 Spirit creature tokens that are black due to Painter's Servant.
- 3Repeat.
- 4Resolve all Teysa abilities, exiling the targeted creature(s).
Wrath of Marit Lage + Painter's Servant
- 1Painter's Servant causes all creatures to be red in addition to their other colors.
- 2Wrath of Marit Lage prevents red creatures from untapping during their controller's untap steps.
Light of Day + Painter's Servant
- 1Painter's Servant causes all creatures to be black.
- 2Because Light of Day prevents black creatures from attacking or blocking, no creature can attack or block.
Basking Broodscale + Painter's Servant + Ivy Lane Denizen
- 1Put a +1/+1 counter on Basking Broodscale.
- 2Basking Broodscale triggers, creating a 0/1 Eldrazi Spawn creature token.
- 3When the Eldrazi Spawn enters the battlefield as a green creature due to Painter's Servant, Ivy Lane Denizen triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Basking Broodscale.
- 4Repeat.
Elephant Grass + Solemnity + Painter's Servant
- 1Cast Elephant Grass by paying
. - 2Elephant Grass prevents creatures from attacking you due to Painter's Servant making them all black.
- 3Solemnity prevents age counters from being placed on Elephant Grass.
Aragorn, the Uniter + Shrieking Drake + Phyrexian Altar + Painter's Servant
- 1Cast Shrieking Drake by paying
. - 2Aragorn's first and second abilities trigger, causing you to scry 2 and create a 1/1 Human Soldier creature token.
- 3When Shrieking Drake enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning itself from the battlefield to your hand.
- 4Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the Human Soldier, adding .
- 5Repeat.
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