First printed in Shadowmoor (2008)

All 4 prints

Special Guests (SPG) #147, 2026
Judge Gift Cards 2023 (P23) #1, 2023
Kaladesh Inventions (MPS) #20, 2016
Shadowmoor (SHM) #257, 2008

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.

MTGO price: 0.009 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).

In the last 30 days 0.9% of Legacy decks played it (10 of 1103). Most played in Welder Combo. In the last 30 days 0.2% of Vintage decks played it (1 of 438). Most played in Tinker Vault.

Combos

93 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.

Infinite self-mill, Infinite mill for target opponent: Grindstone + Painter's Servant
Opponents can't cast creature spells, Lock: Llawan, Cephalid Empress + Painter's Servant
Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Painter's Servant + Teysa, Orzhov Scion
Creatures do not untap, Lock: Painter's Servant + Wrath of Marit Lage
Creatures can't attack, Creatures can't block…: Light of Day + Painter's Servant
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite colorless mana…: Basking Broodscale + Ivy Lane Denizen + Painter's Servant
You can't be attacked, Lock: Elephant Grass + Painter's Servant + Solemnity
Exile each opponent's library, Near-infinite colored mana…: Ashnod's Altar + Oona, Queen of the Fae + Painter's Servant + Prismite
Destroy all creatures opponents control whenever a creature enters the battlefield, Lock: Eldrazi Monument + Painter's Servant + Spreading Plague
Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Aragorn, the Uniter + Painter's Servant + Phyrexian Altar + Shrieking Drake

See all 93 on Commander Spellbook

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Banned
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Legal
Premodern Not legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Banned
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Legacy Other periods →

In 10 of 1103 decks (0.9%).

Share of decks

0.9%

▼ 0.4 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

10 main, 1 sideboard

Avg. copies

3.9

in the main deck

Win rate

52%

2 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Welder Combo	2.4%	7%
Affinity	1.4%	7%
Painter	0.6%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Grindstone	100%	110.3
Mox Opal	100%	8.4
Urza's Saga	100%	5.5
Ancient Tomb	100%	3.5
Lotus Petal	100%	2.7
Pyroblast	80%	110.3
Goblin Engineer	80%	30.4
Goblin Welder	80%	21.5
Lightning Bolt	80%	11.2
City of Traitors	80%	5.0

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Painter Lane Amiridis in From The Vault: Legacy 36 $1K	3-2 60%
Painter XanaZero in Legacy Challenge 32	4-3 57%
Affinity Razdan08 in Legacy Challenge 16	3-3 50%
Painter MikeEgan in Legacy Challenge 16	2-3 40%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Painter XanaZero, 28 Oct	3 main 1 side	#7 4-3
Welder Combo uburdub, 18 Oct	4 main	#25 0-2
Welder Combo ingroguham, 17 Oct	4 main	5-0
Affinity Razdan08, 11 Oct	4 main	#8 3-3
Painter retiman, 7 Oct	4 main	5-0
Painter ianw11, 4 Oct	4 main
Painter Ale Mosteiro, 4 Oct	4 main	#22 1-3
Painter MikeEgan, 4 Oct	4 main	#20 2-3

Vintage Other periods →

In 1 of 438 decks (0.2%).

Share of decks

0.2%

▲ 0.2 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

1 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

4.0

in the main deck

Win rate

0 top 8 (challenges only)