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◇ Catalog #257

Painter's Servant

shm·#257·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Mike Dringenberg

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wishlisted

May '08

18 yr ago

Value

$62.49+$2 (+4.2%)

30 days high $65 · low $59

NM$62.5

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$58–$66modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $64low $0.02range 319100.0%n 46

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #7,194 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$131

Nonfoil$62

Gameplay

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.

It gathers hues from the twilight mist so that its master can paint a better world.

1/3

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 6

2008-05-01wotc

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.

2008-05-01wotc

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.

2008-05-01wotc

The effects of multiple Painter's Servants are cumulative.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $62.49. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $63.84 across 46 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from SHM — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #257 of *Shadowmoor*, the set that shipped alongside the May 2008 Shadowmoor release.

Card type: Artifact Creature — Scarecrow, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {2} (2 converted).

Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Brawl. Banned in Historic.

EDHrec ranks this card #7,194 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Mike Dringenberg. Rarix catalogs 141 other cards credited to this artist.