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◇ Catalog #147

Painter's Servant

spg·#147·mythic·borderless

Illus. Ryan Riller

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Jan '26

7 mo ago

Value

$36.86+$1 (+4.2%)

30 days high $37 · low $34

NM$35.9

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$33–$38modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $36low $18range 105.1%n 98

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

Borderless$36

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.

A wandering palette seeking a master's hand to give it purpose.

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 $35.86. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $17.65 and $36.20 across 98 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from SPG — the lineup includes Borderless 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 #147 of *Special Guests*, the set that shipped alongside the January 2026 Special Guests release.

Card type: Artifact Creature — Scarecrow, printed at mythic. Mythic rares historically land in roughly one out of every eight boosters at standard print densities. 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 Ryan Riller. Rarix catalogs 4 other cards credited to this artist.