Painter's Servant

Artifact Creature — Scarecrow

As Painter's Servant enters the battlefield, choose a color.

All cards that aren't on the battlefield, spells, and permanents are the chosen color in addition to their other colors.

Discussion (51)

squadcarxmar on

1 week ago

I don't know how much you want but I'm going to recommend some cards as a Teysa, Orzhov Scion fan.

Planar Cleansing or Hour of Revelation is great in EDH to start the board over all over again. Merciless Eviction is something you should definitely keep in the deck by the way.

Anointed Procession is really good for doubling up on token effects. Requiem Angel and Field of Souls can be really nice too. Army of the Damned can provide a lot of bodies to work with. I've won with Army of the Damned and Maw of the Obzedat before. Storm Herd is an absolute beast too.

Two artifacts that you should consider are Ashnod's Altar and Phyrexian Altar . These can let you go infinite if you also get a Darkest Hour or a Painter's Servant . I have a Darkest Hour in mine, can't justify the price of the Painter's Servant yet. Either way both of those Altars are great with or without going infinite.

Illusionist's Bracers are great on Teysa, Orzhov Scion and Maw of the Obzedat should you include one as well. Three tokens to exile two creatures? Yes, please. In theory, if you have a Maw with the Bracers out and you Storm Herd at 40 life, you can sacrifice 5 of them and have 35 11/11 flying pegasus. Great card, I think it's underrated.

Also consider getting gravepact and/or Dictate of Erebos and maybe a Martyr's Bond too. You may not exile creatures with Teysa when they're out because of the way the stack works and if you sacrifice three creatures they'll sacrifice theirs before Teysa can exile it, but it's extremely good to keep your creatures out and have everyone else open.

Tzefick on Ability challenge

1 week ago

Woiteck

Yea, sorry about that one. I have had busy weeks and limited access to this PC where I had the suggestion written up. I loathe TappedOut's text formatting and small comment typer, so I usually write in Notepad and copy over for larger amounts of text.

For the kicks of it I'll post my response to the Divine suggestion and my raw draft on Collide that I had written up but not reevaluated before posting.

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Divine Feedback Show

Boza Thanks for the feedback. I definitely didn't think limited through and totally agree that it is a major flaw in the design, unless the set will be flooded with gods and... that doesn't quite make sense.

A possible fix that leans into Theros' existing mechanics;

Mechanic

Spells:

Divine boon - If your devotion to the colors of this card is five or more for a single color or seven or more for multiple colors, gain benefit. (Each colored mana symbol in the casting cost of permanents you control, count towards your devotion to that color.)

Permanents:

Divine boon - When ~ enters the battlefield (/ when you cast ~), if your devotion to colors of this card is 5 or more for a single color or 7 or more for multiple colors, gain benefit.

I would have wanted to include (or if you control a god that shares...) but it would be too long a text.

Example

Pull from the Underworld

Instant

Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.

Divine boon - If your devotion to the colors of this card is five or more for a single color or seven or more for multiple colors, that creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn instead.

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Now one might think; "Why not just write devotion to black when the card is only black?" The reason would primarily be templating, especially for cards that could be more than just 2 colors, and to allow shenanigans with cards like Painter's Servant .

Although I'm uncertain if the wording is correct, as "card" is usually not used in oracle text and instead is used "this spell" - however if it's an ETB trigger, could you still use the word "spell" to refer to the permanent? Card may also refer to the printed card and therefore there would be no shenanigans with Painter's Servant or Eight-and-a-Half-Tails .

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Figurine of Faith

Artifact (C)

~ enters the battlefield tapped.

When ~ enters the battlefield, choose a color.

: Add one mana of the chosen color.

~ counts towards your devotion to the chosen color by one.

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Seat of the Pantheon

Legendary Artifact Enchantment

Indestructible

Divine boon - When you cast ~, if your devotion to the colors of this card is five or more for a single color or seven or more for multiple colors, you draw 3 cards and gain 10 life.

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• For each white mana spent on this ability, create a 1/1 white Human Cleric creature token,

• for each blue mana spent on this ability, you may tap target nonland permanent,

• you may return any number of creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield with total combined converted mana cost less than or equal to the amount of black mana spent on this ability,

• for each red mana spent on this ability, deal 1 damage to up to one target creature,

• for each green mana spent on this ability, you may have target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Pros and cons

By linking the ability back to devotion, it makes it way easier to design for limited and still has a benefit when playing with gods (as those decks usually wants to run devotion).

The threshold to achieve Divine Boon may be subject to balance testing to secure it can trigger both in limited and constructed formats and that benefits match that difficulty.

A possible bad side is that we go directly back to using Devotion as a threshold, meaning it would be weird to not bring Devotion back as a mechanic overall or a similar mechanic - meaning less new creativity.

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Old challenge: Collide Show

On to the new challenge; Collide

As has been mentioned by Boza, the keyword leans up toward a creature/combat centric mechanic, but could also be considered a synonym with Clash, which is a top library mechanic based on converted mana cost. I started with the creature centric and went on to the alternative but couldn't formalize it in time and well... it's gone to time now.

Mechanic

On creatures:

Collide - When this creature blocks or becomes blocked, gain effect.

On instants:

Collide - If this spell targets a blocked or blocking creature, amplify or add effect.

On sorceries:

Collide - This spell can be cast any time you could cast an instant, if it only targets blocked and/or blocking creatures.

(Could be good if Flash was a keyword you could stuff on any spell.)

Examples

Tuckk's Bag of Surprises

Artifact - equipment

Collide - When equipped creature blocks or becomes blocked, flip a coin. If you win, ~ deals 3 damage to the controller of the creature the equipped creature blocks or is blocked by. If you lose, ~ deals 1 damage to you.

Equip -

(Picture a bag full of fuselit bombs)

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Tuckk, the Daredevil

Legendary Creature - Goblin

Creatures you control have "Collide - when this creature blocks or becomes blocked, create a colorless artifact token named Spellbomb with ", sacrifice Spellbomb: Deal 2 damage to any target.""

3/4

(Could have been great to actually make tokens of Pyrite Spellbomb but I don't want the card advantage.)

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Distorted Forms

Sorcery

Collide - This spell can be cast any time you could cast an instant, if it only targets blocked and/or blocking creatures.

Target creature gets -0/-4 until end of turn.

Target creature gets -4/-0 until end of turn.

(Basically it's buffed Agony Warp but in sorcery form that can be used at instant speed if the targeted creature(s) are locked into creature combat.)

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Angelic Grace

Instant

Target creature gets +1/+5 until end of turn.

Collide - If ~ targets a blocked or blocking creature, draw a card.

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I'll need some time to think about Nobility.

K1ngMars on Akiri and Bruse *EDH Testing*

2 weeks ago

I would suggest Mycosynth Lattice , for many reasons: it pumps up akiri to a ridiculous level, makes Dockside Extortionist nuts and stops combo pieces like Painter's Servant .

Another nice combo would be the inclusion of Godo, Bandit Warlord and Helm of the Host . You are not forced to combo at all, he can grab anything you could need, but it's a nice backup plan.

If you like Sunforger interactions, especially once you also get Puresteel Paladin online, you could consider some more instants for removal and/or damage mitigation like Comeuppance .

Hissp on Commanders by Power Level [EDH Tier List]

2 weeks ago

Hi ShaperSavant,

I'm not sure if this is the best place for these discussions or somewhere on discord but...I have some additional thoughts on Mid Power commanders that should be moved up:

1. Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom + Okaun, Eye of Chaos -- This deck Coinzzzzz made it to the final pod of a cEDH tournament as reported on reddit last week. It's a 1-card combo with Zndrsplt + Frenetic Efreet . Here's another list that adopts a Polymorph strategy: Zndrsplt & Okaun - Polydox Scepter (PRIMER).

2. Llawan, Cephalid Empress -- Not sure if this slipped under the radar amidst the dust kicked up by the Paradox ban, but LLawan + Painter's Servant locks all opponents out of casting creatures, evening through Cavern of Souls , including Commanders. Can then assemble a Grindstone combo or perhaps Scepter combo. Here's a Scepter-less list I came across: Painter Llawan.

3. Kambal, Consul of Allocation -- He's a must-answer stax piece for many cEDH lists in the command zone. A High-power list Kambal's tax collection **LCL Playoff** recently won a tournament/league as reported on reddit 2 weeks ago, with about a 50/50 cEDH/high-power composition. Here's a list with a very different approach (and cEDH staples! Kambal's Pact - Vilis, Broker of Blood.

4. Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle -- I just really like this primer Worship's Reward - Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle; seems better than Sram to me.

Thanks for your consideration!

Gezzerka on Yennet Mill "A little off the top"

2 weeks ago

Could put Traumatize in there as a combo piece with Fraying Sanity for a near instant win. Also Phenax, God of Deception and Eater of the Dead is also an instant win. Painter's Servant and Grindstone also work as a brilliant mill combo.

KidEnkidu on Teysa Queen of the Aristocrats

3 weeks ago

Seraph of the Scales would make for a very solid addition since the Afterlife mechanic gives you white/black tokens, goes great w/ your commander.

Also -- although this deck seems relatively budget -- if you've got the coin, Painter's Servant can serve as another copy of Darkest Hour for the combo.

simondiamond2012 on Gitrog Dredge Combo [Primer]

1 month ago

@Leptys:

What're your thoughts on Mausoleum Secrets possibly seeing play in this list? The idea being that it could, in theory, fetch Oblivion Crown , Squandered Resources , or something else of value? (Assassin's Trophy for example...)

As an added oddball question, with the unbanning of Painter's Servant , has there been any discussion between you, Razillox, or Kiebitzen about P.S.'s possible inclusion? The rationale behind this thought is that with it on the field (Naming Black), Autumn's Veil and Veil of Summer become more powerful, and can be found via Mausoleum Secrets. Additionally, for those that want to be cheeky monkeys, that also makes Lifeforce a possible consideration for budget lists.

I'll also drop you a line via discord in case you're not able to check the primer.

Stay Chill.

RNR_Gaming on Dimir Only

1 month ago

Competitive cards that come to mind are Painter's Servant and Grind Stone. Fun cards would be like Sphinx's Tutelage and Mind Funeral .