<p><strong>No, there is no such replacement for Painter's Servant.</strong></p>
<p>There are some permanent cards that change the colors of all creatures, such as <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Shifting%20Sky">Shifting Sky</a> or <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Darkest%20Hour">Darkest Hour</a>, but none of them add colors to creatures, they all replace them with a single color.</p>
<p>With <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Sleight%20of%20Mind">Sleight of Mind</a> or <a href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5B%22Change%20the%20text%20of%22%5D+%5Bcolor%5D%7C%7Ctext=+%5B%22Change%20the%20text%20of%22%5D+%5Bcolor%5D" rel="nofollow noreferrer">similar cards</a> you could replace all of occurences of &quot;black&quot; on Teysa with &quot;white&quot; or vice versa. That would allow that specific Teysa to do the combo with any 3 white (or black) creatures. However, with all such cards being blue, they would be outside of your commander's color identity and thus not legal for a Commander deck.</p>
<p>For future reference, under <a href="http://gatherer.wizards.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://gatherer.wizards.com</a> you will find the Oracle database, the official and searchable MtG card database.</p>

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2016-06-14T11:08:13.833Z
I think that wouldn't even work since it says that they become the chosen color (not in addition to their other types) so I would have all black tokens which I couldn't sac to Teysa or all white tokens which would mean I wouldn't get any tokens from teysa's second ability
Dennis van Opstal
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2016-06-14T11:11:54.573Z
Fair enough. I didn't know what exact combo you were referring to though.
Hackworth
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2016-06-14T11:17:40.620Z
I have added the combo/synergy to my post now
Dennis van Opstal
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2016-06-14T13:52:54.020Z
Wouldn't Slight of Mind (http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=3945) work for this? Just replace all instances of "white" with "black" (or vice-versa).
GendoIkari
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2016-06-14T13:56:11.590Z
@GendoIkari Good point, that would work. Unfortunately, only outside of Commander. And also a good point why these kinds of questions are really hard to answer comprehensively, because there seems to be always one more combo to make it work.
Hackworth
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2016-06-14T13:57:26.293Z
@Hackworth Oh right, looks like all such cards are blue and thus won't work with Teysa as commander.
GendoIkari
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2016-06-14T11:05:05.017Z
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2016-06-14T13:59:55.807Z
Hackworth
<p>I am building a commander deck for my little brother with <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Teysa%2C%20Orzhov%20Scion">Teysa, Orzhov Scion</a> as commander and I noticed that Teysa + <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Painter%27s%20Servant">Painter&#39;s Servant</a> is a nice combo, but Painter's servant is expensive and I believe not even legal in commander. I really liked this interaction though, so I was wondering if there is another card I could use as a replacement (that's not too expensive).</p>
<p>The combo in question being the following:</p>
<ol>
<li>Have Painter's Servant replacement named black</li>
<li>Have 3 white creature (tokens) to sacrifice</li>
<li>Use Teysa's activated ability to exile a creature</li>
<li>Teysa's second ability triggers on each of the tokens dying, generating 3 new tokens</li>
<li>Repeat the process until you opponents have nothing left</li>
</ol>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>

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2016-06-14T11:21:18.247Z
The [mtg:] autocard feature does not work with apostrophes in card names, which is why I didn't link the correct name.
Hackworth
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2016-06-14T11:23:13.070Z
@Hackworth No problem
Dennis van Opstal
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2016-06-14T12:55:30.310Z
Painter's Servant is indeed banned in Commander, you can find the full banlist [here](http://mtgcommander.net/rules.php).
diego
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2016-06-30T02:01:32.930Z
Luckily in Duel Commander, it's legal :-)
Daniel Beck
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Dennis van Opstal
# Teysa + Painter's servant replacement

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-06-14)

I am building a commander deck for my little brother with [Teysa, Orzhov Scion](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Teysa%2C%20Orzhov%20Scion) as commander and I noticed that Teysa + [Painter's Servant](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Painter%27s%20Servant) is a nice combo, but Painter's servant is expensive and I believe not even legal in commander. I really liked this interaction though, so I was wondering if there is another card I could use as a replacement (that's not too expensive).

The combo in question being the following:

1. Have Painter's Servant replacement named black
2. Have 3 white creature (tokens) to sacrifice
3. Use Teysa's activated ability to exile a creature
4. Teysa's second ability triggers on each of the tokens dying, generating 3 new tokens
5. Repeat the process until you opponents have nothing left

Thanks in advance.

**Tags:** magic-the-gathering, mtg-commander

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: The [mtg:] autocard feature does not work with apostrophes in card names, which is why I didn't link the correct name.  
> **username_0**: @username_1 No problem  
> **username_2**: Painter's Servant is indeed banned in Commander, you can find the full banlist [here](http://mtgcommander.net/rules.php).  
> **username_3**: Luckily in Duel Commander, it's legal :-)  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-06-14. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

**No, there is no such replacement for Painter's Servant.**

There are some permanent cards that change the colors of all creatures, such as [Shifting Sky](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Shifting%20Sky) or [Darkest Hour](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Darkest%20Hour), but none of them add colors to creatures, they all replace them with a single color.

With [Sleight of Mind](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Sleight%20of%20Mind) or [similar cards](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5B%22Change%20the%20text%20of%22%5D+%5Bcolor%5D%7C%7Ctext=+%5B%22Change%20the%20text%20of%22%5D+%5Bcolor%5D) you could replace all of occurences of "black" on Teysa with "white" or vice versa. That would allow that specific Teysa to do the combo with any 3 white (or black) creatures. However, with all such cards being blue, they would be outside of your commander's color identity and thus not legal for a Commander deck.

For future reference, under <http://gatherer.wizards.com> you will find the Oracle database, the official and searchable MtG card database.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I think that wouldn't even work since it says that they become the chosen color (not in addition to their other types) so I would have all black tokens which I couldn't sac to Teysa or all white tokens which would mean I wouldn't get any tokens from teysa's second ability  
> **username_1**: Fair enough. I didn't know what exact combo you were referring to though.  
> **username_0**: I have added the combo/synergy to my post now  
> **username_4**: Wouldn't Slight of Mind (http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=3945) work for this? Just replace all instances of "white" with "black" (or vice-versa).  
> **username_1**: @username_4 Good point, that would work. Unfortunately, only outside of Commander. And also a good point why these kinds of questions are really hard to answer comprehensively, because there seems to be always one more combo to make it work.  
> **username_4**: @username_1 Oh right, looks like all such cards are blue and thus won't work with Teysa as commander.  

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