However, replacement effects that care about the color of permanents entering the battlefield (like "[color] permanents enter tapped") will apply to permanents entering if that color was chosen for Painter's Servant because Painter's Servant's effect applies simultaneously with those permanents entering the battlefield
The most common way of using this deck is by playing Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys monster cards
With ward 2 and just a 2/3 body, I dont think this is necessarily going to be such a must-kill as to draw pinpoint removal unless someone is setting up a combo kill involving those triggers
Junior is in 722 lists as a Commander, and then 4367 in the 99, so he definitely likes Merfolk decks
The monstrosity that youre trying to crack out of the ice is the actual indestructible threat, and the legendary 20/20 Marit Lage also has flying
They never need to be fully replaced, meaning that upgrades and efforts to make them duel-ready are inexpensive over the cost of building a whole new deck