Lake-town Lookout
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An efficient Recruit enabler that trades or chump-blocks, filters a draw, and often replaces itself with another 1/1 Human. It is a strong one-drop in WU Humans, though less appealing when you cannot afford to discard a nonland card.
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Gameplay notes
Trade or chump-block with the Lookout when you have a dispensable nonland card to discard, since that preserves your creature count with a Soldier token. A death during your own turn will usually make the Recruit draw your second card of the turn, which matters for WU draw payoffs.
Key synergies
Lake-town Lookout lets Bard's Company be cast with flash, while Company's anthem turns both the Lookout and the Human token it can leave behind into meaningful combat bodies.
Bard replaces Recruit's single draw with two draws and doubles the Human Soldier token created after discarding a nonland card, greatly increasing the Lookout's death value.
Lake-town Lookout's 1 power makes it eligible for Eagle's Rescue's graveyard ability. If the enchanted Lookout dies, its recruit trigger can create another 1/1 Human, providing a replacement body for the Aura's next return.
If the Lookout dies during your turn after your draw step, Recruit draws your second card of the turn, triggering Bard to place a +1/+1 counter and grant lifelink.
After the Lookout dies and recruits, chapter II can return the one-mana creature directly to the battlefield, allowing it to trade or chump-block and recruit again.
When the Lookout dies, recruit can create a Soldier token on either player's turn, letting Belladonna begin a fresh ladder during the opponent's turn or add another resolution during yours.
Sacrificing Lake-town Lookout to the entry ability triggers recruit in addition to drawing a card and creating a Treasure, potentially leaving behind a Human token as replacement material.
Although the Lookout is a Human and therefore a legal target, adding two counters makes it harder to trade off and delays the death-triggered Recruit value; another Human is usually a better target.