Lake-town
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A strong WU fixing land that turns into two permanent power and toughness late in the game, provided you control a Human. It is a high-priority common for WU Humans, though entering tapped and sacrificing itself make the activated ability primarily a late-game mana sink.
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Gameplay notes
Treat this as a tapped dual land first and a spell only once you can afford to lose a mana source. Because the counter ability is sorcery-speed, activate it before combat when the extra power changes an attack, or late in the game when flooding makes the sacrificed land expendable.
Key synergies
Bard's Company repeatedly recruits to provide Human tokens for Lake-town, and its anthem makes a token carrying Lake-town's two counters into a substantial threat.
Its Recruit trigger can create a Human Soldier token, ensuring Lake-town has a legal target and letting you convert a disposable 1/1 into a 3/3.
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.
The Boat repeatedly creates Human Soldier tokens, giving Lake-town reliable targets for its two +1/+1 counters; a boosted token can then crew the Boat alone.