---
name: "Lake-town Lookout"
mana_cost: "{W}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Creature — Human Scout"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Recruit"]
set: "HOB"
set_name: "The Hobbit"
collector_number: "18"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Irina Nordsol"
oracle_id: "cf765efe-884c-48e2-9edb-9d45cf2756dd"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/lake-town-lookout-hob"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Lake-town Lookout
- **Mana Cost:** `{W}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Scout
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1
- **Keywords:** Recruit

## Oracle Text
When this creature dies, recruit. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.)

> *"Look! The lights again! Last night the watchmen saw them start and fade from midnight until dawn. Something is happening up there."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Patient Instructor](/printing/patient-instructor-hob.md) — Creature — Human Citizen
2. [Esgaroth Garrison](/printing/esgaroth-garrison-hob.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
3. [Recruiter of the Guard](/printing/recruiter-of-the-guard-plst.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
4. [Summit Sentinel](/printing/summit-sentinel-ecl.md) — Creature — Elemental Soldier
5. [Beskir Shieldmate](/printing/beskir-shieldmate-khm.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
6. [Hunted Witness](/printing/hunted-witness-grn.md) — Creature — Human

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Hobbit (HOB) #18
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Irina Nordsol
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`