---
name: "Long Lake Nuisance"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Bird"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Recruit"]
set: "HOB"
set_name: "The Hobbit"
collector_number: "45"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Kevin Sidharta"
oracle_id: "a833fdf1-db0c-4846-8452-d3b2059c2355"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/long-lake-nuisance-hob"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Long Lake Nuisance
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Bird
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/1
- **Keywords:** Flying, Recruit

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

> *ツグミは町や村の間に知らせを告げていました。しかし、サギは混乱をもたらすだけで、何ももたらしませんでした。*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Soaring Show-Off](/printing/soaring-show-off-bbd.md) — Creature — Bird Warrior
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3. [Harrier Strix](/printing/harrier-strix-otj.md) — Creature — Bird
4. [Sky-Eel School](/printing/sky-eel-school-j25.md) — Creature — Fish
5. [Lake-town Lookout](/printing/lake-town-lookout-hob.md) — Creature — Human Scout
6. [Gryff Vanguard](/printing/gryff-vanguard-ddq.md) — Creature — Human Knight

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Hobbit (HOB) #45
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Kevin Sidharta
- **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`