Lookout

Basic Info

• Type: Action
• Cost: 3
• Effect: +1 Action. Look at the top 3 cards of your deck. Trash one, discard one, put the other back on top.

Rating

Seaside's powerful trash + sort. +1 Action (no terminal split) + 3-card 3-way (trash / discard / topdeck). $3 = early-buyable; efficient Estate/Copper trash.

Defining trait: random trash. Unlike Chapel (handpicked), Lookout sees top 3, so depends on shuffle luck. Speed compensates: rapid early thinning.

Tier B+ thin-focus, A on no-other-trasher boards. Cantrip-style: no terminal collision.

How to Play

Early: $3 buy strongly considered. First Lookout = Estate/Copper trash.

Mid: Spam Lookout for thinning.

End: Already-thin = stop. Switch to Province buy.

Trash Priority

Among 3:

1. Curse → trash (top priority).
2. Estate → trash (-VP).
3. Copper → trash (econ dilute).
4. Strong → topdeck.
5. Medium → discard.

"No trash target": If all 3 are strong, discard 1 (delay) + topdeck others to optimize.

Key Combos

Lookout + Lookout: Spam = thinning speedup.

Lookout + King's Court: KC + Lookout = see 9 / trash 3 / discard 3 / topdeck 3.

Lookout + Throne Room: TR + Lookout = see 6 / trash 2.

Lookout + Chapel: Double thinning.

Lookout + Island: Double exile.

Lookout + Fishing Village: Duration + Lookout.

Lookout + Witch board: Curse trash synergy.

Synergies

• King's Court: Triple trash.
• Throne Room: Doubles.
• Chapel: Double thinning.
• Island: Double exile.
• Fishing Village: Duration + Lookout.
• Witch board: Curse hedge.
• Masquerade: Thin + draw.
• Smithy: Draw + Lookout.
• Lighthouse: Defense + Lookout.
• Duke: $5 frequency.

Counters & Bad Matchups

• Already-thin deck: No trash targets, strong card discard hurts econ.
• Short games: Thin value low.
• Pure BM: Risk of mis-trashing strong cards.
• Heavy attacks: Pre-Lookout disrupted.
• Pure-draw engines: Risk Lookout discards key cards.
• Existing trasher (Chapel): Redundancy.

Advanced Tips

"Peak efficiency window": T2-5 = best. High Estate/Copper density.

"Trash-priority judgment": 3 cards = if any Curse/Estate/Copper → trash. All strong = play with caution (discard risk).

KC + Lookout: KC + Lookout 3x = see 9 / trash 3 / discard 3 / topdeck 3. Massive 1-turn thin.

3-pile-out: Lookout 10 + 2 piles.

"Lookout vs Chapel": Chapel ($2, trash 4 hand) vs Lookout ($3, +1 Action / trash 1 deck). Chapel = handpicked but consumes hand. Lookout = no terminal but random. Both available = combine.

Lookout buying: 2-3 early. No mid additions.

VP value: 0 VP plain Action. Don't overbuy late.