Tracker

Tracker is an unloaded keyword. It only appears on Isengard uruk-hai and Sauron orc minion cards representing scouts, pursuers, messengers, and other outriders. The keyword appears on cards from Fellowship of the Ring to The Return of the King, after which it was retired. Trackers often reduce each other's site numbers or roaming penalties, and sometimes interact with Search cards.

Isengard trackers are usually Fierce instead of being Damage +1 like most other uruk-hai. They have a deck archetype of their own: Uruk Trackers.

Sauron Trackers are popular across a wide variety of decks. Orc Ambusher (1C261) is a dirt-cheap body for swarms, and can be exerted by cards like Hate (1R250) . Grishnákh, Orc Captain (5R100) , Orc Cutthroat (5U104) , and Orc Patrol (5U107) are all efficiently-priced tools for almost any deck. Trackers are a key part of Sauron Grind, which uses Under the Watching Eye (1C281) and Orc Scouting Band (1U270) . Trackers are also key to Sauron Initiative, which uses minions like Orc Chaser (7C298) , Orc Pursuer (7C303) , and Orc Stalker (7U307) . Sauron Roaming has an unusual relationship with trackers: the deck appreciates the early tracers like Orc Ambusher (1C261) that reduce the roaming penalty, but should avoid cards like Grishnákh, Orc Captain (5R100) that prevent your orcs from roaming at earlier sites.

The Tracker keyword was retired after The Return of the King. It was later succeeded by Hunter in The Hunters. Many of the Tracker minions later appeared on new cards as Hunter minions, but the Hunter keyword is a loaded keyword that also appears on Free Peoples companions.

See Also

• Rangers, a keyword found on Gondor and some Elven companions. Rangers often have the opposite effect, increasing minions' site numbers and punishing roaming minions.

List of Tracker cards

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Cards that interact with Trackers

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Cards that punish Trackers

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