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 exert to pay for 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 trackers from early sets 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 and their associated cards often have the opposite effect, increasing minions' site numbers and punishing roaming minions.

List of Cards with the Tracker Keyword

Portrait	Card Name	Culture	Card Type	Game Text
	Uruk Scout (2C47)	Isengard	Minion • Uruk-hai	Tracker. Damage +1. The roaming penalty for each minion you play is -1. Response: If an event is played that spots or exerts a ranger, exert this minion to cancel that event.
	Many Riddles (4U159)	Isengard	Condition	Search. To play, exert an tracker. Plays on a companion (except the Ring-bearer). Assignment: Exert an tracker and remove to assign that tracker to bearer. Bearer may exert to prevent this.
	Mauhúr, Patrol Leader (4R160)	Isengard	Minion • Uruk-hai	Tracker. Fierce. Skirmish: Remove to prevent an tracker from taking wounds.
	Rest While You Can (4R171)	Isengard	Condition	Search. To play, spot an tracker. Plays on a companion. Limit 1 per companion.If bearer is killed, reveal the top 10 cards of opponent’s draw deck and discard 1 Shadow card and 1 Free Peoples card. Your opponent reshuffles that deck.
	Uglúk, Servant of Saruman (4R176)	Isengard	Minion • Uruk-hai	Tracker. Fierce. The roaming penalty for each tracker you play is -2. While you can spot 2 trackers, Uglúk is strength +3. While you can spot 3 trackers, Uglúk is damage +1.
	Uruk Chaser (4C181)	Isengard	Minion • Uruk-hai	Tracker. Fierce. During a fierce skirmish involving this minion, it is strength +2.
	Uruk Follower (4R186)	Isengard	Minion • Uruk-hai	Tracker. Fierce. Unbound Hobbits may not be discarded. Response: If an unbound Hobbit is killed, exert this minion to add a burden.
	Uruk Foot Soldier (4C187)	Isengard	Minion • Uruk-hai	Tracker. Fierce. During a fierce skirmish involving this minion, it is strength +3 and damage +1.
	Uruk Hunter (4U188)	Isengard	Minion • Uruk-hai	Tracker. Fierce. Unbound Hobbits may not be discarded. Response: If an unbound Hobbit is killed, exert this minion twice to exhaust a companion.
	Uruk Plains Runner (4C189)	Isengard	Minion • Uruk-hai	Tracker. Fierce. During a fierce skirmish involving this minion, it is strength +3 and damage +1.
	Uruk Pursuer (4C190)	Isengard	Minion • Uruk-hai	Tracker. Fierce. Unbound Hobbits may not be discarded. Response: If an unbound Hobbit is killed, exert this minion to make the Free Peoples player wound an unbound companion.
	Uruk Runner (4C193)	Isengard	Minion • Uruk-hai	Tracker. Fierce. During a fierce skirmish involving this minion, it is strength +2.
	Uruk Searcher (4U194)	Isengard	Minion • Uruk-hai	Tracker. Fierce. While skirmishing a character bearing a search card, this minion is strength +2 and damage +1.
	Uruk Seeker (4C195)	Isengard	Minion • Uruk-hai	Tracker. Fierce. While skirmishing a character bearing a search card, this minion is strength +2 and damage +1.
	Orc Ambusher (1C261)	Sauron	Minion • Orc	Tracker. The roaming penalty for each minion you play is -1. Response: If a Free Peoples regroup event is played, exert this minion to cancel that event.
	Orc Assassin (1U262)	Sauron	Minion • Orc	Tracker. The roaming penalty for each minion you play is -1. Assignment: Spot two Hobbit companions to make the Free Peoples player assign a Hobbit to skirmish this minion.
	Orc Scouting Band (1U270)	Sauron	Minion • Orc	Tracker. The roaming penalty for each minion you play is -1. Skirmish: Exert this minion to wound a character it is skirmishing.
	Under the Watching Eye (1C281)	Sauron	Condition	Search. To play, exert a tracker. Plays to your support area. Each time the fellowship moves, the Free Peoples player must exert a companion.
	Orc Scout (2C89)	Sauron	Minion • Orc	Tracker. The roaming penalty for each minion you play is -1. Response: If an event is played that spots or exerts a ranger, exert or discard this minion to cancel that event.
	Grishnákh, Orc Captain (5R100)	Sauron	Minion • Orc	Tracker. The site number of each Orc is -3. Shadow: Exert Grishnákh twice and spot another Orc to draw 3 cards. The Free Peoples player may add 2 burdens to prevent this.
	Orc Cutthroat (5U104)	Sauron	Minion • Orc	Tracker. The site number of each Orc is -3. Skirmish: Discard another Orc and exert Orc Cutthroat to wound a companion he is skirmishing.
	Orc Patrol (5U107)	Sauron	Minion • Orc	Tracker. The site number of each Orc is -3. Maneuver: Exert Orc Patrol twice and spot another Orc to discard a condition.
	Orc Pursuer (5C108)	Sauron	Minion • Orc	Tracker. The site number of each Orc is -1. When you play this minion, you may exert him and remove to draw a card.
	Orc Runner (5C109)	Sauron	Minion • Orc	Tracker. The site number of each Orc is -1. When you play this minion, you may exert him and discard 2 cards from hand to draw a card.
	Orc Chaser (7C298)	Sauron	Minion • Orc	Tracker. The site number of each Orc is –1. While you have initiative, this minion is strength +6.
	Orc Pursuer (7C303)	Sauron	Minion • Orc	Tracker. The site number of each Orc is –1. While you have initiative, this minion is strength +5.
	Orc Seeker (7R306)	Sauron	Minion • Orc	Tracker. The site number of each Orc is –1. If you have initiative when you play this minion, you may spot another Orc to draw 2 cards.
	Orc Stalker (7U307)	Sauron	Minion • Orc	Tracker. The site number of each Orc is –1. While you have initiative, this minion is strength +8.
	Morgul Patrol (0D24)	Sauron	Minion • Orc	Besieger. Tracker. The site number of each [SAURON] Orc is -3. Response: If Morgul Patrol wins a skirmish, exert it to make it fierce until the regroup phase. Skirmish: Exert Morgul Patrol to wound a character it is skirmishing. Regroup: Exert Morgul Patrol to make the Free Peoples player exert X companions, where X is the number of burdens you can spot.
	Orc Ambush Troop (V1_48)	Sauron	Minion • Orc	Tracker. While you can spot an exhausted companion, this minion is an archer. While you can spot 3 exhausted companions, this minion is strength +3.​

List of Cards that Interact with the Tracker Keyword

Portrait	Card Name	Culture	Card Type	Game Text
	Fearing the Worst (2R100)	Shire	Condition	Stealth. To play, exert 2 Hobbits. The twilight cost of each search card and each tracker is +2.
	Brought Back Alive (4U143)	Isengard	Event	Search. Assignment: Exert an tracker to assign it to an unbound companion. That companion may exert to prevent this (unless that companion is a Hobbit).
	Get Back (4U152)	Isengard	Event	Assignment: Prevent an tracker from being assigned to a skirmish by any player.
	Kill Them Now (4C156)	Isengard	Event	Skirmish: Make an tracker strength +2 (or +4 if skirmishing a character bearing a search card).
	Vengeance (4U208)	Isengard	Event	Skirmish: Make an tracker strength +2 for each card borne by the character it is skirmishing.
	Weary (4C212)	Isengard	Condition	Search. Plays on a companion or ally. Limit 1 per character. Each time the Free Peoples player assigns bearer to skirmish an tracker, bearer must exert.
	What Did You Discover? (4R213)	Isengard	Condition	Search. Each time the fellowship moves during the regroup phase, you may discard 2 cards from hand to take an tracker from your discard pile into hand.
	Seeking It Always (1U275)	Sauron	Condition	Search. Plays to your support area. Response: If a stealth event is played, exert a tracker to cancel that event.
	Spies of Mordor (2U92)	Sauron	Condition	Search. To play, spot a Orc. Each time the fellowship moves during the regroup phase, you may draw a card (or 2 cards if you spot a tracker).
	Tol Brandir (1U363)	Site	Site	River. Shadow: Play up to 3 trackers from your discard pile; end your Shadow phase.
	Eastfold (4U331)	Site	Site	Plains. Shadow: Spot 3 trackers to prevent the fellowship from moving again this turn.​

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