Machine

Machine is an unloaded keyword appearing on cards from the Isengard culture. They represent Saruman's weapons of war that were used against Helm's Deep. All of them are conditions. Machines are typically used by the Uruk-hai berserkers from the same sets.

See Also

• Engines, the siege engines of the armies of Sauron
• Fortifications, the walls and siege defenses of Gondor and Rohan

List of Cards with the Machine Keyword

Portrait	Card Name	Culture	Card Type	Game Text
	Weapons of Isengard (4R211)	Isengard	Condition	Machine. Shadow: Play an archer to place an token on this card. Archery: Remove 2 tokens from this card to make the minion archery total +2. Discard this condition.
	Battering Ram (5U44)	Isengard	Condition	Machine. Shadow: Exert an Uruk-hai to place an token on this card. Skirmish: Spot 5 companions and an token here to make an Uruk-hai damage +1. Discard this condition.
	Devilry of Orthanc (5R49)	Isengard	Condition	Machine. Shadow: Exert an Uruk-hai to place an token on this card. Maneuver: Spot 8 tokens here to exert every character. Discard this condition.
	Scaling Ladder (5U57)	Isengard	Condition	Machine. Shadow: Exert an Uruk-hai to place an token on this card. Skirmish: Spot an token here to heal an Uruk-hai. Discard this condition.
	Siege Engine (5U60)	Isengard	Condition	Machine. Shadow: Play an Uruk-hai to place an token on a machine. Response: If one or more machines are about to be discarded by an opponent, discard this condition to prevent that.
	Assault Ladder (6U58)	Isengard	Condition	Machine. Shadow: Exert an Uruk-hai to place an token on this card. Skirmish: Spot 3 tokens here to make an Uruk-hai strength +3. Discard this condition.
	Uruk Shield Wall (V2_35)	Isengard	Possession • Support Area,Support Area	Machine. Each time an Uruk-hai costing X is about to take a wound (except during a skirmish), prevent that and exert it. X is the number of tokens you can spot here. Maneuver: Exert an Uruk-hai to add an token here. ​

List of Cards that interact with the Machine Keyword

Portrait	Card Name	Culture	Card Type	Game Text
	Derufin (7R87)	Gondor	Companion • Man	Regroup: While you have exactly 5 cards in hand, you may exert Derufin to discard an engine, machine, or possession.
	Armory (5U79)	Rohan	Condition	Fortification. Maneuver: Spot 2 Men to remove 2 tokens from a machine or to take a possession into hand from your discard pile. Discard this condition.
	Arrow-slits (5U80)	Rohan	Condition	Fortification. Maneuver: Spot 2 Men to discard a possession or a machine. Discard this condition.
	Parapet (5U87)	Rohan	Condition	Fortification. Archery: Spot 2 Men to remove 2 tokens from a machine or to make the minion archery total -3. Discard this condition.
	Uruk Crossbow Troop (4U182)	Isengard	Minion • Uruk-hai	Archer. When you play this minion, you may place an token on a machine.
	Berserk Rager (5U45)	Isengard	Minion • Uruk-hai	Damage +1. Berserk Rager is strength +1 for each wound on a character in its skirmish. Skirmish: Remove 3 tokens from a machine and exert Berserk Rager twice to wound every ally twice.
	Berserk Savage (5R46)	Isengard	Minion • Uruk-hai	Damage +1. Berserk Savage is strength +1 for each wound on a character in its skirmish. Skirmish: Remove 4 tokens from a machine and exert Berserk Savage twice to make it strength +8.
	Berserk Slayer (5R47)	Isengard	Minion • Uruk-hai	Damage +1. Berserk Slayer is strength +2 for each wound on a character in its skirmish. Skirmish: Remove 5 tokens from a machine and exert Berserk Slayer twice to wound every companion.
	Siege Engine (5U60)	Isengard	Condition	Machine. Shadow: Play an Uruk-hai to place an token on a machine. Response: If one or more machines are about to be discarded by an opponent, discard this condition to prevent that.
	Uruk Engineer (5C61)	Isengard	Minion • Uruk-hai	Damage +1. When you play this minion, you may place an token on a machine.
	Uruk Sapper (5C62)	Isengard	Minion • Uruk-hai	Damage +1. When you play this minion, you may place an token on a machine.
	Berserk Butcher (6R60)	Isengard	Minion • Uruk-hai	Damage +1. Berserk Butcher is strength +1 for each wound on each character in its skirmish. Maneuver: Remove an token from a machine and exert Berserk Butcher twice to prevent all wounds to Uruk-hai until the assignment phase.
	Berserk Deathseeker (V2_19)	Isengard	Minion • Uruk-hai	Damage +1. This minion is strength +1 for each wound on each character in its skirmish. When this minion is killed, add 3 tokens to an machine.
	Berserk Fanatic (V2_20)	Isengard	Minion • Uruk-hai	Damage +1. This minion is strength +1 for each wound on each character in its skirmish. When this minion dies in a skirmish, you may remove 2 tokens from a machine to wound a character it was skirmishing. ​

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