Ulvenwald Tracker is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
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: Target creature you control fights another target creature.
Complete guide
Ulvenwald Tracker is a powerful utility creature that allows your largest threats to hunt down enemy targets repeatedly. This Human Shaman provides a consistent way to clear the board using your creatures' power as a weapon.
What It Does
Ulvenwald Tracker features a single activated ability that costs one green mana and one generic mana. By tapping the Tracker, you select one creature you control and one other creature on the battlefield to engage in a fight. To fight means each creature deals damage equal to its power to the other creature.
How It Resolves Step by Step
First, you activate the ability by paying the mana and tapping Ulvenwald Tracker, choosing two targets. Upon resolution, the game checks if both targets are still legal. If one target has left the battlefield or gained protection, the ability fails and no damage is dealt. If both remain, they simultaneously deal damage to each other; this damage is not combat damage and is affected by abilities like deathtouch or lifelink.
Common Mistakes
A common error is trying to make a creature fight itself, which is prohibited by the 'another target creature' clause. Additionally, players often forget that if either creature is removed in response to the activation, the entire fight is cancelled. Remember that tapping Ulvenwald Tracker is part of the cost, so it cannot fight itself unless it somehow becomes a second targetable creature.
When to Play It
Deploy Ulvenwald Tracker early to establish board control. It is most effective when you have high-toughness creatures or creatures with deathtouch that can survive multiple exchanges while picking off key utility creatures from your opponent's side.
Interaction examples
Llanowar ElvesIf your opponent controls a Llanowar Elves and you have a 2/2 creature, you can pay {1}{G} and tap Ulvenwald Tracker to target your 2/2 and their Llanowar Elves. Your creature deals 2 damage to the Elves, and the Elves deals 1 damage to your creature. The Elves will be destroyed, while your creature survives.
Birds of ParadiseYou may choose to have two of your own creatures fight. If you target your own Birds of Paradise and your own Llanowar Elves with Ulvenwald Tracker, they will deal damage to each other. This is rarely beneficial but is a legal use of the ability if you have a specific reason to damage or destroy your own Birds of Paradise.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Ulvenwald Tracker
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
The second target of Ulvenwald Tracker’s ability can be another creature you control, but it can’t be the same creature as the first target.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
If either target of Ulvenwald Tracker’s ability is an illegal target when the ability tries to resolve, neither creature will deal or be dealt damage.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Shelob, Child of Ungoliant + Devoted Druid + Ulvenwald Tracker
- 1Activate Ulvenwald Tracker by paying
and tapping it, causing Shelob to fight Devoted Druid. - 2Devoted Druid dies as a state-based action due to Shelob's deathtouch.
- 3Shelob triggers, creating a token copy of Devoted Druid that is a Food artifact.
- 4Activate the Devoted Druid token by tapping it, adding .
- 5Activate the Devoted Druid token by putting a -1/-1 counter on it, untapping it.
- 6Repeat from step 4.
Legal formats
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