About these 2 culture minions, treat the culture symbol as a keyword (which is why if I refer to them on cards, I'll call them "culture keywords"). Just like a minion with the "fierce" keyword is referred to as a "fierce minion", a minion with the "
" keyword is referred to as an "
minion". It is quite possible that some of the minions will have a culture keyword conditionally as you were suggesting, DI, but some of them will also have it straight.
One of the universal problems with the old Uruks is that the designers valued damage bonuses far too highly and consequently the minions all had too low strength to be all that effective, especially when we move onto new player environments with companions like
Durin III and
Grimbeorn reaching previously
unheard of strengths. So you'll notice that the strengths of these minions will almost universally be higher than the originals, though obviously let me know if I've gone a bit overboard which I sometimes do with minions!
Anyway, we might as well start with the beast of all Uruks. These 2 were posted earlier in this thread, but have seen a few changes, I think.
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Lurtz, Servant of Isengard (V) Minion • Uruk-hai
Str: 13
Vit: 3
Sit: 5
Damage +1. Tracker.While at a battleground site, Lurtz gains the
keyword.
Skirmish: Exert Lurtz to make another Uruk-hai strength +X, where X is that Uruk-hai's damage bonus.
Skirmish: Exert Saruman to heal Lurtz.
'"And now... perfected. Grown beyond the height of Men - straight limbed and strong, fearing nothing."'1 V 127
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Lurtz's Sword (V) Possession • Hand Weapon
Str: +2
Bearer must be an Uruk-hai.
While at a battleground site, bearer is vitality +1.
Skirmish: If bearer is Lurtz, discard 2
or
cards from hand to make an Uruk-hai
damage +1.2 V 43
And this one's an extra bonus:
Uruk Lieutenant (V) Minion • Uruk-hai
Str: 7
Vit: 3
Sit: 5
.
Damage +1.While at a battleground site, this minion is a
lurker.
Skirmish: Exert this minion and spot 3 Uruk-hai to make an Uruk-hai strength +2.
Skirmish: Exert this minion and spot 5 Uruk-hai to make an Uruk-hai
damage +1.
1 V 148