I'm writing the first review for this card. This is an effective and versatile ally who synergizes well with a classical Dale board.

1) Thanks to Brand son of Bain + King of Dale (and other attachment(s) on him) and / or Traffic from Dale, he can be played for a very interesting cost-stat ratio around mid-game.

2) Then, Bard son of Brand brings the ability to play an attachment of any sphere on Descendant of Girion.

3) The passive ability of Descendant of Girion eases the payment of that attachment card on him, which triggers Brand son of Bain's drawing response.

4) Finally, in conjunction with Long Lake Trader, Descendant of Girion can shift its attachment to another ally, to optimise the use of that attachment.

He is not included in all Dale decks (maybe because of its printed 4-cost), but it is a nice card that contributes to the mix of power and flexibilty that so much players love in the Dale archetype.

First review for this card. A low-cost and single-task ally ( alter ego of Misty Mountain Journeyman in ) for two main deck types :

1) A Dunedain or partially Dunedain deck that intermittently needs a cheap attack bonus for help finishing a strong ennemy or for destroying a low ennemy whom we are engaged with, before engaging new ennemies or to achieve the quest. Against a scenario with many ennemies, he can synergize with Dúnedain Hunter and Mablung too : you play the Hunter for free and engage a new ennemy during the planning phase, win 1 resource thanks to Mablung, then play Northern Bowmaster with this resource, so that you control two new allies without modifying your initial budget.

2) A non-Dunedain deck in a scenario where some ennemy promptly engage us and we need cheap allies to help destroy him.

First review for this card. Like Kahliel's Tribesman and although it's a neutral card, she is an ally to be used exclusively in a Harad / Kahliel theme deck. Outside of this context, its cost-stat ratio would be just average. But in a Harad deck, it is equivalent to a multi-sphere resource accelerator for the allies, all the more valuable that the "big three" (Firyal, Jubayr, Yazan) are expensive allies that we nevertheless need to play quickly for their intrinsic qualities and to optimize the combo Kahliel + Kahliel's Headdress. Of course she is useful to accelerate the setup of the other allies (Kahliel's Tribesman and other copies of Southron Refugee) too.

No review for this card yet ? OK I'm writing the first one. It's a versatile ally with an excellent cost-stat ratio, which fits naturally into two main types of deck:

1) Noldor (whether there is Erestor or not). The important thing here is not so much the rate of drawing as the rate of discarding cards from the hand. Eregion Survivor therefore fits very well with the cards Arwen Undómiel, Glorfindel, Elven Jeweler, Steed of Imladris, To the Sea, to the Sea!, or in multi-sphere with Song of Healing, Protector of Lórien, Wandering Exile, Watcher of the Bruinen, Trollshaw Scout, Erestor, or the neutral Guardian of Rivendell.

2) Decks that have access to the spirit sphere and suffer from a chronic lack of draw. We can think for example of a deck with Lothíriel in Rohan.

I'm surprised that no one has posted a review on this card yet, so I'm filling the gap here. It is a card that can be interesting in scenarios where the Doom keyword is frequent, or in decks without native or good sphere for resources acceleration. As a 1-cost neutral attachement, it is easy to enter potentially any deck. But above all it is an auto-include card in any deck with Gríma or Saruman.

In the first case, the mini combo Grima + Keys of Orthanc is a fabulous indirect universal resource generator, likely to accelerate the setup of the entire deck, because Grima's action is not limited neither to a type of card, nor to a sphere, nor even to a given phase. Keys of Orthanc increases the effectiveness of an already very powerful and flexible buit-in ability. Concretely, when you combine the Grima action with the Keys, a card that should have cost you 2 will be fully refunded to you after exhausting the Keys. And a card that costs 1 will earn you 1 in net balance. It's simple and terribly effective, if your threat level is not really a big issue in your game.

In the second case, a Saruman deck happily accommodates Keys of Orthanc, as a sort of doomed/Isengard equivalent of Steward of Gondor. It is a card which allows you to underline the Doom theme and which financially supports the dynamics of playing doomed cards, readying of Saruman and drawing when you add Steward of Orthanc to the deck.