Editing Cirion (7C82)

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[[{{ROOTPAGENAME}}]] is a {{C|Gondor}} [[Companion]] from the [[Return of the King]] set.
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= Strategy =
[[Return of the King]] has [[companion]] cards for several of the various guards and soldiers defending Minas Tirith. '''Cirion'''? Well, he's certainly one of them.

If you play Cirion perfectly, always managing your hand correctly, he's 7 [[strength]] and 3 [[vitality]], which honestly isn't bad for a filler [[Starting Fellowship|starting companion]] at a 2 [[twilight cost]]. The problem is that he competes with {{Card|Vorondil}}, who is similar but has 7 strength more of the time and has a sometimes-useful ability on top of that, and {{Card|Faramir, Ithilien Ranger}}, who is always strength 7, has a questionably-useful ability, has occasionally-useful [[keyword]]s, and can use {{Card|Faramir's Bow}}. If you're investing very heavily in {{C|Gondor}}{{--}}and why else are you looking at Z-list Gondorians?{{--}}then there are many better options, like {{Card|Faramir, Captain of Gondor}}, {{Card|Alcarin, Warrior of Lamedon}}, {{Card|Denethor, Wizened Steward}}, and {{Card|Denethor, Lord of Minas Tirith}}. Cirion just doesn't do anything in particular, and doesn't have any useful keywords like [[Knight]]. There's rarely any call for a companion this generic, especially one that needs so much micromanagement to be even moderately worthwhile.

He's one of a handful of {{C|Gondor}} cards in [[Return of the King]] that care about the size of your hand, like {{Card|Derufin}}, {{Card|Dervorin}}, and the rarely played {{Card|Hasty Repairs}}. Unlike his comrades-in-arms Derufin and Dervorin, Cirion just doesn't do anything to make him worthwhile when compared to the main characters of the story.

= Strengths and Weaknesses =
== Synergizes With... ==

* Technically, maintaining his ability will also maintain the conditions for {{Card|Derufin}} or {{Card|Dervorin}}. That's not so much "synergy" as "an interesting coincidence", though.

== Weak Versus... ==

* Cards that discard cards from your hand, especially unpredictable ones like {{Card|Orc Inquisitor}}.
* He's not especially strong. Most Shadow decks are prepared to handle a strength 7 companion with no special abilities to speak of.

== Trivia ==

* This is one of several cards featuring a crew member in a cameo, in this case producer Rick Porras. See [[Cameos]] for a full list of other such cards.