The Hunt for Gollum

This quest is swingy, can be an easy softball or a turn 1 annihilation. Typical cards to look for on the mulligan:

• Unexpected Courage action advantage
• Steward of Gondor resource acceleration
• Celebrían's Stone Questing + resource smoothing
• Radagast's Cunning Buffed Hunters of Mordor quest insurance
• Feint Buffed Hunters of Mordor combat insurance
• Faramir Quest slow play

You can substitute any Lore hero for Bilbo Baggins if you choose the passive card draw is nice for this scenario but certainly not a necessity. Also, Eleanor can be used for Théodred to counter a setup Old Wives' Tale; but I find that sharing Théodred's resource generation between Aragorn and Thalin to be more useful.

General Strategy:

Slow play quest phase 1 until you find at least 1 clue. Don't use Faramir until after quest staging to make sure you don't make too much progress. Discard to Éowyn as needed. Legolas's ability is not forced and does not have to be triggered if you don't want it to be.

It is not necessary to have a clue on both sides of the table. There is enough questing power in the left hand to power through stages 2 and 3 if need be.