Picked up my copy of Black Riders at GenCon, and built this deck with much success:

Heroes

Sam Gamgee

Pippin

Merry

Allies

Barliman Butterbur x2

Rivendell Minstrel x2

Miner of the Iron Hills x1

Henamarth Riversong x2

Gleowine x1

Son of Arnor x1

Faramir x2

Bill the Pony x2

Farmer Maggot x2

Gandalf (Core) x3

Attachments

Fast Hitch x3

Protector of Lorien x2

Thror's Map x1

A Burning Brand x1

Hobbit Cloak x3

Steward of Gondor x1

Song of Kings x1

Song of Battle x1

Song of Wisdom x1

Events

Take No Notice x3

Peace, and Thought x3

Sneak Attack x3

Unseen Strike x3

Feint x3

Quick Strike x3

When I play the Black Riders quests, I replace Peace, and Thought with Frodo's Intuition, but really either card works. I can draw out more than half the deck by the sixth or seventh turn most games. The deck works in solo play and is even more fun with a partner. It's only weakness is the inability to cancel treachery and when revealed effects, but most of the time I can play around those.

Just used your deck for the first quest. Good deck for sure. I might tweak it a little though. Thinking about adding an Elfstone in order to try to get a Northern Tracker in play.

Finished all three BR quests with this deck. One key change was to add three copies of Hail of Stones. There are a few things you can cut for this. The Hobbits heroes themselves hardly ever take any damage. I did try out the Elfstone to get Northern Tracker into play, but it didn't pay off in the long run and I wouldn't recommend it.

Now I'm going to run through the quests again with Tracker's attachment oriented deck.

Great idea! What did you cut for the Hails?

Very excited about this deck. thanks! (what DID you cut for Hail of Stones?)

Sorry I missed this for so long. The big swap was to take out Take No Notice x3. I found that I never needed it. I made a few other smaller changes that I thought I recorded, but I can't find it. I know Thror's Map was also canned.

Also, while I would call myself an attachment player in general, I enjoyed this deck more than Tracker's when playing Black Riders.

Also, while I would call myself an attachment player in general, I enjoyed this deck more than Tracker's when playing Black Riders.

How did my deck work for you on the scenarios? Did you make any changes, or can suggest anything for improvment?

Also, while I would call myself an attachment player in general, I enjoyed this deck more than Tracker's when playing Black Riders.

How did my deck work for you on the scenarios? Did you make any changes, or can suggest anything for improvment?

Sorry I missed this for so long. The big swap was to take out Take No Notice x3. I found that I never needed it. I made a few other smaller changes that I thought I recorded, but I can't find it. I know Thror's Map was also canned.

Nice. I came to the same conclusion when putting Hail of Stones in. I'm looking at removing Thror's Map, but I can't find anything that I think will do better.