Control Priest
Control Priest is a Priest deck in Hearthstone Standard. At Bronze–Gold it wins 50% of its games and is played in 1% of games (tier B).
In the mulligan, keep above all Entropic Rift, Flutterwing Guardian, Bitterbloom Knight, and Ruby Sanctum. Usually toss: Togwaggle, Smuggler King, Karov the Broken, and Dark Terraforming.
Its best matchup is against Mage (59%), the hardest against Death Knight (39%).
It wins 52% going first and 47% on the coin.
Mulligan guide
The archetype's cards sorted by win rate when in hand after the mulligan. Pick the opponent's class for that matchup's mulligan.
Reference: 48% (median of the cards in hand after the mulligan) · Keep: at least 2 points above the reference. Toss: at least 2 points below. Cards with fewer than 100 games get no advice.
| Card | Advice | Win rate in hand | Kept | Win rate drawn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depends | 63%41 | 7% | 58% | |
| Depends | 60%47 | 10% | 50% | |
| Depends | 59%32 | 11% | 67% | |
| Depends | 57%70 | 12% | 60% | |
| Keep | 55%107 | 71% | 55% | |
| Keep | 54%261 | 73% | 57% | |
| Keep | 54%524 | 95% | 55% | |
| Keep | 53%233 | 58% | 59% | |
| Keep | 53%557 | 67% | 55% | |
| Depends | 53%169 | 12% | 54% | |
| Keep | 53%1,171 | 95% | 54% | |
| Depends | 50%111 | 66% | 61% | |
| Depends | 50%238 | 2% | 54% | |
| Depends | 49%271 | 16% | 59% | |
| Depends | 49%877 | 65% | 53% | |
| Depends | 49%76 | 29% | 52% | |
| Depends | 48%286 | 6% | 56% | |
| Toss | 48%135 | 2% | 54% | |
| Keep | 48%3,155 | 97% | 0% | |
| Keep | 48%1,282 | 89% | 55% | |
| Toss | 48%71 | 5% | 54% | |
| Depends | 47%116 | 38% | 53% | |
| Depends | 47%114 | 31% | 58% | |
| Depends | 47%530 | 51% | 55% | |
| Depends | 47%36 | 15% | 60% | |
| Depends | 47%119 | 22% | 59% | |
| Depends | 47%557 | 69% | 55% | |
| Depends | 47%417 | 42% | 52% | |
| Toss | 47%266 | 7% | 54% | |
| Depends | 47%245 | 27% | 54% | |
| Depends | 47%81 | 20% | 55% | |
| Depends | 47%81 | 40% | 54% | |
| Toss | 47%62 | 6% | 56% | |
| Depends | 46%600 | 81% | 54% | |
| Depends | 46%753 | 60% | 56% | |
| Toss | 46%171 | 27% | 57% | |
| Toss | 45%543 | 15% | 56% | |
| Toss | 45%290 | 14% | 51% | |
| Toss | 44%90 | 3% | 53% | |
| Depends | 44%54 | 33% | 54% | |
| Toss | 44%166 | 32% | 54% | |
| Toss | 43%208 | 47% | 59% | |
| Toss | 42%33 | 1% | 53% | |
| Toss | 39%66 | 48% | 56% | |
| Toss | 39%51 | 40% | 50% | |
| Toss | 38%68 | 4% | 50% | |
| Toss | 37%84 | 14% | 54% | |
| Toss | 34%50 | 22% | 51% |
Matchups by class
Win rate against each opponent class.
- Death Knight78139%36%–43%
- Priest77152%48%–55%
- Warrior53847%43%–51%
- Rogue53447%43%–51%
- Paladin43749%44%–53%
- Warlock38753%48%–58%
- Mage37259%54%–63%
- Shaman36654%49%–59%
- Demon Hunter29548%42%–53%
- Hunter26952%46%–58%
- Druid22163%56%–69%
Frequently asked questions
- Which cards should you keep in the Control Priest mulligan?
- In the mulligan, keep above all Entropic Rift, Flutterwing Guardian, Bitterbloom Knight, and Ruby Sanctum. Usually toss: Togwaggle, Smuggler King, Karov the Broken, and Dark Terraforming.
- Is Control Priest a good deck?
- Control Priest is a Priest deck in Hearthstone Standard. At Bronze–Gold it wins 50% of its games and is played in 1% of games (tier B).
- Which classes is Control Priest strong against?
- Its best matchup is against Mage (59%), the hardest against Death Knight (39%).
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