Control Priest
Control Priest is a Priest deck in Hearthstone Standard. At Bronze–Gold it wins 53% of its games and is played in 1% of games.
In the mulligan, keep above all Entropic Rift, Disciple of the Dove, Kaldorei Priestess, and Lunarwing Messenger. Usually toss: Dark Terraforming, Togwaggle, Smuggler King, and Karov the Broken.
It wins 56% going first and 47% on the coin.
Most played lists
Control PriestPriest56 games◆ 14,060Show the cards36%- Control Priestwith SteamcleanerPriest55 games◆ 10,860Show the cards53%
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: 50% (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 | 79%14 | 17% | 70% | |
| Keep | 70%30 | 64% | 51% | |
| Keep | 65%26 | 87% | 46% | |
| Depends | 63%16 | 21% | 56% | |
| Depends | 61%23 | 23% | 61% | |
| Depends | 58%60 | 21% | 61% | |
| Keep | 57%300 | 88% | 56% | |
| Depends | 56%39 | 3% | 54% | |
| Depends | 56%57 | 27% | 55% | |
| Depends | 56%9 | 43% | 53% | |
| Toss | 55%11 | 0% | 58% | |
| Depends | 54%123 | 13% | 57% | |
| Keep | 54%273 | 94% | 58% | |
| Keep | 53%143 | 94% | 58% | |
| Depends | 53%53 | 16% | 57% | |
| Depends | 52%21 | 38% | 52% | |
| Depends | 51%136 | 56% | 60% | |
| Depends | 50%22 | 19% | 68% | |
| Depends | 50%8 | 14% | 70% | |
| Toss | 50%8 | 11% | 40% | |
| Depends | 50%120 | 67% | 54% | |
| Depends | 50%192 | 59% | 53% | |
| Depends | 50%44 | 27% | 60% | |
| Depends | 50%32 | 72% | 67% | |
| Toss | 50%16 | 7% | 57% | |
| Toss | 49%63 | 6% | 60% | |
| Depends | 49%94 | 66% | 57% | |
| Depends | 48%607 | 96% | — | |
| Toss | 48%58 | 14% | 52% | |
| Depends | 48%25 | 26% | 59% | |
| Depends | 48%96 | 42% | 53% | |
| Depends | 47%15 | 23% | 52% | |
| Depends | 46%28 | 57% | 64% | |
| Depends | 46%65 | 61% | 63% | |
| Toss | 46%50 | 4% | 58% | |
| Depends | 46%124 | 83% | 54% | |
| Toss | 46%24 | 5% | 59% | |
| Depends | 45%146 | 56% | 59% | |
| Depends | 44%59 | 46% | 56% | |
| Toss | 44%59 | 4% | 57% | |
| Toss | 38%13 | 12% | 64% | |
| Depends | 38%24 | 81% | 44% | |
| Depends | 33%9 | 40% | 55% | |
| Toss | 33%9 | 5% | 53% | |
| Toss | 33%9 | 11% | 53% | |
| Toss | 33%12 | 20% | 60% | |
| Depends | 31%13 | 47% | 48% | |
| Toss | 30%10 | 25% | 46% | |
| Toss | 25%8 | 0% | 55% | |
| Toss | 21%14 | 10% | 61% |
Matchups by class
Win rate against each opponent class.
- Mage15166%58%–73%
- Priest14950%42%–58%
- Death Knight13538%30%–46%
- Warrior13245%36%–53%
- Rogue10352%43%–62%
- Paladin9852%42%–62%
- Shaman9556%46%–65%
- Warlock7649%38%–60%
- Demon Hunter6344%33%–57%
- Hunter5867%54%–78%
- Druid4659%44%–72%
Frequently asked questions
- Which cards should you keep in the Control Priest mulligan?
- In the mulligan, keep above all Entropic Rift, Disciple of the Dove, Kaldorei Priestess, and Lunarwing Messenger. Usually toss: Dark Terraforming, Togwaggle, Smuggler King, and Karov the Broken.
- Is Control Priest a good deck?
- Control Priest is a Priest deck in Hearthstone Standard. At Bronze–Gold it wins 53% of its games and is played in 1% of games.
- What is the best Control Priest list?
- The most played list has 56 games and a 36% win rate, and costs 14,060 dust. The deck code to copy is below.
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