Control Priest
Control Priest is a Priest deck in Hearthstone Standard. At Competitive (Top 2000 + Diamond 1–4) it wins 43% of its games and is played in 1% of games.
In the mulligan, keep above all Cleansing Cleric, Bitterbloom Knight, Kaldorei Priestess, and Elder Word: Foresight. Usually toss: Togwaggle, Smuggler King, Undeath Sentence, and The Black Blood.
It wins 43% going first and 42% 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: 44% (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 | 56%9 | 38% | 53% | |
| Depends | 52%56 | 2% | 53% | |
| Depends | 50%24 | 7% | 52% | |
| Depends | 50%105 | 42% | 49% | |
| Keep | 49%82 | 86% | 52% | |
| Depends | 48%27 | 38% | 47% | |
| Depends | 47%116 | 12% | 50% | |
| Keep | 46%28 | 100% | 53% | |
| Depends | 46%26 | 32% | 53% | |
| Depends | 46%46 | 6% | 52% | |
| Toss | 44%63 | 2% | 50% | |
| Keep | 44%259 | 86% | 53% | |
| Depends | 44%208 | 79% | 52% | |
| Toss | 44%48 | 0% | 49% | |
| Keep | 44%282 | 93% | 53% | |
| Depends | 44%227 | 72% | 54% | |
| Depends | 43%1,041 | 99% | 50% | |
| Depends | 43%61 | 78% | 54% | |
| Toss | 42%33 | 15% | 51% | |
| Depends | 42%282 | 97% | 49% | |
| Toss | 42%36 | 4% | 51% | |
| Toss | 41%27 | 7% | 56% | |
| Depends | 41%32 | 28% | 50% | |
| Depends | 40%184 | 58% | 52% | |
| Toss | 39%151 | 35% | 51% | |
| Toss | 38%13 | 8% | 39% | |
| Toss | 38%34 | 0% | 51% | |
| Toss | 38%42 | 13% | 53% | |
| Toss | 37%19 | 0% | 54% | |
| Toss | 36%95 | 12% | 51% | |
| Toss | 34%53 | 25% | 50% | |
| Toss | 33%18 | 14% | 56% | |
| Toss | 33%9 | 12% | 51% | |
| Depends | 30%20 | 53% | 53% | |
| Toss | 29%31 | 0% | 50% | |
| Toss | 28%18 | 12% | 50% | |
| Toss | 13%15 | 4% | 53% |
Matchups by class
Win rate against each opponent class.
- Warrior17239%32%–46%
- Rogue16938%31%–46%
- Shaman15245%37%–53%
- Death Knight15147%39%–55%
- Paladin10233%25%–43%
- Priest10157%48%–67%
- Demon Hunter9641%31%–51%
- Mage7441%30%–52%
- Warlock5848%36%–61%
- Hunter5048%35%–61%
- Druid2236%20%–57%
Frequently asked questions
- Which cards should you keep in the Control Priest mulligan?
- In the mulligan, keep above all Cleansing Cleric, Bitterbloom Knight, Kaldorei Priestess, and Elder Word: Foresight. Usually toss: Togwaggle, Smuggler King, Undeath Sentence, and The Black Blood.
- Is Control Priest a good deck?
- Control Priest is a Priest deck in Hearthstone Standard. At Competitive (Top 2000 + Diamond 1–4) it wins 43% of its games and is played in 1% of games.
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