Control Priest
Control Priest is a Priest deck in Hearthstone Standard. At Diamond it wins 46% of its games and is played in 1% of games (tier C).
In the mulligan, keep above all Eternal Firebolt, Medivh's Triumph, Elder Word: Foresight, and Soothsayer. Usually toss: Rat Burglar, Undeath Sentence, and Gravedawn Sunbloom.
Its best matchup is against Priest (47%), the hardest against Rogue (41%).
It wins 45% 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 | 55%44 | 31% | 51% | |
| Depends | 52%21 | 31% | 47% | |
| Depends | 49%39 | 13% | 54% | |
| Keep | 48%277 | 47% | 49% | |
| Depends | 48%173 | 3% | 54% | |
| Depends | 48%117 | 34% | 49% | |
| Keep | 47%640 | 67% | 53% | |
| Keep | 47%743 | 91% | 51% | |
| Depends | 46%359 | 15% | 51% | |
| Keep | 46%507 | 73% | 52% | |
| Depends | 46%101 | 45% | 51% | |
| Depends | 45%154 | 1% | 51% | |
| Toss | 44%45 | 5% | 52% | |
| Keep | 44%756 | 86% | 51% | |
| Keep | 44%107 | 98% | 52% | |
| Keep | 44%2,965 | 98% | 50% | |
| Depends | 43%90 | 49% | 46% | |
| Depends | 43%735 | 96% | 50% | |
| Depends | 43%216 | 78% | 51% | |
| Toss | 43%128 | 4% | 51% | |
| Toss | 41%94 | 2% | 50% | |
| Depends | 41%41 | 59% | 64% | |
| Toss | 41%138 | 12% | 52% | |
| Depends | 40%89 | 68% | 53% | |
| Toss | 40%444 | 37% | 51% | |
| Toss | 40%53 | 27% | 49% | |
| Toss | 39%87 | 13% | 49% | |
| Toss | 39%173 | 3% | 51% | |
| Toss | 39%101 | 15% | 53% | |
| Toss | 38%574 | 67% | 51% | |
| Toss | 38%53 | 11% | 57% | |
| Toss | 38%114 | 1% | 50% | |
| Toss | 37%73 | 2% | 49% | |
| Toss | 36%269 | 11% | 50% | |
| Toss | 33%72 | 18% | 48% | |
| Toss | 32%103 | 4% | 51% | |
| Toss | 31%35 | 17% | 48% | |
| Toss | 31%29 | 27% | 51% |
Matchups by class
Win rate against each opponent class.
- Death Knight49042%38%–46%
- Rogue47241%37%–45%
- Warrior42144%40%–49%
- Priest41947%43%–52%
- Shaman35342%37%–47%
- Paladin27044%39%–50%
- Demon Hunter21841%35%–47%
- Warlock19150%43%–57%
- Mage18844%37%–51%
- Hunter13043%35%–52%
- Druid10643%34%–53%
Frequently asked questions
- Which cards should you keep in the Control Priest mulligan?
- In the mulligan, keep above all Eternal Firebolt, Medivh's Triumph, Elder Word: Foresight, and Soothsayer. Usually toss: Rat Burglar, Undeath Sentence, and Gravedawn Sunbloom.
- Is Control Priest a good deck?
- Control Priest is a Priest deck in Hearthstone Standard. At Diamond it wins 46% of its games and is played in 1% of games (tier C).
- Which classes is Control Priest strong against?
- Its best matchup is against Priest (47%), the hardest against Rogue (41%).
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