Control Priest
Control Priest is a Priest deck in Hearthstone Standard. At Top 2000 Legend it wins 45% of its games and is played in 0% of games.
In the mulligan, keep above all Shadow Word: Ruin, Bitterbloom Knight, Ruby Sanctum, and Lunarwing Messenger. Usually toss: The Black Blood, Rat Burglar, and Dark Terraforming.
It wins 45% going first and 45% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toss | 75%4 | 0% | 47% | |
| Depends | 61%28 | 4% | 57% | |
| Keep | 60%81 | 15% | 51% | |
| Keep | 59%34 | 90% | 68% | |
| Toss | 57%7 | 0% | 56% | |
| Depends | 56%32 | 23% | 56% | |
| Keep | 54%13 | 100% | 48% | |
| Keep | 54%119 | 99% | 55% | |
| Depends | 52%27 | 11% | 48% | |
| Depends | 52%31 | 2% | 58% | |
| Depends | 50%8 | 23% | 43% | |
| Depends | 50%12 | 16% | 43% | |
| Keep | 50%16 | 83% | 52% | |
| Depends | 50%26 | 30% | 61% | |
| Depends | 50%16 | 24% | 54% | |
| Toss | 50%12 | 0% | 67% | |
| Depends | 49%37 | 7% | 59% | |
| Keep | 48%192 | 90% | 54% | |
| Depends | 48%25 | 6% | 56% | |
| Depends | 47%60 | 33% | 49% | |
| Keep | 44%145 | 89% | 58% | |
| Depends | 44%116 | 58% | 56% | |
| Toss | 44%39 | 3% | 54% | |
| Depends | 43%51 | 33% | 51% | |
| Depends | 43%135 | 78% | 53% | |
| Toss | 43%40 | 2% | 57% | |
| Depends | 40%314 | 99% | 50% | |
| Depends | 40%40 | 44% | 46% | |
| Toss | 40%5 | 0% | 53% | |
| Toss | 39%67 | 12% | 57% | |
| Depends | 38%13 | 30% | 41% | |
| Toss | 35%26 | 3% | 53% | |
| Toss | 35%26 | 16% | 54% | |
| Toss | 34%82 | 65% | 51% | |
| Depends | 33%12 | 30% | 39% | |
| Toss | 25%12 | 0% | 48% | |
| Toss | 20%10 | 0% | 67% | |
| Toss | 0%1 | 0% | 49% |
Matchups by class
Win rate against each opponent class.
- Warlock12252%44%–61%
- Death Knight8547%37%–58%
- Priest7254%43%–65%
- Rogue7033%23%–44%
- Shaman6144%33%–57%
- Demon Hunter5437%25%–50%
- Warrior3642%27%–58%
- Paladin2850%33%–67%
- Mage2143%24%–63%
- Hunter1225%9%–53%
- Druid1127%10%–57%
Frequently asked questions
- Which cards should you keep in the Control Priest mulligan?
- In the mulligan, keep above all Shadow Word: Ruin, Bitterbloom Knight, Ruby Sanctum, and Lunarwing Messenger. Usually toss: The Black Blood, Rat Burglar, and Dark Terraforming.
- Is Control Priest a good deck?
- Control Priest is a Priest deck in Hearthstone Standard. At Top 2000 Legend it wins 45% of its games and is played in 0% of games.
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