Control Priest
Control Priest is a Priest deck in Hearthstone Standard. At All ranks it wins 46% of its games and is played in 1% of games (tier C).
In the mulligan, keep above all Flutterwing Guardian, Bitterbloom Knight, Soothsayer, and Kaldorei Priestess. Usually toss: Rat Burglar, Undeath Sentence, and Karov the Broken.
Its best matchup is against Mage (51%), the hardest against Death Knight (41%).
It wins 48% 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: 46% (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 | 62%29 | 14% | 61% | |
| Keep | 53%80 | 60% | 63% | |
| Depends | 51%103 | 26% | 54% | |
| Depends | 51%78 | 20% | 59% | |
| Keep | 50%321 | 97% | 54% | |
| Depends | 49%200 | 3% | 53% | |
| Depends | 49%172 | 32% | 51% | |
| Keep | 48%784 | 73% | 53% | |
| Depends | 48%126 | 37% | 52% | |
| Depends | 48%292 | 3% | 54% | |
| Depends | 48%503 | 47% | 52% | |
| Keep | 47%1,335 | 87% | 52% | |
| Keep | 47%1,134 | 89% | 53% | |
| Depends | 47%174 | 24% | 52% | |
| Depends | 47%43 | 29% | 53% | |
| Depends | 46%424 | 75% | 54% | |
| Depends | 46%154 | 62% | 58% | |
| Depends | 46%596 | 13% | 53% | |
| Keep | 46%1,242 | 96% | 53% | |
| Depends | 46%1,032 | 66% | 55% | |
| Depends | 46%149 | 50% | 52% | |
| Depends | 45%60 | 49% | 60% | |
| Depends | 45%4,644 | 98% | 50% | |
| Toss | 44%180 | 16% | 56% | |
| Toss | 44%64 | 5% | 55% | |
| Toss | 43%251 | 13% | 53% | |
| Toss | 42%135 | 3% | 50% | |
| Toss | 42%256 | 1% | 52% | |
| Toss | 42%964 | 66% | 52% | |
| Toss | 41%690 | 36% | 51% | |
| Toss | 41%96 | 37% | 56% | |
| Toss | 41%288 | 3% | 52% | |
| Toss | 40%80 | 11% | 57% | |
| Toss | 39%76 | 32% | 56% | |
| Toss | 39%62 | 29% | 48% | |
| Toss | 39%163 | 2% | 52% | |
| Toss | 37%435 | 12% | 52% | |
| Toss | 36%111 | 1% | 52% | |
| Toss | 35%155 | 4% | 51% | |
| Toss | 35%55 | 17% | 47% | |
| Toss | 34%134 | 11% | 51% |
Matchups by class
Win rate against each opponent class.
- Death Knight78241%37%–44%
- Rogue73942%39%–46%
- Priest70450%46%–54%
- Warrior69245%41%–49%
- Shaman61345%41%–49%
- Paladin45246%42%–51%
- Mage40251%46%–56%
- Demon Hunter37742%37%–47%
- Warlock33049%43%–54%
- Hunter23649%42%–55%
- Druid18449%42%–56%
Frequently asked questions
- Which cards should you keep in the Control Priest mulligan?
- In the mulligan, keep above all Flutterwing Guardian, Bitterbloom Knight, Soothsayer, and Kaldorei Priestess. Usually toss: Rat Burglar, Undeath Sentence, and Karov the Broken.
- Is Control Priest a good deck?
- Control Priest is a Priest deck in Hearthstone Standard. At All ranks 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 Mage (51%), the hardest against Death Knight (41%).
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