Control Priest
Control Priest is a Priest deck in Hearthstone Standard. At Platinum it wins 48% of its games and is played in 1% of games.
In the mulligan, keep above all Entropic Rift, Elder Word: Foresight, Kaldorei Priestess, and Soothsayer. Usually toss: Holy Embrace, Undeath Sentence, and For All Time.
It wins 52% 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: 49% (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 | 80%15 | 35% | 57% | |
| Keep | 69%13 | 88% | 46% | |
| Depends | 67%3 | 14% | 54% | |
| Depends | 65%17 | 0% | 58% | |
| Depends | 63%19 | 3% | 54% | |
| Toss | 63%8 | 0% | 45% | |
| Depends | 60%20 | 50% | 59% | |
| Depends | 60%15 | 30% | 57% | |
| Keep | 59%93 | 83% | 57% | |
| Keep | 56%130 | 90% | 56% | |
| Depends | 56%18 | 47% | 62% | |
| Toss | 55%11 | 0% | 55% | |
| Keep | 53%93 | 74% | 56% | |
| Keep | 52%108 | 100% | 57% | |
| Keep | 51%59 | 85% | 57% | |
| Depends | 50%6 | 13% | 67% | |
| Depends | 50%10 | 55% | 59% | |
| Toss | 50%6 | 0% | 59% | |
| Depends | 50%26 | 19% | 60% | |
| Toss | 50%12 | 0% | 55% | |
| Keep | 49%457 | 97% | — | |
| Keep | 48%42 | 100% | 52% | |
| Depends | 47%81 | 39% | 59% | |
| Toss | 47%30 | 2% | 56% | |
| Depends | 47%101 | 72% | 57% | |
| Depends | 46%26 | 42% | 57% | |
| Depends | 44%9 | 41% | 63% | |
| Toss | 44%55 | 15% | 56% | |
| Depends | 43%7 | 67% | 58% | |
| Depends | 43%7 | 38% | 59% | |
| Depends | 42%112 | 68% | 58% | |
| Toss | 41%22 | 5% | 59% | |
| Depends | 40%42 | 44% | 56% | |
| Toss | 38%13 | 15% | 62% | |
| Toss | 34%29 | 0% | 58% | |
| Toss | 34%44 | 8% | 57% | |
| Toss | 33%9 | 0% | 53% | |
| Depends | 33%3 | 22% | 65% | |
| Toss | 27%11 | 0% | 61% | |
| Toss | 25%8 | 20% | 59% | |
| Depends | 25%12 | 55% | 58% | |
| Toss | 25%4 | 13% | 45% | |
| Toss | 0%4 | 18% | 54% |
Matchups by class
Win rate against each opponent class.
- Priest8853%43%–63%
- Death Knight6939%28%–51%
- Rogue6945%34%–57%
- Warrior6840%29%–52%
- Paladin5650%37%–63%
- Shaman5448%35%–61%
- Demon Hunter4257%42%–71%
- Warlock3956%41%–71%
- Mage3551%36%–67%
- Hunter2952%34%–69%
- Druid1164%35%–85%
Frequently asked questions
- Which cards should you keep in the Control Priest mulligan?
- In the mulligan, keep above all Entropic Rift, Elder Word: Foresight, Kaldorei Priestess, and Soothsayer. Usually toss: Holy Embrace, Undeath Sentence, and For All Time.
- Is Control Priest a good deck?
- Control Priest is a Priest deck in Hearthstone Standard. At Platinum it wins 48% of its games and is played in 1% of games.
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