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 Bitterbloom Knight, Kaldorei Priestess, Soothsayer, and Elder Word: Foresight. Usually toss: Rat Burglar, Undeath Sentence, and Karov the Broken.
Its best matchup is against Mage (53%), 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 | 67%24 | 15% | 60% | |
| Keep | 53%253 | 96% | 55% | |
| Depends | 52%56 | 18% | 58% | |
| Depends | 51%61 | 56% | 63% | |
| Depends | 49%144 | 34% | 50% | |
| Depends | 48%139 | 24% | 52% | |
| Keep | 48%1,081 | 87% | 52% | |
| Depends | 48%307 | 72% | 55% | |
| Depends | 47%74 | 27% | 54% | |
| Depends | 47%419 | 50% | 52% | |
| Keep | 47%601 | 73% | 54% | |
| Depends | 47%125 | 64% | 57% | |
| Depends | 47%829 | 66% | 55% | |
| Toss | 47%240 | 3% | 55% | |
| Toss | 47%161 | 2% | 52% | |
| Keep | 47%885 | 89% | 53% | |
| Depends | 46%112 | 49% | 53% | |
| Depends | 46%138 | 14% | 55% | |
| Toss | 46%477 | 13% | 52% | |
| Keep | 46%986 | 95% | 52% | |
| Depends | 45%40 | 39% | 58% | |
| Depends | 45%107 | 42% | 51% | |
| Depends | 45%3,685 | 98% | 44% | |
| Depends | 44%41 | 30% | 53% | |
| Toss | 43%115 | 3% | 50% | |
| Toss | 42%754 | 66% | 52% | |
| Toss | 42%559 | 37% | 51% | |
| Toss | 41%212 | 13% | 53% | |
| Toss | 41%49 | 6% | 55% | |
| Toss | 40%213 | 1% | 53% | |
| Toss | 40%90 | 1% | 53% | |
| Toss | 40%63 | 28% | 56% | |
| Toss | 39%38 | 29% | 55% | |
| Toss | 39%44 | 30% | 48% | |
| Toss | 38%331 | 12% | 52% | |
| Toss | 37%75 | 39% | 56% | |
| Toss | 37%228 | 3% | 53% | |
| Toss | 37%62 | 13% | 57% | |
| Toss | 37%124 | 1% | 54% | |
| Toss | 34%128 | 4% | 50% | |
| Toss | 34%47 | 16% | 41% | |
| Toss | 32%114 | 10% | 50% |
Matchups by class
Win rate against each opponent class.
- Death Knight62641%37%–44%
- Rogue59844%40%–48%
- Priest56150%46%–54%
- Warrior52246%41%–50%
- Shaman49044%39%–48%
- Paladin37145%40%–50%
- Mage31653%48%–59%
- Demon Hunter29540%34%–45%
- Warlock28149%44%–55%
- Hunter18747%40%–54%
- Druid15350%42%–58%
Frequently asked questions
- Which cards should you keep in the Control Priest mulligan?
- In the mulligan, keep above all Bitterbloom Knight, Kaldorei Priestess, Soothsayer, and Elder Word: Foresight. 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 (53%), the hardest against Death Knight (41%).
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