Control Priest
Control Priest is a Priest deck in Hearthstone Standard. At Legend it wins 43% of its games and is played in 1% of games (tier C).
In the mulligan, keep above all Soothsayer, Bitterbloom Knight, Medivh's Triumph, and Elder Word: Foresight. Usually toss: Rat Burglar, Karov the Broken, and Undeath Sentence.
It wins 47% going first and 38% on the coin.
Most played lists
Control PriestPriest218 games◆ 12,460Show the cards34%
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: 42% (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 | 56%9 | 7% | 60% | |
| Depends | 55%22 | 43% | 57% | |
| Keep | 54%278 | 81% | 53% | |
| Keep | 54%54 | 100% | 47% | |
| Depends | 48%145 | 36% | 48% | |
| Toss | 47%30 | 0% | 54% | |
| Depends | 46%28 | 60% | 56% | |
| Keep | 46%390 | 72% | 53% | |
| Depends | 45%62 | 62% | 54% | |
| Depends | 45%56 | 22% | 50% | |
| Keep | 44%443 | 91% | 52% | |
| Depends | 44%89 | 0% | 50% | |
| Keep | 44%1,733 | 99% | 29% | |
| Toss | 43%30 | 2% | 53% | |
| Toss | 43%40 | 1% | 54% | |
| Depends | 42%83 | 57% | 54% | |
| Depends | 42%312 | 70% | 48% | |
| Depends | 42%231 | 32% | 51% | |
| Toss | 41%151 | 10% | 50% | |
| Keep | 41%407 | 97% | 49% | |
| Toss | 41%193 | 10% | 51% | |
| Toss | 41%59 | 1% | 49% | |
| Toss | 41%37 | 13% | 56% | |
| Toss | 40%99 | 1% | 49% | |
| Toss | 40%95 | 2% | 52% | |
| Toss | 40%45 | 5% | 44% | |
| Depends | 39%444 | 86% | 50% | |
| Toss | 37%38 | 0% | 48% | |
| Toss | 36%11 | 8% | 58% | |
| Toss | 34%120 | 9% | 48% | |
| Toss | 33%57 | 27% | 50% | |
| Toss | 30%50 | 1% | 47% | |
| Toss | 29%66 | 12% | 46% | |
| Toss | 27%26 | 21% | 49% |
Matchups by class
Win rate against each opponent class.
- Rogue26938%33%–44%
- Shaman26745%39%–51%
- Death Knight26641%36%–47%
- Warrior20946%39%–53%
- Priest15650%42%–58%
- Demon Hunter15439%32%–47%
- Paladin13950%41%–58%
- Mage11343%35%–53%
- Warlock10247%38%–57%
- Hunter5937%26%–50%
- Druid4635%23%–49%
Frequently asked questions
- Which cards should you keep in the Control Priest mulligan?
- In the mulligan, keep above all Soothsayer, Bitterbloom Knight, Medivh's Triumph, and Elder Word: Foresight. Usually toss: Rat Burglar, Karov the Broken, and Undeath Sentence.
- Is Control Priest a good deck?
- Control Priest is a Priest deck in Hearthstone Standard. At Legend it wins 43% of its games and is played in 1% of games (tier C).
- What is the best Control Priest list?
- The most played list has 218 games and a 34% win rate, and costs 12,460 dust. The deck code to copy is below.
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