Archetype · Mage · Standard

Mage

Mage is a Mage deck in Hearthstone Standard. At Bronze–Gold it wins 39% of its games and is played in 0% of games.

In the mulligan, keep above all Spellweaver's Brilliance, Algeth'ar Instructor, Cult Neophyte, and Living Flame. Usually toss: Flamestrike, Deep Freeze, and Titanic Thrasher.

It wins 37% going first and 42% on the coin.

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Win rate

39%35%–43%

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Popularity<1%

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.

Against

Reference: 29% (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.

Advice	Win rate in hand	Kept	Win rate drawn
Keep	100%7	75%	25%
Keep	100%6	57%	72%
Keep	73%11	100%	50%
Depends	63%8	25%	21%
Keep	60%15	63%	45%
Keep	60%10	86%	33%
Keep	60%15	100%	57%
Depends	54%13	30%	46%
Depends	53%15	55%	37%
Keep	53%15	92%	25%
Keep	53%32	37%	48%
Depends	50%8	50%	65%
Depends	50%14	59%	40%
Depends	50%4	13%	32%
Depends	50%10	67%	33%
Depends	50%2	14%	50%
Keep	48%40	91%	37%
Depends	47%17	33%	46%
Depends	47%15	30%	44%
Depends	46%13	38%	50%
Depends	45%22	42%	39%
Keep	45%22	76%	34%
Keep	44%18	73%	38%
Keep	43%63	85%	40%
Depends	43%21	54%	44%
Depends	43%14	23%	31%
Depends	43%7	67%	17%
Keep	42%19	87%	32%
Keep	42%19	81%	24%
Depends	42%19	50%	37%
Keep	42%24	65%	63%
Keep	41%49	58%	31%
Keep	40%10	89%	44%
Depends	40%20	56%	47%
Keep	40%10	80%	64%
Depends	40%5	50%	35%
Depends	40%10	40%	39%
Keep	36%14	93%	32%
Depends	35%20	38%	32%
Depends	34%62	62%	45%
Depends	33%21	75%	40%
Keep	33%21	93%	35%
Depends	33%24	42%	40%
Depends	33%12	64%	42%
Toss	33%3	11%	35%
Depends	33%9	50%	17%
Keep	33%6	86%	44%
Keep	32%41	89%	48%
Depends	31%35	45%	54%
Depends	31%16	63%	46%
Depends	30%27	44%	39%
Keep	29%17	87%	42%
Depends	29%31	68%	37%
Depends	29%105	83%	38%
Depends	28%43	66%	45%
Depends	27%11	29%	44%
Depends	27%26	42%	49%
Depends	26%19	43%	41%
Depends	26%27	32%	39%
Depends	25%16	61%	44%
Depends	25%16	67%	42%
Depends	25%8	60%	54%
Depends	25%4	75%	52%
Keep	22%9	100%	27%
Depends	20%25	52%	42%
Depends	20%5	19%	29%
Depends	20%45	71%	32%
Toss	20%5	8%	51%
Depends	20%5	60%	52%
Depends	20%41	70%	30%
Depends	18%22	40%	39%
Depends	18%17	78%	31%
Depends	17%6	67%	20%
Depends	17%18	67%	35%
Depends	17%12	80%	34%
Depends	17%18	73%	41%
Depends	16%19	81%	26%
Toss	14%7	13%	45%
Depends	10%10	88%	31%
Toss	0%1	11%	52%
Depends	0%5	50%	62%

Matchups by class

Win rate against each opponent class.

Going first

37%32%–43%

On the coin

42%36%–47%

Priest89
29%21%–39%
Death Knight69
32%22%–44%
Warlock66
35%24%–47%
Mage63
59%46%–70%
Paladin61
44%33%–57%
Warrior58
41%30%–54%
Rogue48
33%22%–47%
Druid38
47%32%–63%
Hunter36
39%25%–55%
Demon Hunter33
36%22%–53%
Shaman33
42%27%–59%

Frequently asked questions

Which cards should you keep in the Mage mulligan?: In the mulligan, keep above all Spellweaver's Brilliance, Algeth'ar Instructor, Cult Neophyte, and Living Flame. Usually toss: Flamestrike, Deep Freeze, and Titanic Thrasher.
Is Mage a good deck?: Mage is a Mage deck in Hearthstone Standard. At Bronze–Gold it wins 39% of its games and is played in 0% of games.

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