Archetype · Mage · Standard

Mage

Mage is a Mage deck in Hearthstone Standard. At Bronze–Gold it wins 36% of its games and is played in 0% of games (tier C).

In the mulligan, keep above all Concealing Confection, Watfin, Astral Rain, and Primordial Wyrm. Usually toss: OC91 Chariot, Flamestrike, and Arcane Intellect.

It wins 37% going first and 35% on the coin.

TierMage

Win rate

36%33%–38%

Games1,509

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: 31% (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
Depends	63%16	32%	42%
Keep	61%23	60%	29%
Keep	50%28	90%	40%
Keep	48%67	34%	47%
Keep	47%58	88%	39%
Keep	46%28	67%	48%
Depends	45%11	24%	38%
Keep	45%64	76%	44%
Depends	45%29	29%	37%
Keep	45%47	61%	39%
Keep	44%126	89%	37%
Keep	43%51	74%	38%
Depends	43%42	51%	37%
Depends	43%14	45%	27%
Keep	42%148	85%	42%
Depends	42%12	12%	45%
Depends	42%12	30%	42%
Depends	41%46	42%	35%
Keep	41%34	75%	38%
Depends	40%25	27%	40%
Depends	40%25	23%	57%
Depends	40%20	19%	44%
Depends	39%56	55%	46%
Keep	39%31	71%	35%
Depends	39%31	23%	49%
Keep	39%44	86%	38%
Keep	38%34	77%	34%
Keep	38%37	71%	45%
Keep	38%109	86%	40%
Depends	38%40	35%	28%
Depends	38%16	48%	23%
Keep	38%56	77%	49%
Depends	37%19	39%	47%
Depends	35%46	48%	42%
Depends	34%64	61%	42%
Depends	33%21	84%	35%
Depends	33%18	76%	27%
Depends	33%48	38%	35%
Depends	33%30	53%	41%
Depends	33%27	83%	22%
Depends	33%39	68%	31%
Depends	33%43	60%	37%
Depends	32%37	77%	28%
Depends	32%34	57%	35%
Depends	32%110	67%	37%
Depends	31%16	50%	33%
Depends	31%120	65%	30%
Depends	30%23	81%	35%
Depends	30%23	57%	30%
Depends	30%244	79%	37%
Depends	30%159	65%	42%
Depends	29%17	55%	32%
Depends	29%17	58%	41%
Depends	29%17	75%	52%
Depends	29%41	32%	39%
Keep	29%24	95%	33%
Depends	29%66	44%	44%
Depends	28%78	52%	42%
Depends	28%25	79%	51%
Depends	28%18	60%	39%
Depends	28%29	61%	31%
Depends	27%37	77%	34%
Depends	27%49	84%	22%
Depends	26%102	65%	30%
Depends	25%81	70%	34%
Depends	24%90	69%	30%
Depends	24%42	60%	37%
Depends	24%93	62%	37%
Depends	23%30	50%	45%
Depends	22%58	58%	33%
Depends	22%9	32%	36%
Depends	22%50	70%	27%
Toss	22%32	35%	44%
Depends	21%38	74%	36%
Depends	21%24	78%	29%
Toss	20%74	45%	39%
Toss	20%10	17%	35%
Depends	19%42	78%	35%
Depends	19%21	77%	33%
Depends	19%43	83%	36%
Depends	18%33	89%	28%
Depends	17%12	56%	28%
Depends	16%44	81%	38%
Toss	16%19	19%	39%
Toss	15%84	56%	30%
Depends	14%28	54%	23%

Matchups by class

Win rate against each opponent class.

Going first

37%33%–40%

On the coin

35%31%–38%

Priest201
22%17%–28%
Warlock193
26%20%–32%
Death Knight181
30%24%–37%
Warrior151
40%33%–48%
Paladin150
39%32%–47%
Mage134
53%45%–61%
Rogue116
38%30%–47%
Druid113
50%41%–59%
Demon Hunter97
37%28%–47%
Shaman97
37%28%–47%
Hunter76
37%27%–48%

Frequently asked questions

Which cards should you keep in the Mage mulligan?: In the mulligan, keep above all Concealing Confection, Watfin, Astral Rain, and Primordial Wyrm. Usually toss: OC91 Chariot, Flamestrike, and Arcane Intellect.
Is Mage a good deck?: Mage is a Mage deck in Hearthstone Standard. At Bronze–Gold it wins 36% of its games and is played in 0% of games (tier C).

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