Archetype · Mage · Standard

Mage

Mage is a Mage deck in Hearthstone Standard. At Bronze–Gold it wins 43% of its games and is played in 0% of games.

In the mulligan, keep above all Spellweaver's Brilliance, Cult Neophyte, Watfin, and Wanted Poster. Usually toss: Scorching Winds, Bitter End, and Deep Freeze.

It wins 38% going first and 43% on the coin.

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Win rate

43%38%–47%

Games438

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: — (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	100%2	25%	32%
Keep	100%5	100%	28%
Depends	100%5	50%	83%
Keep	80%10	100%	50%
Depends	80%5	50%	26%
Depends	75%4	25%	53%
Keep	69%13	100%	53%
Toss	67%3	13%	37%
Keep	67%9	100%	16%
Depends	64%14	77%	53%
Keep	63%8	100%	40%
Depends	60%5	83%	47%
Depends	60%15	79%	29%
Depends	58%19	37%	50%
Keep	56%9	89%	37%
Depends	55%11	29%	42%
Depends	54%13	60%	44%
Depends	53%17	65%	67%
Depends	50%12	56%	51%
Depends	50%8	86%	38%
Toss	50%2	0%	41%
Depends	50%12	30%	42%
Depends	50%4	25%	8%
Depends	50%4	80%	45%
Depends	50%2	17%	60%
Depends	47%15	55%	33%
Depends	45%40	75%	35%
Keep	44%9	88%	75%
Keep	43%42	88%	39%
Depends	42%19	62%	46%
Keep	42%12	90%	25%
Depends	41%17	63%	44%
Depends	40%5	60%	63%
Depends	40%15	71%	38%
Depends	40%5	67%	18%
Keep	40%10	91%	30%
Keep	39%28	100%	33%
Depends	38%13	26%	31%
Depends	38%45	64%	45%
Depends	36%11	69%	25%
Depends	36%28	57%	59%
Depends	35%17	56%	30%
Depends	34%29	84%	45%
Depends	33%12	25%	35%
Keep	33%18	92%	40%
Depends	33%18	42%	48%
Depends	33%12	70%	42%
Depends	33%6	75%	17%
Depends	33%15	86%	56%
Depends	31%13	63%	46%
Depends	30%20	39%	37%
Depends	29%7	71%	24%
Depends	27%11	60%	45%
Depends	27%11	23%	54%
Depends	27%11	38%	38%
Keep	27%15	92%	39%
Depends	26%23	80%	46%
Depends	25%24	81%	33%
Depends	25%4	75%	52%
Depends	24%70	85%	33%
Depends	23%13	69%	40%
Depends	23%26	79%	29%
Depends	23%22	36%	39%
Depends	22%9	75%	30%
Keep	21%14	92%	33%
Depends	20%5	14%	45%
Depends	20%20	57%	30%
Toss	20%5	10%	45%
Keep	20%15	100%	27%
Depends	20%5	71%	29%
Depends	19%26	80%	32%
Depends	17%12	55%	37%
Depends	17%6	71%	47%
Keep	15%13	91%	38%
Depends	15%20	59%	41%
Keep	14%7	100%	29%
Depends	13%8	83%	38%
Depends	13%16	50%	42%
Depends	7%14	80%	30%
Depends	0%2	25%	38%
Depends	0%1	14%	31%
Keep	0%3	100%	55%

Matchups by class

Win rate against each opponent class.

Going first

38%31%–44%

On the coin

43%36%–50%

Priest70
29%19%–40%
Death Knight46
33%21%–47%
Warlock45
36%23%–50%
Paladin42
50%36%–64%
Mage41
66%51%–78%
Warrior40
40%26%–55%
Rogue32
38%23%–55%
Druid27
48%31%–66%
Hunter26
35%19%–54%
Shaman24
33%18%–53%
Demon Hunter23
39%22%–59%

Frequently asked questions

Which cards should you keep in the Mage mulligan?: In the mulligan, keep above all Spellweaver's Brilliance, Cult Neophyte, Watfin, and Wanted Poster. Usually toss: Scorching Winds, Bitter End, and Deep Freeze.
Is Mage a good deck?: Mage is a Mage deck in Hearthstone Standard. At Bronze–Gold it wins 43% of its games and is played in 0% of games.

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