What is the best Priest list?

The most played list has 3,508 games and a 53% win rate, and costs 4,200 dust. The deck code to copy is below.

Archetype · Priest · Standard

Priest

Priest is a Priest deck in Hearthstone Standard. At All ranks it wins 51% of its games and is played in 1% of games (tier B).

In the mulligan, keep above all Follow the Ghosts, Crystalsmith Cultist, Elder Word: Foresight, and Lunarwing Messenger. Usually toss: Slime 'em!, Kaldorei Priestess, and Shadow Word: Ruin.

Its best matchup is against Warlock (62%), the hardest against Death Knight (36%).

It wins 55% going first and 47% on the coin.

TierPriest

Win rate

51%50%–53%

Games4,778

Popularity1%

Most played lists

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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: 50% (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	56%904	55%	49%
Keep	55%1,420	88%	47%
Keep	54%1,196	70%	50%
Depends	53%679	22%	50%
Depends	51%793	36%	51%
Depends	51%1,083	62%	46%
Keep	51%1,414	80%	47%
Toss	50%44	11%	42%
Keep	50%774	91%	50%
Depends	50%1,196	74%	48%
Depends	50%619	19%	49%
Depends	50%927	48%	51%
Depends	49%825	37%	49%
Depends	49%1,182	65%	50%
Depends	49%1,027	51%	51%
Toss	48%794	35%	48%
Toss	47%291	4%	50%

Matchups by class

Win rate against each opponent class.

Going first

55%53%–57%

On the coin

47%45%–49%

Death Knight656
36%33%–40%
Rogue656
55%52%–59%
Priest606
47%43%–51%
Warrior599
48%44%–52%
Shaman526
50%45%–54%
Mage372
60%55%–65%
Paladin345
54%48%–59%
Demon Hunter337
50%45%–56%
Warlock329
62%56%–67%
Hunter187
64%57%–70%
Druid165
65%58%–72%

Frequently asked questions

Which cards should you keep in the Priest mulligan?: In the mulligan, keep above all Follow the Ghosts, Crystalsmith Cultist, Elder Word: Foresight, and Lunarwing Messenger. Usually toss: Slime 'em!, Kaldorei Priestess, and Shadow Word: Ruin.
Is Priest a good deck?: Priest is a Priest deck in Hearthstone Standard. At All ranks it wins 51% of its games and is played in 1% of games (tier B).
Which classes is Priest strong against?: Its best matchup is against Warlock (62%), the hardest against Death Knight (36%).
What is the best Priest list?: The most played list has 3,508 games and a 53% win rate, and costs 4,200 dust. The deck code to copy is below.

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