Hostage Mage
Hostage Mage is a Mage deck in Hearthstone Wild. At Platinum it wins 52% of its games and is played in 0% of games.
In the mulligan, keep above all Prize Vendor, Costumed Singer, Cosmic Springs, and Robocaller. Usually toss: Sir Finley, Sea Guide, The Ceaseless Expanse, and Freezing Potion.
It wins 49% going first and 56% on the coin.
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: — (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 | 100%2 | 29% | 45% | |
| Depends | 100%4 | 33% | 76% | |
| Toss | 75%4 | 11% | 65% | |
| Toss | 75%4 | 0% | 45% | |
| Keep | 72%18 | 100% | 73% | |
| Keep | 71%58 | 98% | 63% | |
| Depends | 67%9 | 50% | 61% | |
| Keep | 67%9 | 100% | 57% | |
| Depends | 67%6 | 40% | 65% | |
| Keep | 67%12 | 100% | 60% | |
| Depends | 65%46 | 63% | 56% | |
| Depends | 65%20 | 59% | 44% | |
| Depends | 60%40 | 81% | 61% | |
| Toss | 58%12 | 7% | 58% | |
| Depends | 58%12 | 56% | 81% | |
| Depends | 57%81 | 79% | 56% | |
| Depends | 56%32 | 18% | 62% | |
| Depends | 55%49 | 58% | 54% | |
| Keep | 54%24 | 100% | 51% | |
| Depends | 54%13 | 75% | 66% | |
| Depends | 53%40 | 61% | 58% | |
| Depends | 51%49 | 64% | 56% | |
| Depends | 50%10 | 45% | 65% | |
| Toss | 50%6 | 9% | 59% | |
| Depends | 50%2 | 50% | 32% | |
| Depends | 50%20 | 86% | 58% | |
| Depends | 50%2 | 20% | 76% | |
| Toss | 50%2 | 0% | 81% | |
| Depends | 49%55 | 85% | 53% | |
| Depends | 45%38 | 60% | 57% | |
| Depends | 43%14 | 17% | 62% | |
| Depends | 43%14 | 19% | 57% | |
| Depends | 43%14 | 54% | 49% | |
| Toss | 42%12 | 10% | 54% | |
| Depends | 41%27 | 77% | 63% | |
| Depends | 41%32 | 44% | 63% | |
| Depends | 40%15 | 27% | 59% | |
| Depends | 38%16 | 33% | 64% | |
| Depends | 35%31 | 39% | 61% | |
| Depends | 33%12 | 86% | 58% | |
| Keep | 33%6 | 100% | 31% | |
| Depends | 33%3 | 30% | 70% | |
| Keep | 33%6 | 100% | 36% | |
| Keep | 33%6 | 100% | 65% | |
| Keep | 29%7 | 100% | 30% | |
| Keep | 27%11 | 100% | 38% | |
| Toss | 25%4 | 0% | 60% | |
| Toss | —0 | 0% | 58% | |
| —0 | — | 39% |
Matchups by class
Win rate against each opponent class.
- Warrior5652%39%–64%
- Warlock4432%20%–47%
- Priest4353%39%–67%
- Rogue3675%59%–86%
- Druid2152%32%–72%
- Mage1759%36%–78%
- Death Knight1429%12%–55%
- Paladin1443%21%–67%
- Demon Hunter1155%28%–79%
- Hunter967%35%–88%
- Shaman978%45%–94%
Frequently asked questions
- Which cards should you keep in the Hostage Mage mulligan?
- In the mulligan, keep above all Prize Vendor, Costumed Singer, Cosmic Springs, and Robocaller. Usually toss: Sir Finley, Sea Guide, The Ceaseless Expanse, and Freezing Potion.
- Is Hostage Mage a good deck?
- Hostage Mage is a Mage deck in Hearthstone Wild. At Platinum it wins 52% of its games and is played in 0% of games.
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