Archetype · Mage · Wild

XL HL Hostage Mage

XL HL Hostage Mage is a Mage deck in Hearthstone Wild. At All ranks it wins 54% of its games and is played in 0% of games.

In the mulligan, keep above all Greedy Partner, Deathlord, Cosmic Springs, and Starscryer. Usually toss: Rewind, Ysera, Emerald Aspect, and Lorekeeper Polkelt.

It wins 52% going first and 56% on the coin.

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Win rate

54%49%–59%

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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: — (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
Toss	100%1	0%	62%
Depends	86%7	40%	44%
Toss	83%12	0%	68%
Keep	83%6	100%	55%
Depends	78%9	20%	57%
Keep	78%9	100%	59%
Toss	75%12	10%	58%
Depends	75%8	15%	58%
Keep	75%4	100%	80%
Depends	75%4	40%	55%
Depends	72%18	33%	56%
Keep	71%7	100%	67%
Depends	69%13	33%	47%
Depends	67%3	43%	60%
Toss	65%17	3%	60%
Toss	63%19	7%	56%
Depends	63%8	58%	54%
Depends	63%32	27%	58%
Toss	63%8	6%	53%
Keep	63%8	100%	61%
Keep	63%16	92%	54%
Keep	63%8	100%	67%
Keep	62%13	100%	51%
Depends	61%31	45%	59%
Depends	61%28	14%	62%
Toss	60%5	0%	46%
Depends	60%15	14%	58%
Toss	60%15	0%	54%
Depends	60%5	25%	56%
Depends	60%10	29%	54%
Keep	59%32	100%	59%
Keep	59%34	91%	59%
Depends	59%17	26%	54%
Toss	58%26	7%	63%
Toss	57%28	4%	65%
Keep	56%25	100%	46%
Depends	55%11	21%	60%
Depends	55%11	42%	46%
Keep	55%22	100%	61%
Depends	54%48	57%	59%
Depends	54%37	83%	60%
Depends	54%13	43%	63%
Depends	54%26	60%	54%
Depends	54%13	67%	51%
Depends	53%32	32%	61%
Depends	53%19	85%	64%
Toss	52%23	5%	61%
Depends	52%31	32%	56%
Keep	50%16	100%	64%
Toss	50%12	0%	58%
Toss	50%12	6%	61%
Depends	50%4	40%	62%
Depends	50%6	50%	59%
Keep	50%4	100%	50%
Depends	50%6	33%	50%
Depends	50%6	50%	52%
Depends	50%6	67%	64%
Depends	50%10	42%	50%
Depends	50%4	80%	75%
Keep	50%4	100%	62%
Depends	48%27	85%	51%
Depends	47%17	22%	58%
Keep	47%17	100%	57%
Depends	47%15	41%	51%
Keep	46%13	91%	57%
Keep	45%11	100%	61%
Keep	45%20	91%	57%
Depends	45%20	78%	55%
Depends	45%29	38%	61%
Depends	44%16	64%	64%
Depends	43%7	75%	47%
Depends	43%14	53%	48%
Keep	42%12	100%	52%
Toss	40%5	0%	55%
Keep	40%5	100%	76%
Depends	38%16	38%	68%
Keep	37%27	100%	53%
Toss	33%6	0%	62%
Depends	33%6	80%	65%
Toss	33%3	0%	72%
Toss	33%3	10%	60%
Depends	33%3	50%	73%
Keep	33%6	100%	42%
Depends	30%10	33%	62%
Depends	25%4	33%	61%
Depends	21%14	38%	62%
Depends	17%6	50%	39%
Depends	17%6	20%	52%
Toss	14%14	10%	61%
Depends	0%1	50%	81%

Matchups by class

Win rate against each opponent class.

Going first

52%45%–59%

On the coin

56%49%–63%

Warrior97
52%42%–61%
Priest75
48%37%–59%
Warlock56
52%39%–64%
Rogue33
58%41%–73%
Paladin29
52%34%–69%
Druid26
65%46%–81%
Mage22
55%35%–73%
Death Knight14
64%39%–84%
Shaman14
57%33%–79%
Hunter13
69%42%–87%
Demon Hunter8
63%31%–86%

Frequently asked questions

Which cards should you keep in the XL HL Hostage Mage mulligan?: In the mulligan, keep above all Greedy Partner, Deathlord, Cosmic Springs, and Starscryer. Usually toss: Rewind, Ysera, Emerald Aspect, and Lorekeeper Polkelt.
Is XL HL Hostage Mage a good deck?: XL HL Hostage Mage is a Mage deck in Hearthstone Wild. At All ranks it wins 54% of its games and is played in 0% of games.

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