XL Hostage Mage
XL Hostage Mage is a Mage deck in Hearthstone Wild. At Diamond it wins 41% of its games and is played in 0% of games.
In the mulligan, keep above all Ancient Mysteries, Cosmic Springs, Objection!, and Costumed Singer. Usually toss: Ysera, Emerald Aspect, Fae Trickster, and Cattle Rustler.
It wins 42% going first and 42% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toss | 100%1 | 0% | 43% | |
| Toss | 88%8 | 0% | 55% | |
| Depends | 75%4 | 20% | 50% | |
| Depends | 75%4 | 67% | 93% | |
| Depends | 75%4 | 20% | 48% | |
| Keep | 67%3 | 100% | 86% | |
| Keep | 67%6 | 100% | 31% | |
| Keep | 64%11 | 100% | 50% | |
| Keep | 63%16 | 91% | 72% | |
| Depends | 63%8 | 80% | 50% | |
| Depends | 58%12 | 18% | 49% | |
| Toss | 56%9 | 0% | 44% | |
| Depends | 53%17 | 67% | 46% | |
| Depends | 52%21 | 33% | 57% | |
| Toss | 50%8 | 0% | 53% | |
| Keep | 50%4 | 100% | 58% | |
| Depends | 50%8 | 63% | 70% | |
| Toss | 50%2 | 0% | 60% | |
| Keep | 50%2 | 100% | 50% | |
| Keep | 50%2 | 100% | 44% | |
| Depends | 46%24 | 47% | 55% | |
| Depends | 43%14 | 60% | 48% | |
| Depends | 43%14 | 26% | 54% | |
| Depends | 42%12 | 33% | 56% | |
| Depends | 40%5 | 25% | 54% | |
| Depends | 40%25 | 73% | 45% | |
| Depends | 40%10 | 50% | 44% | |
| Depends | 40%5 | 80% | 27% | |
| Depends | 39%18 | 22% | 47% | |
| Depends | 38%13 | 55% | 47% | |
| Depends | 38%8 | 67% | 52% | |
| Depends | 37%19 | 48% | 60% | |
| Depends | 36%22 | 39% | 59% | |
| Depends | 36%14 | 14% | 53% | |
| Depends | 33%6 | 27% | 56% | |
| Toss | 33%3 | 0% | 76% | |
| Toss | 33%6 | 0% | 54% | |
| Keep | 33%9 | 100% | 52% | |
| Depends | 33%3 | 17% | 40% | |
| Toss | 33%6 | 0% | 25% | |
| Keep | 30%10 | 88% | 52% | |
| Keep | 25%8 | 100% | 53% | |
| Toss | 14%7 | 9% | 51% | |
| —0 | — | — | ||
| Toss | —0 | 0% | 100% | |
| Toss | —0 | 0% | 43% | |
| Depends | 0%1 | 17% | 87% | |
| Toss | 0%2 | 0% | 48% | |
| Toss | 0%1 | 0% | 59% | |
| Depends | 0%2 | 25% | 43% | |
| Toss | 0%1 | 0% | 38% | |
| Toss | —0 | 0% | 50% | |
| Keep | 0%1 | 100% | 50% | |
| —0 | — | 50% | ||
| Toss | —0 | 0% | 33% | |
| Keep | 0%3 | 100% | 50% |
Matchups by class
Win rate against each opponent class.
- Warrior3040%25%–58%
- Priest2832%18%–51%
- Warlock2343%26%–63%
- Druid1850%29%–71%
- Mage850%22%–78%
- Rogue729%8%–64%
- Paladin540%12%–77%
- Shaman560%23%–88%
- Hunter333%6%–79%
- Death Knight250%9%–91%
- Demon Hunter2100%34%–100%
Frequently asked questions
- Which cards should you keep in the XL Hostage Mage mulligan?
- In the mulligan, keep above all Ancient Mysteries, Cosmic Springs, Objection!, and Costumed Singer. Usually toss: Ysera, Emerald Aspect, Fae Trickster, and Cattle Rustler.
- Is XL Hostage Mage a good deck?
- XL Hostage Mage is a Mage deck in Hearthstone Wild. At Diamond it wins 41% of its games and is played in 0% of games.
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