Archetype · Mage · Wild

XL Mage

XL Mage is a Mage deck in Hearthstone Wild. At Bronze–Gold it wins 42% of its games and is played in 0% of games.

In the mulligan, keep above all Ancient Mysteries, Watercolor Artist, Shivering Sorceress, and Wildfire. Usually toss: The Amazing Reno, Grand Magister Rommath, and Yogg-Saron, Hope's End.

It wins 41% going first and 43% on the coin.

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Win rate

42%37%–47%

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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
Depends	100%1	14%	48%
Toss	100%2	0%	71%
Depends	100%4	18%	70%
Toss	100%2	0%	54%
Depends	100%6	50%	53%
Depends	100%5	43%	57%
Toss	100%1	0%	68%
Depends	100%2	50%	69%
Keep	80%5	100%	45%
Depends	78%9	83%	45%
Depends	77%13	58%	68%
Keep	75%8	100%	67%
Depends	75%4	33%	82%
Toss	75%4	0%	58%
Toss	67%3	0%	92%
Depends	67%3	17%	75%
Depends	67%9	58%	54%
Depends	67%3	50%	63%
Depends	63%16	50%	49%
Depends	63%8	83%	22%
Depends	63%8	33%	61%
Depends	63%8	56%	67%
Keep	63%8	100%	67%
Keep	62%21	93%	55%
Depends	60%5	75%	50%
Depends	60%5	29%	48%
Keep	60%5	100%	56%
Toss	60%5	0%	86%
Keep	60%10	100%	65%
Depends	57%7	45%	50%
Depends	54%13	57%	54%
Depends	50%4	67%	33%
Keep	50%4	100%	27%
Keep	50%12	89%	63%
Toss	50%4	0%	43%
Depends	50%2	22%	46%
Depends	50%12	40%	50%
Toss	50%2	10%	47%
Depends	50%8	63%	53%
Depends	50%4	30%	50%
Toss	50%2	0%	67%
Depends	50%4	50%	66%
Depends	50%4	20%	50%
Depends	50%8	75%	77%
Depends	50%8	57%	81%
Depends	50%10	78%	54%
Depends	50%12	50%	38%
Depends	50%8	27%	58%
Depends	50%10	83%	75%
Depends	50%18	58%	72%
Toss	50%4	0%	44%
Depends	50%6	50%	60%
Toss	50%2	0%	72%
Depends	47%17	36%	53%
Depends	47%15	50%	61%
Depends	45%11	50%	30%
Keep	45%11	100%	30%
Depends	44%18	87%	43%
Keep	44%9	100%	47%
Keep	44%25	90%	58%
Depends	43%7	29%	39%
Depends	43%7	86%	56%
Toss	43%7	0%	83%
Depends	42%12	67%	32%
Depends	40%5	67%	43%
Depends	40%5	50%	53%
Depends	40%5	80%	27%
Depends	40%10	45%	52%
Toss	40%5	0%	33%
Toss	40%5	0%	54%
Depends	38%16	39%	53%
Depends	38%8	83%	45%
Depends	38%8	22%	54%
Depends	33%21	72%	42%
Depends	33%9	71%	46%
Keep	33%6	100%	57%
Depends	33%9	82%	52%
Toss	33%3	0%	33%
Depends	33%3	50%	25%
Depends	33%3	29%	59%
Depends	33%3	25%	36%
Keep	33%6	100%	29%
Depends	33%3	75%	33%
Depends	33%3	67%	53%
Keep	31%13	100%	25%
Depends	30%10	42%	31%
Depends	30%10	67%	45%
Depends	29%7	33%	38%
Depends	27%11	46%	49%
Toss	25%4	0%	44%
Toss	20%15	8%	52%
Depends	20%5	30%	42%
Depends	20%5	25%	52%
Depends	20%5	67%	33%
Depends	20%5	17%	55%
Depends	13%8	20%	25%
Depends	9%11	50%	57%
Depends	8%13	75%	42%
Depends	0%8	45%	25%
Depends	0%1	17%	47%
Depends	0%5	80%	48%
Toss	0%3	0%	29%
Toss	0%1	0%	35%
Toss	—0	0%	0%
Toss	0%1	0%	35%
Depends	0%2	25%	71%
Depends	0%3	17%	44%
Toss	0%2	0%	50%
Depends	0%2	20%	55%
Toss	0%4	0%	57%
Toss	—0	0%	43%
Toss	0%3	0%	39%

Matchups by class

Win rate against each opponent class.

Going first

41%34%–48%

On the coin

43%36%–51%

Priest47
45%31%–59%
Warlock41
44%30%–59%
Warrior40
30%18%–45%
Mage37
49%33%–64%
Death Knight36
39%25%–55%
Druid32
38%23%–55%
Paladin32
41%26%–58%
Rogue30
50%33%–67%
Hunter25
40%23%–59%
Shaman23
57%37%–74%
Demon Hunter19
37%19%–59%

Frequently asked questions

Which cards should you keep in the XL Mage mulligan?: In the mulligan, keep above all Ancient Mysteries, Watercolor Artist, Shivering Sorceress, and Wildfire. Usually toss: The Amazing Reno, Grand Magister Rommath, and Yogg-Saron, Hope's End.
Is XL Mage a good deck?: XL Mage is a Mage deck in Hearthstone Wild. At Bronze–Gold it wins 42% of its games and is played in 0% of games.

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