Control Priest is a Priest deck type that relies on the use of Priest's plentiful removal spells to exhaust and out-value other decks. The deck aims to maintain board control and get a serious card advantage through 
Northshire Cleric and Circle of Healing to outlast the opponent in the late game.
For the Year of the Raven, the deck use the burst direct damage potential provided by 
Shadowreaper Anduin, Mind Blast and Alexstrasza to close out the game. The deck also runs a small Dragon package with 
Duskbreaker, 
Primordial Drake, and Twilight Drake as well as Alexstrasza, herself, being a Dragon. The Control Priest's ability to survive aggressive strategies in the early and stabilize into the late game makes it ideal to climb with against aggro decks.
For the Year of the Dragon, Control Priest changed to running 
Activate the Obelisk, with the quest reward giving Priests a consistent way to buff their minions into much bigger threats.
Common cards
The following cards were usually in the deck when played in Descent of Dragons meta.
Core cards
The following cards are played in most or all versions of the deck:
Optional cards
The following cards are played more than occasionally, but not always:
Wild cards
This section concerns content exclusive to Wild format.Wild cards that fit well into this deck type:
