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[[Card]]s from ''[[Amonkhet]]'' compared to cards from earlier [[set]]s.
[[Card]]s from ''[[Amonkhet]]'' compared to cards from earlier [[set]]s.


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*The "[[Bicycle land]]" cycle is strictly better than the cycling-land cycle from ''[[Urza's Saga]]'' (e.g., <c>Scattered Groves</c> compared to <c>Drifting Meadow</c> and <c>Slippery Karst</c>).
*The "[[Bicycle land]]" cycle is strictly better than the cycling-land cycle from ''[[Urza's Saga]]'' (e.g., <c>Scattered Groves</c> compared to <c>Drifting Meadow</c> and <c>Slippery Karst</c>).
*<c>Ahn-Crop Crasher</c> is strictly better than <c>Vulshok Berserker</c>.
*<c>Ahn-Crop Crasher</c> is strictly better than <c>Vulshok Berserker</c>.
*<c>Aven Initiate</c> is strictly better than <c>Cloud Manta</c>, <c>Moon Heron</c>, <c>Snapping Drake</c>, <c>Talas Air Ship</c>, and <c>Teferi's Drake</c>.
*<c>Aven Initiate</c> is strictly better than <c>Cloud Manta</c>, <c>Moon Heron</c>, <c>Snapping Drake</c>, and <c>Talas Air Ship</c>.
*<c>Battlefield Scavenger</c> and <c>Harsh Mentor</c> are strictly better than <c>Falkenrath Reaver</c>. <!--I know we don't usually do this with vanillas, but since this one is still quite recent and was itself strictly better than so many cards... -->
*<c>Battlefield Scavenger</c> and <c>Harsh Mentor</c> are strictly better than <c>Falkenrath Reaver</c>. <!--I know we don't usually do this with vanillas, but since this one is still quite recent and was itself strictly better than so many cards... -->
*<c>Benefaction of Rhonas</c> is strictly better than <c>Commune with the Gods</c>.
*<c>Blazing Volley</c> is strictly better than <c>Desert Sandstorm</c> and <c>Tremor</c>.
*<c>Blazing Volley</c> is strictly better than <c>Desert Sandstorm</c> and <c>Tremor</c>.
*<c>Bloodrage Brawler</c> is strictly better than <c>Minotaur Explorer</c>.
*<c>Bloodrage Brawler</c> is strictly better than <c>Minotaur Explorer</c>.
*<c>Cascading Cataracts</c> is strictly better than <c>Crystal Quarry</c>.
*<c>Cascading Cataracts</c> is strictly better than <c>Crystal Quarry</c>.
*<c>Curator of Mysteries</c> is strictly better than <c>Thought Devourer</c>.
*<c>Colossapede</c> is strictly better than <c>Blanchwood Treefolk</c>, <c>Durkwood Boars</c>, <c>Feral Krushok</c>, <c>Hollowhenge Beast </c>, <c>Ironroot Treefolk</c>, <c>Jasmine Boreal</c>, <c>Meng Huo's Horde</c>, <c>Nema Siltlurker</c>, <c>Plated Wurm</c>, <c>Silverback Ape</c>, <c>The Lady of the Mountain</c>, <c>Thornhide Wolves</c> and <c>Torsten Von Ursus</c>.
*<c>Curator of Mysteries</c> is strictly better than <c>Air Elemental</c> and <c>Thought Devourer</c>.
*<c>Dune Beetle</c> is strictly better than <c>Bane Alley Blackguard</c>.
*<c>Dune Beetle</c> is strictly better than <c>Bane Alley Blackguard</c>.
*<c>Festering Mummy</c> is strictly better than <c>Festering Goblin</c> and <c>Shambling Goblin</c>.
*<c>Festering Mummy</c> is strictly better than <c>Festering Goblin</c> and <c>Shambling Goblin</c>.
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*<c>Gift of Paradise</c> is strictly better than <c>Sheltered Aerie</c>.
*<c>Gift of Paradise</c> is strictly better than <c>Sheltered Aerie</c>.
*<c>Hieroglyphic Illumination</c> is strictly better than <c>Touch of Brilliance</c> and <c>Weave Fate</c>.
*<c>Hieroglyphic Illumination</c> is strictly better than <c>Touch of Brilliance</c> and <c>Weave Fate</c>.
*<c>Honored Hydra</c> is strictly better than <c>Alpha Tyrranax</c>, <c>Barbtooth Wurm</c>, <c>Canopy Gorger</c>, <c>Cowl Prowler</c>, <c>Craw Wurm</c>, <c>Giant Warthog</c>, <c>Kessig Dire Swine</c>, <c>Kindercatch</c>, <c>Moss Kami</c>, <c>Rootbreaker Wurm</c>, <c>Sulam Djinn</c>, <c>Tusked Colossodon</c>, <c>Vastwood Gorger</c>, <c>Vulpine Goliath</c> and <c>Yavimaya Wurm</c>.
*<c>Manglehorn</c> is strictly better than <c>Uktabi Orangutan</c> and <c>Viridian Shaman</c>.
*<c>Manglehorn</c> is strictly better than <c>Uktabi Orangutan</c> and <c>Viridian Shaman</c>.
*<c>Naga Vitalist</c> is strictly better than <c>Harvester Druid</c>.
*<c>Naga Vitalist</c> is strictly better than <c>Harvester Druid</c>.
*<c>Pathmaker Initiate</c> is strictly better than <c>Dwarven Nomad</c> / <c>Dwarven Warriors</c>
*<c>Pathmaker Initiate</c> is strictly better than <c>Dwarven Nomad</c>, <c>Dwarven Warriors</c> and <c>Goblin Tunneler</c>.
*<c>Pitiless Vizier</c> is strictly better than <c>Giant Cockroach</c> and <c>Nether Horror</c>.
*<c>Pitiless Vizier</c> is strictly better than <c>Giant Cockroach</c> and <c>Nether Horror</c>.
*<c>Pouncing Cheetah</c> is strictly better than <c>King Cheetah</c>.
*<c>Pouncing Cheetah</c> is strictly better than <c>King Cheetah</c>.
* <c>Sacred Cat</c> is strictly better than <c>Trained Caracal</c>.
* <c>Sacred Cat</c> is strictly better than <c>Trained Caracal</c>.
*<c>Scarab Feast</c> is strictly better than <c>Fade from Memory</c>.
*<c>Scarab Feast</c> is strictly better than <c>Fade from Memory</c>.
*<c>Slither Blade</c> is strictly better than <c>Triton Shorestalker</c>.
*<c>Shimmerscale Drake</c> is strictly better than <c>Sandbar Serpent</c>.
*<c>Slither Blade</c> is strictly better than <c>Fugitive Wizard</c>, <c>Grayscaled Gharial</c>, <c>Merfolk of the Pearl Trident</c>, <c>Triton Shorestalker</c>, <c>Triton Shorethief</c> and <c>Wandering Ones</c>.
*<c>Those Who Serve</c> is strictly better than <c>Foot Soldiers</c>, <c>Great Hart</c>, and <c>Pillarfield Ox</c>.
*<c>Those Who Serve</c> is strictly better than <c>Foot Soldiers</c>, <c>Great Hart</c>, and <c>Pillarfield Ox</c>.
*<c>Unwavering Initiate</c> is strictly better than <c>Changeling Sentinel</c>. <!--We don't consider changeling value, do we? Creature type alone usually wouldn't affect strictly better calculations.-->
*<c>Unwavering Initiate</c> is strictly better than <c>Changeling Sentinel</c>. <!--We don't consider changeling value, do we? Creature type alone usually wouldn't affect strictly better calculations.-->
*<c>Violent Impact</c> is strictly better than <c>Demolish</c>.
*<c>Violent Impact</c> is strictly better than <c>Demolish</c> and <c>Volcanic Submersion</c>
*<c>Wander in Death</c> is strictly better than <c>Dutiful Return</c> / <c>March of the Returned</c> and <c>Morbid Plunder</c>.
*<c>Wander in Death</c> is strictly better than <c>Dutiful Return</c>, <c>March of the Returned</c> and <c>Morbid Plunder</c>.


==Strictly worse==
==Strictly worse==
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==Colorshifted==
==Colorshifted==
*<c>Anointed Procession</c> is a [[colorshift]]ed <c>Parallel Lives</c> from ''[[Innistrad]]'' (green to white).
*<c>Anointed Procession</c> is a [[colorshift]]ed <c>Parallel Lives</c> from ''[[Innistrad]]'' (green to white).
*<c>Consuming Fervor</c> is a colorshifted <c>Unstable Mutation</c> from ''[[Arabian Nights]]'' (blue to red).
*<c>Consuming Fervor</c> is a colorshifted <c>Unstable Mutation</c> from ''[[Arabian Nights]]'' (blue to red).<ref>{{DailyRef|making-magic/amonkhet-talking-part-1-2017-04-24|''Amonkhet'' Talking, Part 1|[[Mark Rosewater]]|April 24, 2017}}</ref>
* <c>Those Who Serve</c> is a colorshifted <c>Colossodon Yearling</c> fromm ''[[Dragons of Tarkir]]'' (green to white).
*<c>Those Who Serve</c> is a colorshifted <c>Colossodon Yearling</c> fromm ''[[Dragons of Tarkir]]'' (green to white).


==References==
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Latest revision as of 15:42, 20 November 2021

Cards from Amonkhet compared to cards from earlier sets.

Strictly better

Strictly worse

Colorshifted

References

  1. Mark Rosewater (April 24, 2017). "Amonkhet Talking, Part 1". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.