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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>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>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>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>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). | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:42, 20 November 2021
Amonkhet/Card comparisons
Cards from Amonkhet compared to cards from earlier sets.
Strictly better
- The "Bicycle land" cycle is strictly better than the cycling-land cycle from Urza's Saga (e.g., Scattered Groves compared to Drifting Meadow and Slippery Karst).
- Ahn-Crop Crasher is strictly better than Vulshok Berserker.
- Aven Initiate is strictly better than Cloud Manta, Moon Heron, Snapping Drake, and Talas Air Ship.
- Battlefield Scavenger and Harsh Mentor are strictly better than Falkenrath Reaver.
- Blazing Volley is strictly better than Desert Sandstorm and Tremor.
- Bloodrage Brawler is strictly better than Minotaur Explorer.
- Cascading Cataracts is strictly better than Crystal Quarry.
- Colossapede is strictly better than Blanchwood Treefolk, Durkwood Boars, Feral Krushok, Hollowhenge Beast , Ironroot Treefolk, Jasmine Boreal, Meng Huo's Horde, Nema Siltlurker, Plated Wurm, Silverback Ape, The Lady of the Mountain, Thornhide Wolves and Torsten Von Ursus.
- Curator of Mysteries is strictly better than Air Elemental and Thought Devourer.
- Dune Beetle is strictly better than Bane Alley Blackguard.
- Festering Mummy is strictly better than Festering Goblin and Shambling Goblin.
- Forsake the Worldly is strictly better than Fate Forgotten.
- Gift of Paradise is strictly better than Sheltered Aerie.
- Hieroglyphic Illumination is strictly better than Touch of Brilliance and Weave Fate.
- Honored Hydra is strictly better than Alpha Tyrranax, Barbtooth Wurm, Canopy Gorger, Cowl Prowler, Craw Wurm, Giant Warthog, Kessig Dire Swine, Kindercatch, Moss Kami, Rootbreaker Wurm, Sulam Djinn, Tusked Colossodon, Vastwood Gorger, Vulpine Goliath and Yavimaya Wurm.
- Manglehorn is strictly better than Uktabi Orangutan and Viridian Shaman.
- Naga Vitalist is strictly better than Harvester Druid.
- Pathmaker Initiate is strictly better than Dwarven Nomad, Dwarven Warriors and Goblin Tunneler.
- Pitiless Vizier is strictly better than Giant Cockroach and Nether Horror.
- Pouncing Cheetah is strictly better than King Cheetah.
- Sacred Cat is strictly better than Trained Caracal.
- Scarab Feast is strictly better than Fade from Memory.
- Shimmerscale Drake is strictly better than Sandbar Serpent.
- Slither Blade is strictly better than Fugitive Wizard, Grayscaled Gharial, Merfolk of the Pearl Trident, Triton Shorestalker, Triton Shorethief and Wandering Ones.
- Those Who Serve is strictly better than Foot Soldiers, Great Hart, and Pillarfield Ox.
- Unwavering Initiate is strictly better than Changeling Sentinel.
- Violent Impact is strictly better than Demolish and Volcanic Submersion
- Wander in Death is strictly better than Dutiful Return, March of the Returned and Morbid Plunder.
Strictly worse
- Decision Paralysis is strictly worse than Adverse Conditions, Chilling Grasp, Frost Breath and Sudden Storm.
- Haze of Pollen is strictly worse than Lull.
Colorshifted
- Anointed Procession is a colorshifted Parallel Lives from Innistrad (green to white).
- Consuming Fervor is a colorshifted Unstable Mutation from Arabian Nights (blue to red).[1]
- Those Who Serve is a colorshifted Colossodon Yearling fromm Dragons of Tarkir (green to white).
References
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (April 24, 2017). "Amonkhet Talking, Part 1". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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