Khans of Tarkir/Card comparisons

Cards from Khans of Tarkir compared to cards from earlier sets.

Strictly better

• Alpine Grizzly is strictly better than Elvish Ranger.
• Brave the Sands is strictly better than Serra's Blessing.
• Despise is strictly better than Ostracize.
• Dragon's Eye Savants is strictly better than Murmuring Phantasm, unless Defender is relevant.
• Icefeather Aven is strictly better than Gaea's Skyfolk.
• Monastery Swiftspear is strictly better than Raging Goblin, unless the Goblin creature type is relevant (e.g. Goblin Grenade or Goblin Piledriver).
• Mystic of the Hidden Way is strictly better than Covert Operative.
• Roar of Challenge is strictly better than Alluring Scent and Taunting Challenge.
• Rotting Mastodon is strictly better than Catacomb Slug.
• Ruthless Ripper is strictly better than Typhoid Rats and Pharika's Chosen.
• Tormenting Voice is strictly better than Wild Guess.

Strictly worse

• Awaken the Bear is strictly worse than Predator's Strike.
• Debilitating Injury is strictly worse than Dead Weight (but strictly better than Enfeeblement).
• Siegecraft is strictly worse than Improvised Armor.
• Suspension Field is strictly worse than Journey to Nowhere.
• Waterwhirl is strictly worse than Quicksilver Geyser, except for cases in which lands are also creatures.

Colorshifted

• Highspire Mantis is a colorshifted version of Assault Zeppelid from Dissension (green/blue to red/white).