Shadows over Innistrad/Card comparisons

Cards from Shadows over Innistrad compared to cards from earlier sets.

Strictly better

• Bygone Bishop is strictly better than Alaborn Trooper, Chapel Geist, Keepers of the Faith, Pearled Unicorn, Regal Unicorn, Shadow Glider , Shu Foot Soldiers, Spotted Griffin, Sunspire Griffin, and Wild Griffin.
• Descend upon the Sinful is strictly better than Final Judgment.
• Expose Evil is strictly better than Lead Astray.
• Incorrigible Youths is strictly better than Thundering Giant.
• Invasive Surgery is strictly better than Envelop.
• Pick the Brain is strictly better than Night Terrors.
• Quilled Wolf is strictly better than Balduvian Bears, Barbary Apes, Bear Cub, Cylian Elf, Forest Bear, Grizzly Bears, Kraul Warrior, and Runeclaw Bear.
• Stoic Builder is strictly better than Cartographer.
• Structural Distortion is strictly better than Melt Terrain and Demolish.
• Wolf of Devil's Breach is strictly better than Earth Elemental, Fire Elemental, Frost Ogre, and Hulking Cyclops.