Shadows over Innistrad/Card comparisons
Cards from Shadows over Innistrad compared to cards from earlier sets.
Strictly better
- Burn from Within is strictly better than Blaze.
- Deathcap Cultivator is strictly better than Leaf Gilder.
- Descend upon the Sinful is strictly better than Final Judgment.
- Ethereal Guidance is strictly better than Inspired Charge.
- Expose Evil is strictly better than Lead Astray.
- Falkenrath Gorger is strictly better than Flamekin Bladewhirl, Goblin Cadets, Goblin Patrol, Jackal Pup and Scarred Puma.
- Hound of the Farbogs is strictly better than Dreg Reaver, Mass of Ghouls, Renegade Demon, and Zombie Goliath.
- Incorrigible Youths is strictly better than Thundering Giant.
- Inexorable Mass is strictly better than Centaur Courser, Gnarled Mass, Nessian Courser and Trained Armodon.
- Inspiring Captain is strictly better than Ampryn Tactician.
- Invasive Surgery is strictly better than Envelop.
- Lamplighter of Selhoff is strictly better than Ancient Carp and Armored Cancrix.
- Obsessive Skinner is strictly better than Ironshell Beetle, Satyr Grovedancer, and Timberland Guide.
- Olivia's Bloodsworn is strictly better than Vampire Interloper.
- Pick the Brain is strictly better than Night Terrors.
- Sleep Paralysis is strictly better than Dehydration.
- Stoic Builder is strictly better than Cartographer.
- Structural Distortion is strictly better than Melt Terrain and Demolish.
- Tooth Collector is strictly better than Eyeblight Assassin.
- Topplegeist is strictly better than Aven Skirmisher, Kitesail Scout, Lantern Kami, and Suntail Hawk.
- Traverse the Ulvenwald is strictly better than Lay of the Land.
- Village Messenger is strictly better than Raging Goblin.
- Wolf of Devil's Breach is strictly better than Earth Elemental, Fire Elemental, Frost Ogre, and Hulking Cyclops.
Strictly worse
- Forsaken Sanctuary is strictly worse than Arcane Sanctum, Nomad Outpost, Sandsteppe Citadel, and Scoured Barrens.
- Foul Orchard is strictly worse than Jungle Hollow, Opulent Palace, Sandsteppe Citadel, and Savage Lands .
- Highland Lake is strictly worse than Crumbling Necropolis, Frontier Bivouac, Mystic Monastery, and Swiftwater Cliffs.
- Stone Quarry is strictly worse than Jungle Shrine, Mystic Monastery, Nomad Outpost, and Wind-Scarred Crag .
- Woodland Stream is strictly worse than Frontier Bivouac, Opulent Palace, Seaside Citadel, and Thornwood Falls.