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,
• Graf Mole is strictly better than Colossodon Yearling.
• 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.
• Inner Struggle is strictly better than Wrack with Madness
• 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.
• Kessing Forgemaster is strictly better than Ashmouth Hound, and Kolaghan Aspirant.
• Lamplighter of Selhoff is strictly better than Ancient Carp and Armored Cancrix.
• Malevolent Whispers is strictly better than Traitorous Instinct.
• Obsessive Skinner is strictly better than Ironshell Beetle, Satyr Grovedancer, and Timberland Guide.
• Olivia's Bloodsworn is strictly better than Vampire Interloper.
• Pale Rider of Trostad is strictly better than Drekavac.
• 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.
• Voldaren Duelist is strictly better than Vulshok Berserker.
• Wolf of Devil's Breach is strictly better than Earth Elemental, Fire Elemental, Frost Ogre, and Hulking Cyclops.

Strictly worse

• The enemy color taplands are strictly worse than the allied trilands, the wedge trilands and the lifegain taplands:
  • 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.
• Silent Observer is strictly worse than Coastline Chimera and Dancing Scimitar.