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.
- Treasure Cruise is strictly worse than Ancestral Recall.
Colorshifted
- Highspire Mantis is a colorshifted version of Assault Zeppelid from Dissension (green/blue to red/white).