War of the Spark/Card comparisons
Cards from War of the Spark compared to cards from earlier sets.
Strictly better
- Bloom Hulk is strictly better than Durkwood Boars, Golden Bear, Nettletooth Djinn, Rowan Treefolk, and Rumbling Baloth.
- Charmed Stray is strictly better than Trained Caracal.
- Desperate Lunge is strictly better than Mighty Leap.
- Erratic Visionary is strictly better than Research Assistant.
- Jace's Triumph is strictly better than Divination.
- Lazotep Plating is strictly better than Tortoise Formation.
- Mana Geode is strictly better than Manalith.
- Merfolk Skydiver is strictly better than Gaea's Skyfolk.
- No Escape is strictly better than Deny Existence.
- Ob Nixilis's Cruelty is strictly better than Demon's Grasp, Drag Down, Fatal Fumes, Flatten, Lash of the Whip, Pull Under, Strangling Spores, Tar Snare, Throttle, Tomb Hex, Waste Away.
- Paradise Druid is strictly better than Leaf Gilder.
- Pollenbright Druid is strictly better than Ironshell Beetle.
- Return to Nature is strictly better than Naturalize.
- Sarkhan's Catharsis is strictly better than Lava Axe.
- Sky Theater Strix is strictly better than Storm Crow.
- Spark Harvest is strictly better than Bone Splinters.
- Toll of the Invasion is strictly better than Dark Inquiry.
- War Screecher is strictly better than Concordia Pegasus.
Strictly worse
- Nahiri's Stoneblades is strictly worse than Invigorated Rampage
- Pouncing Lynx is strictly worse than Sunhome Stalwart.
Colorshifted
- Lazotep Behemoth is a colorshifted version of Lathnu Sailback (red to black), except for creature types.