Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms/Card comparisons
Cards from Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms as compared to cards from earlier sets.
Strictly better
- Boots of Speed is strictly better than Crystal Slipper.
- Contact Other Plane is strictly better than Touch of Brilliance.
- Dawnbringer Cleric is strictly better than Enlightened Ascetic.
- Deadly Dispute is strictly better than Costly Plunder.
- Djinni Windseer is strictly better than Cloud Manta, Moon Heron, Nimbus of the Isles, Phantom Monster, Snapping Drake, and Talas Air Ship.
- Dire Wolf Prowler is strictly better than Rootwalla.
- Owlbear is strictly better than Kavu Climber.
- Plundering Barbarian is strictly better than Manic Vandal, Goblin Hero, Gray Ogre, and Raging Bull.
- Ray of Enfeeblement is strictly better than Wring Flesh.
- Shambling Ghast is strictly better than Shambling Goblin and Grim Physician.
- Shortcut Seeker is strictly better than Wishcoin Crab and Headwater Sentries.
- Soulknife Spy is strictly better than Stealer of Secrets.
- You Come to a River is strictly better than Disperse.
- You Find the Villain's Lair is strictly better than Cancel and Mystic Denial.
- You're Ambushed on the Road is strictly better than Alley Evasion.
Strictly worse
- Bulette is strictly worse than Sabertooth Mauler
- Underdark Basilisk is strictly worse than Deadly Recluse, Heir of the Wilds, Narnam Renegade, and Wasteland Viper.
Functional reprints
- Scaled Herbalist is a functional reprint of Llanowar Scout, save for creature type.
- Steadfast Paladin is a functional reprint of Bishop's Soldier, save for creature type.
Acorn to Eternal
- Neverwinter Hydra is a near reprint of Hydradoodle from Unstable, with Ward 4 instead of Reach. This is notable as the card did not require any change in wording or rules infrastructure.