Innistrad/Card comparisons

Cards from Innistrad compared to cards from earlier sets.

Strictly better

Avacyn's Pilgrim is Llanowar Elves that produces instead of .
Devil's Play is a Blaze with flashback, which itself is a Fireball without the option of additional targets.
Faithless Looting is a colorshifted Careful Study with flashback.
Bump in the Night is a colorshifted Lava Spike with flashback.
Rally the Peasants is a less conditional, white version of Trumpet Blast.
Infernal Plunge is a less effective, red version of Culling the Weak.
Memory's Journey functions like a buffed up and colorshifted version of Krosan Reclamation.
Parallel Lives is the token-copying half of Doubling Season.
Havengul Runebinder is Cemetery Reaper but instead of removing a target creature card as part of the effect, it is part of the cost; instead of giving the Zombie creature token +1/+1 as part of its static ability, Havengul Runebinder puts a +1/+1 counter on it; and instead of being a black Zombie, Havengul Runebinder is a blue Human Wizard.
Avacynian Priest is nearly a functional reprint of Benalish Trapper and Master Decoy, except it only non-Human creatures and its activated ability costs instead of .
Bonds of Faith is Pacifism on non-Human creatures and a simple +2/+2 enchantment on Humans (later printed as Knight's Pledge.
Cobbled Wings is Neurok Hoversail but with the casting cost and equip costs swapped.