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.
- the Shadow lands are strictly better than Taplands:
- Port Town is strictly better than Coastal Tower and Meandering River.
- Choked Estuary is strictly better than Salt Marsh and Submerged Boneyard.
- Foreboding Ruins is strictly better than Urborg Volcano and Cinder Barrens.
- Game Trail is strictly better than Shivan Oasis and Timber Gorge.
- Fortified Village is strictly better than Elfhame Palace and Tranquil Expanse.
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.
- Equestrian Skill is strictly worse than Vow of Wildness.
- Might Beyond Reason is strictly worse than Hunting Triad.
- Silent Observer is strictly worse than Coastline Chimera and Dancing Scimitar.