Hour of Devastation/Card comparisons
Cards from Hour of Devastation compared to cards from earlier sets.
Strictly better
- Abrade is strictly better than Shatter.
- Aerial Guide is strictly better than Wind Drake.
- Aven of Enduring Hope is strictly better than Aven Battle Priest.
- Bitterbow Sharpshooters is strictly better than Sentinel Spider.
- Brambleweft Behemoth is strictly better than Kessig Dire Swine.
- Consign // Oblivion is strictly better than Disperse.
- Countervailing Winds is strictly better than Rakshasa's Disdain.
- Dagger of the Worthy is strictly better than Torch Gauntlet.
- Desert's Hold is strictly better than Arrest.
- Djeru's Renunciation is strictly better than Lead Astray.
- Dunes of the Dead is strictly better than Gods' Eye, Gate to the Reikai.
- God-Pharaoh's Faithful is strictly better than Yoked Ox.
- Graven Abomination is strictly better than Wicker Witch.
- Hour of Glory is strictly better than Final Reward.
- Hour of Revelation is strictly better than Planar Cleansing.
- Jace's Defeat is strictly better than Gainsay.
- Oketra's Avenger is strictly better than Blade of the Sixth Pride, Devilthorn Fox, Dromoka Warrior and Oreskos Swiftclaw.
- Ominous Sphinx is strictly better than Air Elemental.
- Doomfall is strictly better than Night Terrors.
- Proven Combatant is strictly better than Fugitive Wizard, Merfolk of the Pearl Trident and Wandering Ones.
- Refuse // Cooperate is strictly better than Parallectric Feedback.
- Seer Of The Last Tomorrow is strictly better than Horned Turtle.
- Spellweaver Eternal is strictly better than Umara Entangler.
- Struggle // Survive is strictly better than Seismic Strike.
- Tragic Lesson is strictly better than Catalog.
- Unconventional Tactics is strictly better than Angelic Blessing.
- Wander in Death is strictly better than Morbid Plunder.
Strictly worse
- Ambuscade is strictly worse than Clear Shot.
- Carrion Screecher is strictly worse than Wake of Vultures.
- Frilled Sandwalla is strictly worse than Basking Rootwalla.
- Open Fire is strictly worse than Brimstone Volley, Lightning Bolt, Lightning Strike, Puncture Blast, Searing Spear, and Urza's Rage.
Both better and worse
- Dutiful Servants is strictly better than Pillarfield Ox, Foot Soldiers, and Great Hart, but strictly worse than Inquisitor's Ox, Salt Road Patrol, and Armory Guard.
- Defiant Khenra is strictly better than Barbarian Outcast, Goblin Piker, Reckless Cohort, Goblin Bully, Goblin Elite Infantry, Goblin Firebug, Goblin Furrier, Goblin Hero, Goblin Mime, Goblin Raider, Gray Ogre, Hulking Goblin, Independent Troops, Ironclaw Orcs, Mad Dog, Mogg Jailer, Mogg Toady, Raging Bull, Sell-Sword Brute, Smoldering Efreet, and Goblin Brigand, but strictly worse than Battlefield Scavenger and Harsh Mentor.
Colorshifted
- Dutiful Servants is a colorshifted version of Rotted Hulk (black to white), except for creature types.
- Scrounger of Souls is a colorshifted version of Faithbearer Paladin (white to black), except for creature types.