Magic 2011/Changes

==Cards added to Magic 2011==
The following 136 cards from Magic 2011 were not printed in Magic 2010. A + after the card name indicates a new card that has never been printed before.
==Changes in rarity==
The following cards changed rarity from their last printing to Magic 2011.
*<c>Act of Treason</c> was an uncommon in Magic 2010 and is now a common.
*<c>Azure Drake</c> was an uncommon in 9th Edition and is now a common.
*<c>Goblin Balloon Brigade</c> was an uncommon in 9th Edition and is now a common.
*<c>Protean Hydra</c> was a mythic rare in Magic 2010 and is now a rare.
==Strictly better==
*<c>Air Servant</c> is strictly better than <c>Coastal Hornclaw</c>.
*<c>Ajani's Mantra</c> is strictly better than <c>Convalescence</c>, <c>Farmstead</c> and <c>Spiritual Sanctuary</c>.
*<c>Ajani's Pridemate</c> is strictly better than <c>Fresh Volunteers</c>, <c>Glory Seeker</c>, <c>Knight Errant</c>, <c>Pearled Unicorn</c>, <c>Silvercoat Lion</c> and <c>Squire</c>.
*<c>Augury Owl</c> is strictly better than <c>Sea Eagle</c>.
*<c>Back to Nature</c> is strictly better than <c>Tranquility</c>.
*<c>Barony Vampire</c> is strictly better than <c>Headless Horseman</c>, <c>Mindless Null</c>, <c>Python</c> and <c>Scathe Zombies</c>.
*<c>Call to Mind</c> is strictly better than <c>Déjà Vu</c>, <c>Relearn</c> and <c>Sage's Knowledge</c>.
*<c>Chandra's Spitfire</c> is strictly better than <c>Bird Maiden</c> and <c>Goblin Sky Raider</c>.
*<c>Conundrum Sphinx</c> is strictly better than <c>Air Elemental</c>, <c>Fighting Drake</c>, <c>Hoverguard Observer</c>, <c>Living Tsunami</c>, <c>Stronghold Zeppelin</c>, <c>Thought Devourer</c>, <c>Troublesome Spirit</c>, <c>Vaporous Djinn</c> and <c>Waterspout Djinn</c>.
*<c>Fauna Shaman</c> is strictly better than <c>Balduvian Bears</c>, <c>Barbary Apes</c>, <c>Bear Cub</c>, <c>Cylian Elf</c>, <c>Forest Bear</c>, <c>Grizzly Bears</c>, <c>Runeclaw Bear</c> and <c>Scarwood Goblins</c>.
*<c>Frost Titan</c> is strictly better than <c>Deep-Sea Serpent</c> and <c>Sea Monster</c>.
*<c>Garruk's Packleader</c> is strictly better than <c>Durkwood Boars</c>.
*<c>Grave Titan</c> is strictly better than <c>Mold Demon</c>.
*<c>Inferno Titan</c> is strictly better than <c>Axegrinder Giant</c> and <c>Barktooth Warbeard</c>.
*<c>Leyline of Sanctity</c> is strictly better than <c>Ivory Mask</c>.
*<c>Liliana's Caress</c> is strictly better than <c>Megrim</c>.
*<c>Liliana's Specter</c> is strictly better than <c>Cackling Fiend</c>.
*<c>Manic Vandal</c> is strictly better than <c>Goblin Hero</c>, <c>Gray Ogre</c> and <c>Raging Bull</c>.
*<c>Maritime Guard</c> is strictly better than <c>Vodalian Soldiers</c>.
*<c>Merfolk Spy</c> is strictly better than <c>Fugitive Wizard</c>, <c>Grayscaled Gharial</c>, <c>Merfolk of the Pearl Trident</c> and <c>Wandering Ones</c>.
*<c>Mitotic Slime</c> is strictly better than <c>Durkwood Boars</c>.
*<c>Nightwing Shade</c> is strictly better than <c>Battlefield Percher</c>.
*<c>Preordain</c> is strictly better than <c>Opt</c> and <c>Reach Through Mists</c>.
*<c>Primordial Titan</c> is strictly better than <c>Craw Wurm</c>, <c>Jerrard of the Closed Fist</c>, <c>Rootbreaker Wurm</c>, <c>Torsten Von Ursus</c> and <c>Yavimaya Wurm</c>.
*<c>Sacred Wolf</c> is strictly better than <c>Pincher Beetles</c>.
*<c>Squadron Hawk</c> is strictly better than <c>Royal Falcon</c>.
*<c>Stormtide Leviathan</c> is strictly better than <c>Benthic Behemoth</c>.
*<c>Stone Golem</c> is strictly better than <c>Venser's Sliver</c>.
*<c>Sun Titan</c> is strictly better than <c>Jedit Ojanen</c>.
*<c>Viscera Seer</c> is strictly better than <c>Muck Rats</c>.
*<c>Volcanic Strength</c> is strictly better than <c>Cave Sense</c> and <c>Giant Strength</c>.
*<c>Wall of Vines</c> is strictly better than <c>Wall of Wood</c>.
*<c>War Priest of Thune</c> is strictly better than <c>Fresh Volunteers</c>, <c>Glory Seeker</c>, <c>Knight Errant</c>, <c>Monk Realist</c>, <c>Pearled Unicorn</c>, <c>Silvercoat Lion</c> and <c>Squire</c>.
==Strictly worse==
*<c>Aether Adept</c> is strictly worse than <c>Man-o'-War</c>.
*<c>Armored Cancrix</c> is strictly worse than <c>Belltower Sphinx</c> and <c>Sky Ruin Drake</c>.
*<c>Assault Griffin</c> is strictly worse than <c>Galepowder Mage</c>.
*<c>Barony Vampire</c> is strictly worse than <c>Nirkana Cutthroat</c>.
*<c>Jace's Ingenuity</c> is strictly worse than <c>Ancestral Recall</c>.
*<c>Maritime Guard</c> is strictly worse than <c>Aquamoeba</c>, <c>Fathom Seer</c>, <c>Halimar Excavator</c> and <c>Lighthouse Chronologist</c>.
*<c>Nether Horror</c> is strictly worse than <c>Smoldering Butcher</c>.
*<c>Stone Golem</c> is strictly worse than <c>Su-Chi</c>.
*<c>Time Reversal</c> is strictly worse than <c>Timetwister</c>.
*<c>Tireless Missionaries</c> is strictly worse than <c>Angel of Mercy</c> and <c>Shu Soldier-Farmers</c>.
*<c>Warlord's Axe</c> is strictly worse than <c>Vulshok Battlegear</c>.
==Cards removed from Magic 2010==
The following 136 cards from Magic 2010 did not get reprinted in Magic 2011.
==Cards in every core set up to Magic 2011==
The following 2 cards have appeared in all core sets from Alpha to Magic 2011.
*<c>Giant Growth</c>
*<c>Giant Spider</c>
The 6 cards that appeared in all core sets up until Magic 2011 are: <c>Air Elemental</c>, <c>Bog Wraith</c>, <c>Drudge Skeletons</c>, <c>Howling Mine</c>, <c>Nightmare</c> and <c>Rod of Ruin</c>.
==Functional reprints==
Magic 2011 has 6 functional reprints:
*<c>Barony Vampire</c> is a functional reprint of <c>Warpath Ghoul</c> from Magic 2010, save for creature type.
*<c>Cloud Crusader</c> is a functional reprint of <c>Skyhunter Patrol</c> from 10th Edition, save for creature type.
*<c>Cultivate</c> is a functional reprint of <c>Kodama's Reach</c> from Champions of Kamigawa, save for subtype.
*<c>Maritime Guard</c> is a functional reprint of <c>Lumengrid Warden</c> from 10th Edition, <c>Straw Soldiers</c> from Portal: Three Kingdoms and <c>Talas Merchant</c> from Portal Second Age, save for creature type.
*<c>Nether Horror</c> is a functional reprint of <c>Giant Cockroach</c> from 9th Edition, save for creature type.
*<c>Pyretic Ritual</c> is a functional reprint of <c>Desperate Ritual</c> from Champions of Kamigawa, save for subtype - although it is not an arcane and therefore does not have splice onto arcane.
==Colorshifted==
*<c>Assault Griffin</c> is a colorshifted version of <c>Jagwasp Swarm</c> from Worldwake, <c>Snapping Drake</c> from Magic 2010 and <c>Talas Air Ship</c> from Portal Second Age, save for creature type.
*<c>Manic Vandal</c> is a colorshifted version of <c>Uktabi Orangutan</c> from Sixth Edition and <c>Viridian Shaman</c> from Tenth Edition, save for creature type.
*<c>Reverberate</c> is a colorshifted version of <c>Twincast</c> from Magic 2010. It is also a near-functional reprint of <c>Fork</c> except it does not turn the spell red.
==References==
Category:Core set changes