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Buckshot Roulette leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2015 leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS4 /10VARIANCE7 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Buckshot RouletteMagic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2015

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Execution1 vs 0

Buckshot Roulette leans harder on execution: Trivial click inputs.

Reads4 vs 4

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance7 vs 7

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 7

Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2015 leans harder on optimization: Deck construction and combat math are the persistent edge

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

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