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Command & Conquer: Red Alert leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Magic: The Gathering - Battlegrounds leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS5 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads5 vs 4

Command & Conquer: Red Alert leans harder on reads: PvP skirmish rewards predicting enemy pushes

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 6

Command & Conquer: Red Alert leans harder on optimization: Ore economy and build orders decide games

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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