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Fire Emblem Heroes cover artvsMagic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 cover art

Fire Emblem HeroesvsMagic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012

Fire Emblem Heroes leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Fire Emblem HeroesMagic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

Fire Emblem Heroes leans harder on execution: Drag-and-drop tactics need no dexterity

Reads2 vs 4

Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 leans harder on reads: Human opponents bluff and bait; AI does not

Variance5 vs 6

Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 leans harder on variance: Draw order and hidden hands drive individual games

Optimization7 vs 7

Even - both lean on optimization about the same.

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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Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012