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Hearthstone leans Variance (Grand Arena); South Park: Phone Destroyer leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS6 /10VARIANCE7 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 3

South Park: Phone Destroyer leans harder on execution: Card placement timing matters slightly under real-time pressure

Reads6 vs 5

Hearthstone leans harder on reads: Human opponents bluff and adapt mid-match

Variance7 vs 6

Hearthstone leans harder on variance: Draw RNG and discover effects swing 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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