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Magic: The Gathering - Battlegrounds cover artvsStar Wars: The Old Republic cover art

Magic: The Gathering - BattlegroundsvsStar Wars: The Old Republic

Magic: The Gathering - Battlegrounds leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Star Wars: The Old Republic leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS4 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads4 vs 3

Magic: The Gathering - Battlegrounds leans harder on reads: Human duelists feint summons and bait counterspells

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 7

Star Wars: The Old Republic leans harder on optimization: Advanced class ability rotations and set bonus builds are solvable

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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