head to head
vs
Magical Drop VIvsTetris 99
Magical Drop VI leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Tetris 99 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Magical Drop VITetris 99
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 9
Tetris 99 leans harder on execution: High-speed stacking and finesse define survival
Reads3 vs 4
Tetris 99 leans harder on reads: Targeting and badge timing against humans matter mid-match
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 5
Magical Drop VI leans harder on optimization: chain strategies are learnable and 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.