Oh shit.... This is a hard one....
Well Excalibur for the first 30 issues is definitely better, in my opinion. That 'The Cross Time Caper' arc was just incredible. Plus Davis and Claremonte wrote some of the best dialog of their time. The love triangle betwixt Megan, Brian, and Kurt was amazing. It was like a better Threes Company. Jamie Braddock as a villain, pulling at the strings of reality, was compelling and fun. Plus, the excrutiating loneliness of thinking that the whole X-Men team died at the hand of Forge was also great.
However, once Davis and Claremonte left, the entire series went to rubbish and became another beat-em-up super hero book.
In that respect, I have to give PAD some much needed credit (as one of the best X-Men writers ever). He kept his series going strong from beginning to end. And the developments he made for Rictor, Wolfesbane, and Jamie Madrox are incredible.
So idk... can I answer as a tie?
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