By the time the sixth round rolled around, there were only four undefeated players remaining. David Spears was playing a Curve Sentinels deck against local product Sean Poestkoke’s Common Enemy deck. Both players had poor showings at the first Pro Circuit stop and were looking to finish higher in the So Cal standings. Call this match spring training.

David led off his 2nd turn with a Sentinel Mark III and an anticipatory remark about his opponent’s deck. “Show me a She-Thing!”

This was the fourth consecutive round in which David had faced a Common Enemy deck. Sean followed as expected with a She-Hulk, Jennifer Walters on turn 3, and Spears curved out with a Sentinel Mark II. Sean sent an It's Clobberin' Time!d She-Hulk into the Mark II, and David Tag Teamed and burned a Cover Fire to take it down.

David led with his Sentinel Mark V, while all Sean produced was a Boris and a 3-drop Spider-Man, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. He flipped up Common Enemy and arranged She-Hulk up front, keeping Spidey in the support row. Boris also hung back, manning the corner position. David sent the Mark II into Boris and hoped for the best - “No Doomstadt.”

Sean saved his She-Hulk from an attack with an Acrobatic Dodge, and his Mark II took Spidey down, but no before it put a counter on the Mark V.

Turn 5 saw a 4-drop Dr. Doom, Diabolic Genius flip an It's Clobberin' Time! back down, and Sean set the bulk of his team up front. Spider-Man remained in the back at the base of the T. Spears’s Boliver Trask searched out a Sentinel Mark V and it joined the original one up front. Sentinel Mark III, Trask, and Sentinel Mark II stayed in the back. The Mark II was unprotected, and Sean exploited that by sending in his She-Hulk. David could not believe his mistake. “That was a bad arrangement,” he said.

Sean then Borised for a Reign of Terror, and sent Trask and the Mark III back to the Underground Sentinel Base in the sky. Dave Finishing Moved the She-Hulk in response.

Turn 6 saw the arrival of Bastion and the Hulk. A Mark V traded with Dr. Doom, Victor Von Doom, but Sean was hesitant to attack when he had the initiative. Spears goaded him to attack by saying, “You can attack Bastion . . . you have the stuff.”

Sean's Submariner brought a frown to Spears’s face. All he had was Master Mold, and he activated it to put out a Mark V. He arranged all his guys up front. Sean fired his big guns at Spears’s team, but thanks to the Mark V’s, they were all reinforced. He even had the opportunity to send Bastion at Spider-Man, but he had to think about it. “Hmmm . . . let’s see. Are you holding Silver Surfer?”

Sean took 11 and went on to reveal whether or not he had the turn 8 Surfer. First, he watched as a dejected Spears failed to draw the Tri-Sentinel he was hoping to find on top of his deck. He played out Nimrod, Boliver Trask, and Master Molded the Mark V he’d searched into play. “I don’t think this is a situation I can win from,” Spears said.

Sean played an 8-drop Dr. Doom, Lord of Latveria and flipped down some plot twists. He drew some cards with Common Enemy and still had a Acrobatic Dodge, Mystical Paralysis, and It's Clobberin' Time! face down. The score was 17 to 19 in favor of Sean. Spears was able to get in for 9 with a Nimrod and 8 with Bastion, but his Nimrod was still face up and Sean was able to pummel it with the Dr. Doom for more than enough to win the game. He finished the round as one of only two remaining undefeated players.