Both these players find themselves in the perfect position after four rounds—four wins each. Raffaele is a well-respected and accomplished TCG player from Italy, while Dair Grant’s claim to fame is a Top 8 finish at a $10K tournament and winning five Sealed Pack PCQs. Raffaele won the flip and chose the odd initiative. Both players traded in their opening four cards before the game got underway.
Raffaele left no doubt as to what he was playing, leading off with turn 1 Wild Pack and turn 2 Wild Pack and Aunt May, along with an ESU Science Lab, while Dair had no drop on his first two turns. On the third turn, Spider-Man, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man joined his friends on the Italian side, and Ricochet appeared to defend American soil. A Wild Pack and Spider-Man attacked Ricochet, and Spider Senses and No Fear made sure the outcome would be as expected. Raffaele’s remaining two Spider-Friends were used to draw more cards. On the fourth turn, Dair recruited a Will O’ The Wisp, while Raffaele played out a Silver Sable with boost, fetching another Wild Pack. Dair started his counteroffensive and attacked Aunt May with Will O’ The Wisp, stunning the old lady, and took out a Wild Pack with Ricochet. A Rise from the Grave from Raffaele made sure all his characters survived this turn.
On the fifth turn, Wild Pack was found by a Twist of Fate from the Italian, and two more Wild Packs and a Mary Jane Watson joined his ranks. Daredevil joined Dair’s army, and Dair flipped a Spider-Tracer on Aunt May. Raffaele prepared himself for his onslaught and team attacked with Spider-Man, Wild Pack, and Daredevil to take out the opposing Daredevil. Dair flipped Spider Senses, which was answered by No Fear, but Dair stunned his Ricochet, which was then KO’d to a Tragic Loss in order to save Daredevil. Four of Raffaele’s Wild Packs then teamed up on Daredevil to finally stun him, and Dair attacked back with Will O’ The Wisp on Silver Sable. At the end of the fifth turn, endurance totals stood at Raffaele’s 54 to Dair’s 34, due to Aunt May’s endurance gain effect.
Scarlet Spider appeared on both sides, and Dair quickly flipped up Spider-Tracer to prevent any silliness from happening to Raffaele’s Scarlet Spider. The Italian’s Silver Sable found herself fighting with Will O’ The Wisp, which, to be honest, was quite an uphill battle. Scarlet Spider took out a Wild Pack, and Daredevil pounded on Aunt May.
On the seventh turn, Raffaele recruited Ezekiel, drawing a total of ten cards, while Dair had Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man join his ranks. Raffaele attempted team attacks, but both his Spider-Man and Ezekiel ended up exhausted by Dair’s Spider-Man’s webbing. Three Wild Packs and Mary Jane Watson proceed to gang up on Dair’s big Spider-Man, and this successfully took it out for a while. Another Wild Pack and Silver Sable took out Daredevil, and Will O’ The Wisp evaded an attack from Scarlet Spider. Raffaele’s Scarlet Spider then battled with Dair’s and was powered-up twice, but Dair’s Scarlet Spider performed an Acrobatic Dodge to survive the attack. Dair attacked Raffaele’s Spider-Man with his Scarlet Spider, which stunned the smaller man, and two Rise from the Graves saved Raffaele’s Silver Sable and Wild Pack. The seventh turn ended with endurance totals at 29 for Raffaele and 21 for Dair.
On turn 8, Dair recruited Daredevil again after losing it the previous round, and Raffaele recruited five Wild Packs and another Spider-Man. Dair proceeded to beg for a Firestar, but he knew full well his deck was incapable of supplying him with one. Dair attempted to stop the bleeding a little by attacking Mary Jane with his Will O’ The Wisp, a Wild Pack with Daredevil, Aunt May with Scarlet Spider, and another Wild Pack with his Spider-Man. However, Raffaele was able to retaliate by going after Dair’s Daredevil, Will O’ The Wisp, and Scarlet Spider. Only Dair’s Daredevil ended up stunned, as the Will O’ The Wisp evaded and a flurry of power-ups made sure his Spider-Man lived to web another day. On the ninth and final turn, Raffaele recruited another Spider-Man, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man; Mary Jane Watson; and Silver Sable with boost. Dair had a Mattie Franklin, but his side of the board was unable to recover from the flurry of team attacks from the side of the Italian, seeing that endurance totals were his 9 to Raffaele’s 22 at the start of the ninth turn.
Raffaele Lo Moro wins the match.