In this battle of Europeans, Dutchman Bas Postema and Italian Matieo Stamini are sitting pretty at 7-2 and are among the most successful representatives of their continent. Bas won the roll and took even initiative. Both players mulliganed their opening four cards.

Matieo played a turn 1 Wild Pack, immediately revealing he was playing the Italian Pack deck, while Bas, who is playing the Marvel Knights deck, had no first turn play. On his second turn, however, Bas flipped over a Wild Ride to fetch Blade, Eric Brooks and recruited him with a Jetpack. Matieo had two more Wild Packs. Blade attacked a Wild Pack, and Matieo chose not to attack. On the third turn, Spider-Man, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man joined Matieo’s army, and Stick came down for Bas. Matieo took out Stick with a team attack of Wild Pack and Spider-Man, and attempted to take out Blade with a team attack of two Wild Packs. Bas tried to Mikado and Mosha one of the Wild Packs, which was countered by a Nice Try!, and in recovery, Bas’s Stick bit the dust.

On turn 4, Bas recruited a Moon Knight, while Matieo added a Spider-Man and Mary Jane Watson to his side of the board after showing Scarlet Spider. During combat, the board gave Bas a headache, but in the end he decided to discard Mikado and Mosha to stun Mary Jane and then attacked a Wild Pack with Blade and Spider-Man with Moon Knight. Matieo teamed up his remaining two Wild Packs and Spider-Man to take out Moon Knight. Quick Kill KO’d one of the Spider-Men. On turn 5, Human Torch, Friendly Rival came out to play for Matieo, and Bas missed his 5 drop, deciding to protect his Blade with Moon Knight. Two Wild Packs and Spider-Man attacked Bas’s Moon Knight successfully, and Human Torch and Mary Jane got together to beat on Blade. Mikado and Mosha tried to stun Mary Jane, but Matieo had another Nice Try! In the end both Blade and Mary Jane Watson ended up stunned, with the endurance totals at 32 each.

The next turn would turn out to be pivotal in the game. Spider-Man, The Spectacular Spider-Man appeared for Bas, and Matieo made two Wild Packs. Bas activated his Spider-Man, exhausting Matieo’s board, and then flipped over Swan Dive, stunning his Spider-Man but also taking out Matieo’s five 1-drops, which elected some nasty Italian words from Matieo, as he could’ve saved a Nice Try! for Swan Dive. Moon Knight attacked Matieo’s Spider-Man, dropping the Italian to 19 endurance. All the 1-drops bit the dust.

Matieo showed Scarlet Spider again on turn 7 to play a Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man, and Bas recruited Dr. Strange. Human Torch incinerated Bas’s Moon Knight, which was reinforced by Spider-Man. The Italian Spider-Men teamed up to go after Dr. Strange, which also stunned, bringing the endurance totals to 15 for Bas and 14 for Matieo. On turn 8, Bas recruited Blade and Punisher without playing a resource. Matieo decided to exhaust Bas’s Dr. Strange and Spider-Man before recruiting, and afterwards he played out a Wild Pack and a Scarlet Spider. Punisher attacked Scarlet Spider with the help of a little Crime and Punishment, and Blade attacked a Wild Pack supported by another Crime and Punishment, dropping endurance totals to 10 for Bas and 0 for Matieo before Matieo could retaliate. Matieo attacked Bas’s Spider-Man with his, and Bas had a power-up, causing Matieo to concede the match.

Bas wins.