Let’s look at the data for our Top 64 here at the 200th YCS Mexico City!

Central American events always bring players from all over, and this weekend is no exception. Here’s a look at who made it to the Top 64.

Mexico has done a good job defending their turf, with 51 Duelists in the Top 64! Chile and Panama have the next most representatives, with 3 each. Peruvian Duelists traveled all the way up here, with 2 Duelists making the cut. A large group from the USA decided to come to this event instead of the 200th YCS Columbus, and it’s clearly working out for 2 of them. Finally, there’s one Duelist from each of Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Brazil.

Here is the overall Deck breakdown for the Top 64.

In order of final placing:

Luis Villalpando – Sky Striker Michael Da Silva – Sky Striker Hector Perez – Sky Striker Alejandro Reyes – Sky Striker Luis Romo – Gouki Edgar Tinoco – Sky Striker Jonhathan Vazquez – Sky Striker Jesus Zarate – True Draco Renee Gonzalez – Sky Striker Trickstar Cesar Nino – True Draco Esteban Mena – Sky Striker Jose Carrillo – Sky Striker Hector Luitin – Sky Striker Roberto Olvera – Trickstar Alejando Viveros – Altergeist Carlos Zavaleta – Sky Striker Trickstar Mario Mayoral – Altergeist Eduardo Cortes – Sky Striker Mekk-Knight Invoked Jose Salazar – Sky Striker Mekk-Knight Andres Torres – Sekka’s Burning Abyss Juan Juarez – Sky Striker Trickstar Edgar Romero – Mekk-Knight Invoked Eduardo Cerecero – Mekk-Knight Invoked Rolando Gordon – Gouki Luis Ortega – Sky Striker Renato Sarmiento – Paleozoic Galileo De Obaldia – Sky Striker Jose Castillo – Sky Striker Ivan Hernandez – Sky Striker Ricardo Ruiz – Sky Striker Jose Lagunes – Sky Striker Julio Tlacomulco – Sky Striker Erick Villanueva – Sky Striker Jesus Arredondo – Sky Striker Eduardo Monteon – Sky Striker Rafael Hernandez – Sky Striker Salvador Molina – Sky Striker Carlos Mercado – Sky Striker Mauricio Hernandez – Altergeist Helbelt Escobedo – Trickstar Carlos Cayeros – Trickstar Rodolfo Ramirez – Sky Striker Luis Merlos – Altergeist Carlos Salazar – Sky Striker Trickstar Santino Delgado – Sky Striker Ariel Armas – Sky Striker Jonathan Padilla – Sky Striker Bryan Ceballos – True Draco Luis Mancilla – Sky Striker Trickstar Juan Berrocal – Sky Striker Guillermo Aldana – True Draco Christian Cortes – Brilliant Mekk-Knight Richard Barnett – Gouki Cesar Salinas – Sky Striker Omar Meraz – Altergeist Jorge Matu – Sky Striker Irving Diaz – Mekk-Knight Invoked Eduard Breiling – Sky Striker Luis Sierra – Gouki Josue Heredia – True Draco Alejandro Garcia – Sky Striker Alexis Jimenez – Sky Striker Gustavo Garcia – Pendulum Jhiovany Moreno – Sky Striker

As we saw developing in yesterday’s top tables, Sky Strikers are still the Deck to beat. The other half of the Decks are actually extremely varied, with no clear second best (for lack of a better term) strategy. Altergeist and True Draco have the most, and both Decks have similar game plans trying to control the pace of the Duel with Trap Cards. Gouki are also highly represented, despite the fact that Summon Sorceress is not currently legal for play in Central America. There are several Trickstar players, and if you combine all the variants it’s the second most popular strategy. Followed closely behind are the many Mekk-Knight variants. Duelists are using quite a few versions with Sky Strikers, Invoked, or both. One is using neither, and instead has Deck built to use Brilliant Fusion. Finally, Pendulum, Paleozoic, and Burning Abyss Decks all have managed to make it into the Top 64. Could one of these rogue Decks take down the many Sky Strikers? We’ll find out today!