Let’s look at the data for our Top 64 here at the 200^th 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 200^th 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:

1. Luis Villalpando – Sky Striker
2. Michael Da Silva – Sky Striker
3. Hector Perez – Sky Striker
4. Alejandro Reyes – Sky Striker
5. Luis Romo – Gouki
6. Edgar Tinoco – Sky Striker
7. Jonhathan Vazquez – Sky Striker
8. Jesus Zarate – True Draco
9. Renee Gonzalez – Sky Striker Trickstar
10. Cesar Nino – True Draco
11. Esteban Mena – Sky Striker
12. Jose Carrillo – Sky Striker
13. Hector Luitin – Sky Striker
14. Roberto Olvera – Trickstar
15. Alejando Viveros – Altergeist
16. Carlos Zavaleta – Sky Striker Trickstar
17. Mario Mayoral – Altergeist
18. Eduardo Cortes – Sky Striker Mekk-Knight Invoked
19. Jose Salazar – Sky Striker Mekk-Knight
20. Andres Torres – Sekka’s Burning Abyss
21. Juan Juarez – Sky Striker Trickstar
22. Edgar Romero – Mekk-Knight Invoked
23. Eduardo Cerecero – Mekk-Knight Invoked
24. Rolando Gordon – Gouki
25. Luis Ortega – Sky Striker
26. Renato Sarmiento – Paleozoic
27. Galileo De Obaldia – Sky Striker
28. Jose Castillo – Sky Striker
29. Ivan Hernandez – Sky Striker
30. Ricardo Ruiz – Sky Striker
31. Jose Lagunes – Sky Striker
32. Julio Tlacomulco – Sky Striker
33. Erick Villanueva – Sky Striker
34. Jesus Arredondo – Sky Striker
35. Eduardo Monteon – Sky Striker
36. Rafael Hernandez – Sky Striker
37. Salvador Molina – Sky Striker
38. Carlos Mercado – Sky Striker
39. Mauricio Hernandez – Altergeist
40. Helbelt Escobedo – Trickstar
41. Carlos Cayeros – Trickstar
42. Rodolfo Ramirez – Sky Striker
43. Luis Merlos – Altergeist
44. Carlos Salazar – Sky Striker Trickstar
45. Santino Delgado – Sky Striker
46. Ariel Armas – Sky Striker
47. Jonathan Padilla – Sky Striker
48. Bryan Ceballos – True Draco
49. Luis Mancilla – Sky Striker Trickstar
50. Juan Berrocal – Sky Striker
51. Guillermo Aldana – True Draco
52. Christian Cortes – Brilliant Mekk-Knight
53. Richard Barnett – Gouki
54. Cesar Salinas – Sky Striker
55. Omar Meraz – Altergeist
56. Jorge Matu – Sky Striker
57. Irving Diaz – Mekk-Knight Invoked
58. Eduard Breiling – Sky Striker
59. Luis Sierra – Gouki
60. Josue Heredia – True Draco
61. Alejandro Garcia – Sky Striker
62. Alexis Jimenez – Sky Striker
63. Gustavo Garcia – Pendulum
64. 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!