Location: Greater Philadelphia Expo Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Attendance: 114 Masters
Format: Standard BKT-CST
Seven Swiss rounds were played on Day 1 of this event, with the Top 16 players advancing to single-elimination bracket play on Day 2.
Top 16 final standings
- Isaiah Bradner, Zoroark-GX Control
- Jon Eng, Zoroark-GX Control
- Ian Robb, Buzzwole/Lycanroc-GX
- Michael Catron, Buzzwole/Lycanroc-GX
- Gibson Archer-Tang, Gardevoir-GX
- Nick Chimento, Zoroark-GX/Garbodor
- William Wallace, Zoroark-GX/Garbodor
- Lauren Talley, Naganadel-GX/Stakataka-GX
- Regan Retzloff, Zoroark-GX/Garbodor
- Rob Stephens, Buzzwole FLI/Garbodor
- John Gavin III, Rayquaza-GX
- Luke Smith, Rayquaza-GX
- Jason Annichiarico, Zoroark-GX/Magcargo/Counter Energy Toolbox
- John Gavin Jr., Zoroark-GX/Garbodor
- Dan Wallace, Rayquaza-GX
- Nicholas Moffitt, Zoroark-GX/Garbodor
- Although not a TPCi-sanctioned event, this was the first major tournament to feature Celestial Storm as a legal set.
- Jon Eng was the defending champion, having won the inaugural ARG Invitational in 2017 as a first-year Masters player. He almost pulled off back-to-back wins, but was cut short in a mirror match loss to his friend Isaiah Bradner (himself a first-year Master) in the finals.
- While the two finalists' lists were similar, there were a few key differences in card counts - see right.
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