Location: Chop Chop Shop, Mexico City, Mexico
Attendance: 56 Masters
Format: Standard BRT-FOL
Top 8 final standings
- Sam Chen, Malamar/Necrozma-GX/Dawn Wings Necrozma-GX
- Rahul Reddy, Malamar/Necrozma-GX/Dawn Wings Necrozma-GX
- Fernando Castañeda Perez, Malamar/Ultra Necrozma-GX
- Juan Espinola Ortega, Zoroark-GX/Garbodor
- Daniel Altavilla, Malamar/Necrozma-GX
- Angel Garcia, Buzzwole-GX/Lycanroc-GX
- Eder Jarillo Soto, Gardevoir-GX
- Jose Juárez González, Buzzwole-GX/Lycanroc-GX
Notes
- Alongside the Tours SPE and South African National Championship, this was the first tournament to feature Forbidden Light as a legal set.
- Rahul Reddy scooped to Sam Chen in the finals for several reasons: they're friends; they didn't want to play a 59-card mirror; and Chen was chasing NA Top 4 while Reddy was not. The 200 CP earned boosted Chen into 5th place in NA after the event.
Decklists
Sam Chen, 1st - Malamar/Necrozma-GX
2nd-place finisher Rahul Reddy played the same list +1 Max Elixir -1 Malamar.
- "The list is pretty consistent, but definitely has room for improvement. The one thing I wouldn't change is the 4-4 Malamar line. I’m not sold on the Elixirs either, but they were helpful for accelerating energy and thinning the deck when I did hit them. The two cards I might consider adding are Mewtwo GX and Mimikyu, but I’m not sure what I would cut."
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