Location: Espaço de Eventos Hakka, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Attendance: 388 Masters
Format: Standard BRT-CRI
Day 2 metagame analysis
Top 32 final standings
- Gabriel Pino Semedo, Gardevoir-GX/Diancie/Miltank
- Vinicius Lapadula, VikaBulu
- Alexandre Braga, Zoroark/Lycanroc-GX
- Pedro Dossi, Zoroark/Lycanroc-GX
- Andre Miranda, VikaBulu
- Nicolas Galaz, Buzzwole-GX/Lycanroc-GX
- William Azevedo, Zoroark/Lycanroc-GX
- Rodrigo Ferreira, Hoopa/Regigigas CRI/Giratina XY184 Stall
- Pedro Jorge, Buzzwole-GX
- Gabriel Modesto, Espeon-GX/Garbodor
- Gustavo Wada, Volcanion
- Ian Fukuda, Buzzwole-GX/Lycanroc-GX
- Rodolfo Jesus, Zoroark-GX/Lycanroc-GX
- Renato Marques, Zoroark-GX/Golisopod-GX
- Cassiano Mendes, Volcanion
- Andres Patricio, Buzzwole-GX/Lycanroc-GX
- Douglas Castro, Buzzwole-GX/Lycanroc-GX
- Thales Tadashi Argelo, Buzzwole-GX/Lycanroc-GX
- Thiago Giovannetti Marques Ricardo, Buzzwole-GX/Lycanroc-GX
- Raphael Souto, Zoroark-GX/Lycanroc-GX
- Pedro Mallet, Zoroark-GX/Lycanroc-GX
- Otavio Gouveia, Buzzwole-GX/Lycanroc-GX
- Marcus Vinicius Silva, VikaBulu
- Lucas Vareda Pedrozas, Volcanion
- Pedro Freitas, Zoroark-GX/Golisopod-GX
- Claudio Ferla, Zoroark-GX/Lycanroc-GX
- Ignacio Andres Morales, Ho-Oh-GX/Salazzle-GX
- Fernando Brizolla Ribeira, Buzzwole-GX/Lycanroc-GX
- Janaina Bandeira, Buzzwole-GX/Lycanroc-GX
- Victor Freitas, VikaBulu
- Felipe William, Wishiwashi-GX/Hoopa
- Matheus Torres, Zoroark-GX/Lycanroc-GX
Day 1 final standings
VODs
The event was not streamed, but Fair Play Pokémon uploaded selected match videos round-by-round.
Round 1: TIE - Drampa-GX/Garbodor & Zoroark-GX/Golisopod-GX watch
Round 2: VikaBulu def. Zoroark-GX/Lycanroc-GX WW watch
Round 3: Buzzwole-GX/Lycanroc-GX def. VikaBulu with Mew FCO WLW watch
Round 4: Zoroark-GX/Decidueye-GX def. VikaBulu WLW watch
Round 5: Buzzwole-GX/Lycanroc-GX def. VikaBulu WW watch
Round 6: VikaBulu def. Volcanion (Gustavo Wada) WW watch
Round 7: VikaBulu def. Hoopa/Wobbuffet/Vileplume BSH WLW watch
Round 8: VikaBulu def. Buzzwole-GX/Lycanroc-GX WW watch
Round 9: Buzzwole-GX/Lycanroc-GX def. Volcanion WLW watch
Round 10: Vinicius Lapadula (8-0-1, VikaBulu) def. Buzzwole-GX/Lycanroc-GX LWW watch
Round 11: Nicolas Galaz (8-2-0, Buzzwole-GX/Lycanroc-GX) def. Hoopa/Wobbuffet/Wishiwashi-GX )8-1-1) WW watch
Round 12: VikaBulu (9-1-1) def. Drampa-GX/Garbodor (8-1-2) LWW watch
Round 13: Gabriel Pino Semedo (8-1-3, Gardevoir-GX) def. Hoopa/Wobbuffet/Wishiwashi-GX W watch
Round 14: Pedro Dossi (9-3-1, Buzzwole-GX/Lycanroc-GX) def. Gustavo Wada (9-3-1, Volcanion) WLW watch
Top 8: 4-Alexandre Braga (Zoroark-GX/Lycanroc-GX) def. 5-Rodrigo Ferreira (Hoopa/Regigigas/Giratina XY184) WW watch
Top 4: 8-Gabriel Pino Semedo (Gardevoir-GX) def. 4-Alexandre Braga (Zoroark-GX/Lycanroc-GX) WW watch
Finals: 8-Gabriel Pino Semedo (Gardevoir-GX) def. 6-Vinicius Lapadula (VikaBulu) LWW watch
Notes
- According to Stéphane Ivanoff, Semedo's win with an unusual deck "reminds me of the last time people underestimated a Gabriel Pino deck (WaterBox)."
- This was the largest-ever Regional in Brazil and the second-largest ever in all of South America. According to Charles Randall, who compiled some data on this (chart below), the attendance was "unprecedented." In 2016-2017, no Latin American Regional exceeded 300 Masters. No Brazilian Regional had ever had Day 2 Swiss. The average Masters attendance at Latin American Regionals in 2016-17 was 234.5; across two Regionals in 2017-18, it is up to 299.0.
(VGC attendance is listed left of TCG attendance)
Decklists
Gabriel Pino Semedo, 1st - Gardevoir-GX/Diancie/Miltank CRI
Nicolas Galaz, 6th - Buzzwole-GX/Lycanroc-GX
- Not shown in the picture above, the 60th card is a Lycanroc BSH 75. World Champion Diego Cassiraga gave Galaz the idea for that inclusion, which is a tech to near-autowin the matchup against stall decks (a single attachment lets it OHKO Hoopa BSH and Xurkitree-GX).
Rodrigo Gianni Ferreira, 8th - "RegiLock" (1-Prize Walls)
- "The only bad matchup is Gardevoir-GX."
- Noted Sylveon-GX enthusiast Zander Bennett asked why this deck is better than Sylveon. Ferreira: "Sylveon gives up two Prizes and although it has more HP, it can still be OHKOd with Choice Band [while Regigigas with a Fighting Fury Belt can't].
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