by Jeff Donais
The most popular decks at the Latin America Championship were Replenish, Angry Hermit and Control Black.
Many people saw the success Jon Finkel playing Control Black at US Nationals and quickly built a similar deck for themselves. Angry Hermit has been popular among som of the Latin America countries since they saw the deck from US Regionals report (some of the players emailed Aaron Forsythe about the deck). Replenish is ever-present in the current Standard environment and is very popular among the top players, especially from Brazil and Mexico. A large group of Brazilian players also chose to play Ponza, although it was not popular for players of other countries.
This event, along with various national tournaments (including US Nationals) will studied by players who are preparing for the APAC Championship, Euro Championship and World Championships.
Here is the deck breakdown, sorted by popularity:
Creature (2)
2 Covetous DragonEnchantment (1)
1 OppositionOther (38)
10 Angry Hermit 10 Control Black 6 Ponza 3 Stompy 2 Accelerated Blue 2 Hermit/Plaguelord 2 Trinity Green 1 Ankh-Tide 1 Blue Control 1 Red Deck WinsHere is the deck breakdown, sorted by country:
| Standard Deck | Name | Country |
| Control Black | Baptista, Marco | Venezuela |
| Opposition | Alejos, Franz | Venezuela |
| Replenish | Peraza, Edward | Venezuela |
| Bargain | Remersaro, Santiago | Uruguay |
| Stompy | Kim, Jong-Won | Uruguay |
| Trinity Green | Veiga, Fernando | Uruguay |
| Hermit/Plaguelord | Albareda, Eduardo | Peru |
| Tinker | De la Riva Fort, Juan Carlos | Peru |
| Angry Hermit | Chapela Gaxiola, Gustavo | Mexico |
| Angry Hermit | Galimbertti, Victor U | Mexico |
| Angry Hermit | Godinez-Estrada, Gerardo | Mexico |
| Angry Hermit | Hernandez, Cesar | Mexico |
| Blue Control | Garcia Barbosa, Francisco | Mexico |
| Replenish | Araiza, Hugo | Mexico |
| Replenish | Chacon, Salomon | Mexico |
| Replenish | Sacal, Alexander | Mexico |
| Replenish | Vazquez Ayala, Julio C | Mexico |
| Stompy | Rodamilans, Enric | Mexico |
| Accelerated Blue | Le Saux, Rafael | Chile |
| Accelerated Blue | Reutter, Juan | Chile |
| Control Black | Luncimilla, Mario | Chile |
| Control Black | Undurraga, Christian | Chile |
| Ponza | San Juan, Basilio | Chile |
| Ponza | Sanchez, Rodrigo | Chile |
| Red Deck Wins | Hojman, Andres | Chile |
| Replenish | Alvarez, Fernando | Chile |
| Ankh-Tide | Costanza, Rodrigo J | Brazil |
| Control Black | Possato, William C | Brazil |
| Covetous Dragon | Sousa, Alex | Brazil |
| Covetous Dragon | Simao Teixeira, Eduardo | Brazil |
| Hermit/Plaguelord | Hino, Celso M | Brazil |
| Ponza | de Lima Filho, Joao Roberto | Brazil |
| Ponza | Pereira, Christiano | Brazil |
| Ponza | Romao, Carlos E | Brazil |
| Ponza | Sousa, Erico T | Brazil |
| Replenish | Alvarenga, Rafael A | Brazil |
| Replenish | Barbosa de Castro, Rodrigo C | Brazil |
| Replenish | Felsberg, Thomas E | Brazil |
| Replenish | Lima, Eduardo L | Brazil |
| Replenish | Possato, Dawton | Brazil |
| Replenish | Soares, Marcus V | Brazil |
| Replenish | Svaldi, Guilherme D | Brazil |
| Replenish | Svaldi, Rafael D | Brazil |
| Stompy | Edel, Willy | Brazil |
| Trinity Green | Longo, Sergio | Brazil |
| Angry Hermit | Biasotti, Franco | Argentina |
| Angry Hermit | Huerta, Pablo | Argentina |
| Angry Hermit | Mamczyc Haro, Leandro | Argentina |
| Angry Hermit | Moro, Andres | Argentina |
| Angry Hermit | Neiman, Luis G | Argentina |
| Angry Hermit | Zagalsky, Alejo | Argentina |
| Control Black | Alvarez Rivera, Joaquin | Argentina |
| Control Black | del Gerbo Actis, Gustavo | Argentina |
| Control Black | Maioli, Douglas | Argentina |
| Control Black | Mignorance, Ernesto | Argentina |
| Control Black | Monteavaro, Ignacio | Argentina |
| Control Black | Ostrovich, Diego | Argentina |
| Replenish | Barbero, Jose | Argentina |
| Replenish | Gomez, Matias | Argentina |
| Replenish | Rafael, Miguel | Argentina |