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The third stop on the YCS circuit for the March 2013 Format took place in San Jose, Costa Rica through April 19-21, 2013. There were 272 participants in the main event. Official coverage from the event can be found here.

YCS Costa Rica only had 272 participants and cut to a Top 16 playoff. Due to this low attendance, the happenings this event are unlikely to carry format changing implication. Nevertheless, it was wonderful to see another Latin American event, and the game continue to grow in that region.

The Top 16 broke down as follows:

• 4 MERMAIL
• 4 FIRE FIST
• 2 KARAKURI
• 1 SAMURAI
• 1 HIERATIC
• 1 RABBIT
• 1 WIND-UP
• 1 HERO
• 1 INZEKTOR

1st Place – Jorge Luis Campos Valverde w/ HERO

Monsters: 7
3 Elemental HERO Bubbleman
2 Elemental HERO Neos Alius
1 Elemental HERO Stratos
1 Blackwing – Zephyros the Elite

Spells: 23
3 The Warrior Returning Alive
3 Mystical Space Typhoon
3 Miracle Fusion
3 Night Beam
2 A Hero Lives
2 E – Emergency Call
2 Pot of Duality
1 Dark Hole
1 Foolish Burial
1 Heavy Storm
1 Monster Reborn
1 Reinforcement of the Army

Traps: 10
3 Call of the Haunted
2 Compulsory Evacuation Device
2 Torrential Tribute
1 Bottomless Trap Hole
1 Solemn Judgment
1 Solemn Warning

Extra Deck: 15

Side Deck: 15
3 Soul Drain
2 Super Polymerization
2 Thunder King Rai-Oh
2 Fiendish Chain
2 Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo
2 Dimensional Prison
1 Elemental Hero Gaia
1 Photon Thrasher

EXTRA DECK
2 Heroic Champion – Excalibur
2 Elemental HERO The Shining
1 Elemental HERO Absolute Zero
1 Elemental HERO Escuridao
1 Elemental HERO Great Tornado
1 Elemental HERO Nova Master
1 Gagaga Cowboy
1 Maestroke the Symphony Djinn
1 Number 16: Shock Master
1 Number 39: Utopia
1 Photon Papilloperative
1 Abyss Dweller
1 Blade Armor Ninja

United Gosus at San Jose
Galileo De Obaldia attended YCS San Jose and finished in the unlucky seventeenth spot, his decklists are viewable here.