Allan Ayapán wins CAMS T13: an undefeated Modern title run

Guatemala has a regional champion. Allan Ayapán closed CAMS T13 by winning all three elimination matches 2–0. Six games, three victories, one title. His Esper Blink deck beat Izzet Prowess, Broodscale, and Goryo’s Vengeance on the way to the trophy in Mexico City.

The result also opens two international stages: the Pro Tour and the World Championship. The title belongs to Ayapán, while Guatemala gains a champion headed toward competition among the best players in the world.

A perfect Sunday

Stage	Registered opponent	Strategy	Ayapán’s result
Quarterfinal	ekvzk	Izzet Prowess	2–0
Semifinal	Javier Calvo	Mono-Green Eldrazi Broodscale	2–0
Final	Dagoberto Silva	Four-color Goryo’s Vengeance	2–0

The final brought a rematch. Ayapán and Silva had drawn in Swiss Round 8; on Sunday they met again with the championship at stake. This time Ayapán won both games and the title. Official Melee results.

His tournament match record is 10–0–1 in wins–losses–draws: seven wins and a draw in Swiss, followed by three elimination wins. The draw does not break an undefeated run. Ayapán finished the weekend without losing a match.

A title against three faces of Modern

The Top 8 contained three Izzet Prowess lists, two Broodscale, two Goryo’s lists, and one Esper Blink: Ayapán’s. His route crossed each of those three opposing strategies. That range gives the Sunday 6–0 its shape: the champion found wins against very different game plans.

There is wider context, too. At the September US and China Regional Championships, Broodscale was the most represented archetype, at 12.6% of the field, and posted a 55.3% win rate. Goryo’s won the China Regional. Those results help show the strength of the strategies Ayapán faced; they do not describe the full CAMS field. Frank Karsten’s analysis.

The final: how Esper Blink can contest Goryo’s

Melee labels Silva’s list “W-U-B-G,” while its cards show the plan: four Goryo’s Vengeance, four Atraxa, Grand Unifier, one Griselbrand, and four Ephemerate. Psychic Frog and Faithful Mending help prepare the graveyard; Frog and Quantum Riddler also offer ways to compete without relying entirely on reanimation. Silva’s list.

The explosive line returns a legendary creature with Goryo’s for two mana. Atraxa brings a major threat and cards through its enter-the-battlefield ability. Ephemerate can exile and return it: Atraxa’s ability triggers again, and as a new object it avoids the delayed exile from the first reanimation. Goryo’s Vengeance rules · Ephemerate release notes.

Ayapán’s list offers answers at several stages of that plan. These are tactical possibilities suggested by the submitted lists, not a reconstruction of the final’s plays.

Before reanimation: four Thoughtseize can take a key piece or protection. The choice matters: discarding Atraxa can also stock the opponent’s graveyard.
Against the graveyard: three Emperor of Bones and one Boggart Trawler are in the main deck. Emperor exiles a card at the beginning of Ayapán’s combat; it is not an instant response to Goryo’s. Boggart can clear a graveyard on entry and do so again if reused through blink.
In response to Goryo’s: two Nihil Spellbombs in the sideboard can exile the graveyard and leave the spell without its target. The exile ability does not require additional mana once the artifact is on the battlefield. Official Spellbomb text.
On the interaction window: the two main-deck Teferi, Time Raveler require opponents to cast spells only when they could cast a sorcery. Goryo’s remains legal during its controller’s main phase with an empty stack; Teferi reduces the ability to reanimate or protect a threat in response. Teferi release notes.
Against Atraxa’s value: Consign to Memory can counter its triggered enter-the-battlefield ability. It cannot counter Goryo’s Vengeance, a black spell. Ayapán registered one in the main deck and three more in the sideboard. Consign and Emperor rules.
Against the creature: four Solitude can exile a reanimated threat. That does not undo an Atraxa trigger that has already happened; removing the body and preventing the card advantage are different things. Solitude release notes.
After sideboarding: two High Noon limit each player to one spell per turn, making it harder to chain Goryo’s with Ephemerate. The restriction affects Ayapán as well. High Noon release notes.

The matchup is compelling on paper: Goryo’s aims for a high-impact return; Esper Blink has tools to contest the hand, graveyard, trigger, and creature while developing its own value engine. Ayapán turned that toolkit into a decisive result. The 2–0 confirms his win; describing which decisions produced each game would require a recording or his account. The champion’s full list.

What the champion’s numbers show

Ayapán won 20 of 23 games with a decisive result across Swiss and elimination: 87.0%, rounded. The count starts with 14–3–3 in games at the end of Swiss and adds Sunday’s 6–0; the three drawn games are excluded from the denominator. It describes his weekend, capped by a perfect Top 8.

The other number worth keeping is zero match losses. Eleven recorded rounds, ten wins, one draw. His path says enough: first in Swiss, the only Esper Blink deck in the Top 8, and an undefeated champion.

Detroit first; Amsterdam on the horizon

CAMS announced US$4,000, a Pro Tour invitation, and a World Championship invitation for the champion. These are published prizes, not confirmation of payment received. CAMS prize information.

Destination	Published dates	Announced formats	Status
Pro Tour Nauctis, Detroit	February 26–28, 2027	Modern and Nauctis: The Sunken Realm Booster Draft	Invitation earned through the regional result
World Championship 33, Amsterdam	December 3–5, 2027	Standard and Booster Draft	World invitation earned; individual registration and travel arrangements not verified

The World Championship 33 destination is identified by cross-referencing CAMS’s prize with the published qualification cycle: Wizards includes this regional in the qualifiers for the first 2027 Pro Tour, and documents champions from September’s regionals in the same cycle receiving invitations to Worlds 33. The official calendar sets Amsterdam and the dates. Qualification cycle · Same-cycle regional context · 2027 calendar.

Detroit brings another challenge: alongside Modern, Ayapán will need to prepare for Draft. The Pro Tour competitor sheet describes six Draft rounds and ten Modern rounds across two days of Swiss; reaching Saturday requires 12 points after eight rounds. Finishing Swiss with 30 or more match points grants an invitation to the next Pro Tour. Pro Tour Nauctis competitor fact sheet.

The road to the World Championship will be different: the announced constructed format is Standard. The invitation gives Ayapán a destination to plan for; preparation will need to follow how both formats develop and the event details Wizards publishes.

Sunday ended with a Guatemalan champion. The next chapters have destinations: Detroit and Amsterdam. Allan leaves Mexico with the title, an undefeated run, and the opportunity to carry that momentum onto Magic’s biggest stages.

Sources and update

Melee’s event page and registered decklists were checked on October 11, 2026 at 17:45, Guatemala time. The page marks the 184-player tournament ended and reports the Swiss standings, elimination bracket and results, and submitted lists. Enrollment is not presented as verified physical attendance. CAMS confirms the announced prizes, not receipt of funds. Official references: Regional Championship T13: event and prizes and Season 13 overview. Wizards sources above support the formats and published destination dates. The World Championship 33 association follows the published qualification cycle; an individual registration record and logistics confirmation were not located.

Question and record boundaries

Question or objective: How did Allan Ayapán win CAMS T13, and what follows his regional title?
Format: Modern
Event: CAMS Regional Championship T13 · Mexico City, Mexico · October 11, 2026
Round: Round 11 · complete
Observations: Melee marks the 184-player event ended. Allan Ayapán finished Swiss at 7–0–1, then beat ekvzk (Izzet Prowess), Javier Calvo (Mono-Green Eldrazi Broodscale), and Dagoberto Silva (four-color Goryo’s) 2–0 each. He finished 10–0–1 in matches and 20–3 in games with decisive results. The Top 8 contained three Prowess, two Broodscale, two Goryo’s, and Ayapán’s sole Esper Blink list.
Interpretation: Ayapán converted the Swiss lead into an undefeated championship across three distinct Modern strategies. His 20–3 decisive-game record excludes three drawn games. Registered lists show tools on both sides of the final matchup, but without a recording or firsthand game account they cannot establish which interactions shaped the result. CAMS announced Pro Tour and World Championship invitations and US$4,000 for the champion.
Retrieved: 2026-10-11 17:45:00 (UTC−06:00) (America/Guatemala)
Primary source: View official standings and pairings
Evidence boundary: Melee's official event page and registered lists were checked at 17:45 on October 11, 2026, Guatemala time. They report the completed bracket, match results, standings, and submitted decklists. Tactical discussion describes possible interactions from those lists, not observed decisions or game sequences.
Limitations: Melee reports three 2–0 elimination wins; combining those results with the 7–0–1 Swiss record yields 10–0–1 in wins–losses–draws. No game-by-game account, sideboarding, mulligans, or final recording was verified. Deck archetypes use Melee labels except where a list supports a more specific description. CAMS publishes the prizes, but receipt and event logistics are not confirmed. World Championship 33 is the 2027 calendar destination inferred from the published regional qualification cycle; named registration was not verified.