Giovanny Triviño Wins YCS Guayaquil on Elfnote

Hometown favorite Giovanny Andrés Triviño Manobanda defended local turf in Ecuador, steering Elfnote to first place at YCS Guayaquil 2026. Across a grueling weekend in the Salón Gran Isabela at the Hotel Hilton Colón, Triviño navigated through a 263-duelist field before colliding with Argentina's Franco Persano in the finals. Persano piloted Mitsurugi Chaos Ritual, aiming to disrupt board states with explosive Ritual sequences, but Triviño managed his resources cleanly to lock down the victory and claim the championship trophy.

The top cut data from Ecuador cemented Elfnote as the dominant tier one powerhouse in the Advanced format. Out of the Top 32, 13 players piloted the strategy, commanding over 40 percent of the elimination bracket. While semifinalists Taiel Fernandez brought a Power Patron engine in his mirror-focused build and Ulises Tadeo Munguia made a deep run with Blitzclique, the relentless recursive engine of pure Elfnote proved too much for the rest of the room to handle.

Even with rogue strategies like Snake-Eye and Ryzeal scraping into top cut, the gap between Elfnote and the field widened substantially in Guayaquil. Anyone preparing for the upcoming regional circuit without dedicated side-deck respect for Triviño's setup is simply handing away free match wins.