YCS Houston Crowns Trevor Parker and Enzo Fiallos

Trevor Parker of Richmond, Virginia won the Advanced Main Event at YCS Houston on October 18, 2026, and Enzo Fiallos of Elizabeth, New Jersey took the Genesys Main Event, Konami reported. Both champions leave with an Ultra Rare Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning prize card.

YCS Houston: key facts

• Dates: October 16–18, 2026, Houston, Texas
• Main events: Advanced (Day 1 October 17) and Genesys (Day 1 October 16), both finishing on October 18
• Advanced champion: Trevor Parker, Dark Magician deck built around Light and Darkness Ritual; beat Blake Funderburke in the final
• Genesys champion: Enzo Fiallos, Blitzclique deck
• Top prize card: Ultra Rare Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning (1st place)
• Entry: $25 per main event, including five booster packs

The YCS Houston prize cards

YCS prize cards are handed out by finish, not sold in packs, which is why collectors follow them. Konami's prize list for Houston set out who gets what in each main event:

Source: Konami YCS Houston event page, posted September 2026. The Genesys and Advanced events used the same prize card ladder, with small differences in other prizes.

Under that list, the Ultra Rare goes to one player per main event, so Houston produced two copies: one for Parker and one for Fiallos, whose win Konami posted on October 18.

New items on the prize wall

Players who entered public events traded their tickets at the prize wall, and Konami added new items for Houston: three prize-wall-only game mats featuring Mulcharmy Meowls, Zalen the Shackled Dragon and Ashtraja Susanoo, gold-plated metal versions of Time Wizard, Kuriboh and Gaia the Fierce Knight, and a Master Duel backpack. Earlier Regional and Win-A-Mat mats were also on offer.

What it means for collectors

A 1st-place YCS prize card is scarce by design: its supply is set by the number of events and winners, not by pull rates. If you're curious where they sit next to pack rarities, our Yu-Gi-Oh! rarities guide and our list of the most valuable Yu-Gi-Oh! cards give some context.

The weekend also brought a Forbidden & Limited List update, which Konami revealed in five parts during the event (see the event table of contents). List changes mostly affect play, but they can move demand for the cards involved.

What's next

Konami's announced North American schedule lists YCS Orlando on November 6–8 and a Remote Duel YCS on December 4–6. Prize cards for those events haven't been announced in the sources we checked.