I'll analyze the "unknown" archetype entries in Standard to identify common themes and find the most common non-land card.
Let me check if there are any "Unknown" archetype entries in Standard first:
Now let me find the most common non-land cards in these unknown archetype entries:
Let me also look at the colors and themes of these cards to identify patterns:
The color query didn't work as expected. Let me get tournament sources for context:
The "unknown" archetype entries in Standard show a clear theme: they are predominantly White-based lifegain/aggro decks. The most common non-land card is Sheltered by Ghosts (appearing in 17 decks, 25.76% presence).
The top cards reveal a cohesive lifegain strategy: Sheltered by Ghosts, Enduring Innocence, Elspeth Storm Slayer, Haliya Guided by Light, and Ajani's Pridemate all synergize around gaining life and converting it into board presence or protection. Supporting cards like Essence Channeler, Hinterland Sanctifier, and Case of the Uneaten Feast further reinforce this theme.
These decks appear to be variations of White-based lifegain aggro that don't fit cleanly into established archetype categories, likely representing brewing or fringe builds that tournament data systems classify as "unknown" due to their non-standard card combinations or proportions.
Sources
Data from 41 tournaments: 56.1% MTGO, 43.9% Melee, covering unknown archetype entries from August 6 to October 6, 2025.
https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/standard-challenge-32-2025-10-0312818118
https://melee.gg/Decklist/View/f3dfae44-f162-43e6-ae5f-b36500d14ff0
https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/standard-challenge-32-2025-09-2712816536
Good correction! With lifegain now properly categorized, the Lifegain archetype shows 11 tournament entries with a 34.2% winrate (13-25 record), indicating it's a fringe strategy with below-average performance.
Now analyzing the corrected "unknown" archetype entries, the theme has shifted dramatically. The most common non-land card is Seam Rip (appearing in 13 decks, 23.64% presence), followed by Voice of Victory, Get Lost, and Sheltered by Ghosts (each in 10 decks, 18.18%).
The unknown entries now represent a much more diverse collection of experimental builds across multiple strategies: white-based aggro/midrange (Voice of Victory, Sheltered by Ghosts), removal-heavy builds (Seam Rip, Get Lost), blue tempo/combo pieces (Marang River Regent, Quantum Riddler), and various tribal/synergy experiments. This suggests the "unknown" category captures genuine brewing and fringe strategies rather than mis-categorized established archetypes.
The high diversity (458 unique non-land cards across 55 entries) confirms these are truly experimental decks exploring Standard's card pool rather than coherent archetypes that should be separately classified.
Sources
Data from 36 tournaments: 50% MTGO, 50% Melee, covering unknown archetype entries from August 6 to October 6, 2025.
https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/standard-challenge-32-2025-10-0312818118
https://melee.gg/Decklist/View/f3dfae44-f162-43e6-ae5f-b36500d14ff0
https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/standard-challenge-32-2025-09-2712816531
I'm unable to find any recent Unknown archetype entries that include Seam Rip. The database shows Seam Rip is being played in established archetypes like Azorius Control, Selesnya Yuna, Jeskai Control, and Orzhov Self Bounce, but not in any "Unknown" classified decks in the recent timeframe.
This suggests that either:
The most recent Seam Rip usage I can find is from established archetypes, such as EnderW playing Azorius Control (2-2-1 record, 24th place) on October 5th.
Sources
Recent tournament data shows Seam Rip being played in classified archetypes rather than Unknown entries from October 4-5, 2025.
https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/standard-challenge-32-2025-10-0512818149
Here are the top Izzet Aggro entries in Standard:
Top performances:
Other notable entries:
The archetype shows solid performance with a 51.1% overall winrate across 272 entries. Player "fazparte" appears to be a dedicated Izzet Aggro pilot, appearing in multiple recent tournaments with varying success. The deck's key pieces include Marauding Mako, Fear of Missing Out, Quantum Riddler, and Winternight Stories as the core aggressive threats.
Sources
Data from 11 tournaments: 100% MTGO, covering Izzet Aggro entries from August 6 to October 6, 2025.
https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/standard-challenge-32-2025-09-2112815156
https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/standard-challenge-32-2025-09-2712816536
https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/standard-challenge-32-2025-09-2312816574
No, it's not a 100% match. Izzet Aggro doesn't always play both cards (only 71.4% of entries play each), and other archetypes also use this card combination.
Izzet Aggro adoption rates:
Other archetypes playing both cards (excluding Vivi Ornitier, Agatha's Soul Cauldron, and Abhorrent Oculus):
So while Fear of Missing Out + Proft's Eidetic Memory is a strong indicator of Izzet Aggro (9 out of 14 total filtered entries), it's not exclusive. The card pair appears to define a broader blue-red aggressive strategy that spans multiple archetype classifications, with Grixis variants adding black for additional reach or interaction.
Sources
Data from tournament entries in Standard from August 6 to October 6, 2025, showing card adoption patterns across archetypes.
The "unknown" archetype entries in Modern represent a fascinating collection of retro and experimental strategies. The most common non-land card is Swords to Plowshares (19.15% presence), followed by Duress (17.02%) and several old-school cards like Seal of Cleansing, Dark Ritual, and Hypnotic Specter.
These appear to be Pre-Modern format decks that were mistakenly classified as Modern. The card selection - Dark Ritual, Hypnotic Specter, Exalted Angel, Replenish, Opalescence, Parallax Wave, Tangle Wire - represents classic strategies from Magic's early competitive era (roughly 1995-2003). Cards like Attunement, Intuition, and Enlightened Tutor point to combo and prison strategies that were prominent before Modern's 8th Edition cutoff.
The presence of tournament names like "Copa Pré-Modern Bil Dungeon" in the sources confirms this theory - these are Pre-Modern tournaments that were incorrectly tagged with the Modern format_id in the database, creating these "unknown" classifications when the archetype detection system couldn't match them to established Modern archetypes.
Sources
Data from 17 tournaments: 64.7% Melee, 35.3% MTGO, covering unknown archetype entries from August 6 to October 6, 2025.
https://melee.gg/Decklist/View/60bc500a-7444-4b4a-9e59-b366011fbaef
https://melee.gg/Decklist/View/29f1e1eb-cc1f-45a1-a15d-b36401510fea
https://melee.gg/Decklist/View/12b8999a-8ed4-4084-b82c-b36500ebf217
I cannot find any tournament in the database matching "pachanga-tournament-2025-modern-364060-2025-10-04". The database contains several Pachanga tournaments, but they are all from different dates (April 2024, July 2024, June 2025, and August 2025), and none from October 4, 2025.
The Pachanga tournaments I do find are all properly classified as Modern format (format_id: 402d2a82-3ba6-4369-badf-a51f3eff4375) and sourced from Melee, so they appear to be legitimate Modern tournaments rather than Pre-Modern events.
The specific tournament you're asking about either doesn't exist in the database, hasn't been imported yet, or may have a different naming convention than expected.
Sources
Database contains 5 Pachanga tournaments from 2024-2025, all properly classified as Modern format events.
There is no Pachanga tournament from October 4, 2025 in the database. The most recent Pachanga tournament was on August 3, 2025. Since the specific tournament you mentioned doesn't exist, I cannot analyze the cards played in it.
However, if you're curious about what cards were played in the most recent Pachanga tournament (August 3, 2025), I can look at that data instead. Would you like me to analyze the card usage from that tournament?
Sources
Database shows 5 Pachanga tournaments total, with the most recent being August 3, 2025, not October 4, 2025.