I always tend to feature decks in the Standard format for the most reason that it is the one I am basically familiar with. This time, however, as I prepare for the Modern Grand Prix in Hong Kong on September, I should be more wary of the Moderns deck archetypes and one, in particular, is their decklists. So, I will start with the deck Hardened Scales Affinity.

Here below is one I found at the MTG Top 8 website, played by Lee Livingston in a PPTQ event.

20 LANDS
2 Blinkmoth Nexus
4 Darksteel Citadel
7 Forest
4 Inkmoth Nexus
2 Pendelhaven
1 Ruins of Oran-Rief

22 CREATURES
4 Arcbound Ravager
4 Arcbound Worker
4 Hangarback Walker
2 Sparring Construct
4 Steel Overseer
4 Walking Ballista

4 INSTANTS and SORC.
4 Ancient Stirrings

14 OTHER SPELLS
1 Evolutionary Leap
4 Hardened Scales
4 Mox Opal
3 Throne of Geth
2 Welding Jar

SIDEBOARD
2 Damping Sphere
2 Dismember
1 Evolutionary Leap
2 Gut Shot
4 Nature’s Claim
1 Nissa, Voice of Zendikar
2 Relic of Progenitus
1 Surgical Extraction