I´m not very familiar with Modern, but when I play it i usually borrow Infect from a friend. I also think it is the best deck in modern currently. The tournament had 75 players and was in Köln (Germany). The day prior to the RPTQ I drove with a friend who also qualified from my hometown around 4 hours to Köln where I have relatives so we could theorycraft the Abzan-Deck of my friend and get some rest before attending the tournament on Sunday 11th.
The list:
MAINDECK (60):
2 Breeding Pool
2 Forest
4 Inkmoth Nexus
2 Pendelhaven
3 Misty Rainforest
3 Windswept Heath
3 Wooded Foothills
4 Blighted Agent
4 Glistener Elf
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Become Immense
4 Gitaxian Probe
4 Groundswell
4 Might of Old Krosa
4 Mutagenic Growth
4 Vines of Vastwood
1 Distortion Strike
1 Spell Pierce
1 Twisted Image
1 Dismember
1 Blossoming Defense
SIDEBOARD (15):
1 Seal of Primordium
1 Dryad Arbor
3 Ravenous Trap
2 Nature's Claim
1 Distortion Strike
1 Viridian Corrupter
2 Spell Pierce
2 Dismember
2 Twisted Image
Thoughts about the deck:
It´s nearly the same list Owen Turtenwald posted a few weeks ago and I think the setup is pretty good in the current state of Modern, my swap were 3 Trap instead of the 3 Cages, because of their higher power against Dredge and 2 Natural State got cut for 2 Natures Claim, because I thought the upside was more relevant then giving no life to my opponents. Because I didn´t made any notes I´m trying to remember the games now, while writing this tournament record.
The tournament:
Round 1 (against Infect):
The mirror is one matchup, with which I´m quite familiar, so I felt pretty confident going into this round. Opponent was from near my hometown, so I knew him a bit, but didn´t know what he was playing going into the round.
Game 1 I was on the Draw, having a quite creature-heavy hand leading to trading of creatures, because of both of us drawing no Agents and him dying running out of creatures (and inkmoths). The game revolved around me playing 2 Glistener Elf on Turn 2, which resulted in him not being able to threaten 2 turn lethal with his Nexus, because i saw his hand of multiple +4/+4 spells but no growth or become immense.
Game 2 was pretty simillar and ended in a nearly identical way, because I drew a lot more sideboardcards then my opponent did. My sideboardplan was going very interactive, didn´t miss spellpierce tho. (2-0)
SB: + Seal of Primordium, Dryad Arbor, 2 Nature's Claim, Viridian Corrupter, 2 Spell Pierce, 2 Twisted Image, 2 Dismember; - 4 Mutagenic Growth, 4 Groundswell, 1 Distortion Strike, 2 Might of Old Krosa
(1-0)
Round 2 (against Soulsisters):
Game 1: While I think this i a favorable Match-Up for the Infect side, my opponent "got me" by casting Runed Halo on my Blighted Agent, followed by GQ´ing my Inkmoth, which left me creatureless, dying to Serra Ascendant beatdown.
Game 2: My opponent showed me a neat redsplash out of his SB (I guess), which promptly lead to Sudden Shocking one of my Guys, but being on the Play I had enough creatures with evasion to kill him quite fast.
Game 3: My hand consisted on Mull6 with 2 Inkmoth and no further lands, scrying to the bottom I hit no green source until turn 3, followed by a Blood Moon (I didn´t saw before) from my opponent, so I died, casted 1 spell the game. (1-2)
SB: + 2 Natures Claim, 1 Distortion Strike; - Dismember, Twisted Image, Spell Pierce
(1-1)
Round 3 (Bant Eldrazi):
Game 1 & 2: This was fast, I Twisted Image his first turn Noble Hierach both games and he died not being able to cast any Eldrazi-Spells. Also I were able to navigate through EE and PtE in the second game by forcing him to EE my 2 Elves and having Blossoming Defense for protecting my Inkmoth from his Path. (2-0)
SB: + 2 Twisted Image, 2 Dismember; - Spell Pierce, Distortion Strike, Groundswell
(2-1)
Round 4 (UR Tron(??)):
Game 1: The only spell my opponent casts this game is Izzet Signet, not much to tell.
Game 2: Both mull to 6, he scries to the top, leading of with a land. My turn is Gitaxian Probe seeing 3 Lands (only one kind of Tron-Piece, Emrakul the Aeons Torn, Condescend) into Glistener Elf. He plays land and passes, so I try Might of Old Krosa on my guy which he sponds to with a timely Sudden Shock, so I play Noble Hierach and Inkmoth and kill him next turn with Mutagenic Growth + Become Immense, because I was able to pay his Condescend. (2-0)
SB: + 2 Natures Claim, Viridian Corrupter, Seal of Primordium; - Dismember, Twisted Image, Spell Pierce, Distortion Strike
(3-1)
Round 5 (RGw Titanbreach):
Game 1 I dismember him while he is doing some ramping, not interacting at all.
Game 2 he has Chalice 1 on Turn 2, into open Anger (which he doesn´t play), into Nahiri, I die casting 1 Blighted Agent and attacking withInkmoth a few times, with 6 CMC 1 Spells in my hand.
Game 3 I do my usual thing killing him before he can do anything relevant. (2-1)
SB: + 2 Spell Pierce, 1 Viridian Corrupter, 1 Seal of Primordium; - Dismember, Twisted Image, Twisted Image, Groundswell
(4-1)
Round 6 (Affinity):
Game 1: His draw is pretty slow, but I only have Inkmoths as Infect-creatures. In his 3rd Turn he attacks with one of his Vault-Skirges, so he lets himself open to the Dismember I have for his 2nd Vault-Skirge, so he dies to my Inkmoth + pumpspells.
Game 2: He has an okay draw with 2 Signal Pest and a Steel overseer on Turn 2 with myself missing my 2nd Landdrop (having played Noble Turn 1), being forced to play Seal of Primordium to stop him from Turn4ing me, next Turn I draw Inkmoth and can cast Blighted Agent with Twisted Image open. Here I do my biggest mistake this tournament: He casts his last card in hand, a Arcbound-Ravager, which I should´ve responded to with killing one of his Pestermites. I decline to. As he announces combat I realise my mistake, but now I have no choice and have to cast Twisted Image + trade my Agent for a Memnite. But luckily (very indeed) I draw a land which allowes me to go for lethal with my Inkmoth (undeserved). (2-0)
SB: + 2 Natures Claim, Viridian Corrupter, Seal of Primordium, 2 Twisted Image; - Dismember, Distortion Strike, Spell Pierce, 3 Groundswell
(5-1)
Going into round 7 my tiebreakers are the worst among all 5-1´s, so I have to play against one of the two 4-1-1´s.
Round 7 (Bring to Light Scapeshift):
Game 1: I keep a sketchy hand with 2 Inkmoth, 1 Elf, 1 Agent, 1 Vines, 1 Blossoming Defense, 1 Might of old Krosa. I die because I don´t hit the green source until my 4th turn. Way to slow.
Game 2&3: I kill him quite fast through Spell Piercing a Fog in Game 2 (Turn 4) and by him having no Interaction but a Turn 4 kill, but me having a Turn 3 kill (Modern as usual). (2-1)
SB: + 2 Spell Pierce, Viridan Corrupter; - Twisted Image, Dismember, Distortion Strike
(6-1)
As the only one at 6-1 I finish as 1st after Swiss, being on the play in my Quarterfinal, which was crucial.
Quarterfinal (Grixis Control):
This is quite blurry because I was so happy after it was over.
Game 1: I have a creature-heavy draw, which overloads his removal, but he nearly stabilizes through Snapcaster into Kolaghan´s Command to get back Snapcaster, but in one of my last turns (the one before the last) he tries to tap my Inkmoth and bounce his Snapcaster from a flashbacked Cryptic Command, so I can Vines his Snapcaster and he fails to answer my Inkmoth.
Game 2 revolves around me not having Infecters and him being able to chump my Dryad once with Tasigur, with Ancestral Visions resolving afterwards, burying me under removal and Tasigur + Snapcaster beats.
Game 3 my legs are shacking because my starting hand consists of Dryad Arbor, Breeding Pool, Windswepth Heath, Glistener Elf, 2 Groundswell, 1 Mutagenic Growth. I decide to try to go for the Turn 2 kill, because he mulled to 6 and his only Turn 1 answer could be a Lightning Bolt, which he doesn´t have resulting in my first Turn 2 kill with this deck and my 2nd chance to prove myself at the PT. (2-1)
SB: +2 Spell Pierce, Dryad Arbor; - Distortion Strike, Twisted Image, Dismember
Aftermath:
I obviously was quite lucky by hitting only good Match-Ups in the Swiss rounds (and one Mirror) and never having to take a Mulligan below 6, which was a quite big advantage. I´m sorry for most games being short-written and also for not being able to track all the Mulligans I took, but I hope this is interesting for you Spikes. The sideboarding may not be accurate, but I think it should be close enough to what I did.
Also I hope any spelling mistakes, etc. are forgivable, because English is not my native language.
If you have any questions, I´ll try to answer them in the comments.