I agree it doesn't earn its slot and is one of the cards I am bearish about replacing.
I agree that this card doesn't really earn it's spot, but "bad bob" still plays a roll in lower to the ground decks and I'm fine with running it until they print something strictly better.
I felt bad about cutting it because of all the synergies (Vampire, Madness, 3-power for aggro, card draw!), but in practice it never pulled its weight. I forget which card I replaced it with (Nezumi Graverobber or Order of Midnight, I run the former in my Modern, the latter in all 3 of my Cubes). Order of Midnight is the most direct replacement as it contributes to Black-Aggro and provides a card-advantage option. Nezumi Graverobber is a card I enjoy in my Modernish Cube as one of the few maindeckable pieces of graveyard-hate. It also has the possibility of reanimating stuff, which is hard to come by efficiently in Modern.
On spoiled card wishlisting and 'should-have-had'-isms:
I agree that this card doesn't really earn it's spot, but "bad bob" still plays a roll in lower to the ground decks and I'm fine with running it until they print something strictly better.
I wont be sad seeing it leave though haha