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I have a couple of decks that are now Modern legal, and I was wondering how everyone thinks they will do. I would also love some suggestions on how to make them stronger.

the first is a mono black vampire deck, and here is the decklist:

Creatures:

Vampire Lacerator X4
Bloodghast X4
Gatekeeper of Malakir X3
Vampire Hexmage X4
Vampire Nocturnas X4
Vampire Nighthawk X4
Malakir Bloodwitch X3

Spells:

Sign in Blood X3
Smother X3
Urge to Feed X3
Mind Sludge X3

Lands:

Swamp X22

Sideboard:

Swamp X1
Deathmark X3
Inquisition of Kozilek X3
Mire's Toll X2
Doom blade X4
Malakir Bloodwitch X1
Mind Sludge X1 


The second is a mono green ramp deck:

Creatures:

Oracle of Mul Daya X3
Wolfbriar Elemental X3
Rampaging Baloths X3
Avenger of Zendikar X3
Gaea's Revenge X2
Craterhoof Behemoth X2
Khalni Hydra X4

Spells:

Explore X3
Khalni Heart Expedition X3
Beastmaster Ascension X2
Cultivate X3
Genesis Wave X2
Harrow X3

Lands:

Evolving Wilds X4
Khalni Garden X4
Forest X16

Sideboard:

Nature's Claim X3
Naturalize X4
Plummet X3
Slingbow Trap X3
Summoning Trap X2


Let me know what you guys think.

The black one is certainly better.

I'd say that focusing so hard on the vampire thing is hurting you. I'd say turn it around and hit more of a sui black/disruption based aggro deck.

Nocturna is bad. 4 mana for a 3/3 with some conditional goodstuff is... yuck. At 22 land you're going to get them stranded in your hand as often as not, and when you do play them they won't exactly do a whole lot.

You'd get more milleage from things like duress (prefably thoughtseize but... if you had that kind of money...),  maybe a manland or 3, maybe smallpox, etc.


I'd also  reccomend cutting things like Urge for less conditional removal. The bodies get big in Modern, and since we're mono black we've got room for things like Victim of Night. New Lili might do it.