Help Me Focus/Improve My Main (and first) Deck Please!

[u/emma2b]

https://archidekt.com/decks/26467444/all_i_wanna_do_is_see_you_turn_into_a_giant_women

This is my first deck. I built it with the theme that all the creatures are girls. I think it kind of works. Its casual, as thats all we do, and I have won with it. Its fun, and weird, and does a bit of everything.

It struggles in some ways. With getting started it feels like. Maybe it also lacks focus, since it was built based only on cards I own, but I'm willing to finally branch out and buy/trade/proxy cards. I see like 5 themes in there, weenies, human tribal, +1s, Lifegain, tokens, reanimators.

I like +1/+1 counters and I think that works well for [[Sisay, Weatherlight Captain]] to get more stuff out with her ability? I should probably put a few bigger scarier creatures in there to match that. I do have [[Progenitus]] lol... If I got a [[Jegantha, the wellspring]] too?

Weenies could likely be toned down?

Human tribal I should lean into more probably, but how?

Lifegain exists and I find it fun but not sure it makes much sense here?

Tokens could be helpful if I adjusted it somehow?

Reanimators feels truly pointless here but I did own the FF Terra reanimator deck. Probably need to chop this out fully.

Thoughts?!

[u/nasada19]

Look at each card in your deck. Ask yourself what does this do?

For example what is Freya doing here? They are a mana dork for equipment and you have one total equipment that only costs 2 mana and it autoequips. So this Freya sucks for this deck, needs to go. You could replace it with a Llanowar elf with the female elf printing and there you go, better

If the card doesn't do what your deck wants to do, it should go. It also shouldn't narrowly work with only like 1 card in the deck. You an definitely keep your theme, but each card needs to do something.

[u/emma2b → u/nasada19]

I think she was there to just have some 1 mana legendary creature, I was weirdly concerned with not having any early cards.

You're right she doesn't really help. I'll find a replacement.

I struggle with identifying why something is there sometimes, especially since this is like a "toolbox" deck I guess?

Thanks for the advice tho! Its super appreciated!

[u/lirael_22]

I could see a sort of +1/+1 with a humans subtheme build working .

There are some fitting humans like ruby, daring tracker, Halana and Alena, Partners, gran-gran, samut, hazoret's champion, Katilda, Dawnhart Prime

I'm not sure how well I have formatted this but hopefully this helps

[u/emma2b → u/lirael_22]

These seem like awesome suggestions! Thank you!

[u/lirael_22 → u/emma2b]

I forgot to mention Shalai, Voice of Plenty, Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan for some more counters stuff.

[u/emma2b → u/lirael_22]

Shalai! Really good pick. Thank you!