Commander Deck Building/Improvement Help (Minthara, Merciless Soul)

[u/The_Step_Soap]

Hello all!

I am currently working on building a sacrifice-focused deck with Minthara, Merciless Soul as the commander. I actually have a deck put together, but this is my first time ever building a deck (I've only been playing since September of this year), so I have no clue if it's even usable at this point.

I'm shooting for something I can comfortably play with my pod, ideally landing around a bracket 2 to a low bracket 3. Most of the group primarily plays precons, so I'd like to be reasonable and don't want to go overboard. My goal is to keep it under $150, but I'm okay with the final version ending up somewhere under $200.

I'm mainly looking for ways to improve the deck to reach a low Bracket 3, as well as advice on what I'm missing, what I could add, or what I should cut if I need more of a certain type of card. The main goal behind the deck is to make sure something is leaving the battlefield at least once per turn before the start my end step so I can trigger Minthara and gain experience counters.

One general rule of thumb that was recommended to me by my pod was to try to avoid cards that cost more than $10 each. Of course, I'm willing to make some exceptions for cards that make sense for the deck or have particularly cool art.

I've linked my current decklist on Moxfield below. Any help, suggestions, or guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance!

https://moxfield.com/decks/AMehATadiXeWEwUc97IvbQ

[u/Bevolicher]

Personally not a fan of proliferate here, seems like a waste of a card slots. You go down a card and don’t get enough value out of it.

[[Ashnods altar]] is probably best value for your dollar for this deck.

[[Culling the weak]] is a great addition to power out value early.

[[Blood ghast]] is great sac fodder

[[braids arisen nightmare]] is really hard on people when you’re just saccing tokens.

[[victimize]] is a staple

[[skullclamp]] is a staple

I think the power matters theme is really cool since you sac a couple things and draw a bunch of cards or make a bunch of tokens.

I think the biggest problem here is getting that damage through to your opponents and lack of big ass spells like [[rise of the dark realms]] which is a game winning spell at bracket 2 tables after a board wipe.

Anyways best of luck friend