MTG Salvation

Hi people,

I would like some ideas as to which cards to replace in the precon Atraxa Deck. Basically, I want to keep it a counter deck.

Here are my cards

Creatures:

• Pir, Imaginative Rascal
  
• Winding Constrictor
  
• Toothy, Imaginary Friend
  
• Shalai, Voice of Plenty
  
• Herald of Secret Streams
  
• Loyal Guardian
  
• Prime Speaker Zegana
  
• Gyre Sage
  
• Chasm Skulker
  
• Managorger Hydra
  
• Mikaeus, the Lunarch
  
• Altered Ego
  
• Abzan Battle Priest
  
• Ivorytusk Fortress
  
• Verdurous Gearhulk
  
• Trollbred Guardian

Instant/Sorceries:

• Fuel for the Cause
  
• Steady Progress
  
• Black Sun's Zenith
  
• Diabolic Tutor
  
• Collective Effort

Artifacts:

• Contagion Engine
  
• Everflowing Chalice
  
• Lux Cannon
  
• Contagion Clasp

Enchantments:

• Inexorable Tide
  
• Hadana's Climb
  
• Retribution of the Ancients
  
• Abzan Ascendancy

Lands:

• Gavony Township
  
• Vivid Grove
  
• Vivid Creek
  
• Vivid Meadow
  
• Vivid Marsh
  
• Reliquary Tower
  
• Forge of Heroes

Available Planeswalkers:

• Garruk, Apex Predator
  
• Karn Liberated
  
• Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
  
• Sorin Markov
  
• Gideon Jura

Here is the default Atraxa deck

• Thrummingbird
  
• Festercreep
  
• Scavenging Ooze
  
• Abzan Falconer
  
• Orzhov Advokist
  
• Tuskguard Captain
  
• Necroplasm
  
• Champion of Lambholt
  
• Reyhan, Last of the Abzan
  
• Vorel of the Hull Clade
  
• Crystalline Crawler
  
• Custodi Soulbinders
  
• Forgotten Ancient
  
• Bane of the Living
  
• Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker
  
• Corpsejack Menace
  
• Fathom Mage
  
• Master Biomancer
  
• Elite Scaleguard
  
• Reveillark
  
• Deepglow Skate
  
• Kalonian Hydra
  
• Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper
  
• Vulturous Zombie
  
• Juniper Order Ranger
  
• Ghave, Guru of Spores
  
• Enduring Scalelord
  
• Manifold Insights
  
• Languish
  
• Tezzeret's Gambit
  
• Migratory Route
  
• Merciless Eviction
  
• Spitting Image
  
• Sublime Exhalation
  
• Duneblast
  
• Treasure Cruise
  
• Disdainful Stroke
  
• Solidarity of Heroes
  
• Grip of Phyresis
  
• Inspiring Call
  
• Mortify
  
• Putrefy
  
• Ancient Excavation
  
• Mirrorweave
  
• Sylvan Reclamation
  
• Sol Ring
  
• Fellwar Stone
  
• Golgari Signet
  
• Orzhov Signet
  
• Simic Signet
  
• Commander's Sphere
  
• Darksteel Ingot
  
• Cauldron of Souls
  
• Astral Cornucopia
  
• Hardened Scales
  
• Brave the Sands
  
• Duelist's Heritage
  
• Bred for the Hunt
  
• Citadel Siege
  
• Cathars' Crusade
  
• )
  
• Arcane Sanctum
  
• Ash Barrens
  
• Azorius Chancery
  
• Command Tower
  
• Darkwater Catacombs
  
• Dreadship Reef
  
• Evolving Wilds
  
• Exotic Orchard
  
• Golgari Rot Farm
  
• Murmuring Bosk
  
• Opal Palace
  
• Opulent Palace
  
• Sandsteppe Citadel
  
• Seaside Citadel
  
• Sungrass Prairie
  
• Temple of the False God
  
• Terramorphic Expanse
  
• Underground River
  
• 5 Plains 4 Island 5 Swamp 7 Forest

Almost anything you do with Atraxa will be good. At this point people just roll their eyes when they see Atraxa on the table. I always make a point of telling people "no, I have no Infect cards and I don't run 30 planeswalkers. It's fair."

Probably the worst cards in the default list are:

(Slow cards that also aren't on theme)
Brave the Sands
Duelist's Heritage
Bred for the Hunt
Mirrorweave
Spitting Image
Grip of Phyresis
Migratory Route

(This is meant to be boardwipe protection but it's pretty slow)
Cauldron of Souls

(bad for their intended functions)
Bane of the Living
Festercreep
Treasure Cruise
Necroplasm

Those would probably be my first cuts. The rest of the deck is pretty good, it's one of the better precons, I'd just focus on swapping purpose-for-purpose. So if something is removal, replace with better removal.