I am cutting cards from this list that do not gain us life, or are nothing more than life gain payoffs, or gain us life at too slow a rate or cost too much mana relative to the life we would gain. I believe our commander is a lifegain pay off alone, and i would rather have creatures and spells that can gain us lots of life.
The cards I am cutting are as follows
Verdant sun's avatar
defiant bloodlord
epicure of blood
ageless entity
bloodthirsty arielist
silversmote ghoul
Gyome, Master chief
nissa's renewal
taste of death
sundroplet
paradise plume
I am also cutting 3 lands, because 40 lands is way too many, and i also am cutting some lager spells for cheaper, more efficient ones
forest
witherbloom campus
gingerbread cabin