noobie help

[odd swallow]

Hey everyone I’m new to magic and need help figuring out why my decks come out at like a PL4-5 maybe6 instead of my pods target of 7-8. I am new so I’m sure there’s lots of obvious things I’m missing but generally I try to make sure I get the staples, 34ish lands, card draw, removal, board wipes. My one thing may be I focus too much on my themes and I’m not sure how to not over do that. Here is an example of a deck I built yesterday really fast.
https://archidekt.com/decks/7704805/pp_burns
It’s comes in at like a 4 after taking out the dual lands to avoid pinging myself with burning land. The idea is to ping people and creatures but am I focusing that too much? Here is another deck that comes in at an 8.

https://www.moxfield.com/decks/7utAlGpCIkyCSSPgV9d3Aw

My question is what’s the difference? What am I doing wrong? The one time I was able to hit an 8 was by scaling down a cedh deck and I want to be able to build my own.

[jagged saffron]

So how are you judging power level?

[tepid gust]

yeah if youre like running it through some automated thing someone built, dont

power scale is mostly an arbitrary concept with no agreed upon hard lines

if you can play the deck in a pod with your group and feel like youre competing in the game and get wins sometimes, then thats all that matters

the first one looks like a solid list honestly, DEFINITELY not a 4 lmao

ive been playing a similar style of Ghyrson deck for almost a year now, check out my list and see if theres anything in there that you might want https://www.moxfield.com/decks/J6b30lhlMEKhqgq66kPumw

i will say youre definitely gonna want swiftfoot boots and lightning greaves to keep ghyrson in play

basilisk collar and gorgons head will turn all your removal and "deal 1 damage to each creature an opponent controls" into an asymmetrical wrath of god

[[rampaging ferocidon]] is good to punish people for going wide

[quiet cedar]

https://scryfall.com/card/xln/154/rampaging-ferocidon

Rampaging Ferocidon <:mana2:292901509060886528><:manar:292901508796645397>

Creature — Dinosaur
Menace
Players can't gain life.
Whenever another creature enters the battlefield, Rampaging Ferocidon deals 1 damage to that creature's controller.
All raptors are aggressive, but ferocidons seem to enjoy their prey's pain.
3/3

[tepid gust]

and if you have ferocidon, chandra's incinerator, and a deathtouch equipment in play, you can completely lock out any creatures your opponents play. theyll all die immediately

[worthy peak]

Here is my deck... built similar to yours. I think you need more instance and counter spells. Mine is I would say 7. https://www.moxfield.com/decks/DKRFalaivk6oJx0ihQBzRA runs pretty smoothly