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Artifacts
2x Steel Hellkite
2x Torpor Orb

Enchantments
4x Oblivion Ring
2x Nevermore

Land
3x Drowned Catacomb
3x Glacial Fortress
4x Plains
5x Island
3x Swamp
4x Ghost Quarter
2x Isolated Chapel

Spells
4x Dispense Justice
3x Disperse
4x Stoic Rebuttal
2x Memoricide
3x Vapor Snag
4x Surgical Extraction
2x Day of Judgment
4x Mana Leak
4x Dissipate

Sideboard
4x Revoke Existence
3x Black Sun's Zenith
4x Mental Misstep
2x Hex Parasite
2x Elixir of Immortality

The idea behind this deck is to have an answer to anything that comes up at any given time. As I've put in its description, it has handled Solar Flare well. I had a problem against a Thrun in a Wolf Run deck, but have since added Dispense Justice to deal with it. It slows RDW down a bit, but still struggles against it. I'm looking for ideas to make it more efficient if ya have any.

The deck is posted here, if you want to draw some sample hands to see how it runs.

Here's a breakdown of each card's purpose. If you have better ideas, please share them:

Steel Hellkite is both boardwipe and the win condition which isn't meant to be played until I have their side of the board under control and I have enough mana to keep it protected with the various spells.

Torpor Orb has done a good job of handling Titans, Acidic Slimes and Simulacrums and it gets out earlier than all of them.

Oblivion Ring is the back-up answer to everything that slips past a counter spell and doesn't have hexproof or shroud.

Nevermore is meant to target win conditions, whatever they may be.

Dispense Justice was put in for Thrun, but it's helpful against any attacking creature, particularly those with hexproof or shroud.

Disperse is both a stall tactic and a way to reuse O-Rings or Nevermores, should a more important target come up.

Stoic Rebuttal, Dissipate and Mana Leak are obviously there to stop things from hitting the board.

While there's an extremely slim chance of getting Metalcraft, Stoic Rebuttal is there just in case it does happen.

Dissipate is best used against spells with Flashback. I've had to use it against a deck that heavily relies on things being in the graveyard and spells like Gnaw to the Bone and Spider Spawning. Spider Spawning, in particular, was a problem if it even resolved once. It's also been helpful against Unburial Rites in Solar Flare.

Mana Leak is the best counter spell option since the deck is three colors. Even with lands that produce multiple colors of mana, there's no guarantee of getting two blue.

Memoricide is another method of going after win conditions or heavy hitters.

Vapor Snag keeps low-cost, early creatures from getting too much damage through, stalls high-damage creatures until a more efficient answer is drawn and softens up an opponent for a late-game Steel Hellkite.

Surgical Extraction is for any card that's stopped once, but other copies could become a problem later in the game. I've used it to target Mana Leak on multiple occasions. I've also removed Sun Titans which got rid of my opponent's only heavy hitter.

Since the deck lacks an abundance of creatures, creature-swarm decks could overrun it fairly easily as well as decks built around hexproof or shroud. Day of Judgment is there to handle those types of problems.