Thin this deck down to 40 cards by removing all non elzadri cards, also add more lands that give you extra elzadri cards. Nice call on walking atlas though, that's brilliant.
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You are right that the defense in this deck really needs some work, and thank you for your advice, but this is one of the few decks where countering everything DOES work (After you get 3 or more lands down). By using the "quest for ancient secrets" card you never run out of counters, and using "archmage ascension" allows you to constantly search your deck, making sure you get whatever cards you need, whenever. "Guile" causes your counters to be incredibly proactive, allowing you to play a countered card at any time for no mana cost.