MTG Salvation

The god-hand is at least 2 Islands, another land, Pili-Pala, Grand Architect, some counters like Dispel and a wincon. At the very least a way to get a wincon (Transmuting or a Ring or whatever works). With this, you can turn-1 Island, maybe cast a cantrip if you have one. Then turn-2 Pili-Pala, and finally, your combo on turn-3. For those that don't quite see how to do off on t3 (I know I didn't), it goes like this:
-Play a land, so that you have 2 sources of blue and whatever else
-Play Grand Architect
-Attack with Pili-Pala
-The next stuff can happen even before combat damage happens, so don't worry about blockers. If the Scarecrow gets blocked, just do things in response.
-Tap Grand Architect using his 3rd ability. Summoning Sickness does NOT prevent this.
-Use that 2 mana to untap [/card]Pili-Pala[/card] to generate a blue mana
-Use Cerulean Wisps or your Architect's 2nd ability to turn Pili blue.
-Tap Pili-Pala using Architect's 3rd ability.
-Repeat

*Note that you can start and execute the combo on one turn if you have six lands on the field. Two U for Architect, 2 for Pili, U to turn Pili blue.

It is vital to know when this combo can be interrupted:
a) When you cast Pili-Pala
b) When you cast Grand Architect
c) When you turn Pili-Pala blue
d) When you cast your wincon.
Since both Grand Architect's 3rd ability and Pili-Pala's ability are mana abilities, they can't be responded to; they don't use the stack. The important thing, then, is to ensure that you have backup. Most people won't suspect anything the first time you play the deck. Game one, they'll have no idea what's happening until it's too late. But from then on, try to hold off until you can safely cast Dispel the same turn you go off. Otherwise a quick Lightning Bolt or Path to Exile, or even a well-timed counter spell can completely end your combo. If they time something incorrectly, punish them. If they try to remove something the moment they can, you can normally react at instant speed, as long as Pili is tapped.

Do NOT underestimate the versatility of Muddle the Mixture and Perplex. They function as uncounterable tutors to your combo and wincons, and are decent enough counter spells in their own right.
Also, Redirect is incredibly handy, and I'll choose it over Remand most days. You can cause normally game-ending cards like Bane of Combos to whiff or backfire, and can send a lot of things back at their caster, such as Bolt. You can even use it against counters by forcing the counter to target Redirect. Redirect resolves, changing the target to Redirect. Then the counter tries to target Redirect, which by now is already off the stack, cause it to fizzle. It's a very useful spell and I find the UU worth it, despite its restrictiveness.

Architects of Will: This is undoubtedly the weakest card in the deck. If you EVER cast it, something has gone wrong. That being said, it can be cast as a creature. It should, as often as possible, be cycled. It's a nice, versatile-cost cantrip. Start with a swamp? No big deal. That, and the fact that you don't have to worry about "wasting" another cantrip like Peek, Thought Scour, or Cerulean Wisps, is nice. And I suppose, if you MUST cast it, the 3/3 body can block and its deck manipulation is sorta okay. But seriously, Cycle it.

This deck has a LOT of built-in protection against threats. Given that there's 4 copies of each of your combo components (hereto referred to as "comboponents"), you don't have to feel too terrified of blocking with some creatures. Just do so carefully. Normally I find that it's better to lose some life than it is to risk a comboponent. Also, nearly a fourth of the deck is counters. Redirect is a really good way to mess up certain combos or strategies, and the 2/2 from Swan Song is more than worth it for another, more versatile, Dispel. Perplex Can be an amazing counter if used at the right time, as people will choose to let it do its work 90% of the time, rather than discard their hand.

Aether Spellbomb is a good cantrip OR protector. If someone tries to remove a comboponent and you don't have an appropriate counter, just save the creature with this.
Ring of Three Wishes is often seen as an odd choice, but it's high CMC is justified when you have your comboponents but no wincon, and you want to use Perplex or Muddle the Mixture to protect your wincon when you cast it (or if you just don't have those).
Fabricate is rather obvious, but some folks don't seem to realize that they can use it to grab a Ring if they're missing other tutors for wincons.

I feel like everything in the sideboard is rather self-explanatory.
Chromatic Sphere if you're (somehow) having REALLY bad mana issues, or if you want more draws.
Echoing Truth to deal with 'Walkers, player-hexproof such as Leyline of Sanctity, or Stony Silence.
Pithing Needle because screw Twin sometime you gotta stop something before it starts.
Revoke Existence to deal with Stony Silence, Pithing Needle, Leyline, Twin, Suppression Field, etc. You can cover the W with Orbs or your Flask. (Also note that Supression Field only disrupt's Architect's second ability, so rather than sideboard for Revoke, you could probably just use Cerulean Wisps.

The deck does have a few notable weaknesses. While it can combo pretty fast (3 earliest, screw you Twin), in repeated playtests both in goldfishes and real-life, its consistent win is turn 6-8, depending on the enemy player and deck. This is a lot of time for a lot of decks, so it can fall pretty quick to aggro.
In control matchups, it can do decently most of the time. Keep in mind that Transmute is an ability, so it dodges most counters. As long as you have spare mana for Dispels, you should be able to combo easily, if slower. It is worth noting that in these matchups, the game gets prolonged rather easily. Use cheaper Gitaxian Probe Peek to scope out your opponent's hand, and use Cerulean Wisps if they try to Needle your Architect.
In my experience, this deck does the worst vs blue Tron, which can quickly end up with waaay more mana for counters than you could hope to beat.
Soul Sisters and midrange decks quiver against this, as do many other combos, which are usually slower than this one.