I am taking a break from mardu as well I think, hopefully there's some bad-assery there. The "control" mardu's are seeming to be fairing more powerful than the aggro or midrange, I haven't seen mardu getting a whole lot of love competitively locally or in the pros. Abzan & mono-green mid-range beats you to the gate on getting into midrange with it's ramp and is slower than mono or dual color aggro. Jeskai seems to have better combos and burns and a better mix of control, mardu just seems to be a bastard hybrid of those right now and just not that good at any. I REALLY like mardu, it's a hell of a lot of fun, I just hope it gets more love in the next set.

The above comment is covered in Truth lol, its fun, and amazing to play when it works. but it is alot like the Izzet Artifact deck using Ensoul Artifact and Darksteel Citadel / Ornithopter its AMAZING when it works, but shits the bed more often then not in the current meta.

It almost seems fair to use Seeker of the Way in this list instead of Chief of the Edge. Much better beater, and with your strategies it saves your butt a lot.

MERDER