I don't understand this love affair with REB. Yes it is awesome but be a little open minded. Besides staxx I don't know a single matchup where you can't use Nix. What can Nix counter that REB can't and vica versa (not a complete list I know):

Nix can that REB can't:
Cabal Therapy
Tormod's Crypt
Dread Return
Summoners Pact
Reverent Silence
Unmask

REB that Nix can't:
Gifts
FoF
Deep Anal
Merchant Scroll
Recall
Time Walk
Timetwister

Yes, REB seems cooler, but when you take into account all the facts I would lean more toward Nix. Firstly you don't have to run the color red. If you aren't playing gifts then your control deck typically isn't going to run red. Nix is also a little more awesome because it pitches to FoW and MisD. The only reason I don't run it maindeck is because Chalice at one is just too awesome.

Oath is probably one of the most controlling decks in the format. Its only other contender is Control Slaver and formerly Gifts. The big problem that Oath has is that it has to keep control for 3-4 turns in order to have time to win. If Oath could win the turn it triggers then I think it could be a real contender. I have been seeing lists lately that run Tidespout Tyrant which can lead to infinite mana. The best list I have seen so far I found on http://www.morphling.de/ and it came out of Germany. Cutting Gaea's blessing seems insane but I think that it is one of the best ideas I have seen in a long time. Without it in the deck you can run things like Recoup, Krosan Reclamation, and Deep Analysis from the yard with your infinite mana and then go for a storm card FTW. Here is a copy of the list which got 4th:

1 Black Lotus
3 Chalice of the Void
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
1 Demonic Tutor
2 Duress
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Ancestral Recall
4 Brainstorm
3 Cunning Wish
2 Deep Analysis
4 Force of Will
1 Lat-Nam's Legacy
4 Mana Drain
1 Rushing River
1 Tidespout Tyrant
1 Time Walk
1 Krosan Reclamation
4 Oath of Druids
1 Recoup

Lands (15):
2 Flooded Strand
4 Forbidden Orchard
2 Island
2 Polluted Delta
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Tropical Island
2 Underground Sea
1 Volcanic Island

Sideboard:
1 Brain Freeze
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Echoing Truth
3 Energy Flux
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Pithing Needle
1 Rebuild
1 Stifle
1 Vampiric Tutor


Personally I would build it a little different but that doesn't change the fact that this deck gets away from Oaths major flaw, needing extra turns after the trigger to win. Oath is also one of the few "combo" decks that easily negate Mindcencor as stated above.

I dont think that Orb of Dreams is a good idea because while it does stop the opponents Fastbond+Gush it also stops you from using Fastbond+Gush at the same time. I am thinking something with Drain would be a good idea. I don't know if Tolaria West is that great an idea but in testing it is neat. Being able to get a long Forsaken City or Tabernacle or Crypt or Tolarian Academy is very nice. One thing I am debating on is whether or not to run main deck Null Rods. Should the deck run low artifact mana (i.e. 1 Lotus 1 Sapphire) and rely on 4 black vise and a few null rods to make Tolarian Academy good? Well, here is my disruption pacted list that I have been testing with so far:



Strip Mine   1            
Snow-Covered Island   1            
Forsaken City   1            
Tolarian Academy   1         
Flooded Strand   2      
Underground Sea   2            
Tropical Island   2         
Polluted Delta   2      
Island   2            
Tolaria West   2      
Stasis   4      
Fastbond   1      
Misdirection   2      
Demonic Tutor   1      
Black Lotus   1         
Tormod's Crypt   1         
Mox Emerald   1         
Mox Pearl   1      
Mox Ruby   1         
Mox Sapphire   1         
Sol Ring   1         
Mox Jet         1         
Vampiric Tutor   1      
Black Vise   4         
Brainstorm   4      
Force of Will   4      
Mana Drain   4         
Daze   4         
Gush   4         
Ancestral Recall      1
Time walk             1      

Total 62

*The deck is at 62 because I have been testing for Gencon and I don't own Recall or Time Walk

I have been thinking a lot about Stasis and I think that the Black vise kill would be amazing. A great addition to the deck would have to be Tolaria West, yes it seems slow but it is on color, uncounterable, and can get:

Tolarian Academy
Strip Mine
The Tabernacle at Pendrel Vale
Forsaken City
Tormods Crypt
Moxen/Lotus
Wasteland

The thing I am wondering is if the deck should stay Mono-U or splash black for things like Demonic tutor/Vampiric Tutor/Yawgs Will? With a black splash sideboard options like Extirpate and Leyline of the Void open up.

The GPT in North Carolina only had a whopping 13 people show up. 4 rounds swiss that cut to a top8. From what I can remember the top8 was:

Angelstompy
Iggypop
UGr Thresh
Kobolds
B/W Disruption
UGw Thresh
RGbeats
and my super secret tech

Does anyone know about GP trails, in either the San Deigo or Raliegh Area?