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AuthorMatt Higgs

Louisville native Matt Higgs has loved designing innovative, unique, and synergy-driven decks that put untapped cards in the limelight since embarking on his Magic career in 2006. He has experienced both fulfilling successes and crippling failures that come from building decks from scratch and putting them to test, and he's loved them both. A lifelong writer, Matt has contributed to SCG every single week since November 2012.

Obelisk of Urd!

Great tribal decks require a few things to be great: they have to be fun, they have to have a powerful artifact involved, and they have to provide some great puns! See Matt Higgs pull off the tribal trifecta before #SCGDC!

Perilous Game Day

As you regular readers know, Matt has been messing with card choices in Mono-Red Aggro. Today, he’s decided to shift his focus to hardcore control! Sometimes, you just feel like blowing everything up!

The Hammer Spammer

Matt Higgs recently got back into paper Magic! In doing so, he built himself a deck that was both competitive and wallet-friendly! Check out his deckbuilding process and what tweaks you could make for #SCGNY!

I Can Go Twice As High

Matt Higgs is here to celebrate the greatest keyword of all time: Flying! Here, he provides you with several lists to sail over your opponents at #SCGDAL!

Swing And A Nissa

Matt Higgs tries a handful of new ideas starring everyone’s favorite new planeswalker! Check out some of these Nissa brews to see if you think any could lead to viability and success at #SCGKC!

What I Learned At The M15 Prerelease!

Matt Higgs built not one but two decks for his 2015 Core Set Prerelease! Read what he learned about the format and tell him what other brews could have come from his pool!

Three Brews And A Prerelease Preview

Matt loves brewing, and he’s been slavishly working over a bubbling cauldron of hot soup to craft his latest brews to a presentable form. He also looks at the different Prerelease cards for M15, with an eye to figuring out the right choice for this weekend’s Sealed Deck festivities!

Strength From The Fallen

Matt instantly fell in love with Strength from the Fallen the moment he saw it, even though he thought it was just a Lhurgoyf Aura. He has a few experimental builds to find the card a home, from a straightforward beatdown deck to a highly-convoluted control deck.

Leave My Brain Alone!

Matt Higgs is about to expose your Worst Fears! The oft-dismissed new Mindslaver has been on the shelf too long. Check out this crazy brew and take it for a ride at #SCGPORT!

This Format Is Juuuust Right

Matt Higgs is ecstatic we’ve entered Modern season! To kick things off right, he takes the brand new Modern Event Deck through some testing! The results are pretty impressive…

White is Alright

Matt Higgs has never been a white mage kind of guy. A few sweet Theros cards are looking to change that! Check out his new decks and his testing results. Give one a try at #SCGINVI!

The Red Not Taken

Matt Higgs has been messing with a new flavor of red! Check out his analysis, list, and results to see if you’d like to sleeve it up for #SCGPROV!

Fifty Shades of Black

Mana Confluence has Matt thinking creatively! Today he showcases a rainbow-influenced approach to Black Devotion and a five-color Modern deck built around…Zuberas?!

Hot Rocker

Matt Higgs brings the brewing fun with two new Standard decks, one themed around the scry-powered Flamespeaker Adept and the other around the world-toppling Bearer of the Heavens!

Snakes And BUGs

Do you like snakes? How about bugs? Apparently Matt likes both. And this week he works with Pharika and friends to give Standard a deadly touch. Sink your teeth into this won’t you?