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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.

Untapped: Something Borrowed

Matt looks at the spaces in between conventional deck design, bringing us a new Purphoros – Immortal Servitude brew and wanders around the Maze’s End waiting for the fog to clear… hoping it never does.

Untapped: Quite An Ordeal

This week Matt brews with the Ordeal cycle in Modern and the heroic mechanic in Theros Block Constructed. Let him know what you think in the comments!

Untapped: Ashiok, Today’s “It” Word

Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver is one of Matt’s favorite planeswalkers to date, so he decided to build a couple different decks utilizing it for you this week.

Untapped: Theros Prerelease

In today’s article, Matt talks about his experience at the Theros Prerelease he attended and shares a couple new Standard brews for you to consider for FNM.

Untapped: The Joy Of Chewing Glass

Matt says goodbye to Innistrad Standard by revisiting a G/U Aggro deck and implores fellow brewers out there to give Magic Online a try.

Untapped: Impostor

This week Matt has two more interesting Standard brews for you to consider trying at Friday Night Magic before Innistrad block rotates out of the format.

Untapped: Leave My Plate Alone *62nd*

Matt talks about the brew that he used to make Top 64 of Standard at #SCGCIN. Get inspired to play something different at SCG Standard Open: Philadelphia!

Untapped: It Takes One

In this week’s Untapped, Matt builds two Standard decks around two one-mana spells that embody the essence of the decks that can be assembled around them.

Untapped: Commander For Coppers

Matt announces the Top 3 decks submitted in his Commander for Coppers challenge along with a few honorable mentions and the deck that inspired the challenge.

Untapped: Being Green & Feeling Blue

Find something fun and different to play at FNM this week by checking out Matt’s two Simic-themed Standard decks!

Untapped: Breathless Ajani

This week Matt offers up two fun Standard decks to try at your next FNM and provides the exciting details of the next deckbuilding challenge.

Untapped: Mono-Red Shadowborn

Need a fun deck to play at FNM this week? You’re in luck! Matt has two monocolored decks for your perusal along with the results of last week’s challenge.

Untapped: Slivers & White

Matt has a couple of mono-white decks for you along with a Sliver deck, last week’s deckbuilding challenge results, and a fresh deckbuilding challenge.

Untapped: Star City Game Center M14 Prerelease

Matt tells you about his experience at the M14 Prerelease at the Star City Game Center and shares a couple decklists from his The Guildpact challenge.

Untapped: MGC

Matt takes on a challenge to explore the wide world of monogreen… control? What witchy mischief is he up to now?