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Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast

Join Magic: The Gathering Head Designer Mark Rosewater as he shares stories, insights, and more whil

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#1134: Alphabet

2024/5/3

In this podcast, I talk about how R&D uses the alphabet to design Magic cards. I walk through th

In this podcast, I sit down with Ari Zirulnik to talk about how we name Magic sets.

Back in 1999, the Magic rules had the biggest change in the history of the game in conjunction with

My father, Gene Rosewater, died on April 17. In this podcast, I share stories about him that relate

#1130: A/B Mechanics

2024/4/19

A/B mechanics are mechanics that require a separate subset of cards to work (such as madness requiri

#1129: The Question

2024/4/19

Back in 2018, we ran the Great Designer Search 3 (GDS3). Part of that event was a multiple-choice te

In this podcast, I sit down with Outlaws of Thunder Junction Lead Play Designer Jadine Klomparens to

#1127: Same But Different

2024/4/12

In this podcast, I talk about a concept I learned from my days in Hollywood and how I apply it to Ma

In this podcast, I sit down with Dave Humpherys, set design lead for Outlaws of Thunder Junction, to

#1125: Mercenaries

2024/4/5

In honor of Outlaws of Thunder Junction, I did a card-by-card design podcast on cards with creature

In this podcast, I talk about the early design of Outlaws of Thunder Junction.

#1123: Every Set

2024/3/29

Before I get into Outlaws of Thunder Junction, I see if I can name every non-core expansion set in o

During my MagicCon: Chicago talk where I listed my top 20 mechanics of all time, I also showed a sli

During my MagicCon: Chicago talk where I listed my top 20 mechanics of all time, I also showed a sli

In this podcast, I explain what it was like to play Magic in 1993.

In this podcast, I share what Magic R&D refers to as the "elephant in boots" problems and how we

This is my third podcast in a three-part series talking about the 20 best non-evergreen mechanics of

This is the second of a three-part series talking about the 20 best non-evergreen mechanics of all t

Recently at MagicCon: Chicago, I did a talk called "The 20 Best Mechanics of All Time," which you ca

#1115: MagicCon: Chicago

2024/3/1

In this podcast, I talk about my time at last weekend's MagicCon: Chicago.