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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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Ten years ago, I released a podcast on playtesting, but a lot has changed. In this podcast, I look a

#1113: Synergy

2024/2/23

In this podcast, I talk about the importance of synergy in Magic design.

#1112: Perfectionism

2024/2/16

We spend a long time designing sets, constantly improving on every aspect possible. But how and when

#1111: Puzzle Design

2024/2/16

In this podcast, I talk about the basics of designing puzzles.

#1110: Early Advertising

2024/2/9

In this podcast, I look back at the advertising of the first ten years of Magic.

In this podcast, I sit down with Andrew Brown, co-lead set designer on Murders at Karlov Manor, to t

#1108: Erik Lauer

2024/2/2

In this podcast, I pay tribute to longtime Magic designer Erik Lauer who recently retired.

In this podcast, I sit down with designer and puzzle-builder extraordinaire Mark Gottlieb to talk ab

In this podcast, I tell the design story of Murders at Karlov Manor.

In this podcast, I talk about many of the products we've introduced to help teach people how to play

#1104: Strictly Better

2024/1/19

In this podcast, I define the R&D expression "strictly better," discuss its history, and talk ab

In this podcasts, I talk with Rules Manager Jess Dunks about how we go about making mechanics work t

I talk a lot about all the changes cards go through early in design. In this podcast, I interview Pl

In this podcast, I go through the process from start to finish of designing a Universes Beyond set.

#1100: Designing to Art

2024/1/5

Most of the time, we create the card design before we commission the art, but not always. In this po

#1099: The Dark

2024/1/5

In this podcast, I talk all about Magic's fourth expansion.

#1098: Mana Cost

2023/12/22

This podcast is dedicated to mana cost. I talk about its history as well as the design space it offe

#1097: The Waiting Game

2023/12/22

Sometimes it can take a while to get a particular idea to print. This podcast shares some stories of

#1096: Why Restrictions?

2023/12/15

This podcast was inspired by a number of blog posts asking why we've been adding more restrictions t

December 3 marked my 20th anniversary as Magic head designer, and this podcast tells the story of ho