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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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How do we decide when to bring mechanics back? This podcast talks all about it.

#1093: Fixed Mechanics

2023/12/8

Sometimes we make a mechanic and realize later that we could have done it better. This podcast talks

In this podcast, I talk about a procedure we do called a Vision Design Summit.

#1091: Colorless Design

2023/12/1

In this podcast, I talk about how we design colorless cards.

This podcast is another in my "Lessons Learned" series where I talk about sets I led or co-led and e

In this podcast, I sit down with Graphic Designer Daniel Holt to talk all about the making of expans

#1088: Vision Design

2023/11/17

In this podcast, I take an in-depth look at the current vision design process.

#1087: Exploratory Design

2023/11/17

In this podcast, I take an in-depth look at our current exploratory design process.

#1086: Black-Green-Blue

2023/11/10

This is the tenth and final podcast in my three-color philosophy series. This time I talk black-gree

In this podcast, I sit down with Ovidio Cartagena, the art director of The Lost Caverns of Ixalan, t

I interview Co-Set Design Lead Jules Robins to talk about how the underground set moved to Ixalan.

In this podcast, I talk about the vision design for The Lost Caverns of Ixalan. Things don't always

#1082: Blue-Red-White

2023/10/27

This podcast is the ninth (of ten) of my three-color philosophy series. In this one, I talk blue-red

#1081: Copying

2023/10/27

In this podcast, I talk about one of my favorite effects in Magic: copying.

#1080: Prescriptive Design

2023/10/20

In this podcast, I talk about the spectrum of meeting players' desires. At one end is designing card

In this episode, I sit down with Designer Gavin Verhey to talk about the design of Magic: The Gather

#1078: Designing for Limited

2023/10/13

Our new office is open, so I'm back to driving to work. In this podcast, I talk all about the ways w

#1077: White-Black-Green

2023/10/13

This is the eighth podcast in my three-color philosophy series. In this one, I talk all about the ph

What exactly is an iconic or characteristic creature type? In this podcast, I explain what they are

#1075: 2018

2023/10/6

This is another in my "Years in Review" series where I walk through an entire year and talk about ma