Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast
1,249 episodes - English - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 657 ratingsJoin Magic: The Gathering Head Designer Mark Rosewater as he shares stories, insights, and more while driving to work. Listen and learn more about how Magic is made!
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Episodes
#1098: Mana Cost
December 22, 2023 15:30 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBThis podcast is dedicated to mana cost. I talk about its history as well as the design space it offers designers.
#1097: The Waiting Game
December 22, 2023 15:29 - 30 minutes - 21 MBSometimes it can take a while to get a particular idea to print. This podcast shares some stories of things that took a while to get out to the public.
#1096: Why Restrictions?
December 15, 2023 15:30 - 32 minutes - 22 MBThis podcast was inspired by a number of blog posts asking why we've been adding more restrictions to cards lately.
#1095: How I Became Head Designer
December 15, 2023 15:29 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBDecember 3 marked my 20th anniversary as Magic head designer, and this podcast tells the story of how that came to be. It's also filled with a lot of tips about how someone can work toward their own dream job.
#1094: Returning Mechanics
December 08, 2023 15:30 - 54 minutes - 37.3 MBHow do we decide when to bring mechanics back? This podcast talks all about it.
#1093: Fixed Mechanics
December 08, 2023 15:29 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBSometimes we make a mechanic and realize later that we could have done it better. This podcast talks about how we make new mechanics that are fixed versions of older ones.
#1092: Vision Design Summit
December 01, 2023 15:30 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBIn this podcast, I talk about a procedure we do called a Vision Design Summit.
#1091: Colorless Design
December 01, 2023 15:29 - 29 minutes - 20.6 MBIn this podcast, I talk about how we design colorless cards.
#1090: Lessons Learned – Unfinity
November 24, 2023 15:30 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MBThis podcast is another in my "Lessons Learned" series where I talk about sets I led or co-led and explain the many lessons I learned while making them. This episode is about what I learned leading the design for Unfinity.
#1089: Expansions Symbols with Daniel Holt
November 24, 2023 15:29 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBIn this podcast, I sit down with Graphic Designer Daniel Holt to talk all about the making of expansion symbols.
#1088: Vision Design
November 17, 2023 17:23 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBIn this podcast, I take an in-depth look at the current vision design process.
#1087: Exploratory Design
November 17, 2023 17:22 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBIn this podcast, I take an in-depth look at our current exploratory design process.
#1086: Black-Green-Blue
November 10, 2023 15:30 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBThis is the tenth and final podcast in my three-color philosophy series. This time I talk black-green-blue.
#1085: The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Art Direction with Ovidio Cartagena
November 10, 2023 15:29 - 30 minutes - 21 MBIn this podcast, I sit down with Ovidio Cartagena, the art director of The Lost Caverns of Ixalan, to talk about worldbuilding and the visual look of the set.
#1084: The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Set Design with Jules Robins
November 03, 2023 14:30 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MBI interview Co-Set Design Lead Jules Robins to talk about how the underground set moved to Ixalan.
#1083: The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Vision Design
November 03, 2023 14:29 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MBIn this podcast, I talk about the vision design for The Lost Caverns of Ixalan. Things don't always work out, so this podcast looks into a very different take on an underground world.
#1082: Blue-Red-White
October 27, 2023 14:30 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBThis podcast is the ninth (of ten) of my three-color philosophy series. In this one, I talk blue-red-white.
#1081: Copying
October 27, 2023 14:29 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBIn this podcast, I talk about one of my favorite effects in Magic: copying.
#1080: Prescriptive Design
October 20, 2023 14:30 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MBIn this podcast, I talk about the spectrum of meeting players' desires. At one end is designing cards the players are asking for, and at the other end is designing cards they don't expect.
#1079: WHO Commander Decks with Gavin Verhey
October 20, 2023 14:29 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBIn this episode, I sit down with Designer Gavin Verhey to talk about the design of Magic: The Gathering® – Doctor Who™.
#1078: Designing for Limited
October 13, 2023 14:30 - 1 hour - 43.6 MBOur new office is open, so I'm back to driving to work. In this podcast, I talk all about the ways we design for Limited. Due to traffic, this podcast is a full hour.
#1077: White-Black-Green
October 13, 2023 14:29 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MBThis is the eighth podcast in my three-color philosophy series. In this one, I talk all about the philosophy of white-black-green.
#1076: Iconic and Characteristic Creature Types
October 06, 2023 14:30 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBWhat exactly is an iconic or characteristic creature type? In this podcast, I explain what they are and detail our long history of figuring out which ones work best.
#1075: 2018
October 06, 2023 14:29 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBThis is another in my "Years in Review" series where I walk through an entire year and talk about many of the Magic events that happened that year. This podcast is about the year 2018.
#1074: Alternative-Win Conditions
September 29, 2023 14:30 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBThere are many ways to win a game of Magic without reducing an opponent's life total to 0. In this podcast, I talk all about alternative-win conditions.
#1073: Lessons Learned – Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty
September 29, 2023 14:29 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBThis is another podcast in my "Lessons Learned" series where I talk about sets I led or co-led and explain the many lessons I learned working on them. This podcast is about the design of Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty.
#1072: Green-Blue-Red
September 22, 2023 14:30 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBThis podcast is my seventh (of ten) in my series on three-color philosophies. Today, I talk all about green-blue-red.
#1071: Wilds of Eldraine Story with Roy Graham
September 22, 2023 14:29 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBIn this podcast, I sit down with Roy Graham, the person in charge of overseeing Magic Story, to talk about Magic storytelling and the making of the Wilds of Eldraine story.
#1070: Wilds of Eldraine Play Design with Ben Weitz
September 15, 2023 14:31 - 29 minutes - 40.8 MBIn this podcast, I sit down with Play designer Benjamin Weitz to talk about the Play Design of Wilds of Eldraine.
#1069: Heroes of the Realm
September 15, 2023 14:30 - 31 minutes - 43.2 MBA number of years ago, Wizards started a new employee appreciation program which resulted in us making not quite official Magic cards. In this podcast, I talk about how they got made and walk through the designs.
#1068: Red-White-Black
September 08, 2023 14:30 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBThis podcast is another in my three-color series. Today, I talk all about red-white-black.
#1067: Wilds of Eldraine Commander with Jeremy Geist
September 08, 2023 14:29 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBIn this podcast, I have Jeremy Geist on the show to talk about the design of the Wilds of Eldraine Commander decks.
#1066: Wilds of Eldraine Design
September 01, 2023 14:30 - 34 minutes - 23.4 MBIn this podcast, I talk about the influence of Throne of Eldraine on the design of Wilds of Eldraine.
#1065: Wilds of Eldraine Set Design with Ian Duke
September 01, 2023 14:29 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBIn this podcast, I discuss Wilds of Eldraine set design with Ian Duke, the set's lead set designer.
#1064: Inclusion over Exclusion
August 25, 2023 14:30 - 34 minutes - 24 MBIn this podcast, I talk about the meaning and philosophy of "inclusion over exclusion" from a game design standpoint.
#1063: Wilds of Eldraine Vision Design with Chris Mooney
August 25, 2023 14:29 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBIn this podcast, I talk about Wilds of Eldraine vision design with guest Chris Mooney, lead vision designer for the set.
#1062: Red-Green-White
August 18, 2023 14:30 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBThis is another podcast in my three-color series. In this episode, I talk about red-green-white.
#1061: Cards with Set Names
August 18, 2023 14:29 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBIn this podcast, I talk about all the cards that are also set names.
#1060: Gen Con 2023
August 11, 2023 14:30 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBIn this podcast, I talk about one of my last trips of the summer to Gen Con 2023.
#1059: MagicCon: Barcelona
August 11, 2023 14:29 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBIn this podcast, I talk all about my trip to MagicCon: Barcelona.
#1058: 2023 San Diego Comic-Con
August 04, 2023 14:30 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBIn this podcast, I talk about my trip to the 2023 San Diego Comic-Con and my history with the San Diego Comic-Con.
#1057: Bends and Breaks
August 04, 2023 14:29 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MBIn this podcast, I talk all about mechanical bends and breaks in relation to the color pie.
#1056: The Landmark
July 28, 2023 14:30 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBToday's podcast marks my last Drive to Work where I drive into our offices at The Landmark. In this episode, I talk all about the history of our Wizards of the Coast offices.
#1055: Black-Red-Green
July 28, 2023 14:29 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBThis is another podcast in my three-color series. Today, I talk about black-red-green.
#1054: Apes and Monkeys, Part 2
July 21, 2023 14:30 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBIn this podcast, I finish talking about all the cards with subtype Ape and Monkey.
#1053: Apes and Monkeys, Part 1
July 21, 2023 14:29 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBIn this podcast, I talk about cards with subtype Ape and Monkey.
#1052: Coldsnap
July 14, 2023 14:30 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBIn this podcast, I talk about the design and development of the set Coldsnap.
#1051: Blue-Black-Red
July 14, 2023 14:29 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBThis is another podcast in my three-color series. Today, I talk about blue-black-red.
#1050: Hall of Fame
July 07, 2023 14:30 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBIn this podcast, I talk about being inducted into the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design Hall of Fame (i.e., the Tabletop Gaming Hall of Fame).
#1049: Mapping
July 07, 2023 14:29 - 36 minutes - 25.1 MBIn this podcast, I talk about the concept of "mapping" and how we use it to design Magic sets.