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1324 episodes transcribedLast year, I celebrated my 30th anniversary of working at Wizards of the Coast and on Magic. In this episode, I look back and explore how I'v...
In this episode, I sit down with Senior Director Lindsey Bartell to talk about Secret Lair.
This podcast is another in my ongoing quest to talk about every Magic expansion. In it, I talk about the third set in the Scars of Mirrodin b...
Do I have 30 minutes of content about collector numbers? It turns out I do.
In this podcast, I respond to a post that proposed Magic should "stick to its fantasy roots." As a Magic historian, I make the case that Magi...
For this week's podcast, I sit down with Magic: The Gathering® | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Lead Designer Eric Engelhard to talk about the...
One of our latest design processes involves a slideshow where we show off every card in an upcoming set and make final comments before everyt...
This podcast is all about the journey of the energy mechanic, from its original inception during Mirrodin design all the way to its first app...
This podcast is a companion to this year's "Nuts & Bolts" column. I talk all about how to slowly add mechanics to your set.
The Magic Dojo was the very first major online gathering spot for the Magic community. In this podcast, I speak with its creator, Frank Kusum...
This podcast is another in my quest to record a podcast about every Magic expansion. This time, I talk about Mirrodin Besieged, the second se...
In this podcast, I talk about a core element of every design: making sure your creatures can get through and help the game end.
Every year, my oldest daughter Rachel and I attend BroadwayCon, a convention dedicated to Broadway, and each year I make a podcast about it,...
In this podcast, I sit down with Jadine Klomparens, the play design lead for Lorwyn Eclipsed, to talk about how the set was structured and ba...
I spent eight years working on the Pro Tour overseeing the feature matches and final-day video coverage. Those eight years just happened to o...
In this podcast, I sit down with Neale LaPlante Johnson, the creative lead of Lorwyn Eclipsed, to talk all about the worldbuilding for the se...
In this podcast, I talk about a big theme from Lorwyn Eclipsed called "color matters."
In this podcast, I talk about a very narrow type of design: Magic cards that interrupt the game and initiate a subgame.
In this podcast, I talk all about the vision design for Lorwyn Eclipsed.
A common topic on my blog is why some players want to return to blocks. I spend this podcast talking through the various reasons this is unli...
