Join 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!
1182 episodes transcribedYou all learn about new Magic sets one at a time, but that's not how they're made. This podcast will illustrate what it's like to make many p...
In this podcast, I talk about designing cards that are meant to inspire players to build decks around them.
I've briefly told listeners how I came to work for Wizards, but this podcast goes a bit more in depth into how it happened.
In this podcast, I interview Barry Reich, Magic's very first playtester.
In this podcast, I go through all the enchantment subtypes of Magic.
In this podcast, I go through the history of playtest cards from Richard's first playtest through modern day.
In this podcast, I talk about the history of the snow supertype.
In this podcast, I talk about the history and design of all the Scarecrows in Magic.
In this podcast, I talk about a tool R&D uses called a use case.
In this podcast, I talk about my latest trip to San Diego Comic-Con, including discussing the many things I talked about in my Magic panel....
My eldest daughter Rachel and I again went to New York City to attend a convention about Broadway, so I again made a podcast about it.
When we make a new mechanic, how do we figure out how many cards can be made with the new mechanic? This concept is called mechanical depth,...
This is another podcast in my "Lessons Learned" series where I look back at sets I led (or co-led) to talk about the design lessons I learned...
I sit down with Tom Jenkot and Sarah Wassell to talk about the making of Booster Fun variants (all the cool alternate-art cards and special c...
In this podcast, I talk about the history of the Vehicle subtype.
I sit down with Designer Bryan Hawley to talk about the design of Double Masters 2022.
In this podcast, I give my feedback on Spice8Rack's video about the history and influence of the Un- sets. You can watch that here: https://w...
This podcast is part three of a three-part series on the design of Return to Ravnica block. In this episode, I talk about the design of Drago...
This podcast is part two of a three-part series on the design of Return to Ravnica block. In this episode, I talk about the design of Gatecra...
This podcast is part one of a three-part series on the design of Return to Ravnica block. I start by talking about the design of Return to Ra...
