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!
1310 episodes transcribedA carpenter has his hammer and drill. What are the most important tools for a Magic designer and how are they used to solve the essential cha...
I sit down with Chris Mooney, lead set designer of the Streets of New Capenna Commander decks, to talk about their design.
In this podcast, I talk about the many types of restrictions R&D uses on spells and abilities, and why they're important for the game....
I sit down with Jules Robins, lead set designer of Streets of New Capenna, to talk about the design of the set.
In this podcast, I talk about designing Streets of New Capenna.
I sit down with Creative Team Member Emily Teng to talk about worldbuilding and the making of Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty.
I sit down with Senior Director of Game Design Brady Bell to talk about what it takes to put together a Magic design team.
In this podcast, I talk about my history with Magic trivia and how to make your own Magic trivia.
In this podcast, I sit down with Andrew Brown to discuss the design of Zendikar Rising.
This podcast is another in my "Lessons Learned" series where I explore what I learned during the making of sets for which I led or co-led des...
When Unglued was first concepted, the idea behind it was that we could design cards for non-tournament play. What exactly does that mean, and...
I sit down with Designer and Rules Manager Jess Dunks to talk about the challenges of managing the rules and dealing with me as head designer...
I sit down with Designer Ethan Fleischer to talk about the design of Oath of the Gatewatch.
One of the cool perks of my job is that I've had a lot of opportunity to travel to other countries. The country I've visited the most is Japa...
I sit down with Designer Aaron Forsythe to talk about the design of Lorwyn.
In this podcast, I talk about using different card frames as a design tool and get into the history of card frames that changed for mechanica...
I sit down with Designer Matt Place to talk about the creation of New World Order, something he and I created many years ago to tackle a big...
This podcast is about my latest Nuts & Bolts article on initial ideation. In it, I explain how one starts designing a Magic set around an...
I sit down with Senior Copywriter Ari Zirulnik to talk about what exactly Magic copywriting is. He and I also lightly touch on writing the na...
