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!
1252 episodes transcribedThis podcast is part two of a two-part series on a Head-to-Head I did on Twitter about possible changes to the Commander format.
In this podcast, I talk about the design of Theros Beyond Death.
This podcast is part one of a two-part series on a Head-to-Head I did on Twitter about possible changes to the Commander format.
In this podcast, I talk about a phenomenon known as success paralysis where being successful can discourage you from embracing change.
This is another in my two-color philosophy series. This time I talk black-red.
This is part four of a four-part series of card-by-card design stories from Tempest.
This is part three of a four-part series of card-by-card design stories from Tempest.
This is the second, of ten, in my two-color philosophy series.
This is part two of a four-part series of card-by-card design stories from Tempest.
This is part one of a four-part series of card-by-card design stories from Tempest.
What are the top 50 creature types in order of how often they show up on Magic cards? In this podcast, I give listeners clues for guessing as...
This is the first in a series on the two-color pairs. I begin by examining white-blue.
In this podcast, I talk about an aspect of Magic that's core to trading card games and can influence how we design sets—collecting.
In this podcast, I talk about a popular topic from my blog about why Magic worlds aren't all as diverse as Dominaria.
This is my first podcast of a new series where I talk about various members of the Magic community that produce content. I'm going to start b...
Part of Magic design is reusing things you've used before. This podcast talks all about when and how we reuse things in design.
In this podcast, I talk about the many different ways we've evolved the planeswalker card type since its introduction.
This podcast talks about when you have to change what you're doing in a design. I give numerous examples of designs where we ended up making...
In this podcast, I examine all of our major planes and talk about the most important part of the plane from a design and flavor perspective....
What are the 50 words that show up in the most Magic card titles? In this podcast, I go through that list and talk a bit about how we name ca...
