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 based on a Making Magic article where I look back at the first 30 years of Magic and pick the t...
This podcast is part one of a two-part series based on a Making Magic article where I look back at the first 30 years of Magic and pick the t...
In this podcast, I talk about the Fallen Empires expansion.
In this podcast, I talk about the early portion of design where the sky is the limit.
In this podcast, I talk about how design needs to evoke an emotional response from the players.
In this podcast, I talk all about the history and design surrounding the exile zone.
In this podcast, I sit down with Lead Designer Corey Bowen to talk about the design of Magic: The Gathering® – Assassin's Creed®.
This podcast talks about the spectrum of giving players what they're asking for and surprising them with things they never thought of.
I talk all the time about the strengths of each color. This week, I delve into their weaknesses and how those present themselves mechanically...
In this podcast, I talk for 30 minutes all about every aspect of power and toughness.
In this podcast, I talk about why we don't have colors show up in different amounts in sets.
In this podcast, I sit down with Set Design Lead Michael Majors to talk about the set design for Modern Horizons 3.
In this podcast, I talk about how we design tokens and the cards that create them.
I sit down with Erik Lauer, Modern Horizons 3's lead vision designer, to talk about the making of the set.
I've talked a lot about the color pie over the years. In this episode, I talk about its history and how we've treated it as it has evolved ov...
In this podcast, I sit down with Scott Larabee, Sheldon's best friend, to talk all about the man and his life. We talk about many aspects of...
This podcast is another in my "Lessons Learned" series where I talk about design lessons from sets I led or co-led. This episode is about the...
In this episode, I talk about how we design typal cards (i.e., cards that mechanically care about creature types).
What exactly is a lead designer responsible for? In this podcast, I walk through what the lead designers do during exploratory design, vision...
In this podcast, I talk about how we design monocolor themes for both Constructed and Limited.
