
Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast
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!
Latest episodes

Nov 10, 2023 • 31min
#1086: Black-Green-Blue
This is the tenth and final podcast in my three-color philosophy series. This time I talk black-green-blue.

Nov 10, 2023 • 30min
#1085: The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Art Direction with Ovidio Cartagena
In this podcast, I sit down with Ovidio Cartagena, the art director of The Lost Caverns of Ixalan, to talk about worldbuilding and the visual look of the set.

Nov 3, 2023 • 37min
#1084: The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Set Design with Jules Robins
I interview Co-Set Design Lead Jules Robins to talk about how the underground set moved to Ixalan.

Nov 3, 2023 • 33min
#1083: The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Vision Design
In this podcast, I talk about the vision design for The Lost Caverns of Ixalan. Things don't always work out, so this podcast looks into a very different take on an underground world.

Oct 27, 2023 • 33min
#1082: Blue-Red-White
This podcast is the ninth (of ten) of my three-color philosophy series. In this one, I talk blue-red-white.

Oct 27, 2023 • 30min
#1081: Copying
In this podcast, I talk about one of my favorite effects in Magic: copying.

Oct 20, 2023 • 44min
#1080: Prescriptive Design
In this podcast, I talk about the spectrum of meeting players' desires. At one end is designing cards the players are asking for, and at the other end is designing cards they don't expect.

Oct 20, 2023 • 32min
#1079: WHO Commander Decks with Gavin Verhey
In this episode, I sit down with Designer Gavin Verhey to talk about the design of Magic: The Gathering® – Doctor Who™.

Oct 13, 2023 • 1h 3min
#1078: Designing for Limited
Our new office is open, so I'm back to driving to work. In this podcast, I talk all about the ways we design for Limited. Due to traffic, this podcast is a full hour.

Oct 13, 2023 • 29min
#1077: White-Black-Green
This is the eighth podcast in my three-color philosophy series. In this one, I talk all about the philosophy of white-black-green.