

Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast
Mark Rosewater
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!
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Dec 1, 2023 • 35min
#1092: Vision Design Summit
In this podcast, I talk about a procedure we do called a Vision Design Summit.

Dec 1, 2023 • 30min
#1091: Colorless Design
In this podcast, I talk about how we design colorless cards.

Nov 24, 2023 • 36min
#1090: Lessons Learned – Unfinity
Lessons Learned from leading the design for Unfinity, a top-down set driven by flavor. Balancing the environment and cards, combining themes like retro sci-fi and steampunk. Challenges of using stickers in card design and considerations for functionality. Power level and rarity of cards, differences between contraptions and attractions, balance between randomness and planning in gameplay.

Nov 24, 2023 • 30min
#1089: Expansions Symbols with Daniel Holt
In this podcast, I sit down with Graphic Designer Daniel Holt to talk all about the making of expansion symbols.

Nov 17, 2023 • 33min
#1088: Vision Design
In this podcast, I take an in-depth look at the current vision design process.

Nov 17, 2023 • 33min
#1087: Exploratory Design
In this podcast, I take an in-depth look at our current exploratory design process.

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.


