
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

Dec 23, 2022 • 32min
#996: Artifact Destruction
In this podcast, I look back at the history of artifact destruction.

Dec 23, 2022 • 33min
#995: Off-Color Activations
In this podcast, I talk about how we design activations that require a color not found in the mana cost of the card.

Dec 16, 2022 • 33min
#994: Bonus Sheets
In this episode, I talk about the history of bonus sheets from Time Spiral to The Brother's War.

Dec 16, 2022 • 31min
#993: The Brothers' War with Yoni Skolnik
I sit down with Yoni Skolnik, the lead set designer of The Brothers' War, to talk through its design.

Dec 9, 2022 • 31min
#992: Interviewing Guests
I do a lot of interviews on my podcast, so this podcast is all about what it takes to interview people and offers some tips on how to do it well.

Dec 9, 2022 • 33min
#991: Unfinity with Ari Zirulnik, Part 2
In this podcast, I'm joined by Ari Zirulnik again (he oversaw names and flavor text for Unfinity) so that he and I can give more off-the-cuff canon material about the characters from Unfinity.

Dec 2, 2022 • 34min
#990: Top-Down Design
In this podcast, I walk through all the various things that have to be done when doing a top-down design.

Dec 2, 2022 • 33min
#989: Public Speaking
Part of my job involves talking in front of large crowds. In this podcast, I talk about what that's like and offer tips on how to do it well.

Nov 25, 2022 • 47min
#988: Designing for an Eternal World
Magic constantly changes and evolves, which means that we as designers must keep changing how we approach design. This podcast talks about the challenges of making Magic in a world where the most popular tabletop formats are larger.

Nov 25, 2022 • 33min
#987: Unfinity Rules with Jess Dunks
In this podcast, I sit down with Rules Manager Jesse Dunks to talk about choosing acorn and Eternal Unfinity cards.