
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 18, 2022 • 36min
#986: Costing Cards
Explore the challenges of designing cards with specific mechanics in Magic: The Gathering. Learn about the process of costing cards and how it affects gameplay in different formats. Discover the intricate process of creating and balancing cards, including considerations for card rarity and costing.

Nov 18, 2022 • 31min
#985: The Brothers' War Art with Taylor
In this podcast, I sit down with The Brothers' War Lead Art Director Taylor Ingvarsson to talk about the world building and art for the set.

Nov 11, 2022 • 34min
#984: The Brothers' War Design
In this podcast, I talk all about the design of The Brothers' War.

Nov 11, 2022 • 37min
#983: Magic 30 Las Vegas
In this podcast, I talk all about my time at Magic 30 in Las Vegas.

Nov 4, 2022 • 32min
#982: Magic 30 Talk
At Magic 30, I did an hour-long panel sharing personal stories about 30 different pictures I'd chosen from 30 years in Magic. In this podcast, I go over why I chose those 30 pictures and stories to share.

Nov 4, 2022 • 35min
#981: BRO with Ari Nieh
In this podcast, I sit down with Ari Nieh, the lead vision designer of The Brothers' War, to talk about the set's vision design.

Oct 28, 2022 • 35min
#980: Set Design
Unfinity is the first time I ran a Set Design team. This podcast talks about what I learned about set design from the experience.

Oct 28, 2022 • 33min
#979: UNF Loading Ready Run Pre-Prerelease
I travelled to Victoria, Canada to participate in the Unfinity Pre-Prerelease with Loading Ready Run. In this podcast, I tell the story of my trip.

Oct 21, 2022 • 31min
#978: Unfinity Design, Part 4
This is part four of a four-part series on the design of Unfinity.

Oct 21, 2022 • 40min
#977: UNF Flavor Text with Graham & Kathleen
I sit down with Graham Stark and Kathleen De Vere to talk about writing names and flavor text for Unfinity.