Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast

In this podcast, I sit down with Erik Lauer and Ian Duke, the co-lead set designers of Dominaria United, to talk about the expansion's set design.

This is part two of a two-part series talking about the history of blocks.

Explore the evolution of Magic: The Gathering with a focus on world-building, game design, storytelling, and set design. Uncover the shift towards cohesive narratives, interconnected lore, and immersive gameplay experiences. Discover the impact of planeswalkers on the game's cosmology and storytelling approach, promising a new direction in Magic Year releases.

In this podcast, I sit down with Ethan Fleischer, the lead vision designer of Dominaria United, to talk about the set's vision design.

You all learn about new Magic sets one at a time, but that's not how they're made. This podcast will illustrate what it's like to make many products all at once.

In this podcast, I talk about designing cards that are meant to inspire players to build decks around them.

I've briefly told listeners how I came to work for Wizards, but this podcast goes a bit more in depth into how it happened.

In this podcast, I interview Barry Reich, Magic's very first playtester.

In this podcast, I go through all the enchantment subtypes of Magic.

In this podcast, I go through the history of playtest cards from Richard's first playtest through modern day.