
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

Jul 8, 2022 • 35min
#948: Spice8Rack's Un- Video
In this podcast, I give my feedback on Spice8Rack's video about the history and influence of the Un- sets. You can watch that here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYYjjrG-hCo

Jul 8, 2022 • 32min
#947: Dragon's Maze
This podcast is part three of a three-part series on the design of Return to Ravnica block. In this episode, I talk about the design of Dragon's Maze.

Jul 1, 2022 • 38min
#946: Gatecrash
This podcast is part two of a three-part series on the design of Return to Ravnica block. In this episode, I talk about the design of Gatecrash.

Jul 1, 2022 • 30min
#945: Return to Ravnica
This podcast is part one of a three-part series on the design of Return to Ravnica block. I start by talking about the design of Return to Ravnica.

Jun 24, 2022 • 35min
#944: Deciduous
This podcast talks about what being deciduous means for mechanics and then goes through the list of all the deciduous mechanics.

Jun 24, 2022 • 32min
#943: Basic Lands
In this podcast, I talk about the history of basic lands and how their evolution over time influenced the rest of Magic.

Jun 17, 2022 • 31min
#941: CLB Commander Decks with Gavin Verhey
I sit down with Designer Gavin Verhey to talk about the design of Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate's Commander decks.

Jun 17, 2022 • 34min
#942: Making New Magic Mechanics
For this podcast, I walk through all the different issues that have to be addressed when designing a new mechanic from early exploratory design all the way through the end of the design.

Jun 10, 2022 • 31min
#940: Creative Components
For this podcast, I look at how the creative components (name, art, flavor text, card concept) are made from start to finish in the making of a Magic set.

Jun 10, 2022 • 32min
#939: CLB Set Design with Corey Bowen
I sit down with Designer Corey Bowen to talk about the set design of Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate.