

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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Sep 30, 2022 • 34min
#972: Unfinity Design, Part 1
This podcast is part one of a multi-part series on the design of Unfinity.

Sep 30, 2022 • 36min
#971: UNF with Chris Mooney
Chris Mooney was my strong second on Unfinity from the first day of exploratory design to the last day of set design. We sit down to talk about the stories of several card designs.

Sep 23, 2022 • 32min
#970: Joel Mick
Only one person has been an Alpha playtester, Head Designer and Brand Manager for Magic Joel Mick. I sit down with Joel in this podcast to talk about his time with the game.

Sep 23, 2022 • 31min
#969: Feature Matches
This podcast is about the history of the feature matches and my involvement with them.

Sep 16, 2022 • 33min
#968: DMU Set Design with Erik Lauer & Ian Duke
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.

Sep 16, 2022 • 34min
#967: Rise & Fall of Blocks, Part 2
This is part two of a two-part series talking about the history of blocks.

Sep 9, 2022 • 37min
#966: Rise & Fall of Blocks, Part 1
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.

Sep 9, 2022 • 31min
#965: DMU Vision Design with Ethan Fleischer
In this podcast, I sit down with Ethan Fleischer, the lead vision designer of Dominaria United, to talk about the set's vision design.

Sep 2, 2022 • 30min
#964: Concurrency
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.

Sep 2, 2022 • 39min
#963: Build-Arounds
In this podcast, I talk about designing cards that are meant to inspire players to build decks around them.


