

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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Jul 22, 2022 • 34min
#952: Lessons Learned – Zendikar Rising
This is another podcast in my "Lessons Learned" series where I look back at sets I led (or co-led) to talk about the design lessons I learned. Today's podcast is on Zendikar Rising.

Jul 22, 2022 • 32min
#951: Booster Fun with Tom & Sarah
I sit down with Tom Jenkot and Sarah Wassell to talk about the making of Booster Fun variants (all the cool alternate-art cards and special card frames that we do in a set).

Jul 15, 2022 • 31min
#950: Vehicles
In this podcast, I talk about the history of the Vehicle subtype.

Jul 15, 2022 • 32min
#949: Double Masters 2022 with Bryan
I sit down with Designer Bryan Hawley to talk about the design of Double Masters 2022.

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.


