
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 19, 2021 • 31min
#888: Crimson Vow Design
I walk through the larger design story of Innistrad: Crimson Vow.

Nov 19, 2021 • 30min
#887: Crimson Vow with Chris Mooney
I sit down with Designer Chris Mooney, and we talk about the design of Innistrad: Crimson Vow, especially some of the top-down card designs for Vampires and weddings.

Nov 12, 2021 • 31min
#886: Set Sizes
In this podcast, I go over all the set sizes of the main sets over the years, explaining why they were the size they were.

Nov 12, 2021 • 33min
#885: Amonkhet with Ethan Fleischer
In this podcast, I sit down with R&D member Ethan Fleischer to talk about the design of Amonkhet.

Nov 5, 2021 • 30min
#884: Color Pie Changes 2021, Part 2
This is part two of a two-part series where I go over the various changes to the color pie as outlined in the 2021 Mechanical Color Pie article.

Nov 5, 2021 • 30min
#883: Khans of Tarkir with Erik Lauer
I sit down with Designer Erik Lauer, and we talk about the design of Khans of Tarkir.

Oct 29, 2021 • 30min
#882: Color Pie Changes 2021, Part 1
I recently posted an update to my Mechanical Color Pie article. This is part one of a two-part series where I talk about the changes.

Oct 29, 2021 • 35min
#881: Strixhaven with Yoni Skolnik
I sit down with Designer Yoni Skolnik, and we talk about the design of Strixhaven: School of Mages.

Oct 22, 2021 • 31min
#880: Card Starting with X
There are eighteen cards in Magic that start (in English) with the letter X. I talk about them all in this podcast.

Oct 22, 2021 • 33min
#879: Magic 2010 with Aaron Forsythe
I sit down with Designer Aaron Forsythe, and we talk about the design of Magic 2010.