

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!
Episodes
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Mar 5, 2022 • 32min
#912: Watermarks
In this podcast, I explain the history of watermarks, talk about the various ways we use them, and explain why we can't mechanically care about them outside of Un- sets.

Mar 5, 2022 • 33min
#911: Good Morning Magic with Gavin
I sit down with Designer Gavin Verhey to discuss the making of his Good Morning Magic videos.

Feb 26, 2022 • 36min
#910: The Big Picture
This is a podcast version of my article where I talk about the challenges of designing Magic when it's a different game to different players.

Feb 26, 2022 • 42min
#909: Council of Colors with Chris Mooney
Exploring the collaborative efforts of the Council of Colors in Magic: The Gathering design, discussing mechanics like blood tokens and maintaining color identity. Delving into design check-ins, color interactions, and enhancing white's token creation capabilities in Commander. Examining the evolution of color philosophies in card design and introducing new abilities for blue creatures. Addressing challenges in evolving color roles, including introducing card draw to white.

Feb 19, 2022 • 31min
#908: Gods
I walk through the history of the God creature type and share stories about how we designed the different incarnations of them.

Feb 19, 2022 • 31min
#907: Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty with Daniel Holt
There's no one in R&D that's a bigger fan of Kamigawa than Daniel Holt. He worked on more Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty teams than any other person at Wizards, so I sat down with him to talk about how we made sure Kamigawa was well represented in the set.

Feb 12, 2022 • 31min
#906: R&D Vocabulary, Part 5
This is another in my "R&D Vocabulary" series where I explain various lingo R&D uses.

Feb 12, 2022 • 32min
#905: Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Commander
I sit down with Designer Corey Bowen to talk about the design of Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Commander decks and Set Booster cards.

Feb 5, 2022 • 31min
#904: Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty with Dave Humpherys
I sit down with Designer Dave Humpherys to discuss the set design of Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty.

Feb 5, 2022 • 33min
#903: Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Early Design
I tell the story of Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty's exploratory design and vision design.


