
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

Sep 6, 2019 • 32min
#670: Banned & Restricted, Part 1
Not that I'm proud of this, but I have the honor of having had a hand in creating more cards that have been banned or restricted than any other designer. In this podcast, I walk through the many cards I've helped design from this list and talk about their designs.

Sep 6, 2019 • 29min
#669: Meet Sarah
In past podcasts, you've met my dad, my mom, and my eldest daughter, Rachel. Today, you get to meet my youngest daughter, Sarah.

Aug 30, 2019 • 29min
#668: Zones
Magic has six major zones plus a few others used in various formats. I talk all about them including examining the design space of zone changing.

Aug 30, 2019 • 39min
#667: Full-Art Lands
In this podcast, I talk about the history of full-art lands and talk about all the times we've used them.

Aug 23, 2019 • 30min
#666: Demons
This podcast is about the history of the Demon creature type.

Aug 23, 2019 • 37min
#665: Lessons Learned – Unstable
This is another in my series "Lessons Learned" where I examine the lessons I've learned from sets I led or co-led. Today, I talk about the third Un- set, Unstable.

Aug 16, 2019 • 44min
#664: Milling
In this podcast, I talk about the history of Magic's oldest alternate-win condition.

Aug 16, 2019 • 55min
#663: Modern Horizons Cards, Part 4
This is part four of a four-part series on card-by-card design stories from Modern Horizons.

Aug 9, 2019 • 41min
#662: Modern Horizons Cards, Part 3
This is part three of a four-part series on card-by-card design stories from Modern Horizons.

Aug 9, 2019 • 47min
#661: Power Level
In this podcast, I talk all about power level. I describe what it is and how it impacts how we make Magic cards.