

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 13, 2018 • 41min
#554: Unstable Cards, Part 2
This podcast is part two of a six-part series on the design of each and every non-Contraption card in Unstable.

Jul 13, 2018 • 39min
#553: Unstable Cards, Part 1
This podcast is part one of a six-part series on the design of each and every non-Contraption card in Unstable.

Jul 6, 2018 • 48min
#552: When to Keyword
This podcast talks about how we decide when to keyword (or ability word) a mechanic in design.

Jul 6, 2018 • 33min
#551: How to Be Creative
I'm often asked about how one can be more creative, so I decided to finally make a podcast about the topic.

Jun 29, 2018 • 41min
#550: Magic Evolution, Part 4
This is the fourth in my "Magic Evolution" series where I go through every Magic set and talk about the design innovations of each one. On today's podcast, I talk about the Odyssey and Onslaught blocks.

Jun 29, 2018 • 39min
#549: Parts of a Card
I go through a Magic card and talk about what impact design has on each part of the card.

Jun 22, 2018 • 39min
#548: Kicker
In this podcast, I talk about the history of the kicker mechanic from its start in Invasion all the way through to its use in Dominaria.

Jun 22, 2018 • 43min
#547: Jumping-Off Points
For this podcast, I walk through every design team I've led or co-led and talk about what the jumping-off point was for the design to show the many different paths we start with when making a set.

Jun 15, 2018 • 45min
#546: World Identities
In this podcast, I talk about why it's important for each plane to have a distinct identity.

Jun 15, 2018 • 39min
#545: 20 Lessons - Feedback
This is another in my "20 Lessons, 20 Podcasts" series based on my 2016 Games Developers Conference speech. Today is lesson nineteen: "Your audience is good at recognizing problems and bad at solving them."


