
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 27, 2024 • 31min
#1176: The History of Magic Design, Part 1
This episode is part one of an eight-part series where I go through the entire history of Magic design to talk about design evolution over the years.

Sep 27, 2024 • 30min
#1175: Duskmourn Worldbuilding with Emily Teng
In this episode, I sit down with Emily Teng, the Duskmourn: House of Horror worldbuilding lead, to talk about the creation of this brand-new plane.

Sep 20, 2024 • 32min
#1174: The Un- Line
In this podcast, I talk about what divides normal Eternal-legal Magic mechanics from silver-bordered and acorn mechanics.

Sep 20, 2024 • 34min
#1173: Duskmourn Set Design with Jules Robins
In this podcast, I sit down with Jules Robins, lead set designer of Duskmourn: House of Horror, to talk about the design of the set.

Sep 13, 2024 • 34min
#1172: Lessons Learned – March of the Machine
This is another episode in my "Lessons Learned" series where I look back at sets I led or co-led and walk through the many lessons I learned from doing the design. In this podcast, I talk about what I learned designing March of the Machine.

Sep 13, 2024 • 31min
#1171: Duskmourn Art with Ovidio Cartagena
In this podcast, I sit down with Ovidio Cartagena, the art director for Duskmourn: House of Horror, to talk about the visual look of the set.

Sep 6, 2024 • 29min
#1170: Duskmourn Vision Design with Annie Sardelis
In this podcast, I sit down with Annie Sardelis, the lead vision designer of Duskmourn: House of Horror, to talk about the early design of the set. Annie also led the design of the set's Commander decks, so we talk about those as well.

Sep 6, 2024 • 32min
#1169: Borders and Frames
In this podcasts, I talk about the history of various Magic card borders and frames.

Aug 30, 2024 • 34min
#1168: The Nadu Situation
We banned a card this week that stirred up a lot of talk. I then wrote a blog entry on it that stirred up additional talk. This podcast is me explaining the issue with the extra context that having 30 minutes to talk provides.

Aug 30, 2024 • 30min
#1167: Ally and Enemy
In this podcast, I explore why the colors are allies with those next to them in the color pie and enemies with those across.