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!
1240 episodes transcribedIn this podcast, I talk about times we decided to reuse mechanics and times we chose to tweak mechanics into something new.
Inspired by this year's "Nuts & Bolts" column, I walk through how mechanics are created.
In this episode, I walk through the history of Magic and talk about how communicating with players has changed over the years.
This podcast is part three of three on my series about the 20 worst mechanics of all time, based on my talk at last year's MagicCon: Las Vega...
This podcast is part two of three on my series about the 20 worst mechanics of all time, based on my talk at last year's MagicCon: Las Vegas....
This podcast is part one of three on my series about the 20 worst mechanics of all time, based on my talk at last year's MagicCon: Las Vegas....
This is part two of a two-part series on the aesthetic profiles. This time, I talk about Mel, the player who aesthetically appreciates mechan...
When Richard Garfield first made Magic, he liked to say it was "a game bigger than the box." In this episode, I walk through what exactly tha...
In this podcast, I talk about the team that figures out what in-Multiverse Magic sets we'll be doing in the future.
This podcast is part one of a two-part series on the aesthetic profiles. Up first, I talk all about Vorthos, the player who aesthetically app...
This podcast is part three of a three-part series walking through the three psychographics. Today, I explore the psychological analysis of S...
In this podcast, I sit down with the creative lead for Tarkir: Dragonstorm, Lauren Bond, to talk about the worldbuilding and creative executi...
This podcast is part two of a three-part series walking through the three psychographics. Today, I explore the psychological analysis of John...
In this podcast, I sit down with Tarkir: Dragonstorm Set Design Lead Adam Prosak to talk about the set's design.
This episode is part one of a three-part series walking through the three psychographics. I start today with exploring the psychological anal...
In this episode, I walk through the vision design for Tarkir: Dragonstorm and talk about the evolution of the Dragon subtype and clan mechani...
Many years ago, I would drive my eldest daughter to school, and occasionally, we did a segment called "Replies with Rachel" where the two of...
Magic's very first set had a card type that no longer exists called interrupts. In this episode, I walk through all the cards of this card ty...
In this episode, I explain the value of themes by going through the various teams that work on a Magic set.
In this episode, I explain the numerous ways designers give feedback to each other by going through the entire exploratory design and vision...
