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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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Published 2019-05-24

#640: Planeswalker Who's Who

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In this podcast, I walk through all the Planeswalkers to explain who they are and how they're mechanically represented on cards.
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Published 2019-05-24

#639: Top 10 Worst Mechanics

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I realized I hadn't done a Top 10 list in a while, so I decided to talk about bad mechanics.
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Published 2019-05-10

#636: Rise & Fall of the Blocks

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This podcast is about the history of the block, how they came about and why they went away.
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Published 2019-05-10

#635: Rabiah Scale, Part 2

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This is part two of a two-part series exploring the Rabiah Scale, a scale talking about how likely we are to visit or revisit certain planes in a Standard-legal set.
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This is part two of a two-part series exploring the Rabiah Scale, a scale talking about how likely we are to visit or revisit certain planes in a Standard-legal set.
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Published 2019-05-03

#634: Rabiah Scale, Part 1

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This is part one of a two-part series exploring the Rabiah Scale, a scale talking about how likely we are to visit or revisit certain planes in a Standard-legal set.
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Published 2019-05-03

#633: Morningtide, Part 3

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This is part three of my three-part series on card-by-card design stories from Morningtide.
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Published 2019-04-26

#632: Morningtide, Part 2

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This is part two of my three-part series on card-by-card design stories from Morningtide.
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Published 2019-04-26

#631: Morningtide, Part 1

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This is part one of my three-part series on card-by-card design stories from Morningtide.
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Published 2019-04-19

#630: Five Requests I Ignore

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Based on my previous article, I explain why we just can't do some of the things fans request for Magic.
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Based on my previous article, I explain why we just can't do some of the things fans request for Magic.
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Published 2019-04-19

#629: Designing Destruction

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This is another in my "Designing _____" series where I walk through making basic effects. In this podcast, I talk about making all the various destruction cards.
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This is another in my "Designing _____" series where I walk through making basic effects. In this podcast, I talk about making all the various destruction cards.
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Published 2019-04-12

#628: Greg Weisman

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I had the pleasure to have a carpool guest, Greg Weisman, the author of the upcoming War of the Spark novel, Ravnica. He and I talked all about what went into writing a story with over 100 named characters.
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I had the pleasure to have a carpool guest, Greg Weisman, the author of the upcoming War of the Spark novel, Ravnica. He and I talked all about what went into writing a story with over 100 named characters.
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Published 2019-04-12

#627: Empathy

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This podcast is based on a recent article I did talking about the importance of empathy in game design (and life).
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Published 2019-04-05

#626: Magic Golden Rules

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Magic has a number of golden rules, and today, I talk about what they are and why they're so important to design.
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Magic has a number of golden rules, and today, I talk about what they are and why they're so important to design.
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Published 2019-04-05

#625: Lessons Learned – GRN & RNA

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This is another in my "Lessons Learned" series where I talk about the lessons I've picked up from sets I've led or co-led. In this podcast, I talk about Guilds of Ravnica and Ravnica Allegiance (as the vision design for them was done together).
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This is another in my "Lessons Learned" series where I talk about the lessons I've picked up from sets I've led or co-led. In this podcast, I talk about Guilds of Ravnica and Ravnica Allegiance (as the vision design for them was done together).
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Published 2019-03-29

#624: Play Days

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About once a month, R&D takes the day off to play with an upcoming set. In this podcast, I talk all about R&D play days and how they work.
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About once a month, R&D takes the day off to play with an upcoming set. In this podcast, I talk all about R&D play days and how they work.
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Published 2019-03-29

#623: Mailbag Columns

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One of the things I enjoy doing is answering questions from the fans. In this podcast, I explore the many ways I do that.
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Published 2019-03-22

#622: Brian David-Marshall

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Brian retired from doing coverage, so I decided to dedicate a podcast to his long Magic career.
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Brian retired from doing coverage, so I decided to dedicate a podcast to his long Magic career.
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Published 2019-03-22

#621: Simic

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This podcast is the tenth and final in my Ravnica guild series. In this podcast, I talk about the green-blue guild, the Simic Combine.
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This podcast is the tenth and final in my Ravnica guild series. In this podcast, I talk about the green-blue guild, the Simic Combine.
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Published 2019-03-15

#620: Orzhov

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This podcast is the ninth in my Ravnica guild series. In this podcast, I talk about the white-black guild, the Orzhov Syndicate.
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This podcast is the ninth in my Ravnica guild series. In this podcast, I talk about the white-black guild, the Orzhov Syndicate.
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Published 2019-03-15

#619: Broadwaycon, Part 2

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My eldest daughter, Rachel, and I traveled to New York to go to a convention about New York theater. This is part two of a two-part series about that trip.
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My eldest daughter, Rachel, and I traveled to New York to go to a convention about New York theater. This is part two of a two-part series about that trip.
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Published 2019-03-08

#618: Broadwaycon, Part 1

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My eldest daughter, Rachel, and I traveled to New York to go to a convention about New York theater. This is part one of a two-part series about that trip.
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Published 2019-03-08

#617: Gruul

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This podcast is the eighth in my Ravnica guild series. In this podcast, I talk about the red-green guild, the Gruul Clans.
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This podcast is the eighth in my Ravnica guild series. In this podcast, I talk about the red-green guild, the Gruul Clans.
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Published 2019-03-01

#616: Rakdos

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This podcast is the seventh in my Ravnica guild series. In this podcast, I talk about the Cult of Rakdos, the black-red guild.
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This podcast is the seventh in my Ravnica guild series. In this podcast, I talk about the Cult of Rakdos, the black-red guild.
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Published 2019-03-01

#615: Azorius

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This podcast is the sixth in my Ravnica guild series. In this podcast, I talk about the Azorius Senate, the white-blue guild.
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This podcast is the sixth in my Ravnica guild series. In this podcast, I talk about the Azorius Senate, the white-blue guild.
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Published 2019-02-22

#614: Lorwyn Cards, Part 4

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This podcast is the fourth in a four-part series about the card-by-card design stories of Lorwyn.
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Published 2019-02-22

#613: Lorwyn Cards, Part 3

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This podcast is the third in a four-part series about the card-by-card design stories of Lorwyn.
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Published 2019-02-15

#612: Lorwyn Cards, Part 2

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This podcast is the second in a four-part series about the card-by-card design stories of Lorwyn.
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Published 2019-02-15

#611: Lorwyn Cards, Part 1

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This podcast is the first in a four-part series about the card-by-card design stories of Lorwyn.
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Published 2019-02-08

#610: Bends and Breaks

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Often on my blog and social media accounts, I talk about things being "bends" and "breaks." In today's podcast, I go in depth defining what those terms mean and talk about why bends (in moderation) are good for the game and why breaks are bad.
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Published 2019-02-08

#609: Designing Direct Damage

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This is another podcast in my "Designing _________ " series where I discuss how we design basic Magic effects. In this podcast, I talk about designing direct damage.
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Published 2019-02-01

#608: Other People's Lessons – Poetry

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This is a new series called "Other People's Lessons" where I look at lessons from other areas of art and examine how those lessons apply to Magic design. Today's lesson was by a poet named Kara Ziehl and talks about how to better write poetry.
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Published 2019-02-01

#607: Unique Creature Types

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In this podcast, I examine the many creature types that are unique to the game of Magic.
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Published 2019-01-25

#606: Lessons Learned – Dominaria

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This is another in my "Lessons Learned" series where I talk about sets I led (or co-led) and explore the many lessons I learned while doing the design.
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Published 2019-01-25

#605: Market Research

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In this podcast, I talk about the many ways we learn about what the players like and don't like.
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Published 2019-01-18

#604: Designing Counterspells

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This is the first in my "Designing [Blank]" series where I talk about how to design basic Magic effects.
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Published 2019-01-18

#603: Lorwyn

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In this podcast, I talk about the design of the Lorwyn set.
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Published 2019-01-11

#602: Magic Evolution, Part 7

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This is another in my "Magic Evolution" series that goes through sets and explains the innovations of each expansion. This podcast is about the original Ravnica block.
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Published 2019-01-11

#601: Factions

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This podcast is about how we design factions and build sets around them.
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Published 2019-01-04

#600: Conventions

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Gaming conventions have played a big role in Magic's history. In this podcast, I talk about many of the key ones that have intersected with Magic.
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Published 2019-01-04

#599: Boros

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This podcast is part of my guild series where I walk through the history of each guild through all three visits to Ravnica. In this podcast, I talk all about the red-white guild, the Boros Legion.
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Published 2018-12-21

#598: Golgari

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This podcast is part of my guild series where I walk through the history of each guild through all three visits to Ravnica. In this podcast, I talk all about the black-green guild, the Golgari Swarm.
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Published 2018-12-21

#597: Collecting

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In this podcast, I talk about an aspect of the game I don't discuss often—collecting. I discuss the many ways we make the game collectible and what impact that has on how we design.
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In this podcast, I talk about an aspect of the game I don't discuss often—collecting. I discuss the many ways we make the game collectible and what impact that has on how we design.
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Published 2018-12-07

#595: Selesnya

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This podcast is part of my guild series where I walk through the history of the guild through all three visits to Ravnica. In this podcast, I talk all about the green-white guild.
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Published 2018-12-07

#596: Izzet

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This podcast is part of my guild series where I walk through the history of the guild through all three visits to Ravnica. In this podcast, I talk all about the blue-red guild.
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Published 2018-11-30

#594: Dimir

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This is the first of ten guild podcasts. I'll be doing five now and five when Ravnica Allegiance comes out. In this one, I talk about how we first created Dimir and the three guild mechanics.
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Published 2018-11-30

#593: Mechanic Inspirations

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In this podcast, I talk about the various ways we create Magic mechanics to answer the question "Where do mechanics come from?"
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Published 2018-11-23

#591: Guilds of Ravnica

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In this podcast, I talk about the vision design of Guilds of Ravnica.
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Published 2018-11-23

#592: CAPS

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In this podcast, I talk about a group of people who do a lot of work on Magic, but not the part I normally talk about. This is the people to whom R&D hand off their work.
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