This is part two of a three-part series about the design of Ixalan.
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This is part two of a three-part series about the design of Ixalan.
Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast
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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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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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Page 19 · 50 per pageThis is part one of a three-part series about the design of Ixalan.
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This is part one of a three-part series about the design of Ixalan.
In this podcast, I look at the history of the scry mechanic, from its premier in Fifth Dawn all the way to it becoming an evergreen keyword action.
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In this podcast, I look at the history of the scry mechanic, from its premier in Fifth Dawn all the way to it becoming an evergreen keyword action.
I am often asked what factors determine when we choose to keyword a mechanic. In this podcast, I talk all about this topic.
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I am often asked what factors determine when we choose to keyword a mechanic. In this podcast, I talk all about this topic.
In this podcast, I talk about how Wizards interacts with our freelance artists.
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In this podcast, I talk about how Wizards interacts with our freelance artists.
In my "Making Magic" column, I occasionally write articles where I blend together Magic and non-Magic topics selected by the audience. In this podcast, I talk all about the articles I've written in this format.
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In my "Making Magic" column, I occasionally write articles where I blend together Magic and non-Magic topics selected by the audience. In this podcast, I talk all about the articles I've written in this format.
In this podcast, I talk all about the design of Hour of Devastation.
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In this podcast, I talk all about the design of Hour of Devastation.
In this podcast, I talk about how players can best give their input about Magic.
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In this podcast, I talk about how players can best give their input about Magic.
For this podcast, I talk about how you can keep things feeling different in a game that's constantly making new content.
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For this podcast, I talk about how you can keep things feeling different in a game that's constantly making new content.
For the first time ever, I have a guest who isn't in the car with me. Thanks to new technology, I now have the ability to have a guest phone in. Gavin Verhey of Magic R&D tests out this new technology with me.
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For the first time ever, I have a guest who isn't in the car with me. Thanks to new technology, I now have the ability to have a guest phone in. Gavin Verhey of Magic R&D tests out this new technology with me.
This is the fifteenth podcast in my 20-podcast series "20 Years, 20 Lessons." In this podcast, I talk about the importance of designing a component for the audience it's intended for.
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This is the fifteenth podcast in my 20-podcast series "20 Years, 20 Lessons." In this podcast, I talk about the importance of designing a component for the audience it's intended for.
I attended another SDCC and had another Blogatog Live Magic panel where I talked for the first time about Unstable. In this podcast, I talk all about what happened, including a few tidbits about Unstable from the panel that didn't make it out to social media.
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I attended another SDCC and had another Blogatog Live Magic panel where I talked for the first time about Unstable. In this podcast, I talk all about what happened, including a few tidbits about Unstable from the panel that didn't make it out to social media.
In this podcast, I talk about the history of the Pit—the area where R&D works.
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In this podcast, I talk about the history of the Pit—the area where R&D works.
I'm often asked questions about how best to start a design. In this podcast, I go into detail about how to do just that.
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I'm often asked questions about how best to start a design. In this podcast, I go into detail about how to do just that.
In this podcast, I talk about the history of poison counters in the game.
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In this podcast, I talk about the history of poison counters in the game.
In this podcast, I talk about the many different multicolor blocks we've made and how we went about making them.
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In this podcast, I talk about the many different multicolor blocks we've made and how we went about making them.
For the first time, I review a book. Okay, it's a book about the history of Magic.
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For the first time, I review a book. Okay, it's a book about the history of Magic.
We have to make a lot of Magic sets, and while we always make new things, a lot of our job is taking the staple things we do all the time and finding small ways to make them feel different. In today's podcast, I talk about how we do that.
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We have to make a lot of Magic sets, and while we always make new things, a lot of our job is taking the staple things we do all the time and finding small ways to make them feel different. In today's podcast, I talk about how we do that.
In this podcast, I look back at some of the different formats from the early days of Magic including things likes Grand Melee and Emperor.
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In this podcast, I look back at some of the different formats from the early days of Magic including things likes Grand Melee and Emperor.
In this podcast, I talk about one of the most important tools for a Magic designer.
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In this podcast, I talk about one of the most important tools for a Magic designer.
For the second year, I took my daughter to VidCon, the convention for YouTube stars. As an outsider looking in, I always get a lot of insights that I can apply to Magic.
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For the second year, I took my daughter to VidCon, the convention for YouTube stars. As an outsider looking in, I always get a lot of insights that I can apply to Magic.
My daughter and I visited eight colleges in five days, which spawned this podcast.
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My daughter and I visited eight colleges in five days, which spawned this podcast.
Back in June, we had a week with more announcements packed into it than we had ever done before in that condensed amount of time. This podcast walks through all the reveals of that week with some behind-the-scenes info about making it happen.
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Back in June, we had a week with more announcements packed into it than we had ever done before in that condensed amount of time. This podcast walks through all the reveals of that week with some behind-the-scenes info about making it happen.
This podcast is dedicated to Magic trivia, focusing mostly on trivia from the early days of the game.
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This podcast is dedicated to Magic trivia, focusing mostly on trivia from the early days of the game.
In this podcast, I talk about the biggest constant of Magic—change.
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In this podcast, I talk about the biggest constant of Magic—change.
This is my first mechanical color pie podcast where I go in depth on one mechanical aspect. For my maiden voyage, I chose to talk about how the five colors handle creatures.
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This is my first mechanical color pie podcast where I go in depth on one mechanical aspect. For my maiden voyage, I chose to talk about how the five colors handle creatures.
A few months ago, I wrote an article where I spelled out what colors did what in the color pie. In this podcast, I talk all about the making of this article and why the mechanical color pie is so important.
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A few months ago, I wrote an article where I spelled out what colors did what in the color pie. In this podcast, I talk all about the making of this article and why the mechanical color pie is so important.
In this podcast, I talk about the role complexity plays in game design.
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In this podcast, I talk about the role complexity plays in game design.
In this podcast, I talk about the mechanic flashback. I discuss how it got originally designed and the many different blocks that have used it.
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In this podcast, I talk about the mechanic flashback. I discuss how it got originally designed and the many different blocks that have used it.
This is second part of my two-part series on the design of Amonkhet.
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This is second part of my two-part series on the design of Amonkhet.
I asked for feedback about my podcast, and one of the most common replies I got was that people would like me to occasionally mix in more recent design stories. So, this is part one of a two-part series on the design of Amonkhet.
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I asked for feedback about my podcast, and one of the most common replies I got was that people would like me to occasionally mix in more recent design stories. So, this is part one of a two-part series on the design of Amonkhet.
One of the questions I get most often is "How can I become a game designer?" I answer that question in this podcast.
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One of the questions I get most often is "How can I become a game designer?" I answer that question in this podcast.
From time to time, I dedicate a show to talking about the many people who have worked on Magic. In this podcast, I'm talking again about R&D—this time covering the group I dub the "third wave."
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From time to time, I dedicate a show to talking about the many people who have worked on Magic. In this podcast, I'm talking again about R&D—this time covering the group I dub the "third wave."
In this podcast, I talk about one of the design tools we use—counters. I go through the various kinds and talk about how counters help us expand what we can do in design.
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In this podcast, I talk about one of the design tools we use—counters. I go through the various kinds and talk about how counters help us expand what we can do in design.
Wizards has made many games other than Magic. So many, in fact, that I needed two podcasts to talk about them all.
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Wizards has made many games other than Magic. So many, in fact, that I needed two podcasts to talk about them all.
Magic is just one of the games Wizards of the Coast has made. Today, I walk through the many, many others.
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Magic is just one of the games Wizards of the Coast has made. Today, I walk through the many, many others.
This podcast is the fourteenth in my 20-podcast series based on a GDC speech I gave in 2016 about 20 of the lessons I've learned designing Magic for 20 years. The lesson of this podcast is "Don't be afraid to be blunt."
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This podcast is the fourteenth in my 20-podcast series based on a GDC speech I gave in 2016 about 20 of the lessons I've learned designing Magic for 20 years. The lesson of this podcast is "Don't be afraid to be blunt."
I talk about the use of different frames and walk through the many times we've used frames to aid the game mechanically.
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I talk about the use of different frames and walk through the many times we've used frames to aid the game mechanically.
On my blog, there was some discussion about the mechanical theme of "vanilla matters." (Vanilla creatures are creatures without rules text.) It was a complex topic, so I decided to spend a whole car ride explaining why the "vanilla matters" theme is so hard to do.
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On my blog, there was some discussion about the mechanical theme of "vanilla matters." (Vanilla creatures are creatures without rules text.) It was a complex topic, so I decided to spend a whole car ride explaining why the "vanilla matters" theme is so hard to do.
One of my popular features in my "Tales from the Pit" comic is an ongoing "sit-com" with planeswalkers I make using the Funko Pop! figures. I call the recurring feature "Sparks." In this podcast, I talk about how it came about and what I did to find the humor in the planeswalkers.
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One of my popular features in my "Tales from the Pit" comic is an ongoing "sit-com" with planeswalkers I make using the Funko Pop! figures. I call the recurring feature "Sparks." In this podcast, I talk about how it came about and what I did to find the humor in the planeswalkers.
In this podcast, I talk about the difference of designing a set for a new world and designing for a return.
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In this podcast, I talk about the difference of designing a set for a new world and designing for a return.
This is a history podcast where I talk all about the history of Prereleases, from the first one for Ice Age to modern day.
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This is a history podcast where I talk all about the history of Prereleases, from the first one for Ice Age to modern day.
Wizards of the Coast makes games other than Magic. Today, I talk about one of our other big games. I discuss its history, how it influenced Magic, and how it came to be a Wizards of Coast game.
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Wizards of the Coast makes games other than Magic. Today, I talk about one of our other big games. I discuss its history, how it influenced Magic, and how it came to be a Wizards of Coast game.
I talk a lot about the design of Magic, but there are many other teams that design has to work with. This podcast talks about all these other teams. I talk through the lens of Amonkhet, so if you’re eager to hear a few Amonkhet stories, you might want to give this a listen.
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I talk a lot about the design of Magic, but there are many other teams that design has to work with. This podcast talks about all these other teams. I talk through the lens of Amonkhet, so if you’re eager to hear a few Amonkhet stories, you might want to give this a listen.
In this podcast, I talk about the nuts of bolts of rarity, including some history about how different rarities have worked over the years.
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In this podcast, I talk about the nuts of bolts of rarity, including some history about how different rarities have worked over the years.
This is part two of a two-part series where I examine the first Great Designer Search in detail. I walk through all the tests to get in and then all the challenges given to the contestants.
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This is part two of a two-part series where I examine the first Great Designer Search in detail. I walk through all the tests to get in and then all the challenges given to the contestants.
This is part one of a two-part series where I examine the first Great Designer Search in detail. I walk through all the tests to get in and then all the challenges given to the contestants.
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This is part one of a two-part series where I examine the first Great Designer Search in detail. I walk through all the tests to get in and then all the challenges given to the contestants.
R&D has a sign hanging on our walls explaining the principles of Magic R&D. In this podcast, I walk through all the items on the list and explain why they're important and how they impact the way R&D makes Magic.
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R&D has a sign hanging on our walls explaining the principles of Magic R&D. In this podcast, I walk through all the items on the list and explain why they're important and how they impact the way R&D makes Magic.
This is another in my "20 Lessons, 20 Podcasts" series where I go over the 20 lessons from my 2016 GDC Speech. Today's lesson is number thirteen: Make the fun part also the correct strategy to win.
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This is another in my "20 Lessons, 20 Podcasts" series where I go over the 20 lessons from my 2016 GDC Speech. Today's lesson is number thirteen: Make the fun part also the correct strategy to win.
Telling a story can be difficult in any medium, but it's especially hard through the medium of a trading card game. In this podcast, I walk through the difficulties and how we overcome them.
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Telling a story can be difficult in any medium, but it's especially hard through the medium of a trading card game. In this podcast, I walk through the difficulties and how we overcome them.
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