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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!

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33:58

#1216: How to Make Losing Fun

Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast ·

2025/02/14

One of the truisms of game design: make sure your players enjoy losing your game. How do we do that? This podcast walks listeners through six key lessons.

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35:07

#1215: BroadwayCon 2025

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2025/02/14

Every year, my eldest daughter, Rachel, and I go to a convention dedicated to Broadway called BroadwayCon. It's interesting going to a convention from the perspective of a fan. In this episode, I talk about this year's trip, the things I learned, and apply my learnings to Magic design.

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31:04

#1214: Why Is Magic So Good?

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2025/02/07

I do a lot of interviews. A question I often get is, "Why is Magic so good?" I have a lot of answers to that question, enough for a 30-minute podcast.

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30:44

#1213: Aetherdrift Set Design with Yoni Skolnik

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2025/02/07

In this podcast, I sit down with Yoni Skolnik, the lead set designer for Aetherdrift, to talk about the design after it was handed off for set design.

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32:13

#1212: Drawbacks

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2025/01/31

I talk about the history of drawback mechanics, what they are, how we design them, and how they've changed over the years.

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32:54

#1211: Fresh Out of Design – Aetherdrift

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2025/01/31

I recorded this podcast two years ago when I handed off the Aetherdrift vision design to the Set Design team. Hear my thoughts on Magic's latest set as it came fresh out of design.

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31:57

#1210: Rarity Changes

Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast ·

2025/01/24

In this podcast, I walk through the various reasons why we reprint cards at a different rarity.

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31:02

#1209: Protection

Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast ·

2025/01/24

In this podcast, I talk about the history of the protection mechanic, starting from Limited Edition (Alpha) to present day.

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33:04

#1208: History of Creature Types

Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast ·

2025/01/17

In this podcast, I walk through Magic's history to talk about how the use of creature types has changed over time.

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32:31

#1207: Lessons Learned – The Lost Caverns of Ixalan

Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast ·

2025/01/17

This is another in my "Lessons Learned" podcasts where I talk about sets I led or co-led the design for. I walk through the various lessons I learned in leading the design of the set. This episode is about The Lost Caverns of Ixalan.

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33:44

#1206: Draft Archetypes

Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast ·

2025/01/10

Almost every randomized booster product is designed to be drafted. To do that we have to build around what we call draft archetypes. In this podcast, I talk all about them.

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31:06

#1205: Innistrad Remastered with JC Tao

Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast ·

2025/01/10

In this podcast, I sit down with JC Tao, the lead designer of Innistrad Remastered, to talk about the making of the set.

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31:17

#1204: Apocalypse

Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast ·

2025/01/03

In this podcast, I talk all about the design of Apocalypse, another set from the Invasion block.

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32:45

#1203: Planeshift

Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast ·

2025/01/03

In this podcast, I talk all about the design of Planeshift, a set from the Invasion block.

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30:39

#1202: Psychology

Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast ·

2024/12/27

I gained a love of games from my father and a love of psychology from my mother. This podcast talks about how my interest in psychology has impacted me as a Magic designer.

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30:19

#1201: Card Preview Articles

Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast ·

2024/12/27

Part of writing a weekly Magic column involves writing card preview articles for new sets. In this podcast, I talk all about what goes into writing them.

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32:17

#1200: Two-in-Ones, Part 2

Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast ·

2024/12/20

This is part two of my two-part series where I talk about the history of two-in-one cards.

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30:12

#1199: Two-in-Ones, Part 1

Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast ·

2024/12/20

This last fall, I wrote a two-part article about what I call "two-in-one cards," or "two-in-ones" for short. These are designs where more than one spell is represented on a single card. My dividing line is that each spell has its own name. There are a bunch of different ways we've made two-in-ones. This podcast talks all about their history. This is part one of two.

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33:58

#1198: Variance

Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast ·

2024/12/13

Variance is an important aspect of Magic design (and game design in general). In this podcast, I explain what it is and how we use it.

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36:20

#1197: Top-Down and Bottom-Up Design Evolution

Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast ·

2024/12/13

There are two ways to begin a design: from the top down, where you start with flavor, and from the bottom up, where you start with mechanics. In this podcast, I talk about how these two design processes have evolved over time.

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