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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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#425: Lessons Learned: Battle for Zendikar

#425: Lessons Learned: Battle for Zendikar

This podcast is another in my "Lessons Learned" series where I talk about sets I led the design for and the lessons I le... Read more

7 Apr 2017

39mins

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#467: Multicolor Blocks

#467: Multicolor Blocks

In this podcast, I talk about the many different multicolor blocks we've made and how we went about making them.

1 Sep 2017

32mins

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#626: Magic Golden Rules

#626: Magic Golden Rules

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

5 Apr 2019

30mins

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Drive to Work #325 - Magic the Puzzling

Drive to Work #325 - Magic the Puzzling

Mark looks back to what got him involved with Wizards in the first place.

22 Apr 2016

36mins

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#533: Editor-in-Chief

#533: Editor-in-Chief

In this podcast, I talk about my time as editor-in-chief of Duelist, the Magic-themed magazine Wizards used to produce.

4 May 2018

35mins

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Drive to Work #319 - Early Tournaments

Drive to Work #319 - Early Tournaments

Mark talks about the high-profile tournaments he played in before Wizards.

1 Apr 2016

38mins

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#506: Game Knights

#506: Game Knights

I had the opportunity to appear on Game Knights with Jimmy Wong and Josh Lee Kwai. The three of us and Gavin Verhey draf... Read more

2 Feb 2018

52mins

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#536: Lessons Learned – Amonkhet

#536: Lessons Learned – Amonkhet

This podcast is another in my "Lessons Learned" series where I talk about the lessons I learned on sets for which I led ... Read more

11 May 2018

43mins

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Drive to Work #315 - Collaboration

Drive to Work #315 - Collaboration

Mark talks about team dynamics and how to teams work together.

18 Mar 2016

48mins

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Drive to Work #297 - Creature Types

Drive to Work #297 - Creature Types

Mark talks about the design and creative work behind creature types.

15 Jan 2016

38mins

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#686: Throne of Eldraine Cards, Part 1

#686: Throne of Eldraine Cards, Part 1

This is part one of a four-part series on card-by-card design stories from Throne of Eldraine.

1 Nov 2019

44mins

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#723: Theros Beyond Death Cards, Part 1

#723: Theros Beyond Death Cards, Part 1

This is the first part of a series (of five) of card-by-card design stories from Theros Beyond Death.

20 Mar 2020

47mins

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#694: Trivia – Top 50 Words

#694: Trivia – Top 50 Words

What are the 50 words that show up in the most Magic card titles? In this podcast, I go through that list and talk a bit... Read more

27 Nov 2019

46mins

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#435: Principles of Magic

#435: Principles of Magic

R&D has a sign hanging on our walls explaining the principles of Magic R&D. In this podcast, I walk through all ... Read more

12 May 2017

41mins

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Drive to Work #329 - 20 Lessons: Human Nature

Drive to Work #329 - 20 Lessons: Human Nature

Mark begins a new 20-part podcasts where he talks about life lessons he has learned.

6 May 2016

37mins

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#650: War of the Spark Cards, Part 1

#650: War of the Spark Cards, Part 1

This is part one of a five-part series on card-by-card design stories from War of the Spark.

28 Jun 2019

36mins

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#430: Guildpact, Part 1

#430: Guildpact, Part 1

This is first part of a three-part series on the design of Guildpact.

28 Apr 2017

37mins

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#415: Teaching

#415: Teaching

I'm often asked about the best way to teach Magic to a new player. In today's podcast I explain how to do it.

3 Mar 2017

45mins

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#418: Designing Rares

#418: Designing Rares

This is another in my series on designing different rarities. In this podcast, I talk about designing rares and mythic r... Read more

17 Mar 2017

33mins

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#702: White-Blue

#702: White-Blue

This is the first in a series on the two-color pairs. I begin by examining white-blue.

3 Jan 2020

42mins

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