Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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 .

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

My favorite metaphor for Magic design is that it's like running a buffet. I talk about where this metaphor came from and why I feel it's so accurate.

This is another history podcast where I explore how an element of Magic came to be and evolved over time. This time, I look into the history of drafting.

In this podcast, I talk about how to use brainstorming to come up with ideas.

On this podcast, I talk about how we design cards for the mythic rare rarity.

In this podcast, I talk about an important quality of  Magic mechanics: stickiness. What is it and how do we use it? This podcast dives into the topic.

I went to MagicCon: Las Vegas and have many stories to tell. This podcast tells those stories.

This episode is the eighth and final part of my eight-part series where I go through the entire history of Magic design to talk about design evolution over the years.

At MagicCon: Las Vegas, I was honored to participate in Game Knights Live . I have my three fellow players, Josh Lee Kwai, Jimmy Wong, and Becca Scott, on the podcast to talk through all that went into putting it on and share a bunch of the behind-the-scenes stories.