Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast

In this podcast, I take an in-depth look at our current exploratory design process.

This is the tenth and final podcast in my three-color philosophy series. This time I talk black-green-blue.

In this podcast, I sit down with Ovidio Cartagena, the art director of The Lost Caverns of Ixalan, to talk about worldbuilding and the visual look of the set.

I interview Co-Set Design Lead Jules Robins to talk about how the underground set moved to Ixalan.

In this podcast, I talk about the vision design for The Lost Caverns of Ixalan. Things don't always work out, so this podcast looks into a very different take on an underground world.

This podcast is the ninth (of ten) of my three-color philosophy series. In this one, I talk blue-red-white.

In this podcast, I talk about one of my favorite effects in Magic: copying.

In this podcast, I talk about the spectrum of meeting players' desires. At one end is designing cards the players are asking for, and at the other end is designing cards they don't expect.

In this episode, I sit down with Designer Gavin Verhey to talk about the design of Magic: The Gathering® – Doctor Who™.

Our new office is open, so I'm back to driving to work. In this podcast, I talk all about the ways we design for Limited. Due to traffic, this podcast is a full hour.

This is the eighth podcast in my three-color philosophy series. In this one, I talk all about the philosophy of white-black-green.

What exactly is an iconic or characteristic creature type? In this podcast, I explain what they are and detail our long history of figuring out which ones work best.

This is another in my "Years in Review" series where I walk through an entire year and talk about many of the Magic events that happened that year. This podcast is about the year 2018.

There are many ways to win a game of Magic without reducing an opponent's life total to 0. In this podcast, I talk all about alternative-win conditions.

This is another podcast in my "Lessons Learned" series where I talk about sets I led or co-led and explain the many lessons I learned working on them. This podcast is about the design of Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty.

This podcast is my seventh (of ten) in my series on three-color philosophies. Today, I talk all about green-blue-red.

In this podcast, I sit down with Roy Graham, the person in charge of overseeing Magic Story, to talk about Magic storytelling and the making of the Wilds of Eldraine story.

In this podcast, I sit down with Play designer Benjamin Weitz to talk about the Play Design of Wilds of Eldraine .

A number of years ago, Wizards started a new employee appreciation program which resulted in us making not quite official Magic cards. In this podcast, I talk about how they got made and walk through the designs.

This podcast is another in my three-color series. Today, I talk all about red-white-black.

In this podcast, I have Jeremy Geist on the show to talk about the design of the Wilds of Eldraine Commander decks.

In this podcast, I talk about the influence of Throne of Eldraine on the design of Wilds of Eldraine.

In this podcast, I discuss Wilds of Eldraine set design with Ian Duke, the set's lead set designer.

In this podcast, I talk about the meaning and philosophy of "inclusion over exclusion" from a game design standpoint.

In this podcast, I talk about Wilds of Eldraine vision design with guest Chris Mooney, lead vision designer for the set.