Mark Rosewater
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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Jul 10, 2026
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Episodes
#787: Henry Stern 30.10.2020 30:45
In this podcast, I interview Henry Stern, a longtime member of R&D and former pro player.
#786: Oozes 23.10.2020 33:25
Magic has 32 Oozes. (I'm not talking about you, Changelings.) I talk about all of them.
#785: Scott Larabee 23.10.2020 30:06
In this podcast, I interview Scott Larabee, the esports senior league operations manager. We talk about his many years of running tournaments.
#784: It's All Magic 16.10.2020 30:57
I talk about an issue that's near and dear to my heart: how to make the Magic community even better.
#783: Jules Robins 16.10.2020 33:23
In this podcast, I interview Jules Robins, an R&D designer who's worked on numerous products and is the lead set designer of both Commander Legends and Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (we only talk a little about his two set leads, as neither is out yet).
#782: Red-White 09.10.2020 29:46
This is the ninth podcast in my two-color philosophy series. I talk all about red and white.
#781: Ken Nagle 09.10.2020 31:46
In this podcast, I interview Ken Nagle, runner-up of the first Great Designer Search and longtime R&D member.
#780: Four-Color Factions 02.10.2020 31:59
This topic started from a question on my blog talking about the difficulty in designing four-color faction worlds and sets.
#779: Worth Wollpert 02.10.2020 30:54
In this podcast, I interview Worth Wollpert and talk about his time in Magic R&D and running Magic Online.
#778: Evergreen Origins 24.09.2020 30:42
This is another of my trivia podcasts. This time I look at all the current evergreen keywords (all 35 of them) and have you guess whether they were used and named in Alpha, started but not named in Alpha, or started and named after Alpha.
#777: Elaine Chase 24.09.2020 32:07
In this podcast, I interview Elaine Chase who has held many jobs with Magic over the years, including working in R&D, brand, and esports.
#776: Zendikar Rising 18.09.2020 34:57
I tell the story of Zendikar Rising's design.
#775: Rachel Agnes 18.09.2020 31:16
In this podcast, I interview Rachel Agnes, Magic brand manager. What does she do and how did she come to do it? Listen in and find out.
#774: Replies with Rachel #5 11.09.2020 36:13
Before Rachel heads back to college, I thought it would be fun to do another mailbag podcast with her.
#773: Adam Prosak 11.09.2020 32:27
In this podcast, I interview Adam Prosak, a Magic designer who most recently led the set design for Core Set 2021.
#772: Making Magic in the Pandemic 04.09.2020 32:31
Curious how COVID has affected the making of Magic? That's my topic for this podcast.
#771: Corey Bowen 04.09.2020 30:25
In this podcast, I interview Corey Bowen, a current member of R&D, one who focuses on Commander design.
#770: Ikoria, Part 2 28.08.2020 32:22
In this podcast, I finish telling the in-depth story of Ikoria's design.
#769: Jim Lin 28.08.2020 31:24
In this podcast, I talk with designer Jim Lin, one of the original Alpha playtesters and longtime R&D member.
#768: Ikoria, Part 1 21.08.2020 30:54
In this podcast, I begin telling the in-depth story of Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths's design.
#767: Ethan Fleischer 21.08.2020 33:09
In this podcast, I talk with designer Ethan Fleischer about all the premier sets he's led or co-led the design for.
#766: Black-Green 14.08.2020 30:07
The pandemic is lasting a little longer than expected, so I've decided to have one podcast interview a week and have the other be similar to the old solo podcasts where I talk about Magic design. Today is another in my two-color philosophy series. In this podcast, I talk about black-green.
#765: Graeme Hopkins 14.08.2020 31:17
In this podcast, I talk with Graeme Hopkins, one of the finalists from the first Great Designer Search and someone who currently works on Magic: The Gathering Arena.
#764: Brian Schneider 07.08.2020 28:38
In this podcast, I talk with Brian Schneider, former Magic head developer. We talk about the many sets he worked on during his time at Wizards.
#763: Witney Williams 07.08.2020 29:46
In this podcast, I talk with Witney Williams, the director of global events. She and I talk about all the things that go into running large Magic events.
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