Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast

#712: Theros Beyond Death 07.02.2020 37:23 ↓

In this podcast, I talk about the design of Theros Beyond Death.

#711: Head-to-Head – Commander, Part 1 07.02.2020 43:19 ↓

This podcast is part one of a two-part series on a Head-to-Head I did on Twitter about possible changes to the Commander format.

#710: Success Paralysis 31.01.2020 53:37 ↓

In this podcast, I talk about a phenomenon known as success paralysis where being successful can discourage you from embracing change.

#709: Black-Red 31.01.2020 35:28 ↓

This is another in my two-color philosophy series. This time I talk black-red.

#708: Tempest Cards, Part 4 24.01.2020 43:49 ↓

This is part four of a four-part series of card-by-card design stories from Tempest.

#707: Tempest Cards, Part 3 24.01.2020 42:52 ↓

This is part three of a four-part series of card-by-card design stories from Tempest.

#706: Blue-Black 17.01.2020 38:10 ↓

This is the second, of ten, in my two-color philosophy series.

#705: Tempest Cards, Part 2 17.01.2020 37:00 ↓

This is part two of a four-part series of card-by-card design stories from Tempest.

#704: Tempest Cards, Part 1 10.01.2020 34:05 ↓

This is part one of a four-part series of card-by-card design stories from Tempest.

#703: Trivia – Top 50 Creature Types 10.01.2020 39:01 ↓

What are the top 50 creature types in order of how often they show up on Magic cards? In this podcast, I give listeners clues for guessing as I go through the list.

#702: White-Blue 03.01.2020 42:23 ↓

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

#701: Collecting 03.01.2020 37:20 ↓

In this podcast, I talk about an aspect of Magic that's core to trading card games and can influence how we design sets—collecting.

#700: Plane Diversity 20.12.2019 47:18 ↓

In this podcast, I talk about a popular topic from my blog about why Magic worlds aren't all as diverse as Dominaria.

#699: Maria & Meghan 20.12.2019 39:14 ↓

This is my first podcast of a new series where I talk about various members of the Magic community that produce content. I'm going to start by talking about Maria and Meghan of the "Good Luck, High Five" podcast.

#698: Reusing Things 13.12.2019 47:04 ↓

Part of Magic design is reusing things you've used before. This podcast talks all about when and how we reuse things in design.

#697: Planeswalker Evolutions 13.12.2019 40:04 ↓

In this podcast, I talk about the many different ways we've evolved the planeswalker card type since its introduction.

#696: When to Change 06.12.2019 52:07 ↓

This podcast talks about when you have to change what you're doing in a design. I give numerous examples of designs where we ended up making big changes.

#695: Core of Planes 06.12.2019 36:08 ↓

In this podcast, I examine all of our major planes and talk about the most important part of the plane from a design and flavor perspective.

#694: Trivia – Top 50 Words 27.11.2019 46:25 ↓

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 about how we name cards.

#693: Food Cluster 27.11.2019 42:13 ↓

I'm trying something new, what I'm calling a cluster podcast, where I pick a topic and talk about a whole bunch of little topics in that category. For my first cluster podcast, I have chosen to talk about food.

#692: Throne of Eldraine Cards, Part 4 22.11.2019 47:50 ↓

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

#691: Throne of Eldraine Cards, Part 3 22.11.2019 55:20 ↓

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

#690: The Priority Problem 18.11.2019 52:17 ↓

This podcast talks about why we can't easily meet every request.

#689: Artifacts & Enchantements 18.11.2019 57:29 ↓

This podcast is about the similarities and differences between artifacts and enchantments, and how they've changed over time.

#688: Subtypes 08.11.2019 43:18 ↓

In this podcast, I talk about all the noncreature subtypes in Magic.