Mark Rosewater

Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast

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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!

Author

Mark Rosewater

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Leisure

Podcast website

magic.wizards.com

Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

#662: Modern Horizons Cards, Part 3 09.08.2019

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

#661: Power Level 09.08.2019

In this podcast, I talk all about power level. I describe what it is and how it impacts how we make Magic cards.

#660: Modern Horizons Cards, Part 2 02.08.2019

This is part two of a four-part series on card-by-card design stories from Modern Horizons.

#659: Modern Horizons Cards, Part 1 02.08.2019

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

#658: Split Cards 26.07.2019

In this podcast, I talk about the history of split cards—how they came to be and the many different times we've used them.

#657: Innovation Products 26.07.2019

We have a line we call the innovation products (things like Conspiracy, Unstable, and Battlebond). I'll explain what they are and talk through all the ones we've made thus far.

#656: Modern Horizons 19.07.2019

This podcast is all about the design of Modern Horizons.

#655: War of the Spark Cards, Part 5 19.07.2019

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

#654: War of the Spark Cards, Part 4 12.07.2019

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

#653: Other Lessons – Ideas & Execution 12.07.2019

As a new series following up my "20 Lessons, 20 Podcasts" series, I'm starting "Other Lessons" to talk about other things I've learned during my time at Wizards. This podcast's lesson is "People overrate ideas and underrate execution."

#652: War of the Spark Cards, Part 3 03.07.2019

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

#651: War of the Spark Cards, Part 2 03.07.2019

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

#650: War of the Spark Cards, Part 1 28.06.2019

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

#649: MagicFest London 28.06.2019

So, I went to England for MagicFest London and Mythic Championship II. This podcast talks all about my trip.

#648: Working on the Road 21.06.2019

Part of my job is traveling. This podcast talks about what it's like working when traveling as well as the many things that have to be done before or after you've traveled.

#647: Designing Library Effect 21.06.2019

This episode is another in my "Designing _____" series where I talk about how we design certain basic effects. In this episode, I talk about effects interacting with the library.

#646: Seeing the World 14.06.2019

Working on Magic has taken me to many countries around the world. In this podcast, I reminisce about all the places I've visited on Magic's dime.

#645: Languages 14.06.2019

Magic is printed in eleven languages. In this podcast, I talk about how that came to be and how making a game printed in so many languages impacts game design.

#644: Ajani's Pridemate 07.06.2019

This podcast is all about us adding two words to the rules text of one card and all the hullabaloo that followed. I explain why we did it and walk through the timeline of what happened (it's a little convoluted).

#643: Breaking Rules 07.06.2019

In this podcast, I discuss when rules should and shouldn't be broken in Magic design. It involves a bunch of talking about planeswalking and puppies.

#642: Retired Mechanics 31.05.2019

In this podcast, I talk about Magic mechanics that just didn't make the cut and had to be retired.

#641: Booster Packs 31.05.2019

In this podcast, I talk all about the history of the booster pack, how it's evolved, and what impact it has on the design of Magic.

#640: Planeswalker Who's Who 24.05.2019

In this podcast, I walk through all the Planeswalkers to explain who they are and how they're mechanically represented on cards.

#639: Top 10 Worst Mechanics 24.05.2019

I realized I hadn't done a Top 10 list in a while, so I decided to talk about bad mechanics.

#638: War of the Spark 17.05.2019

This podcast talks about the vision design of War of the Spark.

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