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
#537: Poll Position #1 18.05.2018 33:07
I started a new feature on my Twitter where I polled the audience about various Magic design issues. This podcast goes over the issues I asked about and the feedback I received.
#536: Lessons Learned – Amonkhet 11.05.2018 43:15
This podcast is another in my "Lessons Learned" series where I talk about the lessons I learned on sets for which I led or co-led the design. In this podcast, I talk about co-leading Amonkhet.
#535: Constructive Criticism 11.05.2018 38:42
A lot of my job is giving and receiving criticism. In this podcast, I talk about the tenets to giving criticism in a way that helps the person getting the criticism be better able to use it.
#534: Designing Legendaries 04.05.2018 37:36
In this podcast, I talk about how we design legendary cards.
#533: Editor-in-Chief 04.05.2018 35:47
In this podcast, I talk about my time as editor-in-chief of Duelist, the Magic-themed magazine Wizards used to produce.
#532: Morph 27.04.2018 53:46
In this podcast I walk through the history of the morph mechanic from its origin to its use in Khans of Tarkir block.
#531: Magic Evolution, Part 3 27.04.2018 31:05
This is the third in my series "Magic Evolution," where I go through every set and talk about what design technology was created. In this podcast, I talk about Mercadian Masques through Apocalypse.
#530: What Is a Game 20.04.2018 30:19
This is a fun podcast where I explain my definition of what a game is. I'm sure it's bound to prompt much discussion.
#529: 20 Lessons: Creativity 20.04.2018 29:54
This is part eighteen of my series "20 Lessons, 20 Podcasts" based on my 2016 Game Developers Conference talk. In this podcast, I explain why restrictions breed creativity.
#528: Dissension, Part 3 13.04.2018 39:56
This is part three of three, where I share many card-by-card design stories from Dissension.
#527: Dissension, Part 2 13.04.2018 40:41
This is part two of three, where I share many card-by-card design stories from Dissension.
#526: Dissension, Part 1 06.04.2018 40:28
In this podcast, I go over the design test, the third trial for the Great Designer Search 3.
#525: Rookie Mistakes 06.04.2018 32:42
Having just read 94 design tests for the GDS3, I spend a podcast talking about many of the common mistakes novice designers make.
#524: GDS3 Trial 3 30.03.2018 41:58
I finally get around to the third and final set in original Ravnica block, Dissension. This is part one of three, where I share many card-by-card design stories from the set.
#523: GDS3 Trial 2, Part 3 30.03.2018 44:56
In this podcast, I go over the answers for the final 25 questions in the Trial 2 multiple-choice test for the Great Designer Search 3.
#522: GDS3 Trial 2, Part 2 23.03.2018 44:01
In this podcast, I go over the answers for the second 25 questions in the Trial 2 multiple-choice test for the Great Designer Search 3.
#521: GDS3 Trial 2, Part 1 23.03.2018 42:55
In this podcast, I go over the answers for the first 25 questions in the Trial 2 multiple-choice test for the Great Designer Search 3.
#520: GDS3, Trial 1 16.03.2018 44:43
To make it into the Top 8 of the Great Designer Search 3, you needed to pass three trials. In this podcast, I talk about the first trial, the essay test.
#519: Editing 16.03.2018 45:07
In this podcast, I talk all about the important work done by our editing team.
#518: ESPN2 09.03.2018 39:27
For many years, Magic was broadcast on ESPN2. This podcast looks back at that time and talks about the experience from behind the scenes.
#517: Answering Questions 09.03.2018 54:56
Part of my job is answering questions from all sorts of different sources. In this podcast, I talk about who I answer questions from and how I do it.
#516: New to Magic 02.03.2018 39:57
This podcast was made for you to share with someone new to Magic. I walk through the basics and demonstrate the important things to do when introducing the game.
#515: Building New Worlds 02.03.2018 38:22
This is a companion podcast to one I did about designing sets that revisit worlds we've been to before. In this podcast, I talk about designing for a new world.
#514: Unstable Pre-Prelease 23.02.2018 32:16
I traveled to Victoria, Canada, to participate in LoadingReadyRun's inaccurately named but very fun Pre-Prerelease for Unstable. This podcast is all about my trip.
#513: Unstable Variants 23.02.2018 35:56
Unstable did something different by having various versions of a card with the same name. This podcast talks about how they happened and the great lengths we went to in order to hide their existence.
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