Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast

This is part two of a two-part series where I examine the first Great Designer Search in detail. I walk through all the tests to get in and then all the challenges given to the contestants.

This is part one of a two-part series where I examine the first Great Designer Search in detail. I walk through all the tests to get in and then all the challenges given to the contestants.

R&D has a sign hanging on our walls explaining the principles of Magic R&D. In this podcast, I walk through all the items on the list and explain why they're important and how they impact the way R&D makes Magic.

This is another in my "20 Lessons, 20 Podcasts" series where I go over the 20 lessons from my 2016 GDC Speech. Today's lesson is number thirteen: Make the fun part also the correct strategy to win.

Telling a story can be difficult in any medium, but it's especially hard through the medium of a trading card game. In this podcast, I walk through the difficulties and how we overcome them.

This is the third and final podcast in my three-part series on the design of Guildpact.

This is second part of a three-part series on the design of Guildpact.

This is first part of a three-part series on the design of Guildpact.

This podcasts talks about all the different worlds we've visited over the years in various Magic expansions.

This is another in my series "20 Years, 20 Podcasts" where I talk in detail about all the Magic stuff that happened in a particular year.

There was a lot of discussion online about what exactly "top-down" and "bottom-up" designs were, so I dedicate a podcast to talk all about what the terms mean. I then walk through the history of Magic talking about whether or not the first set of each block was a top-down or bottom-up design.

I often talk about the many fights in R&D that I managed to win. Well, I didn't win them all, and this podcast talks about a bunch of the fights I lost.

This podcast is another in my "Lessons Learned" series where I talk about sets I led the design for and the lessons I learned from leading it. In this podcast, I discuss what I learned from leading the design for Battle for Zendikar.

This is another podcast in my "20 Lessons, 20 Podcasts" series with design lessons from my GDC talk. Today's podcast talks about Lesson #12: Don't Design Something to Prove You Can.

Wizards of the Coast doesn't give public tours, but occasionally we give them for special guests. As someone who has done a lot of these tours, I thought it would be fun to do one for all of you, virtually.

This podcast is a look at the behind-the-scenes of the "Drive to Work" podcast. Very meta.

In this podcast, I talk all about the importance of elements in your game having strengths and weaknesses.

This is another Top 10 podcast. In this episode, I talk about the Top 10 coolest things about working in R&D.

In my 21 years at Wizards, Magic has helped me travel all over the world. In this podcast, I talk about the sixteen different countries I've visited.

This is another in my series on designing different rarities. In this podcast, I talk about designing rares and mythic rares.

In this podcast, I explore the design of a trading card game, but one other than Magic. I talk about the creation of Duel Masters, a trading card game we created for the Japanese market.

In this podcast, I talk about the first five Magic World Championships.

I'm often asked about the best way to teach Magic to a new player. In today's podcast I explain how to do it.

This is the fifth part of a five-part series on the cards of original Ravnica.

This is the fourth part of a five-part series on the cards of original Ravnica.