Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast

I've briefly told listeners how I came to work for Wizards, but this podcast goes a bit more in depth into how it happened.

In this podcast, I interview Barry Reich, Magic's very first playtester.

In this podcast, I go through all the enchantment subtypes of Magic.

In this podcast, I go through the history of playtest cards from Richard's first playtest through modern day.

In this podcast, I talk about the history of the snow supertype.

In this podcast, I talk about the history and design of all the Scarecrows in Magic.

In this podcast, I talk about a tool R&D uses called a use case.

In this podcast, I talk about my latest trip to San Diego Comic-Con, including discussing the many things I talked about in my Magic panel.

My eldest daughter Rachel and I again went to New York City to attend a convention about Broadway, so I again made a podcast about it.

When we make a new mechanic, how do we figure out how many cards can be made with the new mechanic? This concept is called mechanical depth, and in this podcast, I explain how we figure it out and the ramifications it has on design.

This is another podcast in my "Lessons Learned" series where I look back at sets I led (or co-led) to talk about the design lessons I learned. Today's podcast is on Zendikar Rising.

I sit down with Tom Jenkot and Sarah Wassell to talk about the making of Booster Fun variants (all the cool alternate-art cards and special card frames that we do in a set).

In this podcast, I talk about the history of the Vehicle subtype.

I sit down with Designer Bryan Hawley to talk about the design of Double Masters 2022.

In this podcast, I give my feedback on Spice8Rack's video about the history and influence of the Un- sets. You can watch that here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYYjjrG-hCo

This podcast is part three of a three-part series on the design of Return to Ravnica block. In this episode, I talk about the design of Dragon's Maze.

This podcast is part two of a three-part series on the design of Return to Ravnica block. In this episode, I talk about the design of Gatecrash.

This podcast is part one of a three-part series on the design of Return to Ravnica block. I start by talking about the design of Return to Ravnica.

This podcast talks about what being deciduous means for mechanics and then goes through the list of all the deciduous mechanics.

In this podcast, I talk about the history of basic lands and how their evolution over time influenced the rest of Magic.

I sit down with Designer Gavin Verhey to talk about the design of Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate's Commander decks.

For this podcast, I walk through all the different issues that have to be addressed when designing a new mechanic from early exploratory design all the way through the end of the design.

For this podcast, I look at how the creative components (name, art, flavor text, card concept) are made from start to finish in the making of a Magic set.

I sit down with Designer Corey Bowen to talk about the set design of Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate.

I sit down with designer Glenn Jones top talk about the vision design of Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate.