Someone on my blog asked me if I ever designed any Magic formats. It turns out that I have, so I spent a podcast episode talking about them.By Mark Rosewater

In this episode, I walk through many of the design issues that occur during vision design.By Mark Rosewater

In this podcast, I talk about times we decided to reuse mechanics and times we chose to tweak mechanics into something new.By Mark Rosewater

Inspired by this year's "Nuts & Bolts" column, I walk through how mechanics are created.By Mark Rosewater

In this episode, I walk through the history of Magic and talk about how communicating with players has changed over the years.By Mark Rosewater

This podcast is part three of three on my series about the 20 worst mechanics of all time, based on my talk at last year's MagicCon: Las Vegas.By Mark Rosewater

This podcast is part two of three on my series about the 20 worst mechanics of all time, based on my talk at last year's MagicCon: Las Vegas.By Mark Rosewater

This podcast is part one of three on my series about the 20 worst mechanics of all time, based on my talk at last year's MagicCon: Las Vegas.By Mark Rosewater

This is part two of a two-part series on the aesthetic profiles. This time, I talk about Mel, the player who aesthetically appreciates mechanics.By Mark Rosewater

When Richard Garfield first made Magic, he liked to say it was "a game bigger than the box." In this episode, I walk through what exactly that phrase means and the challenges of making a game that accomplishes this.By Mark Rosewater

This podcast is part one of a two-part series on the aesthetic profiles. Up first, I talk all about Vorthos, the player who aesthetically appreciates flavor.By Mark Rosewater

In this podcast, I talk about the team that figures out what in-Multiverse Magic sets we'll be doing in the future.By Mark Rosewater

This podcast is part three of a three-part series walking through the three psychographics. Today, I explore the psychological analysis of Spike.By Mark Rosewater

In this podcast, I sit down with the creative lead for Tarkir: Dragonstorm, Lauren Bond, to talk about the worldbuilding and creative execution of the set.By Mark Rosewater

This podcast is part two of a three-part series walking through the three psychographics. Today, I explore the psychological analysis of Johnny and Jenny.By Mark Rosewater

In this podcast, I sit down with Tarkir: Dragonstorm Set Design Lead Adam Prosak to talk about the set's design.By Mark Rosewater

This episode is part one of a three-part series walking through the three psychographics. I start today with exploring the psychological analysis of Timmy and Tammy.By Mark Rosewater

In this episode, I walk through the vision design for Tarkir: Dragonstorm and talk about the evolution of the Dragon subtype and clan mechanics.By Mark Rosewater

Many years ago, I would drive my eldest daughter to school, and occasionally, we did a segment called "Replies with Rachel" where the two of us would answer questions. I then did another segment with my youngest daughter Sarah called "Small Talk with Sarah" when I drove her to camp. Today, for the first time, I have both my daughters and all three …

Magic's very first set had a card type that no longer exists called interrupts. In this episode, I walk through all the cards of this card type in Limited Edition (Alpha).By Mark Rosewater

In this episode, I explain the value of themes by going through the various teams that work on a Magic set.By Mark Rosewater

In this episode, I explain the numerous ways designers give feedback to each other by going through the entire exploratory design and vision design process.By Mark Rosewater

This is part three of a three-part series going over a talk I gave at MagicCon: Chicago 2025.By Mark Rosewater

This is part two of a three-part series going over a talk I gave at MagicCon: Chicago 2025.By Mark Rosewater

This is part one of a three-part series going over a talk I gave at MagicCon: Chicago 2025.By Mark Rosewater

In this episode, I talk about my recent trip to MagicCon: Chicago.By Mark Rosewater

This episode looks back at the design of Weatherlight, the third set in the Mirage block.By Mark Rosewater

This episode looks back at the design of Visions, the second set in the Mirage block.By Mark Rosewater

One of the truisms of game design: make sure your players enjoy losing your game. How do we do that? This podcast walks listeners through six key lessons.By Mark Rosewater

Every year, my eldest daughter, Rachel, and I go to a convention dedicated to Broadway called BroadwayCon. It's interesting going to a convention from the perspective of a fan. In this episode, I talk about this year's trip, the things I learned, and apply my learnings to Magic design.By Mark Rosewater

I do a lot of interviews. A question I often get is, "Why is Magic so good?" I have a lot of answers to that question, enough for a 30-minute podcast.By Mark Rosewater

In this podcast, I sit down with Yoni Skolnik, the lead set designer for Aetherdrift, to talk about the design after it was handed off for set design.By Mark Rosewater

I talk about the history of drawback mechanics, what they are, how we design them, and how they've changed over the years.By Mark Rosewater

I recorded this podcast two years ago when I handed off the Aetherdrift vision design to the Set Design team. Hear my thoughts on Magic's latest set as it came fresh out of design.By Mark Rosewater

In this podcast, I walk through the various reasons why we reprint cards at a different rarity.By Mark Rosewater

In this podcast, I talk about the history of the protection mechanic, starting from Limited Edition (Alpha) to present day.By Mark Rosewater

In this podcast, I walk through Magic's history to talk about how the use of creature types has changed over time.By Mark Rosewater

This is another in my "Lessons Learned" podcasts where I talk about sets I led or co-led the design for. I walk through the various lessons I learned in leading the design of the set. This episode is about The Lost Caverns of Ixalan.By Mark Rosewater

Almost every randomized booster product is designed to be drafted. To do that we have to build around what we call draft archetypes. In this podcast, I talk all about them.By Mark Rosewater

In this podcast, I sit down with JC Tao, the lead designer of Innistrad Remastered, to talk about the making of the set.By Mark Rosewater

In this podcast, I talk all about the design of Apocalypse, another set from the Invasion block.By Mark Rosewater

In this podcast, I talk all about the design of Planeshift, a set from the Invasion block.By Mark Rosewater

I gained a love of games from my father and a love of psychology from my mother. This podcast talks about how my interest in psychology has impacted me as a Magic designer.By Mark Rosewater

Part of writing a weekly Magic column involves writing card preview articles for new sets. In this podcast, I talk all about what goes into writing them.By Mark Rosewater

This is part two of my two-part series where I talk about the history of two-in-one cards.By Mark Rosewater

This last fall, I wrote a two-part article about what I call "two-in-one cards," or "two-in-ones" for short. These are designs where more than one spell is represented on a single card. My dividing line is that each spell has its own name. There are a bunch of different ways we've made two-in-ones. This podcast talks all about their history. This i…

Variance is an important aspect of Magic design (and game design in general). In this podcast, I explain what it is and how we use it.By Mark Rosewater

There are two ways to begin a design: from the top down, where you start with flavor, and from the bottom up, where you start with mechanics. In this podcast, I talk about how these two design processes have evolved over time.By Mark Rosewater

My favorite metaphor for Magic design is that it's like running a buffet. I talk about where this metaphor came from and why I feel it's so accurate.By Mark Rosewater

This is another history podcast where I explore how an element of Magic came to be and evolved over time. This time, I look into the history of drafting.By Mark Rosewater