Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast

In this podcast, I talk about the difference of designing a set for a new world and designing for a return.

This is a history podcast where I talk all about the history of Prereleases, from the first one for Ice Age to modern day.

Wizards of the Coast makes games other than Magic. Today, I talk about one of our other big games. I discuss its history, how it influenced Magic, and how it came to be a Wizards of Coast game.

I talk a lot about the design of Magic, but there are many other teams that design has to work with. This podcast talks about all these other teams. I talk through the lens of Amonkhet, so if you’re eager to hear a few Amonkhet stories, you might want to give this a listen.

In this podcast, I talk about the nuts of bolts of rarity, including some history about how different rarities have worked over the years.

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.