Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast

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#916: Card Frames Mar 18, 2022

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In this podcast, I talk about using different card frames as a design tool and get into the history of card frames that changed for mechanical reasons.

#915: New World Order with Matt Place Mar 18, 2022

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I sit down with Designer Matt Place to talk about the creation of New World Order, something he and I created many years ago to tackle a big problem the game was having.

#914: Initial Ideation Mar 11, 2022

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This podcast is about my latest Nuts & Bolts article on initial ideation. In it, I explain how one starts designing a Magic set around an idea.

#913: Copywriting with Ari Zirulnik Mar 11, 2022

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I sit down with Senior Copywriter Ari Zirulnik to talk about what exactly Magic copywriting is. He and I also lightly touch on writing the names and flavor text for Unfinity.

#912: Watermarks Mar 04, 2022

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In this podcast, I explain the history of watermarks, talk about the various ways we use them, and explain why we can't mechanically care about them outside of Un- sets.

#911: Good Morning Magic with Gavin Mar 04, 2022

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I sit down with Designer Gavin Verhey to discuss the making of his Good Morning Magic videos.

#910: The Big Picture Feb 25, 2022

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This is a podcast version of my article where I talk about the challenges of designing Magic when it's a different game to different players.

#909: Council of Colors with Chris Mooney Feb 25, 2022

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I sit down with designer Chris Mooney to talk about how the Council of Colors works, and he and I talk a bit about white, as he's the white representative on the council.

#908: Gods Feb 18, 2022

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I walk through the history of the God creature type and share stories about how we designed the different incarnations of them.

#907: Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty with Daniel Holt Feb 18, 2022

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There's no one in R&D that's a bigger fan of Kamigawa than Daniel Holt. He worked on more Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty teams than any other person at Wizards, so I sat down with him to talk about how we made sure Kamigawa was well represented in the set.

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