PODCASTS

In this podcast, I look at the history of the scry mechanic, from its premier in Fifth Dawn all the way to it becoming an evergreen keyword action.

This is part one of a three-part series about the design of Ixalan.

In this podcast, I talk about how Wizards interacts with our freelance artists.

I am often asked what factors determine when we choose to keyword a mechanic. In this podcast, I talk all about this topic.

In this podcast, I talk all about the design of Hour of Devastation.

In my "Making Magic" column, I occasionally write articles where I blend together Magic and non-Magic topics selected by the audience. In this podcast, I talk all about the articles I've written in this format.

In this podcast, I talk about how players can best give their input about Magic.

For this podcast, I talk about how you can keep things feeling different in a game that's constantly making new content.

This is the fifteenth podcast in my 20-podcast series "20 Years, 20 Lessons." In this podcast, I talk about the importance of designing a component for the audience it's intended for.

For the first time ever, I have a guest who isn't in the car with me. Thanks to new technology, I now have the ability to have a guest phone in. Gavin Verhey of Magic R&D tests out this new technology with me.

In this podcast, I talk about the history of the Pit—the area where R&D works.

I attended another SDCC and had another Blogatog Live Magic panel where I talked for the first time about Unstable. In this podcast, I talk all about what happened, including a few tidbits about Unstable from the panel that didn't make it out to social media.

I'm often asked questions about how best to start a design. In this podcast, I go into detail about how to do just that.

In this podcast, I talk about the history of poison counters in the game.

For the first time, I review a book. Okay, it's a book about the history of Magic.

In this podcast, I talk about the many different multicolor blocks we've made and how we went about making them.

Blake and Alison spent the last four weeks talking about Commander (2017 Edition), but they're switching gears to prepare for Ixalan.

In this podcast, I look back at some of the different formats from the early days of Magic including things likes Grand Melee and Emperor.

We have to make a lot of Magic sets, and while we always make new things, a lot of our job is taking the staple things we do all the time and finding small ways to make them feel different. In today's podcast, I talk about how we do that.

This week, Blake and Alison talk about the most temperamental tribe in Commander (2017 Edition)—Cats!