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#1290: Persistence

Sometimes, the greatest design skill is to never give up. In this podcast, I talk about times it took a while for an idea to make it to print.

#1289: Lessons Learned – Murders at Karlov Manor

This podcast is another in my "Lessons Learned" series where I talk about sets I led or co-led and walk through all the design lessons I learned. This time, I discuss ...

#1288: Hybrid in Commander

When the Commander Format Panel visited Wizards, I gave a presentation pitching why I felt it was important to change how hybrid worked in Commander. This podcast goes...

#1287: New York Comic Con 2025

I just returned from New York Comic Con. This podcast talks all about it.

#1286: Proliferate

This podcast talks about the history of the proliferate mechanic.

#1285: Top 20 Most Influential Expansions, Part 3

This is part three of three going over my talk from MagicCon: Atlanta looking at the top 20 most influential Magic expansions of all time.

#1284: Top 20 Most Influential Expansions, Part 2

This is part two of three going over my talk from MagicCon: Atlanta looking at the top 20 most influential Magic expansions of all time.

#1283: Top 20 Most Influential Expansions, Part 1

This podcast is part one of three going over my talk from MagicCon: Atlanta looking at the top 20 most influential Magic expansions of all time.

#1282: MagicCon: Atlanta 2025

I just got back from MagicCon: Atlanta, and in this podcast, I talk all about it.

#1281: Early One-Drop Creatures

This podcast is a look back at the early creatures that only cost one mana.

#1280: MagicCon Prep

In this podcast, I talk about the things I have to do to prepare for an upcoming MagicCon (in this case, MagicCon: Atlanta).

#1279: Saviors of Kamigawa

This podcast is another in my quest to talk about every Magic expansion. This time I talk about the third set in the Champions of Kamigawa block, Saviors of Kamigawa.

#1278: History of Returns

In this podcast, I talk about the times we returned to settings that we'd already visited.

#1277: Betrayers of Kamigawa

This podcast is another in my quest to cover every Magic expansion.

#1276: Ante

This podcast is about the most hated mechanic in the history of Magic, ante.

#1275: Aesthetic Color Pie

In this podcast, I talk about a specific aspect of the color pie and how modern design requires that we care about it.

#1274: The History of Tokens

This podcast is a companion to my three-part Making Magic series on the history of tokens. You can read the third and final column on Monday, September 8.

#1273: Marvel's Spider-Man Set Design with Corey Bowen

In this podcast, I sit down with Corey Bowen, the lead set designer of Magic: The Gathering® | Marvel's Spider-Man, to talk about the set's design.

#1272: How Magic Grew

In my podcast on Igniting the Spark (the new Magic documentary), I talked about doing a podcast that covered something the documentary didn't. How did Magic grow from ...

#1271: Structuring Sets

In this podcast, I talk about a key component of design: set structure.