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#1014: MagicCon: Philadelphia

I went to Philly to attend MagicCon. This podcast tells of my journey.

#1013: Colorless with Ben Weitz

So far, I've talked with all five color representatives. That means it's time to talk with a sixth, the colorless representative Ben Weitz.

#1012: Working with Worldbuilding

One of the teams I work closest with is the Creative team. In this podcast, I talk about how the Vision Design and Worldbuilding teams work hand in hand.

#1011: Mental Processing

In this podcast, I talk about all the different ways cards can impact the players mentally and how we have to account for it in design.

#1010: Mana Value

In this podcast, I talk about how this concept came about and how we design for it.

#1009: White with Chris Mooney

This is another in my series where I sit down with color representatives from the Council of Colors. In this podcast, I talk with Chris Mooney about white.

#1008: Die Rolling

In this podcast, I look at the history of die-rolling cards.

#1007: Black with Corey Bowen

This is another in my series where I sit down with color representatives from the Council of Colors. In this podcast, I talk with Corey Bowen about black.

#1006: Lessons Learned – Strixhaven

This is another podcast in my "Lessons Learned" series where I look back at sets I led (or co-led) to talk about the design lessons I learned. Today's podcast is on St...

#1005: Blue with Ethan Fleischer

This is another in my series where I sit down with representatives of the colors from the Council of Colors. In this podcast, I talk with Ethan Fleischer about blue.

#1004: Logistics

In this podcast, I talk about an important aspect of design, something we call logistics (all the physicalness of using a card).

#1003: Phyrexia with Adam Prosak

I sit down with Set Lead Designer Adam Prosak to talk about the design of Phyrexia: All Will Be One.

#1002: Phyrexia Design

In this podcast, I talk all about Phyrexia and the design of Phyrexia: All Will Be One.

#1001: Red with Jules Robins

This is the second in my series of interviews with color representatives from the Council of Colors. In this podcast, I interview Jules Robins about red.

#1000: Drive to Work

To celebrate my 1,000th episode, I talk all about the making of Drive to Work.

#999: Green with Megan Smith

In this podcast, I sit down with Megan Smith, the representative for green in the Council of Colors to talk all about green.

#998: Budget

I've covered almost every aspect of designing a new set but haven't talked about how our budget impacts design. Today's podcast is all about designing under a budget.

#997: Noncreature Artifact Tokens

In today's podcast, I talk about the seventeen noncreature artifact tokens from across Magic's history.

#996: Artifact Destruction

In this podcast, I look back at the history of artifact destruction.

#995: Off-Color Activations

In this podcast, I talk about how we design activations that require a color not found in the mana cost of the card.

#994: Bonus Sheets

In this episode, I talk about the history of bonus sheets from Time Spiral to The Brother's War.

#993: The Brothers' War with Yoni Skolnik

I sit down with Yoni Skolnik, the lead set designer of The Brothers' War, to talk through its design.

#992: Interviewing Guests

I do a lot of interviews on my podcast, so this podcast is all about what it takes to interview people and offers some tips on how to do it well.

#991: Unfinity with Ari Zirulnik, Part 2

In this podcast, I'm joined by Ari Zirulnik again (he oversaw names and flavor text for Unfinity) so that he and I can give more off-the-cuff canon material about the ...

#990: Top-Down Design

In this podcast, I walk through all the various things that have to be done when doing a top-down design.

#989: Public Speaking

Part of my job involves talking in front of large crowds. In this podcast, I talk about what that's like and offer tips on how to do it well.

#988: Designing for an Eternal World

Magic constantly changes and evolves, which means that we as designers must keep changing how we approach design. This podcast talks about the challenges of making Mag...

#987: Unfinity Rules with Jess Dunks

In this podcast, I sit down with Rules Manager Jesse Dunks to talk about choosing acorn and Eternal Unfinity cards.

#986: Costing Cards

In this podcast, I talk about how we go about costing cards.

#985: The Brothers' War Art with Taylor

In this podcast, I sit down with The Brothers' War Lead Art Director Taylor Ingvarsson to talk about the world building and art for the set.