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#708: Tempest Cards, Part 4
This is part four of a four-part series of card-by-card design stories from Tempest.
#707: Tempest Cards, Part 3
This is part three of a four-part series of card-by-card design stories from Tempest.
#706: Blue-Black
This is the second, of ten, in my two-color philosophy series.
#705: Tempest Cards, Part 2
This is part two of a four-part series of card-by-card design stories from Tempest.
#704: Tempest Cards, Part 1
This is part one of a four-part series of card-by-card design stories from Tempest.
#703: Trivia – Top 50 Creature Types
What are the top 50 creature types in order of how often they show up on Magic cards? In this podcast, I give listeners clues for guessing as I go through the list.
#702: White-Blue
This is the first in a series on the two-color pairs. I begin by examining white-blue.
#701: Collecting
In this podcast, I talk about an aspect of Magic that's core to trading card games and can influence how we design sets—collecting.
#700: Plane Diversity
In this podcast, I talk about a popular topic from my blog about why Magic worlds aren't all as diverse as Dominaria.
#699: Maria & Meghan
This is my first podcast of a new series where I talk about various members of the Magic community that produce content. I'm going to start by talking about Maria and ...
#698: Reusing Things
Part of Magic design is reusing things you've used before. This podcast talks all about when and how we reuse things in design.
#697: Planeswalker Evolutions
In this podcast, I talk about the many different ways we've evolved the planeswalker card type since its introduction.
#696: When to Change
This podcast talks about when you have to change what you're doing in a design. I give numerous examples of designs where we ended up making big changes.
#695: Core of Planes
In this podcast, I examine all of our major planes and talk about the most important part of the plane from a design and flavor perspective.
#694: Trivia – Top 50 Words
What are the 50 words that show up in the most Magic card titles? In this podcast, I go through that list and talk a bit about how we name cards.
#693: Food Cluster
I'm trying something new, what I'm calling a cluster podcast, where I pick a topic and talk about a whole bunch of little topics in that category. For my first cluster...
#692: Throne of Eldraine Cards, Part 4
This is part four of a four-part series on card-by-card design stories from Throne of Eldraine.
#691: Throne of Eldraine Cards, Part 3
This is part three of a four-part series on card-by-card design stories from Throne of Eldraine.
#690: The Priority Problem
This podcast talks about why we can't easily meet every request.
#689: Artifacts & Enchantements
This podcast is about the similarities and differences between artifacts and enchantments, and how they've changed over time.
#688: Subtypes
In this podcast, I talk about all the noncreature subtypes in Magic.
#687: Throne of Eldraine Cards, Part 2
This is part two of a four-part series on card-by-card design stories from Throne of Eldraine.
#686: Throne of Eldraine Cards, Part 1
This is part one of a four-part series on card-by-card design stories from Throne of Eldraine.
#685: Things Not Going According to Plan
In game design, as in any creation—and life really—things don't always go according to plan. In this podcast, I talk about numerous times Magic design ended up having ...
#684: Throne of Eldraine
In this podcast, I talk about the design of Throne of Eldraine.
#683: Throne of Eldraine Stream
In this podcast, I take listeners behind the scenes into the making of the Throne of Eldraine announcement stream.
#682: Connecting Set & Story
In this podcast, I talk about what we have to do in design to make sure that the set and story align.
#681: Math in Magic
In this podcast, I talk about how Magic design involves a lot of math.
#680: Diversity in Game Design
In August, I wrote an article about why diversity matters in game design. This is my podcast version of that topic.
#679: Changing the Color Pie
In this podcast, I discuss when, how, and why we make changes to the color pie.