I recently wrote a new Nuts Bolts column where I talked about the elements a set needs to work well in Limited play This podcast goes over all the details from that article If you re interested in building your own set or cube this is worth a listen If not it s still a good insight into

   In this podcast I sit down with Harless Snyder and Natalie Kreider to talk about the role of Magic story in the game and the revival of The Magic Story Podcast

   In this podcast I talk through numerous mechanics that we ve designed but never published

   In this podcast I sit down with Art Director Ovidio Cartagena to talk about the art direction of Phyrexia All Will Be One

   Today I talk about the role of the product architect and the importance of the position

   In this podcast I talk about the history of artifacts and enchantments and how they evolved to become closer mechanically

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

   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

   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

   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

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

   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

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

   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

   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 Strixhaven School of Mages

   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

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

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

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

   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

   To celebrate my th episode I talk all about the making of Drive to Work

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

   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

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

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

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

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

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

   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

   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 characters from Unfinity

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

   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

   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 Magic in a world where the most popular tabletop formats are larger

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

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

   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

   In this podcast I talk all about the design of The Brothers War

   In this podcast I talk all about my time at Magic in Las Vegas

   At Magic I did an hour long panel sharing personal stories about different pictures I d chosen from years in Magic In this podcast I go over why I chose those pictures and stories to share

   In this podcast I sit down with Ari Nieh the lead vision designer of The Brothers War to talk about the set s vision design

   Unfinity is the first time I ran a Set Design team This podcast talks about what I learned about set design from the experience

   I travelled to Victoria Canada to participate in the Unfinity Pre Prerelease with Loading Ready Run In this podcast I tell the story of my trip

   This is part four of a four part series on the design of Unfinity

   I sit down with Graham Stark and Kathleen De Vere to talk about writing names and flavor text for Unfinity

   This is part three of a four part series on the design of Unfinity

   I sit down with Ari Zirulnik to talk about overseeing the names and flavor text creation in Unfinity

   This podcast is part two of a four part series on the design of Unfinity

   I sit down with Annie Sardelis to talk about what card concepting is and how she did the card concepting for various cards in Unfinity

   This podcast is part one of a multi part series on the design of Unfinity

   Chris Mooney was my strong second on Unfinity from the first day of exploratory design to the last day of set design We sit down to talk about the stories of several card designs