Remaking Magic

By Reuben Covington & Dan Felder

Join Reuben Covington and Jake Mosby for the return of Remaking Magic, the podcast all about game design and magic the gathering.

In this podcast we talk about the game design behind the card game Mag... more

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How many episodes does Remaking Magic have?

The podcast currently has 68 episodes available.

Remaking Magic episodes:

December 13, 2015Re-Making Magic Ep47 - Chat with Riley Smith
Join Reuben Covington and his guest for the forty-seventh episode of Re-Making Magic, the podcast about game design and custom magic cards.
In this episode:
Dan's away due to technical difficulties
Reuben has a guest, Riley Smith aka Orb-Warded-Kor-Warlord
We discuss the the tumblr custom magic scene
We talk about Riley's interest in what he calls "Lost Cards"
You can find a super useful Card Art Package Reuben has created
Riley talks about a few designs from tumblr
Be sure to check out the MTG design prompts blog which Riley also runs
You can give us feedback and discuss the episode on the MTGsalvation discussion thread
Contact details:
Blog: remakingmagic.tumblr.com
Reuben Covington
Twitter: @reubencovington
Email: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Doombringer

Riley Smith
Tumblr: http://orb-warded-kor-warlord.tumblr.com/
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37min
December 03, 2015Re-Making Magic Ep46 - Zombies and Goldfish
Join Reuben Covington and Dan Felder for the forty-sixth episode of Re-Making Magic, the podcast about game design and custom magic cards.
In this episode:
Check out Dan's new podcast: The Dungeon Master's Guide
Critique a card: Flesh Raider
We discuss why Johnny, Timmy & Spike are useful tools for designers
We go in-depth to the recent controversy about MTGgoldfish statistics
We discuss possible other options with these statistics and if this way the correct decision for the health of the game.
You can give us feedback and discuss the episode on the MTGsalvation discussion thread
Contact details:
Blog: remakingmagic.tumblr.com
Reuben Covington
Twitter: @reubencovington
Email: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Doombringer

Dan Felder
Twitter: @DesignerDanF
Email: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Stairc
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1h
November 25, 2015Re-Making Magic Ep45 - Kozilek Emerges
Join Reuben Covington and Dan Felder for the forty-fifth episode of Re-Making Magic, the podcast about game design and custom magic cards.
In this episode:
We discuss the new unofficial Oath of the Gatewatch spoilers including:
Kozilek, The Great Distortion
The Wastes basic land
You can find the Mirrorpool card which we don't discuss in detail
We discuss generic vs colorless mana and what we believe the new mana is
You can give us feedback and discuss the episode on the MTGsalvation discussion thread
Contact details:
Blog: remakingmagic.tumblr.com
Reuben Covington
Twitter: @reubencovington
Email: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Doombringer

Dan Felder
Twitter: @DesignerDanF
Email: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Stairc
...more
44min
November 22, 2015Re-Making Magic Ep44 - The Mana System
Join Reuben Covington and Dan Felder for the forty-fourth episode of Re-Making Magic, the podcast about game design and custom magic cards.
In this episode:
We discuss what the mana system of MTG does
We discuss the alternative systems and what pros and cons they have
Give us feedback on our blog
You can give us feedback and discuss the episode on the MTGsalvation discussion thread
Contact details:
Blog: remakingmagic.tumblr.com
Reuben Covington
Twitter: @reubencovington
Email: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Doombringer

Dan Felder
Email: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Stairc
...more
1h 18min
November 14, 2015Re-Making Magic Ep43 - Goblin Challenge Pt2
Join Reuben Covington and Dan Felder for the forty-third episode of Re-Making Magic, the podcast about game design and custom magic cards.
In this episode:
Design Challenge: Submit a build-around uncommon goblin creature
We discuss the entries submitted from episode 40's design challenge
You can find the entries HERE
You can give us feedback and discuss the episode on the MTGsalvation discussion thread
Contact details:
Blog: remakingmagic.tumblr.com
Reuben Covington
Twitter: @reubencovington
Email: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Doombringer

Dan Felder
Email: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Stairc
...more
1h 8min
November 05, 2015Dungeon Masters Guide Episode 1
Join Dan Felder for the first episode of Dungeon Master's Guide, the podcast about game design and RPG campaigns.
In this episode:
Dan Introduces the podcast
He discusses motivations and how to use this to stop derailment.
The first one or two episodes of this podcast will appear on the Re-Making magic feed with future episodes appearing on it's own feed.
Contact details:
Blog: remakingmagic.tumblr.com

Dan Felder
Email: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Stairc
...more
42min
November 05, 2015Re-Making Magic Ep42 - Goblin Challenge Pt1
Join Reuben Covington and Dan Felder for the forty-second episode of Re-Making Magic, the podcast about game design and custom magic cards.
In this episode:
Design Challenge: Submit a build-around uncommon goblin creature
We discuss the entries submitted from episode 40's design challenge
You can find the entries HERE
You can give us feedback and discuss the episode on the MTGsalvation discussion thread
Contact details:
Blog: remakingmagic.tumblr.com
Reuben Covington
Twitter: @reubencovington
Email: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Doombringer

Dan Felder
Email: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Stairc
...more
1h 3min
October 30, 2015Re-Making Magic Ep41 - Development Enviroments
Join Reuben Covington and Dan Felder for the forty-first episode of Re-Making Magic, the podcast about game design and custom magic cards.
In this episode:
We talk about creating a deep limited environment
Dan talks a lot about recent Faeria Playtesting
Dan has written a Balancing 101 article on Gamasutra
We discuss Hazards, Threats and Supports
We discuss having conflicting Hazards
You can give us feedback and discuss the episode on the MTGsalvation discussion thread
Contact details:
Blog: remakingmagic.tumblr.com
Reuben Covington
Twitter: @reubencovington
Email: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Doombringer

Dan Felder
Email: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Stairc
...more
44min
October 21, 2015Re-Making Magic Ep40 - Mindflayers, French and Goblins
Join Reuben Covington and Dan Felder for the fortieth episode of Re-Making Magic, the podcast about game design and custom magic cards.
In this episode:
We talk about recent technical difficulties
We give an update on the Science vs Faith duel decks
You can find everything you need to help us playtest the duel decks HERE
Dan has a funny Pre-Release story
Critique a card: Brotherhood Mindflayer
We start a new Design challenge: Design a uncommon "build around" Golbin card. The build around theme doesn't have to be about goblins.
You can give us feedback and discuss the episode on the MTGsalvation discussion thread
Contact details:
Blog: remakingmagic.tumblr.com
Reuben Covington
Twitter: @reubencovington
Email: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Doombringer

Dan Felder
Email: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Stairc
...more
45min
October 08, 2015Re-Making Magic Ep39 - BFZ Pre-Release
Join Reuben Covington and Dan Felder for the thirty-ninth episode of Re-Making Magic, the podcast about game design and custom magic cards.
In this episode:
We discuss Reuben's Battle for Zendikar Pre-Release experience
Reuben gets very very lucky.
Dan discusses ingest's economy and Lorwyn's Hidden Treasure Mechanic
We cut the episode a little short due to Dan having audio issues.
You can give us feedback and discuss the episode on the MTGsalvation discussion thread
Contact details:
Blog: remakingmagic.tumblr.com
Reuben Covington
Twitter: @reubencovington
Email: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Doombringer

Dan Felder
Email: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Stairc
...more
29min

FAQs about Remaking Magic:

How many episodes does Remaking Magic have?

The podcast currently has 68 episodes available.