Zan Syed is a game designer and entrepreneur. He was the 2019 Star City Games Player of the Year and Captain of Team Lotus Box.

0:01:15 reminiscing about Atlanta

0:07:48 Zan's multicultural background

0:12:21 how Zan's Magic journey began

0:20:14 the level-up process and mindset

0:26:35 on outworking the competition

0:30:52 why Zan is creating a new card game

0:42:02 making a new game - the challenges ahead

0:48:06 skill-based vs. variance-based game design

0:57:53 why Flesh and Blood (and Lost Ark) succeeded as games

1:05:20 lessons from the startup life

1:12:35 "Magic has the essence of something that needs to exist"

1:16:15 is Zan still involved with Magic?

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