Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast
Aug 28, 2026 · 33 min · 10 segments
This is the part six of a seven-part series, based on a talk I gave at MagicCon: Amsterdam where I discussed the design of all the cards I had a major hand in that would later get banned or…
Mark RosewaterHost
Enchanted creature has tap, uh, make a token copy of target creature, uh, and then it goes away at end of turn.
Um, uh, so, uh, basically, uh, I, I guess the, the story of this card is that, uh, in Alpha ...
In Alpha, there were two cards that caught my eye: Clone and Vesuvan Doppelganger.
Um, 'cause one of the things I really like about cloning is I'm a Johnny at heart, and I love the idea that I have so much flexibility in what I do, and there's all these sorta cool things that can happen.
Um, and then in, uh, the Dark, uh, there was a card called Dance of Many, uh, and it made a, a token, a copy token, and I was like, "A copy token? That sounds ..." So I ...
One of the things about design is that you get areas that you just sort of are enamored by and you make it.
Um, and a lot of times, especially early Magic where there weren't a lot of us, like if I was a champion of something, I would make it 'cause no one else necessarily was making it.
Um, so anyway, in Champions of Kamigawa, I make a card called Kiki-Jiki, uh, Mirror Breaker, I think.
Enchanted creature has tap, uh, make a token copy of target creature, uh, and then it goes away at end of turn.
Um, uh, so, uh, basically, uh, I, I guess the, the story of this card is that, uh, in Alpha ...
In Alpha, there were two cards that caught my eye: Clone and Vesuvan Doppelganger.
Um, 'cause one of the things I really like about cloning is I'm a Johnny at heart, and I love the idea that I have so much flexibility in what I do, and there's all these sorta cool things that can happen.
Um, and then in, uh, the Dark, uh, there was a card called Dance of Many, uh, and it made a, a token, a copy token, and I was like, "A copy token? That sounds ..." So I ...
One of the things about design is that you get areas that you just sort of are enamored by and you make it.
Um, and a lot of times, especially early Magic where there weren't a lot of us, like if I was a champion of something, I would make it 'cause no one else necessarily was making it.
Um, so anyway, in Champions of Kamigawa, I make a card called Kiki-Jiki, uh, Mirror Breaker, I think.
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