Matt Place and I have played more Magic: the Gathering against each other than we will ever play against other humans.
And for the rest of our days, that stat will likely remain.
Matt was a Pro Tour champion at Mainz, joined us at Wizards of the Coast in 2001, “bet it all on black” with Path of Exile, and went on to work on the WoW TCG, Hearthstone & Eternal.
Topics here run the gamut, but we do get into some of the quirks of the early Magic R&D department, calling out the group’s many wins in game design & the games business over the last few decades.
WotC R&D was a lucky place to be.
Matt’s current effort is Once Upon a Galaxy, which is meant to optimize for what a TCG can be on mobile & has been getting very strong reviews so far.
