Robert Gutschera

Robert Gutschera was a designer (1996-2008) and director of development (2005-2008) at Wizards of the Coast, mostly working outside of Magic.

Career
He was a math major and went onto grad school at the University of Chicago. After he got his Ph.D., he taught at Wellesley College outside of Boston, where he was a junior faculty member. Through William Jockusch, a friend who'd once been in the math world himself, Robert learned of a job opening at Wizards of the Coast on the Research and Development team. His technical background ended up serving him well when it came to landing the position.

In 2019-20 Gutschera worked on the action role-playing game Magic: Legends, a collaboration between Wizards of the Coast, Cryptic Studios and Perfect World.

Designing

 * Eighth Edition

Developing

 * Fifth Edition
 * Mercadian Masques
 * Invasion
 * Seventh Edition
 * Apocalypse
 * Eighth Edition (lead)

Non-Magic projects for Wizards of the Coast

 * Netrunner
 * Battle Tech
 * Filthy Rich
 * What Were You Thinking?
 * Star Wars TCG
 * Pokémon
 * Harry Potter