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Production

Production

Uncut-VIS-U — An uncut print sheet from *Visions.*

It takes a lot of organization to produce a Magic: The Gathering set. A lot. The game is published by Wizards of the Coast (WotC), a subsidiary of the American multinational toy and board game Hasbro. Product releases can followed via their website Magicthegathering.com and the social media of front man Mark Rosewater. Depending on the product, it takes up to two years to go through the process from inception to a product on the shelves. Like any company, WotC has to consider different (international) markets and different target audiences. To provide for beginning players and advanced, casual and professional, Timmy's, Johnny's and Spikes, male and female, a whole line of tools and techniques has been developed through the years.

The main group of people to churn out the many yearly products is an ever changing team called Magic R&D. These stewards of Magic believe in discovery, surprise, and strategy. They are not afraid to change aspects of the game on a regular base or to add new elements to keep the metagame lively. They have advanced the game from a niche product to main stream.

Research & Design

Hasbro
Wizards of the Coast
Richard Garfield — Creator
Historical stages of design
R&D
- Bill Rose — Vice President, R&D
- Aaron Forsythe — Director of Magic R&D
- Mark Rosewater — Head Designer
- Erik Lauer — Head Developer
- Other employees
Creative
Artists
Product Architecture
Editing
Digital

Process

Tools and Concepts

Golden Trifecta
- The trading card game genre
- The mana system
- The Color Pie
Player types
- Psychographic profiles
- Aesthetic profiles
Prototype creatures
As-fan
Reserved List
Complexity creep
New World Order
Rosewater Scales
- Beeble Scale (Creature types)
- Rabiah Scale (Planes)
- Storm Scale (Mechanics)
- Venser Scale (Planeswalkers)

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+**[[Aaron Forsythe]] {{-}} Director of ''Magic'' R&D
 **[[Mark Rosewater]] {{-}} Head Designer
 **[[Erik Lauer]] {{-}} Head Developer
 **[[:Category:Wizards of the Coast employees|Other employees]]
-*[[Design|Initial Concept and Game Design]]
-*[[Development|Final Game Design and Development]]
 *[[R&D#Creative|Creative]]
-* [[Artists]]
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-* [[R&D#Exploratory design|Exploratory design]]
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-* [[R&D#Main design|Main design]]
+*[[Vision Design]]
+*[[Set Design]] (Development)
-* [[R&D#Devign|Devign]]
+*[[Play Design]]
-*[[Top-down|Top-down design]]
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 *[[Great Designer Search]]
 *[[Grand Creature Type Update]]
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 *[[Playtest]]ing
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-* [[Golden Trifecta]]
+*[[Golden Trifecta]]
-** The [[trading card game]] genre
+**The [[trading card game]] genre
-** The [[mana]] system
+**The [[mana]] system
-** The [[Color Pie]].
+**The [[Color]] Pie
-* [[Player type]]s
+*[[Player type]]s
-** [[Player type#Psychographic profile|Psychographic profiles]]
+**[[Player type#Psychographic profile|Psychographic profiles]]
-** [[Player type#Aesthetic profile|Aesthetic profiles]]
+**[[Player type#Aesthetic profile|Aesthetic profiles]]
 *[[Prototype creature]]s
 *[[As-fan]]
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 *[[Complexity creep]]
 *[[New World Order]]
+*[[Mark Rosewater|Rosewater]] Scales
-*[[Storm scale]]
+**[[Beeble Scale]] ([[Creature type]]s)
+**[[Rabiah Scale]] ([[Plane]]s)
+**[[Storm Scale]] ([[Mechanic]]s)
+**[[Venser Scale]] ([[Planeswalker]]s)
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 *[[Parts of a card]]
 *[[Rarity]]
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 *[[Counterfeit]]s
 *[[Proxy|Proxies]]
-*[[Tokens]]
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-* [[Marketing card]]s
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-* [[Promotional cards]]
+*[[Promotional cards]]
-* [[Rules card]]s
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-* [[Pro Tour Player Cards]]
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-* [[Artist proofs]]
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