About this episode

Mark Rosewater interviews Jess Dunks about the complex concept of layers in Magic: The Gathering rules.

One of the most complicated elements of the Magic rules is something known as "layers." I sit down with the man in charge of the rules, Jess Dunks, to help walk through an introduction to layers.

People in this episode

Host: Mark Rosewater

Guest: Jess Dunks

Topics covered

• Magic rules
• layers
• game mechanics
• interview
• game design

Keywords

• layers
• Magic: The Gathering
• game rules
• Jess Dunks
• Mark Rosewater

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Magic: The Gathering

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