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'''Max McCall''' was a participant in [[The Great Designer Search]] in 2006 as well as [[The Great Designer Search 2]] in 2010. Of all the people to take the multiple choice test for both tests, Max was the only person, out of about two thousand, to get a perfect score. He initially worked as a '''[[Magic: The Gathering|Magic]]''' developing intern at [[Wizards of the Coast]]. He proved himself so invaluable to the digital team that [[Mark Rosewater]] hired him on full time.  <ref>http://community.wizards.com/magicthegathering/wiki/Labs:Gds/gds2/MaxMcCall</ref>
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'''Max McCall''' was a participant in [[The Great Designer Search]] in 2006 as well as [[The Great Designer Search 2]] in 2010. He now is a Design Economist for ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' [[Studio X]] at [[Wizards of the Coast]].<ref>{{YouTubeRef|LdQvmxffjX4|Epilogue on Epilogue|creator=[[Blake Rasmussen]], Max McCall, [[Zakeel Gordon]]|channel=Magic: The Gathering|date=February 13, 2024}}</ref>


===Designing===
==History==
Of all the people to take the multiple choice test for both tests, Max was the only person, out of about two thousand, to get a perfect score. He initially worked as a ''[[Magic: The Gathering|Magic]]'' developing intern at [[Wizards of the Coast]]. He proved himself so invaluable to the digital team that [[Mark Rosewater]] hired him on full-time.<ref>{{DailyRef|feature/duels-planeswalkers-2013-2012-06-11|Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013|Max McCall|June 11, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{DailyRef|feature/duels-paradise-2012-06-11|Duel's Paradise|[[Mark Rosewater]]|June 11, 2012}}</ref> In 2014, Max left Wizards.<ref>{{DailyRef|feature/love-letter-vorthos-2014-10-24|A Love Letter to Vorthos|[[Ethan Fleischer]] and [[Ian Duke]]|October 24, 2014}}</ref> After working a couple of years for ''Blizzard Entertainment'', he was rehired in March 2018, as a Senior Game Designer.<ref>{{WebRef|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/max-mccall-bb866229/|title=Max McCall Profile|publisher=LinkedIn}}</ref>
 
==Designing==
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* ''[[Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013]]''
* ''[[Modern Masters]]''
* ''[[Modern Masters]]''
* ''[[Duels of the Planeswalkers 2014]]'' (lead)
* ''[[Duels of the Planeswalkers 2014]]'' (lead)
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* ''[[Core Set 2020]]''
* ''[[Double Masters]]''
*''[[The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth]]''
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===Developing===
==Developing==
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* ''Modern Masters''
* ''Modern Masters''
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* ''[[Magic 2014]]''
* ''[[Commander 2014]]''
* ''[[Modern Masters 2015]]''
* ''Core Set 2020''
*''[[Commander 2019]]''
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* ''Double Masters''
*''[[Adventures in the Forgotten Realms]]''
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==Product architecture==
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*''[[Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty]]''
*''[[March of the Machine]]''
*''[[Universes Beyond]]: [[Doctor Who]]''
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==References==
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Latest revision as of 04:58, 15 March 2024

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Max McCall was a participant in The Great Designer Search in 2006 as well as The Great Designer Search 2 in 2010. He now is a Design Economist for Magic: The Gathering Studio X at Wizards of the Coast.[1]

History

Of all the people to take the multiple choice test for both tests, Max was the only person, out of about two thousand, to get a perfect score. He initially worked as a Magic developing intern at Wizards of the Coast. He proved himself so invaluable to the digital team that Mark Rosewater hired him on full-time.[2][3] In 2014, Max left Wizards.[4] After working a couple of years for Blizzard Entertainment, he was rehired in March 2018, as a Senior Game Designer.[5]

Designing

Developing

Product architecture

References

  1. Blake Rasmussen, Max McCall, Zakeel Gordon (February 13, 2024). "Epilogue on Epilogue (Video)". Magic: The Gathering. YouTube.
  2. Max McCall (June 11, 2012). "Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  3. Mark Rosewater (June 11, 2012). "Duel's Paradise". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  4. Ethan Fleischer and Ian Duke (October 24, 2014). "A Love Letter to Vorthos". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  5. Max McCall Profile. LinkedIn.