I'm not pulling out of the driveway. We all know what that means. It's time for another drive to work, coronavirus edition.

So I've been doing a lot of interviews going back in the past and digging up people who've worked on magic.

So today I have a very special guest, Randy Bueller, a longtime magic developer. And we'll talk today about all the many things he's done on magic, which is a pretty long list. So how are you doing, Randy?

I'm all right. I mean, the whole pandemic thing is not my favorite year in the history of time,

but I'm doing all right. How are you holding up? I'm doing okay. Let's go back to the past where

there was no pandemic. Sounds good. So we always start with the question.

How did you get into magic?

I got into magic at a literal kitchen table.

I was visiting friends for a summer gathering.

I used to play college bowl, which is basically Team Jeopardy, right?

Buzzers and competitions and colleges would go to have tournaments and stuff.

And so there was this gathering of a tournament at a guy's house.

It was like, you know, his parents had this farm on top of the mountain.

And we all would like descend upon the house with buzzer sets and questions.

And people were playing this game at the kitchen table.

And I'm like, what's that?

And like, now I understand it was like a five-player free-for-all multiplayer game

circa in 1994.

Like one guy was just, this if Biffifit is the best card of all time.

Anyway, I pulled up a chair, and by the end of the weekend, this game seemed awesome,

and they sent me off to face the world with an all-commons deck that they had made out of

like leftover cards. It's a pestilence, circle of protection black deck. I sort of went off

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