I'm pulling on my driveway. We all know what that means. It's time for not to drive to work.

Okay. So today, I did a podcast a little while ago called Design 101, which was based on an article that I did many, many years ago, which I was giving tips to new designers.

Well, I did a follow-up to Design 101 called Design 102,

and that is going to be today's column, or not column, today's podcast.

So the idea is, in Design 101,

I talked about the most common mistakes that designers make

when they first start designing cards.

Now, note, by the way, I'm talking about people who, for fun, want to make their own magic cards,

and this is sort of talking about the design mistakes I see in beginners making cards.

Now, one of the things is I'm not allowed to look at a lot of unsolicited material.

So, this is a couple of times we've done stuff where I've been allowed to look at things.

You make the card, the great designer search.

So a lot of this is a kind of experience where I've been allowed to look at things.

But from those experiences, I did have a chance to see a lot of designs.

So I have a decent sense of kind of some of the beginner rookie mistakes.

So Design 101 was directly talking about those mistakes.

Design 102 was, what can I do to become a better designer?

I get this question all of a time.

People are like, I want to be a magic designer.

What can I do to become a better magic designer?

And so today is about what you need to do.

So number one is you need to know your magic history.

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