Mark Rosewater
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| Born | May 25, 1967 |
| Occupation | Magic Head Designer |
Mark Rosewater (born May 25, 1967) is the head designer for Magic: The Gathering, a position he has held since 2003.
Rosewater grew up in Pepper Pike, Ohio, where he attended the Orange High School. Rosewater has a Jewish background. Rosewater has described himself in his youth as a "social outcast", who did not have many friends. Despite his troubled upbringing, he would later be a successful high school student with numerous scholarship offers. He was particularly small, smart and was bullied by other children. In his youth, he worked as a professional magician. As a child, Rosewater never naturally lost his "baby teeth"; they had to be surgically removed.
Rosewater attended Boston University, where he got a Bachelor of Science in Communication.
After graduating, Rosewater started his career in television as a runner. He then found work as a writer. Before 1994 he was on the writing staff of Roseanne. He is credited for two Roseanne episodes: "Vegas, Vegas" and "Take My Bike, Please", both aired in 1991. He considered his time in Hollywood a "roller coaster ride." While working as a freelance writer he took a job at a game store in order to have some social contacts. Working there he first found out about Magic: The Gathering from a customer.
Since 1995, Mark Rosewater has worked for Wizards of the Coast, the company which makes Magic: The Gathering. He wrote puzzles based on Magic cards and other articles for the The Duelist, the Wizards of the Coast magazine promoting and covering Magic. In 1996 Magic: The Puzzling was published, a collection of 25 puzzles written for The Duelist. Since 1996 Rosewater has worked for Wizards of the Coast as a designer of Magic cards. Rosewater has designed at least one card for every Magic expansion since Alliances. While working for Wizards of the Coast, he wrote columns called “Insider Trading” for the magazines The Duelist, Topdeck, and The Sideboard which gave an inside look at Magic design.
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