Beyond the Deck

Shelly Jones is a professor of English at the State University of New York at Delhi and an editor for Analog Game Studies. Their research examines analog, digital, and role-playing games through the lens of intersectional feminism and disability studies.

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Acknowledgments

Introduction

Shelly Jones

Magic: Design and Performance

Interview with Mark Rosewater

Aaron Trammell

Waiting for Player

Michael Nixon

Economies and Esports

Understanding the Magic: The Gathering Card Market: An Ethnographic Approach Toward a Market Strategy

Eugenio Luciano and Alexander di Re

Spoiling the Future Metagame: The Promotional Logic and Reception of Card Previews in Magic: The Gathering

Jan Švelch

“Cracking” Players as Packs: Finding Speculative Value in Magic: The Gathering Through Play on Magic Arena and Twitch

Justin S. Schumaker

Wasn’t in the Cards: The ­Proto-Esport of Professional Magic

Matt Knutson

The Communities of Magic: Ethnography and Education

“Who wouldn’t want to summon dragons and trolls?” Constructing Communities at Friday Night Magic

Rachel Guldin and Brandon C. Harris

Gathering Understanding: Subcultures, Hierarchies, and Norms

Calvin Liu

Student Creation of Magic: The Gathering Cards

as ­Cross-Disciplinary Pedagogy of Writing and Mathematics

Wendi Sierra and Kris Green

Reinterpreting Magic: Narratives Beyond the Deck

Pacifism as Epic Recomposition in Magic: The Gathering

Roger Travis

Gay Play: The Queer Possibilities of Magic: The Gathering

Aaron Aquilina

The Call of Eldrazi: The Lovecraftian in Magic: The Gathering

Valentino Paccosi

From Magic to Gwent: Magic’s Impact on the Gaming Industry

Jiwon Ohm

Conclusion

Shelly Jones

About the Contributors

Index