Memeplex Mapping(with TCGs)

Jordan Peacock

Why a trading card game?

Why Magic: the Gathering?

Yggdrasil’s Anarchism-themed Magic: the Gathering Commander deck

Conflict Pairs

Conflict Pairs

Conflict Pairs

Illustrating concepts, mechanically

Visual Metaphor

Stretching metaphors with color

Illustrating technical concepts:visually, verbally, and mechanically

Pairing colors

Blue/Black

Omniscience and control Foreboding and doom

White/Black

Imposed rational order Amoral law

Green/Blue

Economic growth and information technologies

Ecology and Infrastructure

Black

Alberta Tar Sands Guest Workers, Dubai NSA Facility, Utah Cube Farm

Idioms

Vocabulary

Jargon

New Mechanics

The Office-talk Cycle

The Future?

Ones that got away