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dub3's pixel tribute to Craigslist in 1995: a Boom-era marketplace
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 1995 page

dub3 card · www.craigslist.org

Craigslist (1995)

Classified ads with the ugliest, most functional design ever.

Cost
6 RAM
Power
11
Rarity
Rare
Family
Commerce
Era
Boom (1995 to 1998)
Collection
The Long Tail

What it does

On reveal: Enemy cards cost 2 more to play here.

On reveal happens once, when the card flips.

It costs 6 RAM to play and brings 11 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.

Commerce cards grow every round and make your opponent pay more to play.

The site, in 1995

Local classified ads for jobs, housing, things for sale and more, laid out as plain lists of links, started by Craig Newmark in San Francisco.

It began in 1995 as an email list of events for friends. By 2023 it listed about 700 cities in 70 countries and drew 560 million visits a month.

In 1995: Only an email list of Bay Area events so far. By June it ran on Majordomo software under the name Craigslist.

Boom era, 1995 to 1998. Netscape, frames, hit counters and animated envelopes. Everyone had a homepage, and every homepage was under construction.

The Long Tail: The niche, the local and the specialist. Most of the web, really.

Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 1995 page.

Put it on your site

Run Craigslist, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1995. Paste this into your page:

Craigslist is a dub3 card

In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 1995, then plays a short scene. Want Craigslist in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.

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