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dub3's pixel tribute to Mercari in 2013: a Modern-era marketplace
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2013 page

dub3 card · mercari.jp

Mercari (2013)

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Cost
2 RAM
Power
4
Rarity
Common
Family
Commerce
Era
Modern (2009 on)
Collection
The Long Tail

What it does

On reveal: If an enemy card was revealed here earlier this round, +2 Power to this card.

On reveal happens once, when the card flips.

It costs 2 RAM to play and brings 4 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 2013

A Japanese marketplace where people sell things they no longer need to one another, through a phone app.

It launched in July 2013, reached the United States in 2014 and the UK in 2016, and was the first company in Japan to become a unicorn. By December 2017 the app had been downloaded over 100 million times.

Modern era, 2009 on. Phones, feeds and cookie banners. The web got fast, flat and very sure about notifications.

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

Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2013 page.

Put it on your site

Run Mercari, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1999. Paste this into your page:

Mercari is a dub3 card

In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 2013, then plays a short scene. Want Mercari in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.