dub3 card · www.reference.com
reference.com (1997)
Ask it anything. Politely.
- Cost
- 1 RAM
- Power
- 1
- Rarity
- Common
- Family
- Search
- Era
- Boom (1995 to 1998)
- Collection
- The Long Tail
What it does
On reveal: +2 Power to a random card in your hand.
On reveal happens once, when the card flips.
It costs 1 RAM to play and brings 1 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.
Search cards grow with the friends in their lane, and some draw you cards.
The site, in 1997
A reference website that began in 1997 as a search tool for Usenet and mailing lists, and later became a question-and-answer encyclopedia.
InReference launched it in February 1997. Its later owner Lexico was bought by IAC in July 2008, which restructured the site. IAC closed it on 1 May 2026 along with the rest of its search business.
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 1997 page.
In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 1997, then plays a short scene. Want reference.com in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.
