dub3 card · www.slate.com
Slate (1999)
Michael Kinsley's magazine made for the web, with a paper copy sold at Starbucks.
- Cost
- 1 RAM
- Power
- 1
- Rarity
- Rare
- Family
- Media
- Era
- Dot-com (1999 to 2002)
- Collection
- The Long Tail
What it does
On reveal: +2 Power to the next card you play.
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.
Media cards broadcast Power to your other lanes.
The site, in 1999
An American online magazine of politics, culture and public policy, edited at launch by Michael Kinsley and published by Microsoft.
One of the first serious magazines made for the web, it went live on 24 June 1996. The Washington Post Company bought it in 2004, and its contrarian takes became known as 'Slate pitches'.
Dot-com era, 1999 to 2002. Glossy buttons, big money and a bug called Y2K. Some of these companies were worth billions for about a fortnight.
The Long Tail: The niche, the local and the specialist. Most of the web, really.
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 1999 page.
Put it on your site
Run Slate, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1999. Paste this into your page:
In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 1999, then plays a short scene. Want Slate in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.
