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dub3's pixel tribute to Tmall in 2008: a Web 2.0-era online shop
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2008 page

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Tmall (2008)

Your cart misses you.

Cost
5 RAM
Power
8
Rarity
Rare
Family
Commerce
Era
Web 2.0 (2003 to 2008)
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 5 RAM to play and brings 8 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 2008

A Chinese online mall run by Alibaba, where brands and authorised dealers sell to shoppers, split off from Taobao.

Its Chinese name means sky cat. It had over 500 million monthly users by February 2018. In 2014 Tmall Global let foreign brands sell directly to Chinese buyers without a company in China.

In 2008: Introduced in April as Taobao Mall, a shop-front section for brands inside Taobao's consumer marketplace.

Web 2.0 era, 2003 to 2008. Rounded corners, reflections and drop shadows. Everything was social, and everything was in beta.

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

Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2008 page.

In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 2008, then plays a short scene. Want Tmall 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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