dub3 card · www.webvan.com
Webvan (2000)
Online grocery delivery that burned through $830M.
- Cost
- 3 RAM
- Power
- 5
- Rarity
- Common
- Family
- Commerce
- Era
- Dot-com (1999 to 2002)
- Collection
- Dead Links
What it does
On reveal: If played in round 5 or later, +3 Power to this card.
On reveal happens once, when the card flips.
It costs 3 RAM to play and brings 5 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 2000
An online grocery company from Foster City, California, that delivered to your door within a 30-minute window you chose.
Louis Borders, a co-founder of the Borders bookshops, started it. It lost over $800 million and filed for bankruptcy in July 2001, laying off 2,000 staff. Its plastic shipping tubs ended up as household storage.
In 2000: Bought its rival HomeGrocer for $1.2 billion in stock. Sales reached $178.5 million, against $525.4 million in expenses.
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.
Dead Links: Gone, but not forgotten. Mostly forgotten.
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2000 page.
In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 2000, then plays a short scene. Want Webvan in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.
