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Start free with classic 1v1 primes. Upgrade when you want team vs team, custom rosters, brackets, or richer AI narrative. Billing is handled on the Account page.

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Free to try. Paid tiers add modes and richer narrative. Subscribe from Account.

Free

$0

Classic 1v1 what-ifs with year-based stats and a shareable teaser.

  • Guest demo of seven classic primes
  • Signed-in search at prime season
  • 2 matchups per 24 hours on Free
  • Haiku win blurb and share teaser

Casual

$5/mo

Quick debates: light play-by-play, a hot take, and historical team vs team.

  • Choose player season years
  • Historical team vs team
  • Light play-by-play and hot take

Fan

$9.99/mo

Overall career 1v1s, scouting, narrative styles, and custom teams.

  • Overall career 1v1s
  • Create-your-own teams (save 2)
  • Scouting reports and broadcast or barbershop styles

Super Fan

$19.99/mo

2v2, 3v3, alternate endings, and “why this %?” explainers.

  • 2v2 and 3v3 matchups
  • Overall stats on custom teams (save 4)
  • Alternate endings and why-this-% explainers

Diehard

$49.99/mo

Four-team Semi-Finals brackets with series arcs and a coach’s chalkboard.

  • Semi-Finals mode (4 teams)
  • Series story arcs
  • Coach’s chalkboard

Stan

$99/mo

Full 16-team playoff what-ifs and the deepest historian write-ups.

  • 16-team playoff brackets
  • Historian deep dives (Opus)
  • Save up to 16 custom teams

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