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Sam Choudhury
Sorare is a groundbreaking sports fantasy game and marketplace that marries fantasy sports and NFTs through officially licensed digital player cards featuring players from NBA, MLB and over 300 global football (soccer) clubs.
With Sorare, you can own, build, and manage teams by buying, selling, collecting, and trading digital player cards.
How to Play Sorare
Sorare can be complex, but at its core, it’s a simple fantasy game based on NFTs. Here’s how Sorare breaks it down on their website:
- “Collect: Buy, sell, and trade officially licensed digital player cards in Sorare’s marketplace to create your ultimate team. There are no costs to sign up or play.”
- “Play: Build teams with cards from your collections and submit either a five-player lineup (football & NBA) or seven-player lineup (MLB) in various free, twice-weekly competitions against global fans. You can also play against friends in private leagues.”
- “Win: Compete against Sorare managers worldwide to climb leaderboards and win rewards based on your squad’s real-life performance. Rewards include digital player cards, merchandise, match tickets, ETH, and once-in-a-lifetime experiences like meeting star athletes.”
Use the Sorare platform to compete in fantasy games to win rewards. Rewards include player cards, in-real rewards such as game tickets, autograph jerseys, NBA league passes, gift cards and more, bridging the gap between the physical and digital worlds.
Use FTN’s Special Sorare Promo code to Earn a Free Card
Use FTN’s special signup link and earn a free card by completing the steps below (slightly differs based on your sport):
- NBA: Buy 5 cards on the primary market
- Soccer: Buy 5 cards on the primary market
- Baseball: Buy 7 cards on the primary market
Taking a Closer Look at Sorare NBA
Sorare has a great Sorare NBA guide, but here are some of the basics:
- Sign up and choose a star player
- Get 19 more Common cards for free to give your star player some support
- Set a 5-player NBA lineup for a Monday-Thursday slate and a Friday-Sunday slate
- Your squad of 5 earns fantasy points (1 per point, 1.2 per rebound, etc. — see the full scoring system)
- Win your weeks, climb the ladder, and win one of the numerous tournaments held each season to win some rewards
The set-up for soccer and MLB is similarly intuitive and easy to understand.
One thing that makes Sorare so fantastic is that you can use your players in future seasons. This is a big difference from something like DraftKings Reignmakers in which your players are only good for that specific season.
Sorare gives a truly dynastic take on NFT fantasy sports.
History of Sorare
Sorare is a French startup that has taken the DFS and NFT ecosystem by storm. The team raised $680 million in a Series B round of funding. Sorare started with soccer but has since expanded to include NBA and MLB. Here’s how TechCrunch described the novel idea:
“Sorare has built a [fantasy] football (soccer) platform based on NFTs, or non-fungible tokens. Each digital card is registered as a unique token on the Ethereum blockchain. Players can buy and sell cards from other players. Transactions are all recorded on the Ethereum blockchain.”
Sorare was founded in 2018 and has 180 employees. Over 2 million people are already competing for prizes on the platform.
Join the NFT + Fantasy Sports revolution with Sorare
Sorare is the future of fantasy sports and takes all of the best aspects of daily fantasy sports (DFS), season-long leagues, dynasty leagues, and NFTs to help make you the true owner of your own digital team. You can make real money if you’re a smart enough manager, or you can just play for fun as a way to engage more with your favorite sport.
