For the first time in EA FC 24 the Team of the Year (TOTY) Icons have mixed in with the new player choice. We present you the corresponding Squad Building Challenge (SBC) and reveal how high the chances are of pulling a strong card.
Which SBC is it about? The Icon player choice has been available in EA FC 24 in various forms. The principle remains the same. After you complete the SBC, you can choose from 3 different Icons.
Over time, new Icons are repeatedly added to the player pool. By now, you can pull not only the base Icons and Winter Wildcards Icons but also the coveted TOTY Icons.
In total, you have the opportunity to get 11 TOTY Icons, with the cheapest card costing just under 700,000 coins. However, aside from the currently strongest Icon versions in the game, several other valuable players belong to the candidate pool of the new SBC.
Here you can see the best (left) and worst (right) picks from the player choice in comparison.
New Icon Player Choice: Here are the 10 most expensive cards
Below we present you with a list of the 10 most expensive Icons that you can get from the new player choice SBC.
Which potential Icons from the player choice cost you the most coins? This is the status as of March 6, 2024:
- 10. Pele – 3.5 million
- 9. Hamm – 3.8 million
- 8. TOTY Matthäus – 4.4 million
- 7. Ronaldinho – 4.6 million
- 6. TOTY Ferdinand – 5.1 million
- 5. Winter Wildcards Pele – 6 million
- 4. TOTY Vieira – 7.5 million
- 3. Ronaldo – 7.8 million
- 2. TOTY Hamm – 11.4 million
- 1. TOTY Ronaldo – 15 million (sold out)
As you can see, the TOTY Icons expand the list of valuable players with several heavyweights. Already 5 TOTY Icons are among the 10 most expensive cards that you can obtain from the new SBC.
The two Brazilian forwards Ronaldo and Pele, as well as the English women’s icon Mia Hamm, are even represented twice.
Not quite as good as Ronaldo, Pele or Hamm, but significantly cheaper, is a striker I tested who reminds me of a much better Haaland. Check out the review here.
Is the SBC worth it? In the player pool, there are around 130 Icons with a rating of 87 or higher. About 50 cards are more expensive than the SBC, which is currently priced at around 375,000 coins. (Status: 06.03.2024)
This gives the success rate a calculated value of under 50 %. However, you must consider that there are more than 30 players with which you can more than double your investment. Most of the aforementioned players even cost over a million coins on the transfer market.
Additionally, in a player choice, you are not only assigned one Icon but can choose between 3 different Icons, which further increases the chance of a strong pick.
In the end, Icon player choice SBCs remain a big gamble, and you have to decide for yourself if you want to risk your luck.
If you still need some coins, check your club to see if you have any of these cards tradeable: 10 cards that nobody actually plays but are constantly sold out – A new feature makes it possible
