In FIFA 22, numerous gold cards have lost value again, and the transfer market is even lower than before. What has happened?
This is what is happening in FIFA 22: Many gold cards are unusually cheap on the transfer market in FIFA 22 compared to earlier. However, after last weekend, some cards have notably dropped in price again.
Here are some examples (based on PlayStation prices from futbin / As of: 08.11., 12:43 PM):
- On Friday, the card of Presnel Kimpembe, one of the most popular defenders in the game, was 50,000 coins. On Sunday, it fell again to 43,000 coins, and now it’s only at 30,500.
- The gold card of N’golo Kanté was still around 380,000 coins on Saturday. Today it costs 295,000 and is even below the value of his Flashback SBC.
- Raphael Varane dropped from 204,000 on Saturday to 158,000 coins today.
- Ousmane Dembélé cost 48,000 coins on Friday, but fell further over the weekend and is now only at 17,500 coins.
- Heung-min Son cost 144,000 coins on Friday, now only 78,000 – his price has nearly halved.
There are currently many examples like this. And although a price drop after the last few weeks is not fundamentally surprising, there are already some very significant crashes here.
The reason for this seems to be a new pack in the FIFA 22 shop.
FIFA 22 allows players to preview the 50,000-coin pack
This is new: On Sunday, a “Rare Player Preview Pack” landed in the Ultimate Team shop. With preview packs, you can check what cards are exactly in them before purchasing. And the chances for good cards in this pack are not that bad; it belongs to the best packs in FIFA 22:
Of course, top cards that bring coins are not guaranteed in this pack either. Even in our pack, which can be opened initially for free without spending coins, there was nothing in it that would justify the purchase:
However, with the number of players who could try out this pack, there were likely some valuable cards. The cards from these packs then ended up on the transfer market – and seem to have created a surplus.
Is this good? The low market can currently be viewed from two perspectives.
- On one hand, it is very useful that many cards are dropping in price. This allows players to afford players like Dembélé or Son with little coins after collecting some rewards.
- On the other hand, it becomes very difficult to earn coins with cards from packs – after all, it is rare to make profits when most cards are so cheap. And then it will be hard to get the really expensive cards like Mbappé, Ronaldo, or strong icons. This was recently also criticized by YouTuber RunTheFUTMarket.
What do you think of the current transfer market? Do you like that the cards are so cheap? Or do you see this as a problem? Tell us in the comments!
