EA FC 27 Ultimate Team Best Start: IGGM.com’s Guide to Pre-Season Rewards, Market & SBC Strategy

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The official release of EA SPORTS FC 27 is drawing ever closer. If you’ve pre-ordered Ultimate Edition or Ultimate Plus Edition, you can experience it early on September 18th; standard edition players will have to wait until September 25th. But no matter which one you choose, it’s never too early to start preparing.

IGGM.com will guide you through the process of getting the best start in Ultimate Team from multiple perspectives, including Pre-Season rewards, market strategies, and SBC advice.

FC 26 Pre-Season Rewards: Free Resources You Can’t Miss

FC 26 is currently running a Pre-Season event; completing the relevant objectives will allow you to carry over the rewards to the new game. The inheritable rewards are as follows:

  • 60,000 coins
  • 81+ x3 Pack*4
  • 82+ x7 Pack*1
  • 83+ 1 of 3 Player Pick*1

While these rewards aren’t particularly generous, 60,000 FC 27 coins for sale are invaluable in the early game, proving useful for trading and acquiring key players. 81+ and 82+ packs may also yield useful cards for the early game or serve as fodder for SBCs.

Although FC 26 includes inheritable rewards, this doesn’t mean you need to grind FC 26 like crazy before the new game launches. If you’re used to the top-tier special cards with 99 OVR in the late game of the previous installment, suddenly switching to 80 OVR common gold cards at the start of the new game will feel very jarring.

Therefore, IGGM.com recommends giving yourself 3-5 days of rest before the official launch of FIFA 27. On the one hand, this avoids tiring yourself out prematurely, and on the other hand, it allows you to reload and get a feel for the game, so you can start Ultimate Team in better shape after the server opens.

Market Strategy

Don’t rush to buy meta players

Many players are used to rushing into the market to buy meta players at the start of the game, but market trends have changed in the last two years.

Looking at past market trends, the price of most gold cards follows a pattern of peaking upon release and then steadily declining. While there might be a brief, slight rebound when the full version is released, the overall trend is a continuous decline.

Therefore, the most important thing in the early stages is not to spend all your resources, but to maintain the flexibility of your funds as much as possible. You can start by building a team with some cost-effective, inexpensive players, completing Squad Battles and Division Rivals, and gradually accumulating funds through match rewards.

If you want to build a competitive lineup faster, you can also buy FUT coins to reduce the time needed to farm resources in the early stages. Regardless of the method, it is not recommended to invest most of your funds in high-priced players at the beginning of the game; leaving enough liquid funds will allow you to better seize later market opportunities.

Where are the real market opportunities?

Currently, market opportunities largely stem from supply and demand changes caused by the release of special cards.

TOTW

When a player is selected for a TOTW, their regular gold card is temporarily removed from the card pack. If this player is already a popular and useful meta player, then with demand remaining, the reduced supply of gold cards could drive up prices.

Promo

Similar to TOTW, when a player receives a Promo special card, their regular gold card will also temporarily disappear from the card pack. If this player remains in high demand, and the new special card is expensive, players might switch to buying cheaper gold cards, thus pushing up gold card prices.

Evolution

If the official release introduces a new Evolution card, and certain low-priced players happen to meet the Evolution criteria, and their evolved cards are very powerful, the basic cards of these players may suddenly experience a surge in demand, causing prices to skyrocket.

SBC: What to Do?

Prioritize High-Level SBC

FC 27 significantly revamped SBC system, introducing a Streamlined SBC mechanism – each card has a corresponding score based on its rating and rarity, and players complete an SBC by submitting the accumulated player scores.

In the early stages, prioritize high-level SBC, such as Golden Generation series. These SBC offer significantly higher-quality rewards than regular Gold Upgrade, including Electrum Player Packs and Premium Gold Packs.

SBC to Avoid at the Start

Gold Upgrade

Exchanging 11 gold cards for 2 gold cards is a typical low-return SBC. Regular gold cards are valuable in the early game; instead of investing 11 players for only 2 random gold cards, save those players for the more rewarding high-level SBCs to obtain larger packs and greater potential benefits.

77+ Upgrade

The investment cost is not low, but the probability of obtaining high-rated players is limited, resulting in low overall cost-effectiveness. In the early stages of the game, players and fodder are scarce. If you need to purchase additional players to complete this SBC, the investment can easily exceed the return. Therefore, it’s not recommended to prioritize crafting it when resources are limited.

83+ Upgrade

While it seems like a guaranteed way to obtain high-rated players, it’s actually quite easy to get low-value fodder with 83-84 OVR ratings. The 83+ threshold seems low, but the value of the players obtained may not cover the invested resources, especially in the early game. These high-rated players are better suited for the better-rewarding SBCs.

Don’t forget Moments

IGGM.com found that Moments are often overlooked in the early stages, but the rewards they provide are very useful. You don’t need to invest FC 27 coins or players; just spending some time completing challenges will earn you highly valuable rewards for the early game:

  • 50K Packs: Large card packs with high value in the early game.
  • Rare Consumables Packs: Tradeable consumable packs. The consumables inside can be sold for coins in the early game, and some rewards may have additional trading value.
  • Tradable Packs: Even players of average quality can be directly converted into cash.

Overall, Moments’ advantages lie in its low cost, tradability, and stable returns. If you have time in the early stages of the game, spending 15-20 minutes completing these challenges to exchange for packs is especially worthwhile for Road to Glory players.

During the initial launch phase of FC 27, resource management is often more important than blindly pursuing high-rated players. Collecting Pre-Season rewards early, conserving enough coins, avoiding low-value SBC, and seizing market opportunities brought by TOTW, Promo, and Evolution will maximize the value of your initial investment. With these preparations, you can more easily embark on your new Ultimate Team journey.