FC 24 Winter Wildcards Leaks & Start Date - Players, Packs, Market Crash & More

The highly anticipated Winter Wildcards promotion is set to make its return in EA FC 24 Ultimate Team, bringing with it a host of special player items, packs, objectives, SBCs and more. Here’s everything about FC 24 Winter Wildcards event, including the potential release date, player cards, packs, and market crash. 

FC 24 Winter Wildcards Start Date - When Will Winter Wildcards Promo Begin?

It’s predicted that FC 24 Winter Wildcards will kick off on Friday, December 22. This follows the current Team of the Group Stage promo. The event is expected to last two weeks as it has done since launching in FIFA 22. The first Winter Wildcards team will likely be in packs from December 22 to 29. A second squad could then take over from December 29 to January 5.

FC 24 Winter Wildcards Leaks - What Can We Expect for Winter Wildcards Promo?

Winter Wildcards has become one of the most anticipated in-game events of the year since its debut in FIFA 22. It will replace the EA FC 24 TOTGS squad in Ultimate Team, which includes the best players from the Champions League, Europa League, and Europa Conference League. While EA has not officially announced this year’s details yet, leaks have already begun circulating about what to expect for FC 24 Winter Wildcards, including featured players, packs, and impacts on the FUT transfer market.

FC 24 Winter Wildcards Player Leaks

While EA has not revealed the official Winter Wildcards rosters yet, several players have been leaked so far by reliable FUT insiders on social media.

Reported players leaked so far are:

- Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)

- Cristiano Ronaldo (Al Nassr)

- Grimaldo (Leverkusen)

- Enzo Fernandez (Chelsea)

- Eder Militao (Real Madrid)

Boosted players in new positions or with upgraded attributes are the promo's focus. High probability predictions include:

- Defenders converted to midfielders or attackers

- Attackers moved to midfield

- Upgraded skill moves or weak foot

- Pace boosts for slower players

- 5/5 skill move and weak foot items

Other recent FC 24 promos have included ratings boosts of +1, +3 or even +5 for top players. Similar major stat increases are likely.

FC 24 Winter Wildcards Packs & Content

- Standard Winter Wildcards packs

- Upgrade SBCs to recycle unwanted cards

- Daily Objective players

- Icon SBCs

- Flashback SBCs requiring past special cards

- Winter Wildcard Swaps (unlikely based on FIFA 23)

- Evolving 'Future Stars' style player items

With tons of packs being opened, EA will also push out plenty of consumables and club items like badges, kits, stadium cosmetics etc. to help drain clubs of coins and points.

FC 24 Winter Wildcards Market Crash - What Will Happen to the Market During Winter Wildcards Promo?

- The combination of desirable new player items and heavy supply of packs is the perfect recipe for a market crash. Prices already tend to trend down gradually through December. But the Winter Wildcards deluge crashes the market hard.

- When top tier meta icons and special cards are suddenly available for a fraction of their former prices, it triggers a market panic with investors trying to sell off their high value cards before they decrease further.

- Most players will see their prices plummet during the promo's peak. But some cards like fodder and certain popular OTWs could rise from increased demand for Winter Wildcards SBCs.

- The market freefall lasts through the promo then gradually recovers in January as supply dries up. Savvy traders can make big profits sniping crashed cards when hype dies down.

- For buyers, it's the optimal window to buy dream squads and icons at massively reduced prices. But invest wisely, as another market crash typically follows during the Team of the Year promo in early January.