FIFA 17 FUTMAS SBCs

This past week was an eventful one in the world of FIFA Ultimate Team. EA continued their #17DAYSOFFIFA promotion with more giveaways on their Instagram account, and on Friday, they kicked off their annual FUTMAS event. This year, FUTMAS features daily companion app rewards as well as daily SBCs for select players whose kit number matches the day of the month. For example, Benteke (who wears #17) was released on the 17th of December. These daily SBCs, which will continue until the 25th, and their effect on the market will be the focus of our analysis this week. So if you want to buy fifa 17 coins to buy them, you can visit our site.

The four main requirements EA used for these special SBCs included; a minimum overall (ranging from 84-88), a minimum number of TOTW/Movember/Scream cards (ranging from 1-4), a league/nation requirement (For Vidal and Aubameyang), and chemistry requirements (ranging from 50-100 chemistry). 

FUTMAS SBCs and Market Analysis

These requirements caused a sharp spike in price for high rated players who were generally cheap to begin with. A perfect example was Lahm who nearly doubled in price during the Aubameyang SBC. We also saw inflated prices for low rated IFs with valuable nations such as Iago Falque. Of note was how dramatically these IFs varied in price thanks to their low card-weight. In addition, there were periodic pops and dips in Movember prices as well as a sharp increase in Scream card prices.

Other observations included a steady decline in legend prices (which overall dropped about 8% over the week), a hold/marginal dip for high priced golds, and a drop in high priced IFs (likely due to a combination of an increasing number of viable substitutes and reduced buying power as a result of the SBCs).