 Hey guys, it's Nate, aka The Foot Accountant. Welcome back to the channel. There's been a trend forming on this market for a matter of months, but it's now a clear apparent thing that EA has decided. They do not want us making coins from this particular part of the market, guys. Even with two massive SBCs that dropped yesterday, one massive in size because of how many squads are required, and the other just hype, these prices barely went up. And it's one of the first times they have gone up at all in a while. I want to talk about that part of the market today and why it's a shame that EA is trying to take away one of the best ways to trade and make coins on this game that almost everybody does. And we got to look at all the other content with Galazzo SBCs yesterday and what's coming today on a Monday to start off the week of our Ultimate Team Journeys. If you're excited for it, drop a thumbs up and subscribe if you're new. Let's talk about yesterday's content in terms of the SBCs first. It was okay of a day yesterday. It was all in SBCs basically. First off, we had a bit of a, I guess, an SBC we didn't expect. The pundit pick SBC for Miguel Gutierrez left back from Girona. Whipped pass plus quick step plus 80 physical in April. Hello, welcome to April, April 1st. This is not an April Fool's video. This is for real. No jokes here. Maybe this SBC is a joke. I don't know. I mean, this SBC doesn't look that great. I mean, it is cheap. It's 29,000 coins. I guess we can't complain because it is cheap. It's just not a car. I don't think too many of us are going to want to do. So that was first SBC that dropped yesterday. Also, one thing to actually kind of keep an eye on heading into today on Monday is will EA mess up the content drop times because a couple things came out yesterday two hours early or one hour early and then the rest of the content dropped at 6 p.m. Again, always some kind of give and go mistakes with the time change and clocks moving forward whenever that happens across the world. Now, yesterday we did have a massive SBC. This is the one that's big in size that we mentioned in the intro. Mia Ham, her SBC finally dropped five star five star. We know the car that we're getting here 16 squads. I don't know if I really like how EA went about this. They wanted to get to their price that they thought was right for this Mia Ham, right, which indeed it was even more expensive than we thought it was going to be. Guys, this Mia Ham SBC is coming in at 2.2 million. It is a little bit more than I would have liked to see. I mean, 2 million would have been still a lot, but okay to work on over time. 2.2 million when you look at it from a coin standpoint amount seems like a lot. Of course, yes, her card has been 3 million coins like we talked about for a majority of the year. So in that sense, it doesn't seem too bad, but only one place to out. Plus, you know, maybe pulls a little bit away from the card. This is still an SBC. A lot of people are going to be crafting. I'm going to be doing this SBC over time. I don't think I'm going to rush to do it. I'd rather get out of the way and done and Rafa Marquez because I have not completed those two just yet. I'm a little behind from the weekend. But this is one that I will be doing just because it is Mia Ham. And I feel like a lot of people are interested in that too of just crafting is over time. But it's kind of obvious here that EA with 16 squads being required, they could have, I mean, opted for more 90 rated squads. But what they tried to do is spread it out over the 87s and the 88s. There's like how many 88 rated squads, 488 rated squads. You've got 489 and then 290s. It's like they tried to spread it out in that middle to high tier instead of just going like 490 overall squads and then taking off like 388 or something like, you know what I'm saying? I think that's just an interesting way to look at it for how they released this SBC. Again, it is expensive and this will probably turn a lot of people away from doing it. I like this breakdown from FootWiz. This was actually pretty interesting. You just kind of puts into perspective how many players you need of each rating to get this SBC done. You need 488 rated cards and 34 89s over time. That's definitely possible. Think about all the players you're going to get from just crafting. I mean promo players right now, if you pack a fodder promo card from like the Golazo team, you're looking at a high rated card to like, you know, 91 rated Francescoli 90s and 89s. So that definitely helps out your fodder chase as well. Actually, when you look at it this way, I think it's like, wow, that's that's really expensive. I don't want to put all that in for this me a ham card. But the fact that we have so many fodder packs ever, which is going to talk about today to the whole point of the video is about fodder, right? And SBCs it is doable. It's just probably one for me that's going to be kind of placed on the back burner just because it's good. But I don't think I need it right now. It's just one that I want to have in the club of card I would love to use. Maybe I'll do the lone version first try out for a few games and yeah, the price does seem too much. I agree, but also again, with the craft ability of the menus and the grind ability and everything, it is doable. So that's the me a ham SBC it finally dropped and it was expensive kind of as we were talking about and looking forward to it being or not like wanting it to be expensive, but just like expecting it to be there. Now let's talk about the other SBCs. We had an 86 plus on core hero upgrade and as expected, the on core hero upgrade unlimited repeatable is just not as good as the on core icon. It's just not guys. There's base heroes in this. Yes, there's fantasies as well, but it's two squads and 83 with an inform and 86. No, like I don't think I'm going to do this SBC even one time throughout the two weeks that it is out. Just know like no, thanks. Unless there's a reason for me to try to go after this if I want to put somebody into an Evo or something, maybe, but for right there face value. No, thanks. Now the icon player pick on the other hand, this one is a little more interesting. EA loves these same requirements. 87 87 with an inform and 88 I think all the same icon of species have been the exact same requirements over the past player picks that have been released. Now, of course, this one does include the future star icons like that Dino and some of the other ones that Don Zico and all that they are inside of this. I haven't actually seen any of these open, but I can't imagine that the future star icons are very packable winter wild cards and team of the year though and Thunder Shuck being in there to this is definitely a hyped player pick to craft 74% upvoted again guys and 87 87 and 88 rated squads. Yeah, it's going to take a little bit of work to get done, but it's not that terrible, especially with high rated fodder like the promo cards that are in packs. We're going to call those high rated fodder the little bro and little sis cards that are a part of this colossal promo that I'm sure we're going to be hitting from player picks and 83 times 10s here in the next couple of days. That's going to help you get an SBC like this done. It is definitely craftable right now with these SBCs the point of today's video is we're talking about fodder and I want to have a conversation. I even mentioned it really quickly in yesterday's video which kind of gave me the idea of rolling it forward into today guys talking about fodder and not just informs. I want to do a quick inform check how much these are 31 K last night. Now they're 29 so since we didn't have anything crazy with like the on core icon being re-released it was the on core hero not a lot of hype those really didn't go up same thing with the icon player pick but guys I think EA's destroyed fodder since team of the year fodder has really gone nothing but down like it just drops almost every single time I look at the 88s in the 89s in the 90s 91s it just seems like it's going down and I'm saying this on a day after fodder actually went up but even yesterday when we were talking about it in the video I was like guys they're dropping potentially a me a ham potentially a big icon player pick but I don't feel confident enough to invest in fodder because fodder barely ever moves anymore in this game specifically on the high tier it does have a few movements here or there but fodder this is the big picture fodder has changed okay and investing in fodder has changed. It used to be like every time member round team of the year and a couple of these questions maybe even like spring break time when there's days off school and times where people are going and taking vacations the popular investment was hey just go send all your coins into a specific rating of fodder and you know when you come back it'll probably be inflated because you know fodder would just do that right you could buy fodder and then you could just wait for it to rise and let it rise and then sell it and man this year it's just not the same it's only best for like those quick short weekly trades like if you bought fodder yesterday if you bought 88s like the Bernardo Silva that we've just looked at was 13 14,000 coins if you if you picked up any 88s there I mean yeah you're loving it they're up to 17,000 coins right now and you're making a nice bit of profit but like I would sell because I don't expect those prices to maintain a higher value not with what EA has done and the reason why fodder is so in the mud and not as good of it of investing kind of vehicle as it used to be before guys it's the store packs and all the objective in SPC packs that EA are giving out guys we talk about this all the time but the menus are more craftable than they've ever been if you want to put in a little bit of work it's very easy to get a lot of fodder and not to mention the fact that the people that don't want to put in work all they have to do is go to the store and open a 650k pack or 3500 fc point pack and get 60 players that are 85 or above one guaranteed to be 90 or higher like why do you have to go buy fodder off the market when you can open this pack and finish like three squads of any SPC that you would want to do you know what I'm saying I think that means there's less fodder demand on the market and there's more supply to people's clubs untradable fodder has just been given out in this game especially in the second half of the year here now let's talk about SPC's and objectives where the fodder is coming from every single week we talk about SPC's we get on Saturdays now every single Saturday we're getting an 83 times 10 an 84 times 5 or an 82 times 20 again it's so easy you collect an 87 or an 88 rated card for more of these 83 times 10s yeah sure you can put it into exchange and then go do more player picks to try to get more fodder or boom you just got a high rated card that you can go and then maybe put into one of these SPC's that you're trying to do and oh yeah let's not forget to mention the fact that division of rivals rewards are giving out 87 times 4's objectives for playing a cup mode are giving out 87 times 4's as well right pretty sure the go lasso cup is an 87 times 4 overall reward and then inside of it you've got 84 3s 85 2s 82 20s you're going to get so many walkouts from just opening the cup rewards which is for winning eight games and playing 10 like crazy is crazy how accessible fodder is this year and all that does the fact that EA is giving out more and more and more means that less and less people are going to the market to buy these cards look at 89 rated the price of Ruben Diaz since team of the year during team of the year right the hype was crazy everybody was opening packs fodder went bananas right before team of the year 89's had never gone below really 30,000 coins there was one day here where they went down below 30,000 coins in late December literally the turn of the year in the 2024 29,000 coins for Ruben Diaz those cards never saw below 30k but I mean bar the beginning of the game right we kind of forget about the first couple of weeks because fodder is really low anyway when EA don't release SBCs yet to require high rated fodder until you know later on in that first month of the game but 30k was the lowest these guys went until about a month ago and again it's been since team of the year that we've really seen things change on fodder even earlier on the year look at this you could buy Ruben Diaz down here in November 34,000 coins he went to 38k that's not even that big of a swing yes sure they went down to 30,000 and then up to 36 and then ballooned during team of the year but I remember after team of the year seeing fodder like these 89s go from 43,000 all down to 30,000 coins and we were like oh my gosh that's like the cheapest that they've been since the end of the year they're going to go back up to the high 30s right no they never did they went down to 27k I actually invested I don't know if you guys remember me investing in a bunch of 89s for 28 to 20 27 to 28,000 coins before I went on holiday right they went up to 32k I didn't even sell all of them there and they just they went back down and then in the past couple of weeks these cards have gone crazy low 89s were 21,000 coins 21,000 coins on Saturday before the SBCs came out on Sunday for me a ham and for the icon pick guys fodder especially on the top tier is just not as good to invest in anymore because of the way this game is being played out and it looks like nothing is going to change in that regard in terms of being able to get the fodder which again I'm not complaining about I'm saying it's great for content and is great for crafting if you want to put the work in on the SBCs in the menus but it's not great for making the coins right let me just show you a graph okay this is Reuben this is graph from this year right you've got a couple of fluctuations here there but the fluctuations are like 38k right here down to 36 up to 38 down to 36 there's not a lot of profit in that right and of course you have some big swings here there but there's not a lot of movement let me show you FIFA 22 this is 89 rated Allison look at this like every single week you buy him on Tuesday or you buy him on Thursday 34k bang 43,000 coins you know even in some of these weeks right here you go 38k up to 45 that's a fodder investment I would be down for I'm not going to buy an 89 for 36k and then sell it for 38 you're making 500 coins per card would I buy an 89 for 36 and then sell it for 45 like four days later heck yeah that used to happen all the time in the older versions of this game it was really last year in FIFA 23 with a fodder fluctuations were not happening as much on the middle of the higher tier and this year it is even worse and it's more accentuated because we just have so many more packs so many more SPC's and objectives and the rewards that just give out so much more but at the same time we're also kind of it's a double edged sword guys because you go to the icons and you wonder why me a ham is 2.2 million coins when our card on the markets 1.6 now right because you know they're giving out so much fodder they can make these SPC's seem a little more expensive because they know how much they're giving out so they increase the prices and they require more in a lot of these SPC's that they do put out so that's one thing I just had to mention guys because the fodder is really not as good of a coin making machine as it has been in previous years like I've invested in fodder one time this year I mean some of the fodder that I'm looking at right now seems really low but like I'm also thinking what's going to make it go up with everything that we have right now supply wise and we have so many SPC's that are out right now guys it in a every other year of this game in another year of this game if we had this many icon of species like ham Roberto Carlos Socrates you know Maca Lele Ribery Haji the one that I did like fodder would be to the freaking moon but there's so much supply it doesn't just go up as much because everybody can get fodder in other ways and they don't have to spend the coins on it now there is some part of the fodder market that is a lot more consistent it's the middle of the lower tier 85s this year you look since January since team of the year John stones from 4K to 8 back down to 4K up to 6 basically 7 down to 4K up to 7 and here we are with 85s being 3500 this is the this is the lowest they've been in a hot minute like this is real low for 85s so if you do want to make a long term fodder investment play I think 85s look fantastic maybe 86s as well I mean under 6K for these seems really really cheap but the question is what's going to make them go up the answer is we just got to wait and see what EA drops right during team of the season fodders probably going to go up somehow usually during team of the season high rated fodder drops and the low rated moves up a little bit because team of the season brings a bunch of high rated cards but I would have to imagine that before we get into actual team of the season which we are in team of the season month now because it is April we will be getting taught sometime during this month which is awesome to think about but also insane at the same time some of those cards will have to move up beforehand it always happens or during team of the season it always happens that fodder goes up during those big promos with whatever comes out however they do it but as of right now it just looks crazy low so I would say if you're going to trade with fodder the best way to do it is to just invest overall on like a long term low when you see really consistent movement on these lower and middle tier cards like the 84s 5s and 6s I think there's been better fodder movements there this year than there have been on the 87 pluses now again we've seen movements on the 91s like last week 91s moves very well but yesterday 40k to 44 but right now 41 like how high is the brunt actually going to go when there's just more and more 91 rated cards that keep popping up onto this game as more supply and just wait until toughts there's going to be even more you know what I'm saying so like fodder investing used to be one of the ways to make a ton a ton of coins in this game and I know that a ton of people probably some of you guys watched this video have made a lot of coins on fodder as well this year but right now in this stage of the game where we are in April and where we've been since team of the year fodder has not been the best way to make coins and I'm this I am obviously biased a little bit because I like to make coins through flipping cards and trading with cards that's the most fun way in my opinion to make the coins but like it used to be so easy to make coins with fodder and that has just changed informs were really good earlier on in the year there was times where they go up and down but recently it's been pretty flat right two weeks ago with the icon encore they went crazy but I don't think informs are going to go crazy again unless something big changes so in reality what he is doing here guys is they're just making it harder for us to make coins which is kind of what they wanted to be if you think about it right EA wants it harder to make coins so that maybe you go into the store and you buy more of those FC points instead of actually working the market to try to get coins right if you're lacking coins and you need them you're going to put on FC points right that's what they want but that's what we talk about what we talk about here working the market being smart thing head of things so that you can lose less coins during the year and make coins so you don't have to do that if you don't want to so I just had a conversation about fodder I was I could feel it coming out inside of me bro the bodder this year is just different it's just different and it's just evident by all the store packs and all the objective packs and everything so I knew that that conversation was coming but it's just obviously looking to the market that things are not what they used to be in terms of the fodder now let's get into today's Monday content actually by looking back at some of the games that have finished up this weekend these upgrades are not today but some of the last fantasy FC upgrades and there was some clutch performers for rich I don't even know he was still live one of the best sbc's of this promo he's going to 92 rated he got I think that 11th goal that they needed that's a crazy looking card if you still have that one that's a budget beast Usman then Bailey pulled it off if any of you guys were following this card it was do or die for Usman I can't believe he actually did it like he went all out he went from 91 rated he's going to 94 that's crazy man he was 3.8 milli now he's 4.3 and there's one card to 1 to 4.5 so 100% with all these cards selling the hype if any of you guys were Konate owners selling in the hype was 100% to play to because he's like what 100K now or 95,000 coins I'm pretty sure a couple days ago he was like a hundred and 80 or 90 or something like that so he's down bad I think Rafa Marquez probably hurt his price too I didn't watch him that close over the weekend but those upgrades are coming on a Wednesday and there are some nice upgrades coming out there now for the rest of it in in terms of Monday content today Mondays have been pretty slow days I think that's going to continue today as well I don't even think we're going to get UEFA Marquee matchups today to really supply any of these cards of course you got the Gulazo flash challenge I think I don't think there's any Champions League games this week we've got midweek league games midweek prem on Tuesday that'll be very interesting to watch but I don't think that's going to bring out another set of UEFA Marquee matchups unless there's women's Champions League which I don't there was last week I don't think there is I have to check the schedule I didn't check that but I don't think there is anymore wins Champions League for at least a couple of weeks and there's not any men's Champions League or Europa competitions either so it really just might be a quiet Monday today the biggest question I have is what's going to happen to our player pick we've been in a vicious cycle right 80 plus player pick then the 81 plus comes out probably the 81 plus is going to replace our favorite 80 plus which I love this 80 plus player pick yes it's one rating lower but you get you want to turn in six players and I freaking love that so this is going away today I would imagine that the 81 plus does come back since they didn't get rid of the 83 times 10 or anything like that I think it's going to come back guys so watch out for that today and I'm really wondering if it's going to be a slower week like I know we had Marquee's Alawayrin Meaham crazy Evo a bunch went on this weekend but I think it's going to slow down a little bit today just kind of feeling that it's going to slow down a bit EA has not been leaking too much there's I don't think there's any leaks right now as I scroll through Twitter X and look around a little but I don't think there's any leaks so it could be a slower day on the market if that's the case and if that is the case it actually might be a decent time to be out trading cards because there's the week in the demand and of course there is demand for those lower tier cards that are in the cup again remember those 89 rated cards that do fit the cup here's a card off the top of the dome that I'm remembering that went up a lot during the weekend due deck due deck went up a lot on Friday for the cup yeah he went from like 71 K to 80 85 K and he's been wow tanking what the world from 76 K down to 59 thousand coins I have to imagine that maybe the hero the on-court hero being out is affected him a little bit and then also maybe people selling him off for the cup as well so maybe try to trade with a few of those players but I'm looking out of packs guys fantasy cards for birthday for birthday icons the markets probably completed most of its like panic sell from over the weekend I'm even looking just quickly at a couple for birthday cards yesterday we were looking at Militao at 500 K bros 5 80 who else Benzema Benzema was 500 K for the the looking right version which is the week for version right he's back to 5 80 so there's good flips and good trades to be had out there the might be able to trade with now is going to be a very very good time to do that as well and of course with the cup with all the gameplay grind that is out there with evils and all of that not a bad time to be grinding the game in that sense as well and with the player picks and the 83 times 10 at the very least log on and get those done every single day because it's worth it it's worth it for the 83 times 10s they take a couple minutes you never know what you might get with icons and heroes yeah it's definitely worth it man so we'll see a drop any surprises on us today I don't know if I'm going to trade with too much I don't think the colossal cards will go up too much today maybe just a little bit so we'll be keeping an eye on them but I wouldn't think they're going to go that crazy just because Mondays haven't been that great for the market especially with all the continents out right now not expecting things to balloon or anything like that today today's going to be a day to be crafting SBC's doing the cup and just see if anything surprising drops on a Monday today if you're excited for Monday content or honestly I want to hear your thoughts down below in the comments about fodder like I mean yes fodder has made people a ton of coins this year but I feel like it's been in specific increments not consistently every week or every two weeks you hear about a fodder trade making four to five K a card which is kind of where you need it to be on the 88 and above it just doesn't move as much man and I think that's just the state of the game and the way the year are doing it this year which I don't know if I 100% agree with like yes the content is insane but as we kind of have kind of just felt this whole year out I think we're going to have some really interesting conversations towards the middle to end of the year especially with how team is season's going to go with all this content here team in the season might be crazy in a good way but also like in a very interesting way as well so let me know your thoughts on that down below in the comments but yeah have a great week guys good start to the Monday and I will see you in the Twitch stream today if you enjoy the video drop a thumbs up on it and subscribe the channel if you haven't already I will see you guys in Twitch today man catch you later peace out