The content drop tonight brought some top-tier cards to FIFA 23, with the FIFA World Cup Phenoms promotion. There should be a nice mix of cheap beasts along with some game-breaking insanely high meta players in the mix, so there's a bit of something for everyone.
FIFA 23 World Cup Phenoms - Full Team Details Below
Unlike other recent promotions, there's not too much of an in-depth theme for this promotion. Cards aren't upgradable and they aren't necessarily linked to current performance. The only information EA provided on social media along with the content release was:
"From breakthrough prodigies to bonafide world-beaters... FIFA World Cup Phenoms have arrived in #FUT in #FIFA23."
You can find the full list of players featured in the promotion below. Please keep in mind that it's likely we will see another mini-release this upcoming Sunday which should bring an extra 3 FIFA World Cup Phenoms into packs.
- 91 Rafael Leão
- 90 Jude Bellingham
- 89 Pedri
- 89 Lautaro Martínez
- 88 Éder Militão
- 88 Bukayo Saka
- 87 Eduardo Camavinga
- 87 Achraf Hakimi
- 86 Jeremie Frimpong (SBC Player)
- 86 Jonathan David (Objective Player)
- 86 Mattéo Guendouzi
- 86 Jules Koundé
- 86 Takefusa Kubo
- 86 Giovanni Reyna
- 85 Daniel James
- 85 Mikkel Damsgaard
You can see, there are some cracking players in there which is great to see. The only gripe many are having with the content release today is that it's heavily recycled content in regards to the players being featured, which makes it a bit more stale compared to what it could have been.
FIFA World Cup Icons Team 3 released in FIFA 23 Ultimate Team
EA has done a good job at keeping the World Cup Icons coming over the past 2 weeks, and they've run this for another week as they've also given us the Team 3 FIFA World Cup Icons with the FIFA World Cup Phenoms today.
This could very well be the best set we have seen released so far as there are players like Garrincha, Matthäus, Dalglish, and Cannavaro that are always strong on the meta. Then there's also Hagi, Lineker, and Šuker. The upgrades do continue to be a little lackluster for some of the players which is disappointing.
Who would you like to see featured next as a World Cup Icon in FIFA 23?