{"id":24573,"date":"2021-11-16T07:18:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T07:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/how-does-fifa-22-team-of-the-week-work"},"modified":"2024-07-19T10:43:33","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T10:43:33","slug":"how-does-fifa-22-team-of-the-week-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/fifa\/how-does-fifa-22-team-of-the-week-work","title":{"rendered":"How does FIFA 22’s Team of the Week work? Featured TOTW cards, release date\/time, more"},"content":{"rendered":"

As anyone who has spent time with EA Sports’ FIFA series in the past ten years will tell you, the card collection Ultimate Team mode reigns supreme over the football game.<\/p>\n

And while the mode has its many detractors owing to the pay-to-win nature and accusations that it’s little more than a slot machine, there is no getting away from how transformative it has been for football and games in general.<\/p>\n

A large part of that is how the developers have been able to utilise real-world performances to shape the various cards that populate FUT, with the most consistent example being the Team of the Week (TOTW).<\/p>\n

FIFA’s TOTW evaluates players’ real-world performances over the last week and those that have excelled are given an upgraded In-Form (IF) card. These cards, then, become available in FUT packs for a week when the cycle begins again.<\/p>\n

How does FIFA 22’s Team of the Week work?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Every week since FIFA 10, EA Sports have selected 18 to 23 players based on their real-world performances and put them into the Team of the Week (TOTW).<\/p>\n

These upgraded cards are called In-Forms and they usually have upgrades in one, two, or three stat categories. These cards replace the same players’ base cards.<\/p>\n

The position of the players’ IF card may change if they excelled in a different position in the previous week.<\/p>\n

A player usually won’t be selected for back-to-back TOTWs and there is usually only one player from the same team each week. Club and international football are included, with players selected from leagues throughout the world.<\/p>\n

TOTW cards are available for one week from their release before they are shelved for the next TOTW.<\/p>\n

What are Featured TOTW cards?<\/h2>\n

Featured TOTW are a new type of item in FIFA 22. Each week one player in TOTW is “featured” offering a double boost to them. Any future Performance-Based Items these players earn will build off of this boosted rating.<\/p>\n

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FIFA 22’s Featured TOTW cards offer extra upgrades to selected players. (Picture: EA Sports)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To be eligible for a Featured TOTW, a players highest rated base or performance-based item must be 80 or lower, and they can’t have an active live item.<\/p>\n

Featured players can be identified by a gold star seen on the top right corner of their cards.<\/p>\n

When does TOTW come out?<\/h2>\n

TOTW cards enter FUT packs every week on Wednesday at 6 pm (UK time). The cards will be in packs for seven days from that point.<\/p>\n

Can you trade in-form cards?<\/h2>\n

Yes, in-form cards can be traded and have proven to be some of the most valuable in the FUT market. A common tactic is to keep an IF card, even if you don’t intend on using it, because it may appear in a Squad Building Challenge (SBC) later in the season.<\/p>\n

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