FIFA 22 - What are Ultimate Team Winter Wildcards?

FIFA 22 Holiday season is here and while many gamers were expecting another FUTMAS/Freeze release, EA Sports decided to bring a better and similar version of this holiday-themed event, called Winter Wildcards. FIFA fans have experienced  FUT 22 Versus and are ready for another round of holiday promos. As we explained earlier, FUTMAS was canceled and replaced with Freeze last year on FIFA 21. This year, EA Sports decided to upgrade FUT Freeze with Versus to spice things up! A new promo is here to take Versus' place as the festive event! Things now seem to be even more exciting, because the Wildcards look pretty good.
Let's talk more about it and see what to expect.

FUT 22 Winter Wildcards

Since this Christmas event is also a replacement for FUTMAS and Freeze, it has similar attributes as the previous promos. The whole event is a mixture of the mentioned promos that comes with an "ICON Swap" additional. FIFA 22 Winter Wildcards event releases strong upgrades and permanent boosts to some selected players' positions and skills, based on past, present, and potential future of the FUT players' upgrades. You get to play the usual SBCs with a swap program which is similar to ICONS Swap. But what does that mean? There will be special tasks for completing in FIFA 2 Ultimate Team in order to receive Wildcards tokens. These tokens can be exchanged (swapped!) for various Wildcard players and packs. The promo started on December 17, and there have been 2 revealed teams so far. Players should predict Winter Wildcards to work as the dynamic Shapeshifters from FIFA 21, except there will be stat boosts along with it as well.

Winter Wildcards Team 1

So now that you know how this festive event works, let's take a look at the first team of FUT 22 Winter Wildcards:
Please note that the first team was available for grabbing via FUT 22 pack items until December 23. The second team has been replaced after that.

Source: EA Sports

Winter Wildcards Team 2

Just like Versus cards, Winter Wildcards cannot get additional upgrades as well. Meaning that they are not dynamic and they will have expiry dates after their release. The Winter Wildcards event is heading into its second week, with Team 2 having replaced Team 1 in packs on December 23. Let's take a closer look at the players' list with their upgraded stats:

Source: EA Sports

Winter Wildcards Swaps

As long as this Christmas event is live, players have the chance to earn Tokens (like ICON Swaps) and receive festive rewards! In order to participate, you need to complete the daily Squad Building Challenges (SBCs) and Objectives to get tokens in return. Make sure you check both tabs on a daily basis if you don't want to miss this opportunity! There are 25 Wildcard tokens that 24 of them can be achieved via SBCs, Objectives, and other regular challenges like Marquee Matchups. The last token can be picked up as a pack in the FUT shop. The tokens are good for swapping from December 26 to January 14.

• 15 tokens = 85+ x10 Player Pack (untradeable)
• 12 tokens = Winter Wildcard Player - Patson Daka (untradeable)
• 8 tokens = Winter Wildcard Player - Christian Günter (untradeable)
• 5 tokens = Ultimate Pack (untradeable)
• 5 tokens = Icon Home & Away Kits (untradeable)
• 3 tokens = 81-89 x10 Player Pack (untradeable)
• 2 tokens = Rare Players Pack (untradeable)

Just like Rulebreaks, these sorts of promos open up many new combinations for building different squads. Now you have the chance to join the SBCs and test your skills in building a decent squad and receive great rewards! Don't hesitate to increase your FIFA 22 coins by using our festive events' discount codes! WhatsGaming accompanies you during all seasonal events and always provides cheap FUT coins to all FIFA fans.