In FIFA Ultimate Team, common players and items are those that lack the unique qualities or standout characteristics that Rare players possess.
FIFA Ultimate Team (FUT) is considered to be EA Sports’ standout feature on their FIFA games which allows gamers to build teams using players from every available league to play both offline and online to win coins or packs to improve their teams. The ever-popular game mode’s eventual goal is to help a gamer build their ultimate team to pit against other gamers online with FIFA 23, the latest edition, bringing in a few changes to FUT.
What makes an item Common?
Player Items
What makes a player item common is entirely up to the EA SPORTS FIFA development team, who determine which players have unique abilities or attributes that qualify them as Rare players. The rest, on the other hand, are labeled as Common Player Items, and this applies to the vast majority of players in FIFA Ultimate Team (FUT) because they lack the unique qualities or standout characteristics that Rare Players do.
Even so, the development team exercises caution because not every player with a distinguishing feature is designated as a Rare Player Item. The most important thing to remember about Common players is that they are distinct from the player's rating. This only determines whether a player item is Gold, Silver, or Bronze, as players rated 75 and above are Gold, players rated 65 to 74 are Silver, and the rest are Bronze.
However, even then, Common player items are across all three sections although Rare Items do tend to have higher ratings, it is possible to find a Bronze Rare player card.
Consumables and Stadium Items
When it comes to Stadium Items, the development team considers the aesthetic or visuals that the item may provide in-game, as well as the strength of the real-world team to which it is related. Stadium items also fall under Epic, Limited-Edition Epic, Limited-Edition Noble, and a few other categories.
The designation for Consumables is based on how much an item will impact the game or offer to the gamer's FUT team. A common Bronze contract, for example, could increase a player's time at the club by 8 games (for a Bronze player), whereas a Rare Bronze contract could increase that time by 15 (for a Bronze player).
What is the difference between a Rare and a Common item?
The design of the card distinguishes a Rare or Common item, as the Rare Item cards are slightly shinier than the Common and have a slightly different item shape, with the top edges of the card curved to the inside. Rare Items also have a higher quick-sell value in-game as compared to Common Items.
What about Special Items?
Special Items appear in-game on a variety of item shell designs, which can be found in the FUT Item guide. Special Items will also be labeled as Common or Rare. CONMEBOL Libertadores and CONMEBOL Sudamericana are the only Special Items in FIFA 23 that have Common versions. Other Special Items in FIFA 23 are labeled as Rare.
FAQs
Q. How can you tell if a card is rare or common?
A. The main difference between a rare and common card is that visually, rare item cards have the top edges of the card curved to the inside while a normal card will have a simple curved line.
Q. Do FUT Icons count as rare players?
A. Most FUT Icons are considered to be amongst the rarest in the game and are often the most sought-after cards in Ultimate team. They can only be obtained via various packs.
Q. What is in a Rare Players pack in FIFA 23?
A. This pack contains the most unique top-rated players, all in a single pack with 12 items, all players, all Gold, all Rare, including one guaranteed 83+ OVR Rare player.
