EA FC 24 Rio Ferdinand TOTY Icon SBC: All tasks, cheapest solutions, and more

The EA FC 24 Rio Ferdinand TOTY Icon SBC has been released, allowing players to get their hands on the unique card by completing the various challenges. EA Sports released the TOTS promo this week, and the special Rio Ferdinand card has also been added as a Squad Building Challenge as a prelude to the upcoming Team of the Year promo.

The TOTY cards are usually always in high demand due to the significant boosts to their stats, and Icon cards commemorate retired footballers and usually come in variants. This Squad Building Challenge has added the EA FC 24 Rio Ferdinand TOTY Icon, which is currently the best version of the English defender in EA FC 24. Without any further ado, let's get into how to complete the challenge.

All tasks of the EA FC 24 Rio Ferdinand TOTY Icon SBC

To unlock the EA FC 24 Rio Ferdinand TOTY Icon card, players will need to complete several tasks, some of which have similar requirements. For those who would like to try out the card before committing to completing all of the tasks, the Squad Building Challenge includes a loan card.

By completing this task, players will obtain a 5-match loan card for EA FC 24 Rio Ferdinand TOTY Icon variant:

On a Loan

Team overall rating: Minimum 83

Here are the rest of the tasks for the EA FC 24 Rio Ferdinand TOTY SBC.

Born Legend

Rare players: Minimum 11
Player quality: Exactly Bronze

Rising Star

Rare players: Minimum 11
Player quality: Exactly Silver

The Red Devils

Manchester United players: Minimum one
Team overall rating: Minimum 84

The Three Lions

English players: Minimum one
Team overall rating: Minimum 86

86-Rated Squad

Team overall rating: Minimum 86

87-rated squad

Team of the Week players: Minimum one
Team overall rating: Minimum 87

87-rated squad

Team of the Week players: Minimum one
Team overall rating: Minimum 87

88-rated squad

Team overall rating: Minimum 88

88-rated squad

Team overall rating: Minimum 88

88-rated squad

Team overall rating: Minimum 88

88-rated squad

Team of the Week players: Minimum one
Team overall rating: Minimum 88

89-rated squad

Team overall rating: Minimum 89

89-rated squad

Team overall rating: Minimum 89

89-rated squad

Team overall rating: Minimum 89

90-rated squad

Team overall rating: Minimum 90

90-rated squad

Team overall rating: Minimum 90

90-rated squad

Team overall rating: Minimum 90

91-rated squad

Team overall rating: Minimum 91

91-rated squad

Team overall rating: Minimum 91

As expected, the long list of tasks and requirements makes the EA FC 24 Rio Ferdinand TOTY SBC pretty expensive to complete.

Cheapest solutions of the EA FC 24 Rio Ferdinand TOTY Icon SBC

Stats for the unique card (Image via EA Sports)

While the game is well into its later stages, to complete the EA FC 24 Rio Ferdinand TOTY Icon SBC, players will probably need to buy cards from the transfer market. Here are some of the tips and tricks for the cheapest solutions for the 20 tasks in the EA FC 24 Rio Ferdinand TOTY Icon SBC.

Born Legend

Any (cheapest) 11 rare bronze players

Rising Star

Any (cheapest) 11 silver players

On a Loan

Kasper Schmeichel
Leroy Sané
Dušan Tadić
Milan Škriniar
Jeremie Frimpong
Raphaël Guerreiro
Ellyes Skhiri
Caroline Seger
Gabriel Martinelli
Lauren James
Ewelina Kamczyk

Cost: 7,900 Coins

The Red Devils

Jeremias Conan Ledesma
Manuela Zinsberger
John Stones
Milan Škriniar
Kieran Trippier
Raphaël Guerreiro
Fabian Schär
Caroline Seger
Jadon Sancho
Khadija Shaw
Dušan Tadić

Cost 13,200 Coins

The Three Lions

Bella Bixby
Ewa Pajor
Thiago Silva
Amanda Ilestedt
Trent Alexander-Arnold
Lena Oberdorf
İlkay Gündoğan
Parejo
Lautaro Martínez
Gabriel Jesus
Chloe Kelly

Cost: 35,500 Coins

86-rated Squad

Álex Remiro
Lena Oberdorf
Aymeric Laporte
Kalidou Koulibaly
Kieran Trippier
Gregor Kobel
John Stones
Caroline Weir
Lieke Martens
Ewa Pajor
Lucy Bronze

Cost: 35,200 Coins

87-rated Squad X2

Manuela Zinsberger
Ewa Pajor
Lena Oberdorf
Aymeric Laporte
Kieran Trippier
Khadija Shaw
İlkay Gündoğan
Keira Walsh
Beth Mead
Alexandra Popp
Bernardo Silva

Cost 73,000 Coins

88-Rated Squad X3

Christiane Endler
Irene Paredes
Rúben Dias
Wendie Renard
Kieran Trippier
Alexandra Popp
Aurélien Tchouaméni
Bernardo Silva
Patri Guijarro
Marcos Llorente
Ada Hegerberg

Cost: 80,000 Coins

88-rated Squad (TOTW variation)

Gregor Kobel
Trent Alexander-Arnold
Bernardo Silva
Riyad Mahrez
Parejo
Patri Guijarro
Sandra Paños
Joshua Kimmich
Beth Mead
Christiane Endler
Karim Benzema(91 rated IF version)

Cost: 103,000 Coins

89-Rated Squad

Rodri
Neymar Jr
Irene Paredes
Lena Oberdorf
Wendie Renard
Beth Mead
Tomáš Rosický (90 rated GOLAZO Hero)
Casemiro
Bernardo Silva
Ewa Pajor
Ada Hegerberg (91 rated Ultimate Birthday)

Cost: 154,000 Coins

90-Rated Squad

Christiane Endler
Irene Paredes
Wendie Renard
Julie Pasquereau (90 rated Fantasy FC)
Joshua Kimmich
Ada Hegerberg (91 rated Ultimate Birthday)
Bernardo Silva
Enzo Francescoli (91 rated GOLAZO Hero)
Pierre Lees-Melou (90 rated Fantasy FC)
Matteo Politano (90 rated Fantasy FC)
Iago Aspas (91 rated Fantasy FC)

Cost: 224,000 Coins

91-Rated Squad

Marc-André ter Stegen
Ada Hegerberg (91-rated Ultimate Birthday)
Irene Paredes
Rúben Dias
Gianluca Vialli (93-rated GOLAZO Hero)
Alexandra Popp
Sergej Milinković-Savić (89-rated Ultimate Birthday)
Wendie Renard
Enzo Francescoli (91-rated GOLAZO Hero)
Robert Lewandowski (92-rated TOTW)
Harry Kane (93-rated TOTY Honourable Mentions)

Cost: 335,000 Coins

All in all, the EA FC 24 Rio Ferdinand TOTY Icon SBC is quite an expensive affair and players looking to get one for their Ultimate Team should take the cost of it into account. That said, the EA FC 24 Rio Ferdinand TOTY Icon card is quite a solid defensive card that easily fits into most squads.

The EA FC 24 Rio Ferdinand TOTY Icon card also has access to the Anticipate PlayStyle, adding another reason for players to complete the SBC.