Key takeaways
- New promo cards have no settled price for the first hours, which is when listing mistakes happen most.
- Build one saved filter per promo card and rotate between them rather than searching one card all day.
- Hunt for mistakes, not small discounts: set your Max Buy Now well under the going rate.
- Our best Destined for Glory snipe so far: Rogers, bought for 52,500 and sold for 415,000.
- Every card has to clear the 5% EA tax, so work out your sell price before you buy.
What is in the promo
Destined for Glory is the new EA FC 27 promo. The first cards include some big names, and most of them are players people want in a starting eleven, which keeps demand high from the first hour.
| Player | Rating | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Haaland | 91 | ST |
| Diani | 88 | RM |
| Upamecano | 88 | CB |
| Caicedo | 87 | LW |
| Nico Paz | 87 | CAM |
| Cucurella | 87 | LB |
| Mbeumo | 86 | RM |
| Lookman | 86 | ST |
| Gordon | 86 | LW |
| Kiwior | 85 | CB |
| McKennie | 85 | CM |
| Mateus Fernandes | 85 | CM |
| Maza | 85 | CAM |
| Gosens | 84 | LB |
| Cresswell | 84 | CB |
Rogers (87 CAM) is in the same design, and he is the card behind our best snipe of the promo so far.
Why new promo cards get mispriced
When a promo drops, nobody knows what the cards are worth. There is no price history, the first copies come out of packs at random, and people list them in a hurry. That is exactly when mistakes happen: a zero missed off the end, a Buy Now typed where the start price should be, or someone who just wants coins for the next pack.
Those listings last seconds. The player who is searching at that moment gets the card. That is what sniping is: catching the cards that are listed far below their value by mistake, and the extinct cards that barely come up at all.
A real snipe: Rogers for 52,500
This one is from our own runs. A Destined for Glory Rogers was listed for 52,500 coins, FC AutoBuyer bought it, and it sold back on the market for 415,000.
That is not a typical result, and nobody can promise one like it. It is what a single listing mistake looks like when you are the one searching when it appears.
Build your promo filters
Search each card by name and pick the promo version, so your search only returns the card you want. Save that search as a filter, then do the same for the next card.
- One saved filter per card.
- Rotate between them, so you are watching several cards instead of one.
- Give each filter twenty to thirty minutes before you judge it.
FC AutoBuyer can rotate your saved filters for you, every set number of searches, so you are always watching the whole promo.
Set your Max Buy Now
Price check each card first: find the lowest Buy Now copies are actually selling at. That is the going rate.
Then decide what you are hunting. For promo cards the big wins are mistakes, so set your Max Buy Now well under the going rate, not just a little under it. You will buy less often, but every card you do buy is a real bargain. Whatever you pick, make sure the price still leaves profit after the 5% EA tax.
When to buy and when to sell
The first few hours after a promo drops are the best time to snipe, because prices are still settling. Selling is different: cards usually sell best when demand is highest, around the evening and when a new SBC or objective needs them.
Avoid holding a promo card for days just hoping it rises. New promos flood the market with packs, and prices of most cards drift down as more copies come out.
What the promo does to the rest of the market
A new promo pulls coins out of the market as people open packs and chase the new cards. Older cards often dip for a few days, and high-rated fodder can jump if the promo comes with SBCs. Our guide to promo trading and market crashes covers how to plan around that.
FAQs
Yes, especially in the first hours. New promo cards have no settled price, so copies get listed far too cheap by mistake more often than older cards.
Find the going rate first, then set your Max Buy Now well under it so you only buy real bargains. Check the price still leaves profit after the 5% EA tax.
Yes. Search the promo version of a card, save it as a filter and let FC AutoBuyer run it. It can rotate several saved filters, so you can watch the whole promo.
Most promo cards drop as more copies come out of packs, so selling a bargain quickly is usually safer than holding and hoping it rises.
