EA FC 26 Turn Common Cards into Neymar Attempts | How to Use Player Picks and Upgrade SBCs Loops?
Jun 09, 2026At the start of 2025, Neymar left Al Hilal to return to Brazil's Santos FC. Since the official rights holders had not yet secured full licensing for Brasileirão at that time, they could not normally include players who played for clubs in Brazilian league. As a result, Neymar was not only removed from FC 25 but also absent from FC 26 launch roster.
The good news, however, is that Neymar has officially returned to EA Sports FC 26. Because players have been waiting for him for a long time, his arrival has generated extraordinary excitement. On the market, he is valued at around 200,000 coins, yet you can hardly trade for him. Therefore, to get Neymar, you need to keep opening packs and rely on luck. The method below might improve your chances of obtaining him, requiring nothing more than repeating a specific SBC over and over.
1 of 3 83+ Summer Tournament Nations Player Pick
This Player Pick is the core of the method. Why choose it? Because Neymar is an 83 OVR card in FC 26, and this player pick pool contains only 83 OVR players from World Cup-qualifying nations. Neymar is naturally one of them. As this SBC requires you to submit Rare Gold cards, you will need to do some preparation beforehand.
How to Use Player Picks and Upgrade Loops?
Daily Upgrades
To obtain a large number of player picks from the start, you should first complete the following Daily Bronze Upgrade and Daily Silver Upgrade. If your club lacks Bronze or Silver cards, these steps will provide you with the basic materials.
Feed Bronze and Silver cards you get into Gold Common Upgrade. This challenge returns 7 Silver cards and 70 gold common cards.
Then put all the gold commons into Daily Rare Gold Upgrade, which gives you 35 gold rares.
Through the above daily process, you will get at least 42 gold rare cards. Each 1 of 3 Summer Tournament Nations Player Pick consumes only 4 gold rares. Just by relying on the free daily upgrades, you can perform 10 player picks every day.
Building Packs
After completing the daily Bronze, Silver, Gold Common, and Gold Rare upgrades as described, you should put all the rare cards you have obtained into Player Pick. If you do not pull Neymar, always choose the player rated 85 or higher, so you can later feed them into Provisional SBC for recycling.
Provisions Upgrade
Once you finish the first 10 free picks and still have not got Neymar, turn to Provisions Upgrade. Suppose you got several 85+ players from those initial 10 picks; putting them into Provisions Upgrade will earn you extra rare gold players, allowing you to complete even more 83+ Player Picks.
Gold Upgrade
While doing Provisions Upgrade, you will accumulate many gold common cards. You can turn these commons into more rare cards through Gold Upgrade SBC, and let 11 gold commons turn to 2 gold rares. Each completion of Provisional set produces 15 Provisions Upgrade cards, which is exactly enough for one Gold Upgrade, thereby generating more rare cards to feed into 83+ Player Picks.
How Many 1 of 3 83+ Player Picks Can You Complete?
By repeating the above steps - using Player Pick until you run out of high-rated players - you can complete around 40 or more 83+ Player Picks per day. If you are willing to consume players rated 85 or above, you can manage roughly 80 Player Picks each day.
One thing to keep in mind: Every time you do 1 of 3 83+ Summer Tournament Nations Player Pick, you should select the card with the highest OVR so that it can be used in the next Provisional round.
If you exhaust all upgrade opportunities on a given day, save your high-rated fodder cards for the next day and use them after Provisional Upgrade resets. Also, gold common cards are not only for Gold Upgrade but may be needed for other SBCs as well. Do not clear out all your commons at once; keep a reserve for future needs.
Alternative Methods
Apart from the daily cycle above, you can obtain more gold rare cards through the following ways:
- Objectives: Complete specific tasks to earn card rewards.
- League SBCs: Finishing the two main League SBCs will continuously supply gold cards to your club.
- Store: Use FC 26 coins to get provisional packs, or acquire rare cards directly from the market.
These methods are not strictly necessary. Usually, SBCs alone generate an enormous number of cards, more than enough to sustain your efforts until you pull Neymar. Moreover, the daily free upgrade cycle resets every day, so you can start from scratch again the next day to earn rare cards.
That is the best free and efficient way to grind for Neymar in EA FC 26. As long as you stay patient and follow this process strictly, getting Neymar is only a matter of time.