We took a closer look at the FIFA 23 87+ Hero Pick SBC and tell you if you should complete it. After all, you do get a Hero card. We show you the cards you will want to pick from the SBC and the ones that should hopefully not appear on your screen.
The FUT Ballers promo is up and running right now and the content is really nice, can't say anything about that. On top of that, we've now also received a Hero Player Pick SBC. In the SBC, five different base or World Cup Heroes are shown with an OVR of at least 87. Everything else you need to know about the SBC, now!
87+ Hero Player Pick
The crucial question is, what can you get out of the player pick? You can pick a base hero or a WC Hero. And there are a few goodies in there. However, there are also a lot of cards that are not even remotely worth the SBC.
So of course you are left with the question: is the SBC worth it, or is it not worth it at all? To clarify this, we need to take a look at what requirements the SBC has and who we can pull in the best and worst case scenarios.
The Requirements
To complete the SBC, you must build 3 teams. An 84-OVR team, an 85-OVR team and an 86-OVR team with a Inform and a 87 rated player. So you'll need a lot of players who have an OVR greater than 85, and as we all know, they're not that cheap.
Currently, 85 cards are 15,000 coins and up. So if you want to complete this SBC without any players from the club, you will have to spend 3000,000 coins. A handsome price, considering that Peter Crouch could be the one smiling at you from your screen.
Possible Rewards
The best Heroes you can draft are WC Heroes Rudi Völler, Lúcio, Yaya Touré, Jay-Jay Okocha or Thomas Brolin. But also Claudio Marchisio, Said Al-Owairan, Landon Donovan, Harry Kewell and Wlodzimierz Smolarek are good picks, with value higher than the SBC’s price.
There's no way you want to draft Peter Crouch, Jorge Champos, Clint Dempsey, Tim Cahill or Rafael Marquez. That's not worth completing the SBC for at all. In between, of course, there are a whole lot of other cards that are kinda meh, to be honest. I don't know if I would be excited about a base Ricardo Cavalho. In any case, you want to draw a WC hero, the only question is whether EA will indulge us.
Is the 87+ Hero Player Pick SBC worth it – Our conclusion
If we're honest, we'd rather save the cards and coins for something with a better value.
Yes, the SBC can still be worth it with a little luck. It's a player pick with 5 players and three absolutely crappy cards EA won't push us, right? Still, 300,000 coins is just too much for the risk. So if you're up for a Hero and have enough players lying around in your club that you'll never play anyway, then take your chance. For everyone else, keep and save coins and high-rated players for something better.