FC 26 FUTTIES Day 2 Recap: All New SBCs & Evolutions (Renato Sanches, Ferland Mendy, 5 Star Factory + Speed Merchant Evos, Best of Re-Release Batch 1, July 26 Update)

FUTTIES Team 1 dropped July 24 at 18:00 UTC. It is now Day 2 — real fodder prices are in, three fresh SBCs went live on the 25th, and six new Evolutions are stacked on top of the Best of Re-Release Batch 1 pool. If you logged in this morning and saw six new tiles in the Objectives menu and no idea which to touch first, this is the recap for you — every new SBC, every Evolution, every re-released card that matters, with a plain verdict on each.

Short answer up top: Ferland Mendy 97 LB is the run-away value SBC of Day 2. Renato Sanches 96 CM is a niche upgrade for Ligue 1 sides only. The 10x 85 Upgrade is a straight fodder printer — do it every day it refreshes. On the Evolutions side, Speed Merchant is the one to lock in early because pace ceilings are getting a real boost that will not stay cheap for long.

What Is FUTTIES 2026 and Why Day 2 Matters

FUTTIES is the end-of-cycle celebration promo — every week for four weeks EA re-releases a themed batch of the season's most-used promo cards (Best of Re-Release Batches 1-4) alongside fresh flagship cards, new Icons, and stacked Evolutions. Week 1 launched July 24 with the first Team 1 lineup and the Best of Re-Release Batch 1 pool. Day 2 (July 25-26) is the traditional "fodder-verdict" window: enough packs have been opened for real 82-85 rated player prices to settle, so SBC solutions posted on Day 0 need to be re-costed with today's market. Every number below is based on the July 26 market snapshot — expect small drift as the week runs.

All Three New Day 2 SBCs

Three new SBCs went live on July 25 in the FUTTIES tab. Two are player SBCs (Renato Sanches and Ferland Mendy), one is a straight upgrade pack. Verdicts first, deep dive under each card.

Ferland Mendy 97 LB — The Best-Value Card of the Week So Far

Stats: 96 PAC / 90 SHO / 90 PAS / 91 DRI / 92 DEF / 99 PHY. Position LB (with +/++ chemistry style extensions).

Verdict: No brainer. 96 Pace + 99 Physical on a full-back is a template that has always finished the meta at the top of every FC / FIFA cycle. The 92 Defending base with any Shadow style pushes DEF above 96, and the 99 PHY means he wins every shoulder-barge and tracks Mbappé-tier runners without breaking. Passing at 90 is also enough to switch play from deep — you are not gimping build-up to get a wall of defence.

Total cost snapshot (July 26): five squads, roughly 320-360k coins in tradeable fodder if you are buying nothing but 84-86 rareds. If you have been sitting on FUTTIES Batch 1 unwanted rewards, you can chunk 60-80k off that just by using duplicates.

Who should skip: nobody, unless you already have a 96+ rated LB in the meta pool (Theo Hernández TOTS, Mendy IF stacks). Even then, this is chemistry gold for Ligue 1 hybrids.

Renato Sanches 96 CM — Niche But Cheap

Stats: 93 PAC / 93 SHO / 96 PAS / 96 DRI / 91 DEF / 94 PHY. Position CM (with +/++ chemistry style extensions).

Verdict: The stat line is exceptional on paper — 96 PAS and 96 DRI on a box-to-box CM is a top-tier engine — but Renato Sanches has a well-known injury history that has kept him out of most competitive squads for two seasons. The card itself is meta-strong; the market interest is not. Expect this to be one of the cheaper 96-rated CMs of the FUTTIES cycle for that reason.

Total cost snapshot (July 26): four squads, roughly 200-240k coins in fodder. Cheaper than Mendy because market demand is lower and the second squad only asks for one 84 rared.

Who should do it: Ligue 1 chemistry stackers running a Bayern-alumni midfield (Sanches slots next to Kimmich TOTS beautifully), fodder-rich players who want a cheap 96 to complete objectives.

Who should skip: anyone with a 95+ CM already in the meta pool. There will be flashier Team 2 CMs later this week.

10x 85 Upgrade — Do It Every Refresh

This is a straight fodder printer — submit a single 82-rated squad, get 10 rare gold picks with a guaranteed 85+ rating. The pack is untradeable but the picks are player-picks (choose 1 of 3), so you can actually target useful fodder rather than getting stuck with unusable positions.

Total cost snapshot (July 26): 6-8k coins per submission depending on how aggressive you are hunting cheap 82s.

Refresh cadence: daily so far this promo. Do it once every 24 hours for the entire FUTTIES cycle — the 10 picks compounding over 28 days is enough fodder to complete two 96-rated player SBCs solo.

Best of Re-Release Batch 1 — What Cards Are In Packs This Week

Batch 1 launched with Team 1 on July 24 and stays in packs until July 31 at 18:00 UTC. This is the "community's favourite cards from earlier in the cycle" pool — the cards below all originally released between November 2025 and April 2026 and have been re-boosted with FUTTIES stat upgrades.

Foden 97 FUTTIES — Still the Cheapest 5-Star / 5-Star

Stats: 95 PAC / 94 SHO / 92 PAS / 99 DRI / 84 DEF / 90 PHY. 5-star skills, 5-star weak foot, playable on both wings and at CAM. This is the pre-existing FUTTIES SBC from launch day that stays available all week — Day 2 solution costs have settled around 380k coins, down from 460k on Day 0 as fodder prices normalise.

Di Natale 97 Futties Hero — Still Repeatable

Stats: 96 PAC / 99 SHO / 93 PAS / 95 DRI / 60 DEF / 84 PHY. Serie A Hero chemistry is 3-link with any Serie A player — enormous chemistry flexibility. Repeatable SBC, one solution per week for the entire promo cycle. Cost per repeat has settled around 240-260k on July 26.

Cruyff 97 GotG — Icon-in-Packs Sighting

Cruyff GotG (95 PAC / 95 SHO / 94 PAS / 98 DRI / 46 DEF / 83 PHY) is back in packs this week as part of the Batch 1 pull pool. Do not open packs specifically hunting him — pull rates on 97-rated Icons during a re-release week sit somewhere near 1 in 3,500 packs on average. If you get him, celebrate; if you do not, do not chase.

All 6 New Day 2 Evolutions

Six new Evolutions dropped between July 24 and July 26 — five of them landed in a single 24-hour window on the 25th. Here is the fast rundown with a rating on each:

Which Evolutions to Lock In First

Slot priority for a normal squad-building session:

1. Speed Merchant — pace on a meta card is always the highest-ceiling upgrade. If you have a base 88 winger you have been sleeping on, this is the pick.
2. 5 Star Factory Store — 5-star weak-foot is one of the very few boosts that changes how a card plays instead of just changing numbers. Lock it on a Rare Gold 87 winger and you will actually feel the difference on the pitch.
3. Elite Midfielder — safe pick to plug a chemistry hole in your midfield.
4. Everything else — do only if the boost lines up with a card you already own and want to keep.

Objectives & Tokens — Where the Free Rewards Live

FUTTIES Week 1 has three separate Objective tracks running in parallel — Live Play, Squad Battles, and Season Progress. The most impactful is the Season Progress track that pays out roughly 1,000 FUTTIES tokens per week when completed, with a hard cap of 5,000 tokens per player for the entire promo. Tokens are spent in the Token Store on player picks and Batch Pack upgrades.

Rough token targets for Day 2 completions:

• Win 3 Rivals matches with a full FUTTIES squad — 100 tokens
• Score 5 goals with a Best of Re-Release Batch 1 player — 150 tokens
• Complete 3 Squad Battles matches on Semi-Pro+ — 100 tokens
• Assist twice with a Ligue 1 midfielder (yes, Sanches counts if you did the SBC) — 150 tokens

Do not spend tokens on packs — the pick options in the Token Store are worth several hundred K each and pull rates on Team 1 in packs are still bad this early in the cycle. Save tokens, spend on picks, use the picks to fund next week's SBCs.

Store Refresh Schedule — Week 1 Timeline

How to Prepare for the Rest of Week 1 (and Week 2)

Three concrete moves for the next 72 hours:

1. Do the 10x 85 Upgrade every day, no exceptions. Ten 85+ picks per day for the rest of the week is more fodder than most players earn in an entire promo. That fodder is exactly what makes the flagship SBCs painless.
2. Bank 500k coins in liquid for Team 2. Historical FUTTIES cycles always have at least one 98-rated flagship SBC in Team 2. If your coin balance is stuck in 84-86 fodder cards on July 31 you will be in a fire sale at the worst possible time.
3. Do not stockpile untradeable Best of Batch 1 pulls. Anything untradeable that is not a straight upgrade should go into a repeatable SBC now while the market for those pulls is soft.

What to Do First — Priority Checklist

• ✅ Do: Ferland Mendy SBC (best card of the week)
• ✅ Do: 10x 85 Upgrade every 24 hours
• ✅ Do: Lock Speed Merchant Evolution on your best pace winger
• ✅ Do: Complete Di Natale repeatable Hero SBC once per week
• 🟡 Consider: Renato Sanches SBC (Ligue 1 hybrids only)
• 🟡 Consider: Foden 97 SBC (only if you missed him at launch)
• ❌ Skip: Chasing Cruyff in packs
• ❌ Skip: Spending FUTTIES tokens on packs (save for picks)

Bottom Line

Day 2 of FUTTIES Week 1 is the best value window of the promo so far. Ferland Mendy is a legitimate meta upgrade at Ligue 1 chemistry cost, the 10x 85 Upgrade is free daily fodder, and Speed Merchant is the strongest of the six new Evolutions. Everything else is optional. Team 2 leaks will start hitting on July 29-30 — do the value SBCs now, bank the rest, and re-evaluate on July 31 when Batch 2 rewrites the pool.