EA has confirmed that there will be a new pack type coming to Ultimate Team when FIFA 22 is released later this year.
The Premium Rare Players pack was seen as part of the new FUT trailer released by EA, shown during a Divisions reveal for the new title.
Fans have reacted to the new pack design and what it could mean for pack openings in the new iteration of Ultimate Team.
One Reddit user in particular, u/LeGoldhund, doesn't actually believe that the Premium Rare Players pack will actually be released in the game, as it is a contradiction in terms. He said: "Premium Rare is a very strange name that doesn't fit the current Pack naming system, since Premium indicates 3/12 Rares and Rare indicates 12/12 Rares. It's a contradiction.
"Conclusion: I have four possible explanations:
- It's actually just a weird placeholder or a mistake that'll never appear
- They are changing the Pack naming system (very unlikely considering the other packs we've seen in the screenshots are normal)
- "Premium Rare" is a new type of Rarity, meaning something like 9/12 rares or whatever
- "Premium" and "Rare" refer to different things. For example, "Rare" could still mean 12/12 rares, but "Premium" might refer to the size of the pack, like 15 Items or something."
