The Claudia Pina player of the month SBC is officially the most feared and most discussed SBC of the FC 26 cycle. No other card, promo or leak has produced this level of panic, excitement and debate. Pina is already the most dominant attacker in the game, and her POTM upgrade is set to reshape the FC 26 meta the moment it drops.
Players have known this day would come. Pina’s in-game animations, her perfect movement, her deadly shots and her meta-defining play styles make her gold and Cornerstones cards feel far stronger than their ratings. Every competitive squad, from Division 2 to Elite, already runs into her repeatedly. So the arrival of a boosted, craftable POTM version is going to hit the market, squads and gameplay harder than any SBC released this year.
According to the official Liga F schedule, the SBC drops Monday, December 8, meaning players have only a short window left to gather fodder, coins and club depth before Pina becomes the most crafted card in FC 26.
What rating the Pina POTM card will receive?
This is the question the entire community is waiting for, because the rating decides the SBC cost, the meta impact and whether the card becomes the most used attacker in the game.
Her current items:
- 86 rated gold card
- 87 rated Cornerstones card
Based on EA’s previous decisions with POTM attackers, the POTM Pina will almost certainly be:
- 87 rated, or
- 88 rated
An 86 would make no sense, and an 89 feels unlikely unless EA want to make this SBC extremely expensive. Most traders and high-level players expect an 88 because POTM awards typically get a meaningful bump when the player is already performing at the highest level.
The rating also determines how big the stat jumps will be. A +1 upgrade might give small boosts to finishing or dribbling, but an +2 upgrade could take her acceleration, finishing and shot power into the tier that decides weekend league games almost alone.
Why this SBC will crash attacker prices across FC 26
This SBC will change the market because almost everyone will complete it. When a card this good becomes untradable, players dump their existing attackers to fund fodder, which causes:
- Striker prices to drop
- Left wing prices to dip
- Popular meta CAMs to lose value
- Mid-range attackers to collapse hardest
Pina does the job of a striker, a LW and a CAM all in one. That versatility forces players to rethink entire squads and liquidate positions that become unnecessary.
Her Cornerstones card is already fluctuating dramatically because traders expect the new version to overshadow it. Some bought at 400k and sold near 440k within hours of the leak.
Once the SBC goes live, the Cornerstones price will depend entirely on how EA configures the POTM’s play styles. If the POTM receives different play styles, the Cornerstones may still hold some value, but if the upgrade is strictly better, the market for the tradable version falls sharply.
