FC 27 Evolutions: Which Evos Are Live and Who Should You Use?

Updated: 10 November 2026, 20:30 CET.

There are 21 FC 27 Evolutions live on Tuesday evening, plus Hawk Instinct, a free striker evo you unlock through an objective. Tuesday’s drop added Under the Lights, a paid evo (10,000 coins or 100 FC Points) that takes a CM or CAM rated up to 80 to 83 OVR with an extra skill move star, an extra weak foot star and big dribbling and agility boosts in four games. Two Faces of Fear closed for new players on Tuesday. Clean Sheet Nights (LB or RB to 82) arrived on Monday, Underdog Run (LM or LW to 80) and Hawk Instinct (ST to 82) on Sunday. No Soul Shall Pass is the next to close, on Thursday 12 November. Luiz Legacy is still the best free evo for defenders and Batigol Precision the pick for strikers. Wicked Winger and The Haunted Wall are the Ultimate Scream evos, bought with Scream Tokens until about 13 November. Evos you already started can still be finished after their start deadline.

Which FC 27 Evolutions are live right now?

David Luiz’s Hall of FUT evo, Luiz Legacy, unlocked on 1 November as a Club Member reward, as EA announced on 28 October. It is free, needs four matches and no wins, and gives you a choice of three routes at the last level. Our David Luiz evo guide has every level and the best players for it. Under the Lights arrived with the Ainhoa Marín Liga F POTM drop at 6pm UK on 10 November. Clean Sheet Nights arrived with the Brobbey Road to the Knockouts and Shea Lacey Star Performer drop at 6pm UK on 9 November. Underdog Run and Hawk Instinct arrived with the Calafiori Road to the Knockouts drop at 6pm UK on 8 November. Hawk Instinct is unlocked by the No Exit Allowed objective in the Transfer Embargo Flash Rush campaign, whose final reward is an 81+ Gold Player Pick. Matchday Marksman arrived with the Road to the Knockouts drop at 6pm UK on 6 November, a day after Strings of Fate and two days after Glow Guard and three days after No Soul Shall Pass, the first goalkeeper evo in a while. Ultimate Scream Team 2 went live at 6pm UK on 30 October. The two Ultimate Scream evos sit in the Ultimate Scream token store, which you fill by completing Ultimate Scream objectives. See our Ultimate Scream token store guide for what else the tokens buy. EA has also confirmed themed Evolutions on the Season 2 Ladder, but not their names yet. We update this page as they land. All past and current evo posts are in our Evolutions category.

FC 27 live Evolutions: cost, requirements and max OVR

“Start by” is the last day you can put a player into the evo. “Finish by” is when the evo disappears. Dates are worked out from the in-game countdowns at 20:15 CET on 10 November, so treat them as approximate and check in game. “Max OVR” is the highest rating the evo can take a player to.

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Three PlayStyle evos went live on 23 October: Anticipate (any player up to 83 with at most 2 PlayStyles), Pinged Pass (a CAM up to 83 with at most 2 PlayStyles) and Shadow Striker++ (adds the Shadow Striker++ role to a CAM up to 83). All three are listed as free with no games to play, running for about 11 months. 93% of community voters rate Anticipate, while 86% say skip Shadow Striker++.

Also live are the four year-long intro evos (Intro to Evolutions, Intro to Pathway Evolutions, Intro to Repeatable Evolutions, Intro to Training Camp EVOs) and Quick Step, which you only have if you finished the FC 26 Season 9 Pass. Do the intro ones on any spare card you like. They are free and run for about 11 more months.

Best FC 27 Evolutions right now

This is our view, based on the requirements, the upgrades and community votes.

• Luiz Legacy: free, for a CB rated up to 82 with Pace up to 85, no PlayStyle+ and at most 7 PlayStyles. Level 1 alone adds +15 OVR (capped at 85) with big defending, stamina and aggression boosts and Block+, and later levels add pace, heading, standing tackle and strength. At level 3 you choose a shooting, a passing or a pace route. 90% of community votes are positive. Use it on a cheap CB with good pace you already own.
• Batigol Precision: the best free striker evo. It is free and takes an ST rated up to 81 to 83 with +7 Sprint Speed, Acceleration, Finishing and Long Shots, in 6 games with no wins needed. It is a Pathway evo, so you choose some upgrades yourself, and 89% of community voters rate it. It runs for about 11 months, so there is no rush.
• Under the Lights (new): 10,000 coins or 100 FC Points, for a CM or CAM rated up to 80 with Pace up to 86, Strength up to 82, at most 7 PlayStyles and no PlayStyle+. It adds +3 OVR up to 83, one extra skill move star and one extra weak foot star, plus +18 dribbling, ball control, agility and balance, in four games with no wins needed. The skill and weak foot stars are the real gain, so use it on an agile midfielder you already like, not on a slow 80. It runs until about 20 November.
• No Soul Shall Pass: free, for a GK rated up to 80 with at most 7 PlayStyles, in three games with no wins needed. Level 1 adds +3 OVR (capped at 81) with diving, kicking, handling and reflexes boosts. At level 2 you choose a quick sweeper route (+10 acceleration and sprint speed, Sweeper Keeper+) or a distribution route (weak foot up to 3 stars, positioning and diving boosts, Ball Playing Keeper+). Only 20% of community votes are positive so far, mostly because the cap is 81, so use it on a cheap keeper you would not start otherwise. Start by about 12 November.
• Rise From the Grave: free, and you don’t play a single match. Five levels of training time (just under 5 hours each) take an RM or RW rated up to 74 to 80 OVR, with skill moves and weak foot up to 3 stars and +20 to +40 on most stats. About 62% of community votes call it weak, because an 80 winger won’t start for long at this stage of the season. But it costs nothing, so turn a cheap silver winger into a bench option or SBC fodder. It runs until early December.
• Wicked Winger (900 Scream Tokens): +15 OVR up to 85, +1 skill move and a PlayStyle+ of your choice for an RM or RW, in 5 games. It is one of the priciest items in the token store, but 89% of community voters say it is a must do. Pick a winger with good pace, because the evo adds mostly finishing, passing and balance.
• The Haunted Wall (500 Scream Tokens): +8 OVR up to 84 and +1 weak foot, with a choice of Intercept, Bruiser or Anticipate. Cheaper than Wicked Winger and fine on a CB or defensive midfielder.
• Composed Stopper (125 Champions Tokens): +10 OVR up to 85 for a CB, in 4 games with no wins needed. It now sits in the Champions token store, so it is no longer free. Still a good use of 125 tokens if you need a centre-back.
• Glow Guard: free, for a CB rated up to 74 with Pace up to 80 and at most 7 PlayStyles (no LB or RB). One day of training time, no matches, takes it to 80 OVR with a three-star weak foot and defending, heading and strength around 80. 65% of community votes call it weak, but it costs nothing, so it is a fair way to turn a low-rated club centre-back into an 80 for a later chain. Start by about 26 November.
• Strings of Fate: free, for a CM or CDM rated up to 81 with at most 7 PlayStyles and no PlayStyle+. It adds +3 OVR up to 82, a fourth weak-foot star and +15 short passing, long passing and vision, plus +12 crossing and free-kick accuracy, in three games with one win. The passing jump is the point: an 81 CDM comes out with 83 to 86 passing, so use it on a deep playmaker you already start. 69% of community votes are positive. Start by about 15 November.
• Matchday Marksman: free, for an RM or RW rated up to 80 with Pace up to 88, at most 7 PlayStyles and no PlayStyle+. It adds +6 OVR up to 83, a fifth skill-move star, +15 finishing, long shots, positioning and curve, +18 short passing and +10 dribbling, and EA says you get the strike style of your choice. It takes five games with two wins. A pacy 80 winger comes out as a real goal threat, so it is worth doing on a wide player you already use. Start by about 16 November.
• Hawk Instinct: free once you finish the No Exit Allowed objective in the Transfer Embargo Flash Rush campaign. It takes an ST rated up to 80 with Pace up to 85, at most 7 PlayStyles and no PlayStyle+ to 82 OVR, with +7 acceleration, sprint speed and strength and +10 finishing, volleys, shot power, positioning and long shots, over three levels of one match each. Use it on a striker you already play. Start by about 15 November.
• Underdog Run: free, and like Rise From the Grave you don’t play a match. Five levels of training time (just under 5 hours each) take an LM or LW rated up to 74 to 80 OVR, with skill moves up to 4 stars, weak foot up to 3 stars and +30 to +40 on most attacking stats, ending with 85 acceleration and 84 sprint speed. An 80 winger is a bench option at best, so it is mainly a way to turn a cheap left winger into SBC fodder or the start of a chain. Start by about 18 November.
• Clean Sheet Nights: free, for an LB or RB rated up to 80 with Pace up to 86, at most 7 PlayStyles and no PlayStyle+. It adds +3 OVR up to 82, with +10 reactions, standing tackle, stamina, defensive awareness, composure and short passing, +12 sliding tackle, heading, jumping and aggression, +8 interceptions and strength, and +10 crossing and ball control. It takes four games with two wins. The +3 is small, but the defending and physical jump turns a quick 79 or 80 full-back into a much safer starter, and 77% of community voters rate it. Start by about 19 November.
• Skip: Shadow Striker++ (86% of community votes say no). Two Faces of Fear closed for new players on 10 November, False Seven on 9 November, Witching Hour on 4 November, Creep Inside on 3 November and Center Spectre on 2 November.

What’s new in FC 27 Evolutions?

EA’s FUT Deep Dive (2 August) and Launch Update pitch notes confirm these changes for FC 27:

• Pathways: some Evolutions now give you a choice of upgrades at each level. EA’s example is a dribbling option that adds Technical against a defensive option that adds Jockey. Not every evo uses Pathways. Linear evos still exist. Batigol Precision, Luiz Legacy and Intro to Pathway Evolutions are Pathway evos today.
• Evolution Chain Preview: you can preview an Evolution and see which further Evolutions the finished player would be eligible for, before you commit.
• PlayStyles Lab: back from FC 26 as a recurring program from Season 1. Eligible items come with some PlayStyles already applied, and you fine-tune the rest. Some PlayStyles take more time or effort to unlock.
• PlayStyle+ cap of 3: EA cut the maximum PlayStyle+ on a single item from five to three. This applies to all items, not only evos.
• Extra slot for Ultimate Edition: the Ultimate Edition includes an “Additional Player Evolution Slot”, so you can run one more evo at the same time.
• Fewer, bigger evos: EA says impactful Evolutions arrive less often, at more deliberate moments, with tighter position and attribute requirements. Training Camp evos are expanded for low-rated players.

For everything else that changed this year, see everything new in FC 27.

FC 27 free vs paid Evolutions and the Evolution Store

Most FC 27 evos are free. The paid ones let you pay with coins, FC Points or tokens: right now Wicked Winger and The Haunted Wall cost Ultimate Scream Tokens, and Composed Stopper costs Champions Tokens. Beyond the standard list, the Evolutions menu also has Store-style evos that cost coins up front and need no games:

FC 27 paid Evolutions and Store evos (23 Oct)

Evo	What it does	Coins	FC Points
Roles++ (one per position)	Adds all Roles++ to a player in that position	7,500	150
PlayStyle+ Evo Lab, top tier	One PlayStyle+, e.g. Finesse Shot+ or Rapid+	25,000	Check in game
PlayStyle+ Evo Lab, mid tier	One PlayStyle+, e.g. Jockey+ or Bruiser+	10,000	Check in game
PlayStyle+ Evo Lab, budget tier	One PlayStyle+, e.g. Slide Tackle+ or Block+	5,000	Check in game

The PlayStyle+ Evo Lab is only for Star Performers cards with no PlayStyle+ yet, as we covered in our 17 October roundup. Cosmetic evos, such as the retro Ones We Watched designs from Season 1, come from the Season Ladder and the Evolution Store. Since 24 October there are also retro Ultimate Scream shells from FUT 17, 19 and 20, available for a limited time in the Token Store and the Evolution Store, according to EA.

Our advice: pay with coins, not FC Points. Coins come back from every match you play, FC Points don’t. The 25,000 coin PlayStyle+ is the one Store evo we would pay for, on a card you will actually use.

How to choose the right player for an FC 27 Evolution

• Use the Chain Preview first: before you commit, preview the evo and check which other live evos the finished player still qualifies for. That tells you whether you are building a dead end.
• Watch the caps: an evo’s upgrade stops at its max. Composed Stopper gives +10 OVR but stops at 85, so an 83 CB only gains 2. The lower your player starts, the more you get.
• Check the hidden limits: many FC 27 evos have a Pace max (88 for Matchday Marksman, 86 for Under the Lights) and a max of 7 PlayStyles, and most new evos need a player with no PlayStyle+ at all.
• Stack in the right order: two chains work with today’s evos, on paper. A CM you already evolved with Middle Management (closed for new players on 27 October, up to 80) also fitted Witching Hour (max 80, up to 81), which closed for new players on 4 November. A CB you already evolved with Speed Bump (closed for new players on 26 October) still fits Composed Stopper (max 83, up to 85, 125 Champions Tokens), because Speed Bump caps Pace at 77, under Composed Stopper’s Pace max of 82. Confirm with the Chain Preview in game.
• Pick a card you will play: use a cheap card you already own and like using, not one you were planning to sell.

FC 27 Evolutions: FAQ

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Sources: EA FUT Deep Dive, EA Launch Update, EA Season 2: FC Heritage, EA Future Stars, EA editions.