FC 27 Thunderstruck Leak: 20 Leaked Cards, Release Date and How Upgrades Should Work

A 20-card FC 27 Black Friday Thunderstruck leak appeared on Saturday 14 November, with five ICONs among the cards. The graphic comes from leaker FUT Sheriff with designer LeanDesign. It was posted to r/fut at 17:14 UTC with a clear warning in the title. This page lists every leaked card, explains why the release date is most likely Friday 20 November and not Black Friday itself, sets out how Thunderstruck upgrades worked last year and what has to change in FC 27, and gives a coin plan for the week.

Quick answer (TLDR): The leak shows 20 Thunderstruck cards: 5 ICONs (Mia Hamm 94 ST, George Best 92 RW, Caroline Seger 92 CM, Alessandro Nesta 91 CB, Sócrates 91 CAM) and 15 players from Lamine Yamal 92 RW down to three 86s. The names are the leak; the ratings and stats are the leaker's predictions, not EA data. EA hasn't announced a date. The most likely slot is Friday 20 November at 18:00 UTC, because EA says Hall of FUT: Unleashed leaves packs on 20 November and Thunderstruck is the next campaign on its Season 2 roadmap. Black Friday itself, 27 November, is the fallback. In FC 26 the cards upgraded on club results over the next 5 league matches. If EA keeps that idea, the rewards must change: FC 27 caps PlayStyles+ at 3 and already gives special cards Role++ in every role of their positions.

What does the FC 27 Thunderstruck leak show?

The post on r/fut by u/SEFA___ is titled: "THUNDERSTRUCK promo leak. Stats are predictions. Coming next Friday." (r/fut thread). The graphic carries the FUT Sheriff and LeanDesign marks and the header "Black Friday Thunderstruck".

Read the leak in two layers:

• The player list is the part of a promo leak that usually holds up, though nothing is confirmed until EA's reveal.
• The ratings and face stats are a designer's guess. Our Hall of FUT: Unleashed live review found that the flat leak ratings for that promo matched only 6 of 21 real cards. Expect the same here: right players, wrong numbers on many of them.

For context, EA's Launch Update Pitch Notes say FC 27 campaign squads will generally be smaller, with exceptions, and gave Destined for Glory as the example: "15 players in the Campaign Squad release each week". The leak also has 15 non-ICON players. That fits, but it doesn't prove the leak.

Which ICONs are in FC 27 Thunderstruck?

These five lead the graphic. The OVR and face stats below are the leaker's predictions.

ICON	Pos	OVR	PAC	SHO	PAS	DRI	DEF	PHY
Mia Hamm	ST	94	93	94	87	93	55	82
George Best	RW	92	93	91	84	94	58	71
Caroline Seger	CM	92	81	82	92	88	87	82
Alessandro Nesta	CB	91	80	46	70	72	94	88
Sócrates	CAM	91	85	90	91	91	45	84

Hamm is the headliner at a predicted 94, the highest card in the leak. Nesta is the only defender among the ICONs. Two of the five, Hamm and Seger, are women.

Who are the 15 Thunderstruck players?

Again, the OVRs and stats are predictions. The league column is read from the card art.

Player	Pos	OVR	PAC	SHO	PAS	DRI	DEF	PHY	League
Lamine Yamal	RW	92	89	86	89	95	41	68	LaLiga
Harry Kane	ST	91	75	95	84	84	50	84	Bundesliga
Caroline Graham Hansen	RW	90	89	88	89	91	48	78	Liga F
Bruno Fernandes	CAM	90	75	87	93	86	69	77	Premier League
Mariona Caldentey	CM	90	81	86	88	91	80	83	WSL
Warren Zaïre-Emery	CM	89	85	77	84	87	85	91	Ligue 1
Nico Schlotterbeck	CB	89	83	62	78	77	88	86	Bundesliga
Elena Julve	RW	88	93	83	85	88	70	82	Liga F
Roger Ibañez	CB	88	88	53	67	74	88	90	Saudi League
Christian Pulisic	CAM	87	91	87	85	88	51	64	Serie A
Micky van de Ven	CB	87	91	66	72	78	86	87	Premier League
Fiamma Benítez	CAM	87	86	81	85	86	63	80	Liga F
Gabriel Silva	LW	86	96	82	80	86	41	74	Liga Portugal
Levels*	LB	86	91	71	83	82	81	74	Liga F
Jones*	CM	86	79	81	85	87	80	80	Serie A

*The graphic shows only the card names "Levels" (Netherlands, Liga F) and "Jones" (England, Serie A). We print them as shown and will add full names when EA releases the cards.

A few things stand out:

• The range is narrow: 86 to 92. EA said in its FUT deep dive that it will "narrow the range of OVRs and Attributes within each release to help ensure each Campaign Item feels meaningful". A 6-point spread fits that.
• Five of the 15 players are women, and Liga F alone has four.
• Three centre-backs (Schlotterbeck, Ibañez, van de Ven) plus Nesta. Defenders with 87 to 91 predicted pace are the cards that usually hold value in a promo.
• Gabriel Silva's predicted 96 pace is the highest in the leak. Cheap, fast wingers at 86 are often the best value card in a release.

When does FC 27 Thunderstruck come out?

EA hasn't announced a date. There are two realistic slots, and the evidence favours the earlier one.

Friday 20 November, 18:00 UTC (6pm UK, 10am PT): most likely.

• The leak says "coming next Friday", posted on Saturday 14 November.
• EA's Hall of FUT: Unleashed article says the Unleashed cards are in packs "from November 13 to November 20". Something has to replace them.
• EA's Launch Roadmap, published with the Launch Update Pitch Notes on 14 September, lists the Season 2 campaigns in order: Ultimate Scream, UEFA Road to the Knockouts, Hall of FUT: Unleashed and Black Friday: Thunderstruck. Thunderstruck is next.
• Road to the Knockouts (6 November) and Hall of FUT: Unleashed (13 November) both went live on a Friday at 18:00 UTC.

Friday 27 November (Black Friday): the fallback.

• In FC 26, EA's Thunderstruck article put the main team and ICONs in packs "on Friday, 28 November", which was Black Friday 2025.
• EA could also simply line Thunderstruck up with Black Friday again, as it did last year.

Either way, Thunderstruck should start inside Season 2, which EA dates 22 October to 3 December 2026 in its Season 2 announcement. EA has already used the name in FC 27: the same announcement lists a Thunderstruck stage on World Class in the FC Heritage Circuit single-player events. For the sale and the ICON deadline, see our FC 27 Black Friday guide.

How do Thunderstruck upgrades work?

Thunderstruck cards are dynamic: they upgrade on how the player's club does in real matches. EA hasn't published the FC 27 rules yet. Last year's rules are the best guide. EA's FC 26 article said cards would upgrade "based on the following domestic performances of their current or former club", tracking from release day:

FC 26 condition (next 5 domestic league matches)	Upgrade
Club wins or draws 2 matches	+1 base PlayStyle
Club wins or draws 3 matches	All Roles++ in all positions
Club scores 10 goals	+1 PlayStyle+ (max 1) or base PlayStyle

The "former club" wording is what let ICON versions upgrade too.

Why FC 27's version has to change:

• PlayStyles+ are capped at 3 per card. EA's deep dive says it is "reducing the maximum number of PlayStyle+ available on a single Item from five to three". A "+1 PS+" reward can't apply to a card that already has 3.
• Special cards already have Role++ everywhere. EA's FUT deep dive says "all special Items released throughout the year in EA SPORTS FC™ 27 will receive Role++ familiarity across every role in their primary and secondary positions". FC 26's Roles++ reward would add nothing.
• EA is shrinking upgrades in general. The same deep dive says the gap between base cards and final campaign cards should be "meaningfully smaller compared to FC 26".

Our read: expect a results-based ladder like FC 26's, with the rewards changed to things like base PlayStyles, extra positions or small stat boosts. EA's Road to the Knockouts article shows the mechanic is still in use this year, with upgrades "driven by their club's goals, wins, and finishing position". We'll update this section when EA posts the rules.

What it means for picking cards: if EA keeps a results-based window like FC 26's, a Thunderstruck card is a bet on its club's upcoming league games. Check the club's fixtures once EA confirms the rules, before paying full price.

What else should come with Thunderstruck?

If FC 27 follows FC 26, EA's article for last year listed:

• Best-of TOTW cards rated 85+ back in packs, starting two days before the main team.
• 4 flash Live Events, one every 48 hours.
• 6 Flash Evolutions, each running 4 days and giving +2 OVR with a focus on one face stat.
• 24-hour flash SBCs, Thunderstruck ICON SBCs and Showdown SBCs.

There's also an EA date that falls in the same window. The Debut ICONs that came with Ultimate Edition pre-orders upgrade to Champion versions "by November 30, 2026", per the terms on EA's FC 27 buy page. Our Champion ICON upgrade guide ranks all 18.

How should you prepare your coins for Thunderstruck?

Black Friday is the busiest pack week of the autumn, and the market reacts before the cards land. A practical plan:

• Don't buy the leak. Ratings are predictions. Wait for EA's reveal before spending on a specific card.
• Keep coins liquid. If Best-of TOTW 85+ cards return to packs as they did last year, there will be more high-rated cards around, which can push some fodder prices down. Consider selling fodder you won't use before release day.
• Don't rush release night. New promo cards are often expensive in the first hours, though not always. Waiting for EA's upgrade rules and a club result tells you more, but a good result can also push a price up.
• Keep enough for the flash SBCs. 24-hour SBCs in FC 26 rewarded players who had coins ready on the day.

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FAQ

Is the FC 27 Thunderstruck leak real? EA hasn't confirmed it. The graphic comes from leaker FUT Sheriff and has 15 non-ICON players, the same count EA gave for Destined for Glory's weekly squads, but that doesn't prove it. The ratings and face stats are predictions by the poster, so don't treat them as final.

When is FC 27 Thunderstruck released? EA hasn't confirmed it. The most likely date is Friday 20 November 2026 at 18:00 UTC, when Hall of FUT: Unleashed leaves packs. The fallback is Black Friday itself, 27 November. In FC 26 the main team arrived on Black Friday 2025, 28 November.

Which ICONs are in FC 27 Thunderstruck? The leak shows Mia Hamm (94 ST), George Best (92 RW), Caroline Seger (92 CM), Alessandro Nesta (91 CB) and Sócrates (91 CAM). Those ratings are predictions.

How do Thunderstruck cards upgrade? In FC 26 they upgraded on their club's next 5 domestic league matches: 2 wins or draws for a PlayStyle, 3 for Roles++, and 10 goals for a PlayStyle+. EA hasn't posted FC 27's rules. With a cap of 3 PlayStyles+ and Role++ already on special cards, the rewards will likely change.

Who is the best Thunderstruck card in the leak? On predicted stats, Hamm is the strongest overall and Lamine Yamal is the top non-ICON. For value, fast defenders like van de Ven and Ibañez and the 96-pace Gabriel Silva are the cards to watch. Wait for EA's real ratings before buying.

Should I sell my players before Thunderstruck? Consider selling fodder you won't use before release day. In FC 26, Best-of TOTW 85+ cards went back into packs two days before the main team, adding supply. Keep coins liquid for the reveal and the flash SBCs.