The special cards in goalunited help you push your club's limits, by providing a special effect, such as unlocking skill limits, providing extra skill boost, scouting higher-strength youth players, and many others.
They can be obtained through special offers in the Card Shop or during special events, such as Collect Challenge events.
Top youth player card
This card can be used to scout a player in the Youth team (it works in the same way as the regular Youth Scout cards)
The player redeemed through the Top Youth player card will be:
17 years old
minimum strength 3.0
will have a fixed salary based on the strength he is promoted with, during the first 18 weeks in the main team (i.e. strength is 3.2 when is promoted, salary will be 3.200 Eur/week)
1Euro value during the first 18 weeks in the professional team
random personality
Limits:
Maximum 3 Top Youth players per season and club can be promoted to the professional team
Maximum 3 cards per season can be redeemed
Gold youth player card
This card can be used to scout a player in the Youth team (it works in the same way as the regular Youth Scout cards)
The player redeemed through the Gold Youth player card will be:
17 years old
minimum strength 4.0
will have a fixed salary based on the strength he is promoted with, during the first 18 weeks in the main team (i.e. strength is 4.4 when is promoted, salary will be 4.400 Eur/week)
1Euro value during the first 18 weeks in the professional team
random personality
Limits:
Maximum 3 Gold Youth players per season and club can be promoted to the professional team
Maximum 3 cards per season can be redeemed
Wonderkid card
This card can be used to scout a player in the Youth team (it works in the same way as the regular Youth Scout cards).
The Wonderkind player redeemed through the Wonderkid card will be:
16 years old
5.0 average strength
Sale value during the first contract in the professional team is locked to 1 Euro
will have a fixed salary based on the strength he is promoted with, during the first 18 weeks in the main team (i.e. strength is 5.4 when is promoted, salary will be 5.400 Eur/week)
random personality
Limits:
Maximum 3 Wonderkid players per season and club can be promoted to the professional team
A maximum of 2 cards can be redeemed per club in a season
Surpasser card
This card can be used on the professional team, on a player of your choice.
The Surpasser player will have the following:
+5 skill limit unlock on all 5 skills relevant to the player's position: Keeping, Tackling, Playmaking, Passing and Scoring
Notes and limits:
The maximum skill limit unlocked through this card is 110
If one or more skills of the player are unlocked above 105.0, the Surpasser card cannot be used, as it cannot award full +5 for all skills
a player can receive only one surpasser card in whole his career (it resets if the player is sold)
maximum redeemable per club and season is 2 Surpasser cards
it cannot be used on loan players
Limit Breaker card
This card can be used on players in the professional team.
There are 5 Limit Breaker card types, one for each relevant skill for the player's position: Keeping, Tackling, Playmaking, Passing and Scoring
The Limit Breaker card will have the following effect:
unlock by +1 the skill for which is played (up to max 110)
Notes and limits:
can be used to increase a player skill from 100 to a maximum of 110
this card cannot be used on loan players
Versatility card
This card can be used on players in the professional team.
There are 5 Versatility card types, one for each relevant skill for the player's position: Keeping, Tackling, Playmaking, Passing and Scoring.
The Versatility card will have the following effect:
it allows a player to train 2 skills at maximum efficiency at the same time
after 5 Versatility training rounds completed on a specific player, the player will get XP unlock of +1 or +2 (up to 110; it's not mandatory to use the same versatility card for the 5 training rounds, it can be different versatility cards)
Notes:
a counter will indicate the number of versatility training rounds (counter resets to 0/5 when 5 training rounds are completed and XP reward is given)
The skill trained through the Versatility card must be trained in the training plan, otherwise, it won't have any effect
1 Versatility training round lasts 14 days
This card cannot be used if the player already has an active Versatility card
This card cannot be used for the main position of the player, (i.e. Versatility Keeping can be played only on Defender, Midfielder, Winger, and Striker, it cannot be played on Keeper)
The card can be consumed for an unlimited number of times per season only at 4 out of 5 positions
One player can have only one such card active at the same time
When the card is applied on such a player, he has full training efficiency for his own main skill of the current position and for the skill that the card is used for
this card cannot be used on loan players
For more info about training programs, efficiency and training progression visit:
Training Programs and Efficiency and Positions, Skills and Training Progression
Mega Deal card
This card can be used on Loan, Elite Loan and Ultimate talent players in the professional team.
The Mega deal card can be used to extend the contact of a Loan player, Elite Loan player, or Ultimate Talent player for a specific period of time.
Whenever the Mega Deal card is used on one of the eligible players mentioned above, the player’s contract will be extended by 12 weeks.
Notes and limits:
Extension duration is 12 weeks
The card can be used an unlimited number of times in a season.
The card can be used a maximum of 4 times per player (Loan, Elite Loan or Ultimate Talent).
Golden Deal card
This card can be used on Ultimate talent players in the professional team.
This card allows you to convert the contract of an Ultimate Talent player from a temporary to a standard player.
The duration of the new standard contract is 24 weeks, after which it renews automatically for 18 weeks, unless you don’t renew it for a chosen period of time (like for regular players)
Notes and limits:
A maximum of 2 Converted Ultimate Talent players can be in the squad at the same time.
A maximum of 4 Ultimate Talent players in total can be in the squad ( 2 converted + 2 temporary Ultimate Talent players)
Golden Deal cards can be used on players who previously received the Mega Deal card.
Masterclass card
This card can be used in your club's training program.
There are 5 Masterclass card types, one for each relevant skill for the player's position: Keeping, Tackling, Playmaking, Passing and Scoring.
The effect given after the Masterclass card training is complete can be ONE of the following:
A 10% extra increase for the main skill progression from training
or
An extra increase between +0.20 and +0.50 skill points for the main skill
or
Main skill limit unlock by a value between +0.20 and +0.50 points (Max. 115)
and
After 5 Masterclass cards used, one player has a chance to unlock his Form limit by values between 0.20 and 1.00, up to max. 110
Notes and limits:
Only ONE player of the position the Masterclass card is used for can get the boost
the position for which the Masterclass card is played must have at least 4 players in the squad (2 minimum required for keepers; players who are not in their best position and loan/elite loan players are not taken into account)
After any 5 Masterclass cards used, there is a chance for a random player to unlock their Form limit (random by +0.2 up to +1)
A counter of the Masterclass cards used will show up in the training plan
Loan players or Elite Loan players cannot receive a boost from the Masterclass cards
The position for which the Masterclass card is played must be part of the training plan so that its effect is given to a player
If there is no player who can receive the boost according to the position the card was played for, no skill boost will apply; instead fallback reward will be given to a random player out of the whole squad (fallback reward can be endurance, energy or form increase)
Repositioning a player may impact his ability to get the Masterclass effect
Club news section and Difference yesterday/previous week in the squad overview will clearly visualize the gain from this card
Elite training cards
This card can be used in your club's training program.
There are 5 Elite training card types, one for each relevant skill for the player's position: Keeping, Tackling, Playmaking, Passing and Scoring.
When playing an Elite training card, it actually acts as a training program focusing on the main skill given by the card played and in smaller percentages on the other skills.
To better understand how it works, let’s take as example the General training program Technique, that has the following ratio:
20% Gk skill
20% Ta skill
20% Pm skill
20% Pa skill
20% Sc skill
For the new Elite Training cards, the focus ratio is the following:
Keeper Elite training card focus ratio:
55% Keeping skill
35% Tackling skill
5% Playmaking skill
5% Passing skill
0% Scoring skill
Defender Elite training card focus ratio:
10% Keeping skill
55% Tackling skill
25% Playmaking skill
10% Passing skill
0% Scoring skill
Midfielder Elite training card focus ratio:
0% Keeping skill
25% Tackling skill
55% Playmaking skill
5% Passing skill
15% Scoring skill
Winger Elite training card focus ratio:
0% Keeping skill
5% Tackling skill
20% Playmaking skill
55% Passing skill
20% Scoring skill
Striker Elite training card focus ratio:
0% Keeping skill
5% Tackling skill
25% Playmaking skill
15% Passing skill
55% Scoring skill
Notes:
Only one card can be played per day.
When played, the effect of the card will be visible after the card is consumed.
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Top Talent
The Top Talent coupon guarantees a player of 8.0 at 20 years old and it can be used on the main club.
The player redeemed through the Top Talent coupon will have the following:
40 weeks contract
a fixed salary of 100.000/week during the 40 weeks contract
the market value of 1€ during the 40 weeks contract
2 talent slots fully trained (random talent will be given)
random position (Goalkeeper excluded)
Notes:
4 weeks before the expiry (after 36 weeks) the player receives his correct market value to enable a sale.
If the top talent is still sold for 1€, he is then placed in the transfer market at the normal sales value and is no longer subject to any special top talent treatment
After the contract expires, the salary increases according to the current market value, as usual.
There is no restriction on the number of uses per season and club for this coupon
Ultimate Talent
The Ultimate Talent coupon can be used in the squad view.
Click the symbol highlighted in the screenshot and then drag the card into the slot.
There are 5 Ultimate talent coupon types, one for each relevant skill for the player's position: Keeping, Tackling, Playmaking, Passing and Scoring.
The player redeemed through the Ultimate talent card will have the following:
Age between 25-26 years
All skills (including XP, energy, form, endurance) unlocked at the limit of 120
Skills are already trained between values of 105-115 (values are decided randomly)
7 talent slots (decided randomly)
Random personality
Contract duration of 52 weeks
Sales value is 1€ in the first 150 days, then normal value for the rest of the contract
Notes:
Only 5 out of 7 talent slots are fully trained
Ultimate talent players cannot be repositioned
After the contract expires, the player will leave the team permanently
If sold during the contract, the Ultimate talent player will not be offered on the transfer market
A maximum of 4 Ultimate Talent players in total can be in the squad ( 2 converted through the Golden Deal cards + 2 temporary Ultimate Talent players)
Versatility cards can be used on Ultimate players (depending on the player’s main position – refer to Versatility cards section)
Masterclass card effect can be applied on Ultimate talent player (except for skill limit unlock reward since limit is already at the maximum 120)
Restrictions:
Limit breaker or Surpasser cards cannot be used on Ultimate Talent players
Ultimate player is excluded from some special effects from buildings (XP Limit unlock and Skill limit unlock)
Star Player and Boost player upgrades don’t have an effect in the live ticker
