This is the 14th installment of my no-money spent (NMS) series covering the best tips and tricks for navigating Madden 25 Ultimate team without using a credit card. With Season 4 and the release of campus heroes part two, there are multiple ways to attack the no-money-spent grind. Below are some of the best ways to earn the new 93+ overall cards that just dropped.
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Campus Heroes Promo
Campus Heroes returns with a massive overall jump from the first promo we saw earlier this season. There will be an upgradable Matt Leinart card that can be upgraded to 93 overall which will be a great addition to the squad. The leaked champions will be 94 overall, including Trevor Lawrence, Rome Odunze, Devon Witherspoon, and DeForest Buckner. The LTDs within the promo will be 95 overall and will include Brian Bosworth, Braylon Edwards, and Matt Leinart.
In order to earn helmets and BND players you are going to have to complete challenges located in the season four field pass. Inside the field pass you can complete four different challenges to unlock an 88+ player pack along with helmet rewards. Another challenge will be to win 24 head-to-head, solo seasons, or solo battles to unlock 92 Earl Thomas and a 91+ BND player pack. Overall, the promo is lucrative but there is not much time to complete it so make sure you grind this promo out quickly!
Zero Chill
Zero Chill is coming to a close and we need to take advantage of the final days of the program. The snow currency will expire on January 9th and we DO NOT want to have any when it does expire. We need to be taking advantage of upgrading cards, buying presents in the store, and capitalizing on the market crash.
Zero Chill Release 6 and 7
In the past week, we have gotten the final releases of the zero chill promo. Ultimately the promo overall was extremely lucrative and led to the market crash that allowed us to obtain some good cards for cheap. Below are all of the new players out in madden ultimate team.
- 94 Patrick Mahomes | QB | Chiefs
- Limited Edition (LTD)
- 94 Jack Gibbens | MLB | Titans
- Limited Edition (LTD)
- 94 Michael Vick | HB | Falcons, Eagles, Steelers, Jets
- Limited Edition (LTD)
- 94 Jaelan Phillips | LOLB | Dolphins
- Limited Edition (LTD)
- 93 Trystan Colon | RG | Cardinals, Ravens
- 93 Vita Vea | HB | Buccaneers
- 93 Antonio Cromartie | CB | Chargers, Jets, Cardinals, Colts
- 93 Marty Lyons | DT | Jets
- 93 Tom Brady | WR | Patriots, Buccaneers
- 93 Taysom Hill | TE | Saints
- 93 Micah Parsons | FS | Cowboys
- 93 Mark Gastineau | LE | Jets
Coin Making Method
One of the best ways to make coins ahead of season five dropping is to invest in mystery packs. With the current market crash in Madden Ultimate Team, training is at its cheapest it has been all season. The current mystery pack odds will increase upon the launch of season five allowing us to cash in on the current training price of the packs. Avoid opening these packs until the launch of season five to get the overall bump in those packs. Ultimately this is one of the best no-money-spent methods right now.
Online Rewards
New Gauntlet and MUT Champs reward players appeared today in the MUT Catalog and database. Surprisingly, two different Gauntlet reward players were added to the Catalog, but are missing art: 96 OVR D.K. Metcalf and 95 OVR Payton Wilson. It is unclear whether reaching 10 wins in Gauntlet will reward both players or a Fantasy Pack where you will select one. We’ll have to wait and find out this weekend.
Along with the new Gauntlet players, new MUT Champs rewards were also released today: 93 OVRs Chase Brown and Jordan Davis. Unlike previous MUT Champs, Brown and Davis appear to be auctionable.
*Division Rewards will include more than just the player rewards shown here.
- 96 Warren Sapp | DT | All 32 NFL Teams
- Legend Division Reward
- 95 Darnell Washington | TE | All 32 NFL Teams
- Champion Division Reward
- 94 Isaiah Simmons | MLB | All 32 NFL Teams
- Hero Division Reward
- 93 Isaiah Simmons | MLB | Giants, Cardinals
- Elite Division Reward
- 91 Isaiah Simmons | MLB | Giants, Cardinals
- Gold Division Reward
- 89 Isaiah Simmons | MLB | Giants, Cardinals
- Silver Division Reward
- 87 Isaiah Simmons | MLB | Giants, Cardinals
- Bronze Division Reward
New Legends and Football is Family Cards
As always, new legends and Football is Family cards are being added to the ultimate team. This week, we have Gerald McCoy, Joe Klecko, and T.J. Houshmandzadeh as the new legends. The new football is family cards are Bruce and Jake Matthews. Below are some rumored leaked cards before the start of season five.
- New Legends
- 94 Gerald McCoy | DT | Buccaneers, Panthers, Raiders
- 93 Joe Klecko | RE | Jets, Colts
- Custom Bucket: Double or Nothing (1 AP)
- This item receives the AKA New York Sack Exchange Chemistry.
- 93 T.J. Houshmandzadeh | WR | Bengals, Seahawks, Ravens, Raiders
- Leaked Cards: 95 LTD ?, 94 Vernon Davis and Vontae Davis
- New Football is Family
- 94 Jake Matthews | LT | Falcons
- 93 Jake Matthews | LT | Falcons
- 94 Bruce Matthews | C | Titans
- Limited Edition (LTD)
- Discounted Ability: All Day (1 AP)
- 93 Bruce Matthews | C | Titans
- Leaked Cards: J.J. Watt and T.J. Watt
Season 4
Season four of Madden Ultimate Team dropped yesterday and the theme for this season is “Football is Family”. There is a premium pass for $15 that gives you many rewards but as no money is spent on players, we are interested in what we can get for free. This season, the cards obtained through the field pass can be upgraded to 94 overall. Below are the players that we can upgrade through the pass.
- 94 Christian McCaffrey | HB | 49ers, Panthers
- 94 Luke McCaffrey | WR | Commanders
- 94 Ed McCaffrey | WR | Broncos, Giants, 49ers
- 94 Joey Bosa | LOLB | Chargers
- 94 Nick Bosa | LE | 49ers
- 94 Quinnen Williams | DT | Jets
- 94 Quincy Williams | ROLB | Jaguars, Jets
Later in the program, you can achieve 87 Stefon and Trevon Diggs which can be upgraded to 94 overall as well. Out of the cards released in this field pass, I am looking at the Trevon Diggs card with 93 speed at corner, Nick Bosa to address my needs at LE, and Christian McCaffrey in the backfield. Once again you can earn coins, strategy items, player packs, and tickets throughout the field pass like past seasons.
Season 5 Leaks
Season 5 Players
We know that the season five promo will be centered around the “Road to Nola” giving us a few postseason heroes as our upgradable options. The players include Drew Brees, Joe Thuney, Julian Edelman, Charles Hailey, and Charles Woodson. I would guess that these players can be upgraded to 97 overall by the end of the season.
My Current No Money Spent Squad
After a long grind over the last few weeks during the zero-chill promo, my squad has made some major changes. We addressed the needs at wide receiver by adding Calvin Johnson and Julio Jones with Drake Maye throwing to them. I am still looking to upgrade the tight-end position and center soon. On defense, not much has changed as we made some major splashes before the last release.
Offense
Strongest Positions: WR and QB
Weakest Positions: C and TE
Defense
Strongest Positions: CB, DL, MLB
Weakest Positions: Safety
Let me know what you guys are doing to help build your NMS squad this season in Madden 25.