Based on where we are in the FUT cycle, the low cost of excellent promo cards, and the fact the more expensive rewards FUT 23 Coins won17;t be available until the end of March at the earliest, we would struggle to recommend any of the Icon player choices. You may even have better cards in your club already. If you did the Flashback Benzema or Icardi SBCs, for instance, then you arguably have a better player than Prime Stoichkov for that position.
Garrincha17;s five-star skills mark him out as a possible exception, but will he feel that way in April when FUT Birthday brings new five-star skillers? Probably not, and you won17;t be able to unlock him until around then. Prime Cafu is the closest thing to a good choice, a potential endgame right-back, but he eats up most of your tokens and will feel outmatched by Team of the Season cards just a few weeks after you can finally unlock him.
With that said, if you like the look of one of the Icons, feel free to ignore our advice! The cards are still fun, and not everything has to be about min/maxing your club. Stoichkov is a real bulldog of an attacker, and Xavi is a living legend.
If you are skipping the Icons themselves, you are probably wondering which combination of Icon and fodder packs to collect instead. Here are a few suggestions, based on having unlocked all 18 Icon Swaps tokens:
Similar to the above, although you have to wait until the second wave of tokens hits before you can unlock the Icon Pack. You can unlock the two buy FIFA 23 Coins fodder packs in the meantime.Mid or Prime Player Pick ; Depending on your preference, you could take the 83×25 here or you could take both of the lower-rated fodder packs instead. The Player Pick gives you three choices, which is a bit like opening three Icon Packs at once, albeit you can only keep one of the items.