<p>What is the FPL Wildcard and when can it be used?</p>
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<h2>What is the FPL Wildcard? The basics</h2>
<p>In this section we cover the most frequently asked questions about the FPL Wildcard &#8211; and after that we go on to discuss more detailed tips for the 2024/25 season and how our tools can help you pick the optimum Wildcard side.</p>
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<h3>What does the FPL Wildcard do?</h3>
<p>The Wildcard allows you to make unlimited changes to your team ahead of the next gameweek.</p>
<p>In a normal gameweek, you will only be able to make a limited number of transfers without incurring a points penalty.</p>
<p>This makes the Wildcard a very powerful chip &#8211; and using it at the right time should give your team a major boost.</p>
<h3>How many Wildcards are there in FPL 2024/25? When can they be used?</h3>
<p>We are provided with two Wildcards over the course of the season, with each having to be used either side of the Gameweek 20 deadline.</p>
<h3>Can you cancel the FPL Wildcard?</h3>
<p>FPL states in on its frequently asked questions page that the Wildcard cannot be cancelled once activated.</p>
<p>When you click the Wildcard button however, the pop-up indicates it can be undone if you have not made enough transfers to incur a points hit had you not played the chip.</p>
<p>But our advice is to be sure you want to play the Wildcard before clicking the button.</p>
<div id="attachment_66653" style="width: 803px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-66653" class="size-full wp-image-66653" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/FPL-Wildcard.jpg" alt="Activating the FPL Wildcard" width="793" height="616" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/FPL-Wildcard.jpg 793w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/FPL-Wildcard-300x233.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/FPL-Wildcard-768x597.jpg 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/FPL-Wildcard-610x474.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 793px) 100vw, 793px" /><p id="caption-attachment-66653" class="wp-caption-text">Activating the FPL Wildcard</p></div>
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<h3>How to use the FPL Wildcard</h3>
<p>To use the Wildcard, head to the FPL transfers tab.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re on the desktop or web browser version of the website, you can click the Wildcard button at the top of the screen. This will bring up the pop-up seen above &#8211; and then all you need to do is click &#8216;Play Chip&#8217;.</p>
<div id="attachment_66654" style="width: 995px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-66654" class="size-full wp-image-66654" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/FPL-Wildcard-button.jpg" alt="FPL Wildcard button" width="985" height="228" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/FPL-Wildcard-button.jpg 985w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/FPL-Wildcard-button-300x69.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/FPL-Wildcard-button-768x178.jpg 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/FPL-Wildcard-button-610x141.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px" /><p id="caption-attachment-66654" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Wildcard button &#8211; desktop and browser</p></div>
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<p>Mobile app users meanwhile will need to make their transfers, click &#8216;Next&#8217; and then the &#8216;Wildcard Available&#8217; button. Once that reads &#8216;Wildcard Active&#8217; and you press &#8216;Confirm&#8217;, the chip will be in play.</p>
<div id="attachment_66655" style="width: 533px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-66655" class="size-large wp-image-66655" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Wildcard-button-app-523x1024.png" alt="Wildcard button - app" width="523" height="1024" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Wildcard-button-app-523x1024.png 523w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Wildcard-button-app-153x300.png 153w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Wildcard-button-app-768x1504.png 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Wildcard-button-app-784x1536.png 784w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Wildcard-button-app-1046x2048.png 1046w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Wildcard-button-app-610x1195.png 610w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Wildcard-button-app.png 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px" /><p id="caption-attachment-66655" class="wp-caption-text">Wildcard button &#8211; app</p></div>
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<h3>Do you have to make all your transfers in one go?</h3>
<p>No, once the Wildcard is activated, you can make transfers at any time before the gameweek deadline.</p>
<h3>How does the FPL Wildcard differ to the Free Hit?</h3>
<p>The <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/what-is-the-free-hit-chip-in-fpl-and-how-can-we-use-it">Free Hit</a> chip allows unlimited changes for one gameweek only. You will get your previous team back once the gameweek is complete.</p>
<p>Your Wildcard is a longer-term chip, with changes made lasting from that point onwards.</p>
<h3>Can you use the FPL Wildcard and Triple Captain together?</h3>
<p>No, only one chip can be active at one time, so you can&#8217;t play both Wildcard and Triple Captain in one gameweek.</p>
<div id="attachment_66671" style="width: 993px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-66671" class="size-full wp-image-66671" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Chips-fpl.jpg" alt="Chips in FPL" width="983" height="219" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Chips-fpl.jpg 983w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Chips-fpl-300x67.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Chips-fpl-768x171.jpg 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Chips-fpl-610x136.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 983px) 100vw, 983px" /><p id="caption-attachment-66671" class="wp-caption-text">Chips in FPL</p></div>
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<h3>Will you lose your saved transfers when you Wildcard?</h3>
<p>Before the 2024/25 season, if you had the maximum two free transfers before your Wildcard, you lost your saved transfer and would go back to one the following week.</p>
<p>But this season, any saved transfers are retained. If you had three free transfers before your Wildcard, you will still have three transfers afterwards.</p>
<p>This is an important thing to remember when planning your Wildcard strategy.</p>
<h3>How to take advantage of price changes using the FPL Wildcard</h3>
<p>Players rise and fall in price all the time in FPL and this affects how much money you have to build your future Wildcard team.</p>
<p>If you activate your Wildcard soon after the end of the gameweek, you can move in players who are rising in price to boost your team value.</p>
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<div id="attachment_66669" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-66669" class="wp-image-66669 size-large" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Price-changes-tool-1024x428.jpg" alt="Hub price changes prediction tool" width="1024" height="428" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Price-changes-tool-1024x428.jpg 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Price-changes-tool-300x125.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Price-changes-tool-768x321.jpg 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Price-changes-tool-610x255.jpg 610w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Price-changes-tool-1080x451.jpg 1080w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Price-changes-tool.jpg 1469w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><p id="caption-attachment-66669" class="wp-caption-text">Hub price changes prediction tool</p></div>
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<p>This strategy is particularly effective when using the first Wildcard as player prices tend to me more volatile early on when lots of managers are engaged with the game.</p>
<p>FPL does not reveal how it calculates price changes &#8211; but our tool above uses advanced algorithms to give you a real-time forecast.</p>
<p>Once you&#8217;ve activated your Wildcard, bring in players who are predicted to rise each night in a bid to improve your team value. You can finalise your actual team nearer the deadline and if the players you&#8217;ve brought in have risen enough, you&#8217;ll have a slightly bigger budget.</p>
<p>A word of warning though &#8211; don&#8217;t sell a player unless you&#8217;re 100% certain you don&#8217;t want them any more.</p>
<p>If you started the season with <strong>Erling Haaland</strong> when he was priced at £15.0m for example, and then sell him, if you decide you do want to keep him, you&#8217;ll have to pay £15.2m &#8211; or whatever his current price is.</p>
<p>You should therefore only use this strategy if you&#8217;re confident and understand how price changes work. See our <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fpl-price-changes">price changes guide</a> for more details.</p>
<h2>How to pick the best FPL Wildcard team with Hub AI</h2>
<p>Here at the Hub, we have you covered no matter what week you plan to Wildcard.</p>
<p>Members can find our AI Wildcard team for the current gameweek in our <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/my-team/ai-teams">My Team tool</a>. It shows how your existing squad is expected to perform over the next five gameweeks compared to the AI team.</p>
<p>The AI Wildcard team changes regularly in line with tweaks to expected minutes and predicted points.</p>
<p>We cover a snapshot of the AI team and discuss tips for wildcarding in our weekly Wildcard article, which can be found in our <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fantasy-premier-league-ultimate-guide-fpl-tips">Ultimate Guide to FPL</a>.</p>
<p>Here, we&#8217;ll look at the best fixture runs and predicted points scorers and discuss the reasoning behind some of the AI&#8217;s picks.</p>
<div id="attachment_66670" style="width: 572px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-66670" class="size-full wp-image-66670" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Wildcard-comparison.jpg" alt="Check how your team compares to our AI Wildcard squad" width="562" height="604" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Wildcard-comparison.jpg 562w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Wildcard-comparison-279x300.jpg 279w" sizes="(max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px" /><p id="caption-attachment-66670" class="wp-caption-text">Check how your team compares to our AI Wildcard squad</p></div>
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