The Five-Star Flair Evolution has gone live in EA Sports FC 26's Ultimate Team, and this guide from Destructoid explains how best to use it. The upgrade is deliberately modest, raising a card's overall rating by only one point, so it is intended not as a standalone boost but as a link within a larger chain of Evolutions. The piece frames the feature as a way to fine-tune high-rated cards that players already own.

To be eligible, a card must have a maximum overall of 92, must not be of the World Tour or Silver Stars rarity, and must not be a goalkeeper. The Evolution has two levels: Level 1 adds +1 overall, +2 passing, +2 dribbling and +3 skills, while Level 2 adds +2 pace, +3 physical and +3 weak foot. Each level simply requires playing one match on at least Semi-Pro difficulty in Squad Battles, Rush, Rivals, Champions or Live Events. Suggested cards to chain it with include Icon Totti, Icon Henry, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Goretzka and Fabian Ruiz, and it can be combined with bigger Evolutions or those on the new Season 9 Pass.