How to get free legends for your 'Madden NFL 18' Ultimate Team

Bryan Wiedey

How to get free legends for your 'Madden NFL 18' Ultimate Team image

Madden NFL 18 officially releases Tuesday, and there are multiple ways to get an early boost to one's roster in the incredibly popular card-based collecting and team-building mode known as Ultimate Team.

The most obvious path is to buy the G.O.A.T. edition of the game, which costs $20 more and offers the ability to choose of one of five legends (Tom Brady, Barry Sanders, Jerry Rice, Ray Lewis, Deion Sanders), an "Elite" player from a pool of 32 representing every team and 12 Squad Packs to open.

Additionally, a promotion through Amazon Prime will deliver a number of legends and collectibles for free throughout the season.

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Amazon owns the popular video game streaming website Twitch, and in connecting a Prime account to a Twitch account, there are numerous benefits, including bonus in-game loot every month for a variety of games, ad-free viewing and a free channel subscription. This is just the second time a major sports game has been involved in digital giveaways. Earlier this year members received $20 in Virtual Currency for "NBA 2K17."

The promotion for Madden NFL 18 will provide 25 legend cards over the course of the season and collectibles, which are used to increase player ratings. The legends will begin at 83 Overall but can be boosted to 90 Overall by applying four collectibles.

Madden NFL 18 Ultimate Team Reggie Twitch Amazon Twitch Prime

Reggie White is the first card to go out and at a higher rating of 85 — he'll be added to the team almost immediately after sign-up. The remaining legends will be revealed weekly and then delivered to accounts on Saturdays. Five upgrade collectibles accompany White in the first pack, but afterwards there will be only one per week.

MADDEN 18 PLAYER RATINGS:
QB | RB | WR/TE
DL | LB | DB | Rookies

Amazon Prime members (even those on a 30-day trial) qualify for the Twitch-connected perks along with the regular Prime benefits such as two-day shipping, 20 percent off all video game pre-orders and the library of streaming movies, television, and music. After linking Prime to Twitch, users must then connected Twitch to their respective EA Account for the digital content to arrive in Madden NFL 18 Ultimate Team mode.

Bryan Wiedey posts sports gaming news and analysis daily at Pastapadre.com, is co-founder of the sports gaming site HitThePass.com, hosts the "Press Row Podcast" and can be reached on Twitter@Pastapadre.

Bryan Wiedey

Bryan Wiedey posts sports gaming news and analysis daily at Pastapadre.com, is a regular participant in the Press Row Podcast and Press Row Hangout shows, and can be reached on Twitter @Pastapadre.