Ny advantage in having a rare player in the squad

FIFA '13 Ultimate Team provides us some "rare" players, which are identified by bright cards.

But what makes a player rare? Are they rare because of any specific attribute, such as strength, acceleration, pace, dribbling or whatever, which would add some real value to a player because he is different from the others, or because they are just artificially uncommon, which would surely make them rare but would not add any value to the player?

For example, I could consider a player rare for having an enormous ball control, much greater than the average. But I'm not sure this is how it works in FIFA 13.

I've played against some squads formed completely by rare players and yet I can't see why it would be a good idea.

Best Answer

Rare cards do not have any benefit over non-rare cards.

The follow extract is taken from here:

Within the category of regular cards there is a variant which is distinguished by its bright and luminous aspect. Are called Rare Cards. These cards meet the need that EA had to make some cards more common than others. Does not necessarily mean that they are most valuable cards.

A player can not have associated with him a regular rare card and a regular not-rare card.