After announcing the Cold Snap program for their officially-licensed Web3 title, NFL Rivals, Mythical Games has now revealed the defense lineup while also sharing info on a large update for the in-game marketplace.

Defense Lineup

The first half of this new seasonal program is focused on defense, meaning that the lineup consists of players who showed impressive defensive performances in December and January. Here is the lineup of player cards managers can find in chase events and in the Connect:

Mythical

  • T.J. Watt, DE for the Pittsburgh Steelers

Legendary

  • DeForest Buckner, DT for the Indianapolis Colts
  • Quandre Diggs, FS for the Seattle Seahawks

Epic

  • Haason Reddick, DE for the Philadelphia Eagles
  • Jabrill Peppers, SS for the New England Patriots
  • Tre'Davious White, CB for the Buffalo Bills
  • Kwon Alexander, LB for the Pittsburgh Steelers

The following is a list of player cards that can be found in frozen packs:

Legendary

  • Kayvon Thibodeaux, DE for the NY Giants
  • Chase Young, DE for the San Francisco 49ers
  • Leonard Williams, DT for the Seattle Seahawks
  • Shaquille Leonard, LB for the Philadelphia Eagles
  • Roquan Smith, LB for the Baltimore Ravens
  • Patrick Peterson, CB for the Pittsburgh Steelers
  • Marcus Peters, a free agent CB
  • Jordan Poyer, SS for the Buffalo Bills

Epic

  • Arik Armstead, DE for the San Francisco 49ers
  • Justin Madubuike, DT for the Baltimore Ravens
  • Grady Jarrett, DE for the Atlanta Falcons
  • Willie Gay Jr, LB for the Kansas City Chiefs
  • Rashan Gary, LB for the Green Bay Packers
  • Troy Hill, CB for the Carolina Panthers
  • Julian Blackmon, FS for the Indianapolis Colts
  • Kareem Jackson, SS for the Denver Broncos

Rare

  • Dre'Mont Jones, DE for the Seattle Seahawks
  • Trevis Gipson, DE for the Tennessee Titans
  • A'Shawn Robinson, DT for the NY Giants
  • Derrick Brown, DT for the Carolina Panthers
  • Patrick Queen, LB for the Baltimore Ravens
  • Azeez Ojulari, LB for the NY Giants
  • Mike Hilton, CB for the Cincinnati Bengals
  • Mike Hughes, CB for the Atlanta Falcons
  • Eddie Jackson, FS for the Chicago Bears
  • Adrian Amos, SS for the Houston Texans

Snowmen

As previously revealed in the announcement, this program includes “Snowmen” cards which melt into Snow Day players. These players are picked from “very specific NFL Games from the past few seasons that were played in heavy snow,” and are included based on the team they played in at the time, not the team they are currently with.

For this early stage of the program, the developers are releasing 3 players as Snowmen cards that will melt on December 22nd, 23rd, and 24th. Once these melt, more Snowmen cards will make their way to the Shop that will melt a few days afterwards, with each card set to feature unique art “and also employ ice-blue flame VFX on the field!”

In-Game Marketplace Update

The studio is testing a huge update to the in-game marketplace (IGM) that will allow managers to have a “fully searchable, filterable buying experience from a robust set of listings,” instead of sticking to the current one where cards are purchased from others through a recommendation system that aims to help bolster your lineup. For the first test, the marketplace will display listings from the top 100 or similar number of traders so the system doesn’t break, with plans to expand the listings as soon as possible.

Only a small number of players are given access to this feature for its initial launch phase in order to make sure the system is stable enough to handle more. This of course has no effect on the Mythical Marketplace, where you can trade cards as usual.