The Joker Card: Your Season-Saving Secret Weapon
14 May 2026

The Joker Card: Your Season-Saving Secret Weapon

Is this the key to winning the league? Find out all about the Joker card, how it works and when to play it...

Every MTB Fantasy player gets one Joker card per season… and using it at the right moment can make the difference between winning a season or not. Here's the breakdown of how and when to play it to take full advantage and climb the leaderboard!

What the f**k is ThE Joker card anyway?!

Normally during the season you have a maximum of only two team changes per round. The Joker card means you can wipe the slate clean and choose a whole new team.

So when you activate the Joker:

  • Your entire team is cleared

  • You can make unlimited transfers

  • You rebuild from scratch before the next round locks

Then once the round begins, it’s back to normal transfer rules.

One thing to note, when you play the joker, your budget will reset to the original $2m.

How to activate it

Head over to My Team and click Edit My Team, scroll down and you'll see a big yellow button Use Joker Card. Tap that and it's activated!

When Should You Play It?

The biggest mistake players make is using the Joker too early just because one rider had a bad weekend. The World Cup season is long, so think hard about when to activate it.

The best Joker moments are usually when:

  • You've got a team of useless riders that just aren't racking up the points

  • You've been unlucky with injuries and most of your squad aren't even racing in the next round

  • You want to play a differential tactic: i.e. pick a strong team but one that's different to the players above you on the leaderboard, so all going well, you outscore them and leap up the rankings

Sometimes a single round completely changes the fantasy landscape. The Joker lets you react instantly while everyone else is stuck making only two transfers.

Timing Tips

Early Season Joker

Aggressive strategy.
Useful if you completely misread preseason form.

Mid-Season Joker

Probably the sweet spot.
Enough data to spot trends, injuries, and value picks.

Late Season Joker

High-risk, high-reward.
Perfect for making one final charge in your league standings.

Cheers,

Jon and Tim

MTB Fantasy