Wildcard have changed their Counter-Strike 2 AWP position before iBUYPOWER Masters FML. Sebastian “fr3nd” Kuśmierz has joined on loan from PURE, and Miłosz “mhL” Knasiak has moved to the bench after eight months in Wildcard’s active lineup. The change was announced before a scheduled September 25 opening match against NRG.
It is a return rather than an introduction to the organization. fr3nd played for Wildcard’s academy in the first half of 2025 and had a spell with the main roster from July to September of that year. Since leaving, he has represented KOLESIE and PURE and appeared as a stand-in for Betclic. The loan now puts him back in the senior Wildcard lineup for another competition period.
Wildcard’s announcement makes the two player statuses distinct. fr3nd arrives on a loan from PURE; mhL is benched, not described as having been transferred to another club. That distinction matters because a bench move changes the active five without resolving every question about the outgoing player’s longer-term position. The available announcement does not supply a destination or a return date for mhL.
The next competitive reference point is concrete. Wildcard are listed to face NRG in a best-of-three Group A opener at iBUYPOWER Masters FML on September 25. The event is scheduled for Las Vegas from September 25-27, with eight teams and a $30,000 prize pool. Those dates identify fr3nd’s planned debut setting; they are not a report on how the new lineup has performed together.
fr3nd returns to an organization he already knows
fr3nd’s earlier Wildcard periods provide more useful context than simply calling him a new signing. The academy stint came first, followed by a summer call-up to the main roster in 2025. His subsequent path through KOLESIE, PURE and a Betclic stand-in appearance means the incoming AWPer has competed outside the organization since then, even though the next shirt is a familiar one.
HLTV lists a 1.05 rating for fr3nd across 146 maps in 2026. mhL averaged 1.13 after his promotion from Wildcard’s academy at the start of the year. Those are reported figures from different periods and match samples, not a forecast for the loan spell. The accompanying portrait of fr3nd is an archive image in an earlier jersey; it does not depict the new Wildcard lineup.
- Incoming: fr3nd joins Wildcard on loan from PURE and takes a place in the active roster.
- Outgoing from the active five: mhL moves to the bench after eight months in the lineup.
- Next listed match: Wildcard face NRG on September 25 at iBUYPOWER Masters FML.
The roster history also avoids a common ambiguity in transfer headlines. A loan does not say PURE has sold fr3nd, and a bench listing does not say mhL has left Wildcard. The confirmed change is to Wildcard’s active competition group. Its announced five now consists of reck, HexT, nEMANHA, Cxzi and fr3nd, with splawik listed as coach.
On paper, there is limited time between the announcement and the Las Vegas opener. That makes the first tournament a useful opportunity to observe the new lineup, but not a reason to invent claims about practice, preparation or role changes that neither the team nor the match record has documented. The available facts are the personnel move, the prior organizational link and the upcoming fixture.
The NRG match is the first scheduled checkpoint
NRG and Wildcard are scheduled for a best-of-three Group A opening match on September 25. iBUYPOWER Masters FML has eight teams and a group phase using GSL-style best-of-three series. The tournament then continues through a knockout stage. For Wildcard, the opener gives a specific match in which the loan signing is expected to debut; it is not a guaranteed measure of the move’s eventual value.
The matchup is also geographically straightforward. The event takes place in Las Vegas, and both Wildcard and NRG are listed in the field. It is unnecessary to infer a rivalry or a likely outcome from that scheduling. The newsworthy connection is that the first booked opponent for the revised Wildcard roster is already known.
The status table below separates who is active, who is benched and what comes next. It deliberately avoids projecting a permanent Wildcard transfer for fr3nd or a new employer for mhL. Those details were not part of the announcement.
| Subject | Confirmed status |
|---|---|
| fr3nd | On loan from PURE; active for Wildcard |
| mhL | Moved from Wildcard’s active roster to the bench |
| Wildcard’s next fixture | NRG at iBUYPOWER Masters FML on September 25 |
| Event setting | Eight teams in Las Vegas, September 25-27 |
Wildcard have made a defined, limited roster move rather than a wholesale rebuild. fr3nd returns on loan to an organization where he has already played at academy and senior levels, while mhL remains listed on the bench. The announcement supplies no final verdict on either player’s longer-term position.
The September 25 NRG match is the next confirmed step. Until that best-of-three is played, the responsible reading of the change is factual: a returning AWPer has entered the active five, another has left it, and the new combination has a scheduled first event in Las Vegas.
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