Breaking: Wildcard sign Serbian IGL nEMANHA

Wildcard have unveiled Serbian IGL Nemanja "nEMANHA" Đukić as the latest addition to their team, with the 28-year-old veteran player replacing Anthony "CLASIA" Kearney on the lineup. nEMANHA joins Wildcard a highly successful tenure with illwill, leading the orgless squad to a number of high-profile results in recent weeks including a second-place finish in both Copenhagen Gaming Week 2026 and the first Parken Challenger Championship event.

Joining Wildcard represents a significant change in nEMANHA's career trajectory as he has spent the majority of his career competing in the Balkans scene, playing for a variety of teams in the region from 2012 to 2021 before spending 2021 to 2025 under Zero Tenacity.

His brief tenure on illwill proved to be a highly productive time for nEMANHA as the team found much success online and in the previously-mentioned LAN events. On an individual level, nEMANHA has also had a strong start to the year, posting a 1.13 rating over 107 maps.

Still, the move comes as something of a surprise as it will see nEMANHA presumably decamp to North America and join a young team of less experienced talent. Regarding the signing, Wildcard co-owner John "Griff" Griffin explained the organization's rationale for signing nEMANHA:

"nEMANHA has been on our scouting list for years at this point. We were one of the first organizations to adopt [Skybox] EDGE as a Scouting Tool, and believe firmly in it's ability to find talent. nEMANHA has fit our outlier datasets for nearly two years, and the ability to showcase it on LAN events over the past 12 months pushed us to move quickly and decisively towards his signing. We are extremely excited about adding such an advanced mind, and sharp aim, to the server in our strive towards Cologne and beyond."

On Wildcard, the organization confirmed that nEMANHA will be taking over as the squad's IGL, seeing the team placed under his leadership after Wildcard had previously experimented with a less centralized leadership structure.

Wildcard are now:

• Jaxon "Peeping" Cornwell

• Ethan "reck" Serrano

• Miłosz "mhL" Knasiak

• Jadan "HexT" Postma

• Nemanja "nEMANHA" Đukić

• James "JamezIRL" Macaulay (Coach)

nEMANHA joins Wildcard at a pivotal time as the team are set to head to Urban Riga Open #3 on March 23rd before then attending Urban Riga Open #4, FRAG 20, and Roman Imperium Cup VII over the course of the next two months.