Martin "MAGNUM" Penkov has announced that Karmine Corp Karmine Corp Europe Rank #31 saadhak Matias Delipetro Avez Hazem Khaled Elite Efe Teber SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin marteen Martin Pátek has allowed him to explore his options as a restricted free agent.

This comes as yet another change in a full roster rebuild for the French organization, leaving only Marshall "N4RRATE" Massey and Martin "marteen" Pátek on the current active roster.

MAGNUM first got his start at the highest level of competitive Valorant when he joined FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #3 Sayonara Ștefan Mîtcu stand-in Boaster Jake Howlett kaajak Kajetan Haremski Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder in 2021 and was notably a member of the roster that placed second at Masters Reykjavik. He parted ways with the team in April 2022 after a disappointing group stage exit in Reykjavik a year later.

In 2023, MAGNUM found himself playing with Apeks Apeks Europe Rank #2 hype Tautvydas Paldavicius MOLSI Michał Łącki AvovA Auni Chahade in Challengers North as part of their experienced ex-FNATIC core. The team only lost two series throughout the year, the second of which was in the finals of EMEA Ascension 2023 versus Gentle Mates Gentle Mates Europe Rank #22 K4DAVRA Thomas Johner .

Following his impressive performance with Apeks, Karmine Corp signed MAGNUM for 2024 and presented him with a new challenge: take on the role of in-game leader for the first time and lead a squad with three rookies under the guidance of ENGH .

Karmine Corp opened the season strong by winning EMEA Kickoff and going on to place 5th-6th at Masters Madrid, barely missing out on playoffs after an overtime loss in the third map to Paper Rex Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Rank #3 mindfreak Aaron Leonhart Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov . However, they were ultimately unable to return to the international stage for the rest of the year and ended the regular season with a 4-6 record.

Karmine Corp Karmine Corp Europe Rank #31 saadhak Matias Delipetro Avez Hazem Khaled Elite Efe Teber SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin marteen Martin Pátek is now:

  • Marshall "N4RRATE" Massey
  • Martin "marteen" Pátek
  • Andrey "ENGH" Sholokhov (Head coach)
  • Ahmed "ZE1SH" El Sheikh (Coach)
  • Sergey "fistie" Vasilev (Coach)