phzy Replaces device for Second Time as Astralis Abandons All-Danish Roster

Legendary Danish organization Astralis has gone international, announcing the signing of former Wildcard and Ninjas In Pyjamas AWPer Love “phzy” Smidebrant and Monte’s anchor Gytis “ryu” Glušauskas. The roster move marks the second time phzy will replace dev1ce on a roster, after the Swedish youngster was fast-tracked into tier one play with NIP at IEM Winter 2021 to replace a suddenly sidelined dev1ce—a dev1ce who himself recently moved to the new 100 Thieves project sponsored by esports betting site Roobet.

phzy, who represented 9INE and Wildcard across multiple stints in 2025, has had a solid rise through Counter-Strike’s tier two ever since he was unceremoniously cut from the NIP roster. The move to Astralis gives the sniper his best shot at earning a consistent place in tier one. And unlike 2021, he has amassed enough experience to replace the Danish legend, with some analysts even predicting the Swede to be comfortably better than dev1ce across 2026.