MAG-7 | Cobalt Core (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

MAG-7 | Cobalt Core combines a dark blue panelled body with turquoise accent lines. Its float range ends early in the Battle-Scarred band, so even the most worn copies keep a fair share of blue and cyan rather than turning fully grey. It is the most affordable way into this design.

Item type: shotgun. The weapon is available only on the Counter-Terrorist side. Mil-Spec Grade is the lowest rarity found in cases and the most common one among them.

Custom Paint Job: hand-painted across the whole body; this is the type where wear shows most, the artwork rubs down to metal.

The remaining qualities of this skin: Factory New, Minimal Wear, Field-Tested and Well-Worn.

How the skin looks in Battle-Scarred

The receiver is covered in angular slate-blue plates with darker blue sections and a fine speckled texture, separated by thin glowing cyan lines. The foregrip continues the same blue panelling with curved turquoise strips, and a cyan ring sits on the muzzle behind the dark gunmetal barrel.

Edges, the top rail, the muzzle and the magazine show heavy wear, and the cyan trim is broken in many places. Because the range stops early in this grade, the damage is closer to a heavy Well-Worn than to a fully stripped finish. In game the blue base is still recognisable with grey patches across it. The central plates keep part of the original colour and lines.

Battle-Scarred quality — float range 0.45–0.5

The float of MAG-7 | Cobalt Core ranges from 0 to 0.5; the Battle-Scarred quality covers 0.45–0.5 — 10% of this skin’s scale. Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Where the skin comes from: collection and case

The skin’s collection is The Shadow Collection with 16 skins in total.

The source is Shadow Case (on sale since Sep 15, 2015).

Price by quality

Among 10 skins of the MAG-7 in the Mil-Spec Grade grade and this quality, this skin ranks 5th by price, counting from the dearest.

StatTrak™ and Souvenir

This skin has a the StatTrak™ version with a kill counter. Right now it is 16% cheaper than the regular one. There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Stickers and crafts

Stickers in cyan, teal, white or silver tones match the turquoise lines and the steel-blue base. Holo and foil stickers with a cool palette fit the futuristic style, while warm reds or yellows will clash with the scheme. The flat side of the receiver gives the cleanest placement without covering the cyan accents.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, since copies at the clean end of a grade keep noticeably more cyan trim.
• Look at the top rail, muzzle ring and magazine bottom, which lose paint first on this finish.
• Check applied stickers and any name tag, as they change how the blue panel design reads.
• Confirm whether you are buying a StatTrak™ or Souvenir copy, since both versions exist for this skin.

Who the Battle-Scarred quality suits

• Players looking for the cheapest entry into this design.
• Buyers who appreciate that the range stops early in this grade, leaving more colour than usual.
• Conclusion: the budget entry with less damage than the grade name suggests.