MAG-7 | Cobalt Core (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

This MAG-7 pairs a slate-blue body with glowing cyan strips that trace the edges of its armour-like plates. A Minimal Wear copy keeps almost the full look of a factory piece; any marks are tiny and sit on the edges, not on the main graphic. It is the sensible choice for a near-clean finish at a lower grade.

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, Field-Tested, Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred.

How the skin looks in Minimal Wear

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.

Small scuffs may appear on the outermost edges, such as the top rail and the corners of the magazine. The cyan lines and the blue plates remain essentially untouched. At normal distance in game it is practically indistinguishable from Factory New. The foregrip and the side of the receiver stay clean.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The whole float range of MAG-7 | Cobalt Core is 0–0.5; Minimal Wear takes the 0.07–0.15 segment (16% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

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

It drops from Shadow Case (on sale since Sep 15, 2015).

What it costs in each quality

Among 14 skins of the MAG-7 in the Mil-Spec Grade grade and this quality, this skin ranks 8th by price, counting from the dearest.

StatTrak™ and Souvenir

This skin has a the StatTrak™ version with a kill counter. Right now it is 1.9× dearer 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 Minimal Wear quality suits

• Players who want a near-factory look in game for less.
• Crafters who accept tiny edge marks that stickers will not hide anyway.
• Conclusion: the balanced pick between appearance and cost.