Souvenir M249 | Nebula Crusader (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

The skin's main feature is its arcade theme: a cabinet-style graphic panel along the receiver and a magazine box with a character portrait and bold title text. In Minimal Wear the colours stay just as loud, and any marks are small enough to stay hidden among the busy artwork. It gives nearly the same look as the cleanest grade at a lower step.

Item type: machinegun. Restricted sits in the middle of the rarity scale: noticeably rarer than Mil-Spec, yet not truly rare.

Gunsmith: several techniques combined on one item; some parts rub off, others only dull.

Other qualities of this skin: Factory New, Field-Tested, Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred. The same quality also exists as the StatTrak™ version.

Appearance in Minimal Wear

The receiver is dark navy with a cabinet-style art panel carrying yellow title lettering, a green figure and a round orange emblem. The box magazine is the centrepiece, painted like a game cover with a red-haired pilot portrait, bold yellow and orange text and a glossy, slightly iridescent sheen.

Wear is limited to tiny specks, usually on the corners of the magazine box and the leading edges of the receiver. The print and lettering stay fully legible. At normal distance in game it is practically indistinguishable from a Factory New copy.

Minimal Wear wear: float 0.07–0.15

The whole float range of Souvenir M249 | Nebula Crusader is 0–1; Minimal Wear takes the 0.07–0.15 segment (8% of the scale). The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

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).

Souvenir version

This is the Souvenir version: such copies dropped to tournament viewers in souvenir packages; the team stickers and signatures on them cannot be removed or chosen. Souvenir items never carry StatTrak™. There is also the regular version without tournament stickers.

Which stickers suit it

Retro, pixel-style or comic stickers fit the arcade cabinet theme best. Yellow, red and orange accents echo the title lettering, and placing them on the dark receiver area away from the art panel keeps the main graphic readable.

What to check before buying

• Check the magazine box in inspect, since its corners and printed cover show wear before other parts.
• Look at where the float sits within the wear grade, as copies near the cleaner end keep the lettering noticeably sharper.
• Make sure any applied stickers do not cover the receiver art panel if you want the arcade theme to stay visible.
• If a name tag or StatTrak counter matters to you, confirm it on the specific copy before buying.

Who should buy Minimal Wear

• Players who want an almost clean look while paying less than for the top grade.
• Sticker crafters who accept tiny marks hidden in the busy print.
• A sensible balance between appearance and cost.