Souvenir M4A4 | Griffin (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

This M4A4 | Griffin pairs a muted gunmetal body with a warm copper griffin whose pale head sits just above the trigger area. At Minimal Wear the artwork stays whole, and any marks are limited to small scuffs on edges you rarely look at. It keeps the clean look of the top grade without asking the buyer to chase a perfect copy.

Item type: rifle. The weapon is available only on the Counter-Terrorist side. Restricted sits in the middle of the rarity scale: noticeably rarer than Mil-Spec, yet not truly rare.

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: Well-Worn. The same quality also exists as the StatTrak™ version.

Appearance in Minimal Wear

The rifle has a dark grey gunmetal base, and the main illustration sits on the receiver and magazine well: a griffin with a white eagle head and brown-copper feathered wings spreading down toward the grip. The magazine continues the artwork with copper framing and teal-green panels, while the pistol grip and lower receiver carry the same warm brown tone.

Wear is limited to a few tiny scuffs, usually on the bottom edge of the magazine and the corners of the handguard. The griffin itself, including the white head and wings, stays untouched. At normal distance in game it is practically indistinguishable from Factory New. Copies at the cleaner end of the grade show almost nothing.

Minimal Wear wear: float 0.07–0.15

The whole float range of Souvenir M4A4 | Griffin is 0–0.8; Minimal Wear takes the 0.07–0.15 segment (10% 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

Souvenir M4A4 | Griffin belongs to The Vanguard Collection, which holds 14 skins.

The source is Operation Vanguard Weapon Case (on sale since Nov 5, 2014).

What it costs in each quality

Taking Minimal Wear as the baseline:

• Factory New — 2.3× dearer
• Field-Tested — 14× cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 24× cheaper

Based on the cheapest SkinOut.gg listing of each quality, otherwise on the market reference.

Among 8 skins of the M4A4 in the Restricted grade and this quality, this skin is the dearest.

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

Copper, gold, brown and white stickers match the griffin's palette, and teal or green accents echo the magazine panels. Placements on the handguard and the upper receiver keep the central griffin visible.

What to check before buying

• Check the float within the chosen grade, since copies near the cleaner boundary keep noticeably more of the griffin.
• Look at the magazine edges and the wing tips first, because they lose paint before the rest of the illustration.
• Make sure the white griffin head is still bright on worn copies, as it carries most of the design.
• Review any applied stickers and name tag to see whether they cover the griffin on the receiver.

Who should buy Minimal Wear

• Players who want a near-perfect look in game without paying for the top grade.
• Crafters for whom tiny edge scuffs under stickers do not matter.
• A sensible balance of clean appearance and cost.