Souvenir MAC-10 | Nuclear Garden (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

This skin covers the MAC-10 receiver in a green print of nuclear skulls and bones on a chromed surface. In Battle-Scarred much of the green has worn away and the metal underneath dominates the edges and raised parts. Green patches with pieces of the skull pattern stay on the flatter sides, which gives the weapon a used, irradiated look.

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

Anodized Multicolored: several colours in the metal coating; it wears little, the colours only dull with use.

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

How the skin looks in Battle-Scarred

The finish is applied to the upper receiver, which is coated in bright acid green with a dense pattern of lighter yellow-green skulls and bones outlined in darker green. The grooves along the top of the receiver pick up the print, and the chrome base under the semi-transparent layer gives the colour a slight sheen.

Most edges, ridges and corners of the receiver are bare chrome, and wear reaches well into the side panels. The skull-and-bones pattern survives only in scattered green patches. In game the receiver reads as metal with green spots rather than a fully green weapon. The grey grip and magazine look unchanged, since they carry no print.

Battle-Scarred quality — float range 0.45–0.7

The float of Souvenir MAC-10 | Nuclear Garden ranges from 0 to 0.7; the Battle-Scarred quality covers 0.45–0.7 — 36% 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 Cache Collection with 13 skins in total.

It drops from:

• Atlanta 2017 Cache Souvenir Package
• Boston 2018 Cache Souvenir Package
• Cologne 2016 Cache Souvenir Package
• DreamHack 2014 Cache Souvenir Package
• DreamHack Cluj-Napoca 2015 Cache Souvenir Package
• ESL One Cologne 2014 Cache Souvenir Package

And 6 more — souvenir packages and other sources.

Price by quality

Among 5 skins of the MAC-10 in the Mil-Spec Grade grade and this quality, this skin ranks 3rd by price, counting from 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.

Stickers and crafts

Black, yellow and toxic green stickers fit the radioactive theme and blend into the skull pattern. Hazard-style or skull-themed designs suit the artwork, and dark stickers stand out well against the bright green receiver.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, since copies at the cleaner end of a grade keep noticeably more green on the edges.
• Look at the front and rear edges of the receiver and the top ridges, where the green wears off first.
• Souvenir copies exist, so check which stickers are applied and whether they suit you.
• Check for a name tag and existing stickers, as they change how the item looks in the inspect view.

Who the Battle-Scarred quality suits

• Budget entry for players who want the skin at the lowest cost.
• Fans of a heavily used, irradiated look with lots of exposed metal.
• Conclusion: the cheapest way to own the skin, with a distinctly worn character.