Souvenir Nova | Marsh Grass (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

This Nova wears a dense marsh camouflage of crossing yellow reeds on a dark earthy base, with plain tan ribbing on the pump and stock. At Minimal Wear the difference from a fresh copy is limited to faint marks on edges that are hard to spot in game. A sensible choice if you want an almost untouched look without chasing the top grade.

Item type: shotgun. Consumer Grade is the lowest tier of the rarity scale: the most common skins, most often used in trade-up contracts.

Hydrographic: the pattern is applied as a film over the metal; wear rubs it down to the base, starting with raised parts.

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

How the skin looks in Minimal Wear

The receiver, barrel and stock are covered in a dark olive-brown base with a dense overlay of thin golden grass stalks crossing in every direction. The pump forend is a solid tan colour with deep ribs, and the same tan ribbing appears on the grip section of the stock.

Small scratches may appear on the muzzle and on the tips of the pump ribs. The pattern on the receiver and stock stays fully intact. At normal distance the gun is practically indistinguishable from Factory New. The busy reed motif hides what little wear there is.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The float of Souvenir Nova | Marsh Grass ranges from 0 to 0.55; the Minimal Wear quality covers 0.07–0.15 — 15% of this skin’s scale. The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

Where the skin comes from: collection and case

Souvenir Nova | Marsh Grass belongs to The Radiant Collection, which holds 28 skins. It does not drop from a case: the collection has none — such skins come from operation drops, souvenir packages or the market.

Price by quality

By price this skin is 2nd of 9 skins Consumer Grade Nova in this quality (the first being 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

Gold, brown and olive stickers blend with the reed pattern and keep the hunting-camo theme intact. Placing them on the dark receiver or the stock keeps the tan pump ribbing clean, while a single green or black accent can add contrast without breaking the look.

What to check before buying

• Look at the float within the wear grade, since a low value keeps the pump ribs and muzzle cleaner.
• Check the tan ribbing on the pump and grip first, as these raised parts lose the finish earliest.
• Souvenir copies come with pre-applied stickers, so decide whether you want them or a plain copy.
• There is no StatTrak version of this skin, so do not look for one.

Who should buy Minimal Wear

• Players who want a near-clean look and do not need the top grade.
• Crafters for whom tiny edge marks do not matter under stickers.
• A practical middle ground between clean looks and value.