StatTrak™ SG 553 | Phantom (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

The Phantom pairs a muted gunmetal body with carbon-like panels and small orange highlights, which makes it a quiet but recognisable rifle. In Minimal Wear any marks sit on the very tips of the barrel and rail edges and are hard to spot outside the inspect view. Buyers get a practically clean look at a lower grade than Factory New.

Item type: rifle. The weapon is available only on the Terrorist side. 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.

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

Appearance in Minimal Wear

The receiver is painted in dark gunmetal with blue-grey panels and a small light emblem near the magazine well. The handguard and magazine carry a fine woven, carbon-like texture, with thin orange stripes running along the handguard rail and outlining the magazine edges.

Tiny scuffs may appear on the muzzle and the sharpest edges of the top rail. They are visible only up close in the inspect view. At normal distance the rifle looks the same as a clean copy. The orange lines, magazine and stock stay intact.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The whole float range of StatTrak™ SG 553 | Phantom is 0–0.6; Minimal Wear takes the 0.07–0.15 segment (13% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

StatTrak™ SG 553 | Phantom belongs to The Spectrum 2 Collection, which holds 17 skins.

The source is Spectrum 2 Case.

What it costs in each quality

Among 6 skins of the SG 553 in the Restricted grade and this quality, this skin ranks 5th by price, counting from the dearest.

StatTrak™ version

This is the StatTrak™ version: the counter on the weapon shows confirmed kills. There is also the regular version without the counter. Right now the StatTrak™ version is 44% dearer than the regular one.

Stickers and crafts

Orange, black, white and grey stickers match the Phantom’s palette, and holo or foil stickers in cool tones fit the blue-grey panels. Placing stickers on the receiver side keeps the woven handguard and orange lines visible.

What to look at before you buy

• Check the float position within the wear range, since copies near the cleaner end of a grade look noticeably better.
• Inspect the top rail, muzzle and magazine edges, as these parts lose paint first.
• Make sure the orange lines along the handguard are unbroken if you want a clean look.
• Look at applied stickers and the name tag, as they can add value or clash with the colour scheme.

Who the Minimal Wear quality suits

• Players who want a near-clean rifle at a lower grade.
• Crafters who accept marks visible only in the inspect view.
• Conclusion: a sensible balance between look and cost.