What makes a copy Souvenir

The Souvenir Nova | Sand Dune (Battle-Scarred, BS) is the Souvenir copy of this skin — the same Consumer Grade finish, handed out in a souvenir package at a Major rather than pulled from a case. At heart the finish is a stripped-back tactical paint: the Nova's individual parts done in solid block colors following a sand dune scheme, all desert grays and tans, no graphics anywhere. Battle-Scarred covers everything from 0.45 up to 1.00 float — the most heavily worn grade and the cheapest way into the skin.

What the stickers do to the price of the Nova | Sand Dune

Only a souvenir package opened during a Major produces one of these. Each package holds a skin from the tournament's collection, and it arrives carrying up to four stickers from one match — both teams, the MVP and the event — fixed on permanently. A Souvenir skin is never StatTrak™ — the two are mutually exclusive.

Where it comes from

The finish sets a floor and the stickers decide the rest. A copy out of a famous match, or one wearing a sticker from a player who has since retired, can sit several times above a plain copy at the same exterior; an unremarkable match leaves it near one.

FAQ

Sand Dune sits in The Italy Collection, launched with November 2013's "Out with the old, in with the new" update.

Can a Souvenir Nova | Sand Dune be StatTrak?

No. Souvenir and StatTrak™ are mutually exclusive — a copy is one or the other, never both, and neither can be added to a skin after it drops.

Can the stickers be removed from a Souvenir Nova | Sand Dune?

No. Souvenir stickers are part of the copy and cannot be scraped off, unlike stickers a player applies themselves. That is why two souvenir copies of one skin at the same exterior can be priced far apart.