What makes a copy Souvenir

The Souvenir XM1014 | Blue Spruce (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 its core the finish spray-paints individual parts of the shotgun in solid colors on a moss color scheme, an understated, outdoorsy look with no busy graphics. 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 XM1014 | Blue Spruce

A souvenir copy exists only because someone opened a souvenir package during a Major. It comes with up to four stickers tied to one specific match — the two line-ups, the MVP of that match and the event logo — and those stickers are permanent. A Souvenir skin is never StatTrak™ — the two are mutually exclusive.

Where it comes from

What a souvenir copy is worth depends less on the finish than on whose stickers it carries. A legendary player or a famous final pushes a copy well above the plain version; an anonymous match leaves it close to one.

FAQ

This skin is one of The Lake Collection, a set that launched with the "Out with the old, in with the new" update in November 2013.

Can a Souvenir XM1014 | Blue Spruce 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 XM1014 | Blue Spruce?

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.