★ Butterfly Knife | Gamma Doppler Phase 1 (Minimal Wear)

The ★ Butterfly Knife | Gamma Doppler Phase 1 (Minimal Wear) carries a Covert ★ finish of green-and-black marbling. Minimal Wear is the lower of only two grades this phase reaches, and it still sits close to the top of its narrow float range.

Design

Green marbles into black across the blade to form Phase 1, one of the four numbered Gamma Doppler phases fixed at generation on this knife, distinct from the solid-green Emerald grail in the same line. The marbling pattern varies slightly from copy to copy within that green-and-black mix.

★ Butterfly Knife | Gamma Doppler Phase 1 (Minimal Wear) Float and Wear

Since the finish caps out at 0.08, Minimal Wear is as worn as this phase ever gets — nowhere near the rough look a full-range skin would show at a comparable float. The blade still reads close to mint, just a small step down from Factory New rather than a heavily aged grade. On the float scale, Minimal Wear spans 0.07–0.08.

Butterfly Knife | Gamma Doppler Phase 1 Rarity

Rarity: Covert ★, the rare special ("knife") tier that outranks every ordinary weapon grade in a case. That scarcity holds regardless of which wear a given copy happens to land on.

Butterfly Knife | Gamma Doppler Phase 1 Case and Collection

Both the Operation Riptide Case and the Dreams & Nightmares Case carry this phase, giving buyers two boxes to pull from if they're chasing one directly. Across the rare-special tier, roughly 0.26% of case openings hit that slot, so most copies of this phase get bought outright rather than unboxed.

Butterfly Knife Gamma Doppler Phases

This copy is locked into Phase 1 for its whole life — the phase assignment never shifts with wear or ownership changes. Emerald remains the true grail of the five-phase line thanks to its solid green coat with no black, sitting well above the numbered Phase 1-4 set in price. Even at Minimal Wear, Phase 1's marbling still reads clearly.

StatTrak & Souvenir

This phase is also available as a StatTrak™ version, adding a kill counter that stays with the knife through every trade or sale. Souvenir versions were never made for it — knives simply don't appear in Major-tournament souvenir packages, no matter the phase.

Butterfly Knife | Gamma Doppler Phase 1 Price

Minimal Wear runs a step below Factory New on this phase's price ladder, making it the more accessible of the two grades while the phase as a whole still sits in the high-end range for this knife. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

Is Minimal Wear a big downgrade from Factory New on the Gamma Doppler Phase 1?

Not really. With the finish capped at a 0.08 float, Minimal Wear still lands well inside near-mint territory — a modest step down rather than a visibly worn skin. The gap is far smaller than it would be on a full-range knife finish.

What are the best gloves for the Butterfly Knife | Gamma Doppler Phase 1?

Since Phase 1 mixes green and black marbling, gloves in dark green, olive, or black tie the loadout together without fighting the blade's colors. For the best Butterfly Knife Gamma Doppler Phase 1 glove combo, stay in that dark green-and-black range rather than pulling in bright or warm tones.

Is the Butterfly Knife Gamma Doppler Phase 1 worth buying?

It's one of the more accessible numbered phases in this knife's Gamma Doppler line, well below Emerald's grail-level price. If the solid-green Emerald is out of budget, Phase 1 is still a legitimate way into this knife's Gamma Doppler set.