The cost of any game item in CS:GO directly depends on its rarity. It is not surprising that souvenir weapons often end up at the top of the list in terms of price. It can only be obtained for a limited period of time from special souvenir packs that are only available during the Majors. Previously, they could drop randomly to everyone who watches matches, but starting with StarLadder Berlin 2019, they can be obtained for tokens that are purchased in the in-game store or awarded for completing tasks.
All souvenir items are divided into several collections, each of which corresponds to a card included in the active map pool. For example, during IEM Rio 2022, Nuke, Mirage, Dust2, Vertigo, Ancient, Overpass and Inferno souvenir cases were available. If the list of tournament cards changes, some of the collections may become unavailable.
What determines the cost of a souvenir skin
It is because of this that the souvenir version of the AWP Dragon Lore skin has become such a rarity. It is part of the Cobblestone collection, and this card was last used in tournaments in 2018. Consequently, the number of souvenir sets on the market is limited, their cost is high, and the likelihood that AWP Dragon Lore will drop from them is still extremely low.
In addition, other factors also influence the cost of the skin. Any skin that drops from the Souvenir Pack will have four gold stickers on it from the start. They depict:
• symbols of the teams that played in the match with which the set is associated;
• tournament symbol;
• autograph of one of the players.
Which stickers you get can significantly affect the cost of the skin. For example, if an AWP drops a sticker with the signature of a top sniper like s1mple, that skin will be valued higher than using someone else on the team. Skins with the Major Grand Final symbol may cost more than those with the emblems of other playoff matches. The location of the stickers on the body of the weapon can also have an impact.
A unique acquisition
The likelihood that all these factors will come together is extremely low, and the copies of some souvenir skins on the market can literally be counted on one hand. For example, AWP Dragon Lore as “Battle-Scarred” There are only 13 known copies, and one was sold here.
Here are the features it has:
• float 0.617317;
• ELEAGUE Boston 2018 tournament sticker;
• stickers of the SK Gaming and Cloud9 teams;
• sticker with the autograph of player coldzera from SK Gaming.
We hope that this is not the last rarity in our history!
