Buy Butterfly Knife skins

The Butterfly Knife is one of CS2's collectible melee skins — a balisong that fans and flips open, carried as a pure status symbol rather than for any edge in a match. The full Butterfly Knife range sits in one catalog — cheap plain blades up to thousand-dollar patterns.

What makes the Butterfly Knife special in CS2?

Knives sit in the ★ tier, the game's most prestigious cosmetics: no gameplay impact, all status. The Butterfly Knife first appeared in 2014, with the Operation Breakout update, and its calling card is its rapid fan-and-flip animation, one of the most coveted in the game. As a model, it's one of the priciest knives, with a high floor even for a plain blade.

All Butterfly Knife skins: finishes, patterns and colors

Butterfly Knife skin prices cover a broad band, from budget plain blades to thousands for the best patterns. The Butterfly Knife comes in 25 finishes. You'll find every shade here — the multicolored Fade, the phase-based Doppler (rare Ruby red, Sapphire blue and Emerald green), the blue-and-gold Case Hardened, crimson-webbed Crimson Web and the reds and blues of Marble Fade. Many come with a StatTrak™ kill counter, and pattern-based finishes carry a price lottery: the bluest Case Hardened or the cleanest Fade can be worth multiples of a plain one.

How do you get a Butterfly Knife, and where do prices go?

A Butterfly Knife drops from the Operation Breakout, Spectrum and Dreams & Nightmares cases as the rare special item — a roughly 1-in-400 unbox — or you can skip the gamble and buy the exact finish you want here. You can now trade up for one too: since October 2025, five same-case Covert skins craft a random knife from that case's pool (keep all five StatTrak™ for a StatTrak™ result). Its cases left the active pool long ago, which keeps supply tight; well-kept, higher-tier examples usually hold or gain value over time.

What are the best Butterfly Knife skins?

The most valuable Butterfly Knife finishes are Doppler Ruby, Gamma Doppler Emerald, Fade and Crimson Web — the ones collectors chase hardest. On a smaller budget, plain finishes such as Scorched, Forest DDPAT and Blue Steel keep it affordable. Whatever your budget, the Butterfly Knife has a finish worth showing off.

Why buy a Butterfly Knife on LIS-SKINS?

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