Desert Eagle | Kumicho Dragon (Battle-Scarred)

The Desert Eagle | Kumicho Dragon in Battle-Scarred (BS) has a float ceiling of 0.76. The lowest wear is cut off at the top and takes 41 percent of the finish's scale. The skin is Classified, from The Wildfire Collection, and the Deagle drops from the Operation Wildfire Case. This wear gets the band 0.45 to 0.76, one of the longest stretches of the scale in CS2.

What the Desert Eagle | Kumicho Dragon looks like in Battle-Scarred

A gunmetal gray covers the pistol. The slide carries a big dragon in white and silver line art. Its head points to the muzzle and its body winds back toward the rear sight, while the jaws, whiskers and scales can all be told apart. A second dragon, drawn in white, lies on the purple-crimson grip panel. The frame, trigger guard, slide stop and muzzle cut remain bare gray metal. The model has no lettering, numbers or hieroglyphs, and Valve says the same: the dragons are laser-engraved on the slide and the grip.

Because every line is thin and pale, wear attacks the slide edges first: the upper rib, the forward cut and the rim of the ejection port. The grip panel suffers from the hand. The dragon reads longest in the middle of the flat side. In price, Battle-Scarred stands level with Field-Tested.

Where the Desert Eagle | Kumicho Dragon came from

The Honey Badger drew the finish and also posted the Workshop submission, titled "Desert Eagle | Kumicho Dragon", on October 22, 2015. The Wildfire set appeared on February 17, 2016, and this Deagle was in it from the first day. In a post dated February 25, 2016, Valve ties Operation Wildfire to an update of de_nuke and of the graphics. Valve's catalog lists the finish as number 527.

What to check before buying

Listings of the Desert Eagle | Kumicho Dragon differ in these ways:

• float: this wear is stretched from 0.45 to 0.76, and the difference shows on inspection;


• stickers and a name tag left on the gun by the previous owner.

What the Desert Eagle | Kumicho Dragon costs in Battle-Scarred

Battle-Scarred and Field-Tested cost the same to within three percent. Well-Worn is dearer by a factor of 1.27, Minimal Wear by 1.56, and Factory New by more than three. The lower pair of wears barely differ in price, so the choice between them comes down to float and looks.

Among Classified Deagles with a price in this wear, the finish is third from the top of six: Eastern Enigma, Mecha Industries and Heat Treated cost less. Starcade is dearer by half again, and Fennec Fox by an order of magnitude.

Getting the Desert Eagle | Kumicho Dragon

The skin is part of the Operation Wildfire Case. A route that skips buying is the trade-up: ten Restricted skins from anywhere, with the result coming from the collection of one of the inputs. Ten from The Wildfire Collection steer the result to that set, but that is a choice the player makes, not a condition of the exchange.

StatTrak and Souvenir

StatTrak copies of the Desert Eagle | Kumicho Dragon exist. The finish has no souvenir packages.

Stickers and craft on the Desert Eagle | Kumicho Dragon

A gray slide with white outlines is not overloaded with color, so stickers read clearly on it. The purple grip panel is the only colored patch, which is why pink and violet stickers pick it up, while white and silver ones match the dragons. Large stickers cover the dragon's lines, so on this finish small ones work better. For a CS2 sticker set, the gray slide is a good fit.

Who this wear suits

Battle-Scarred suits the Desert Eagle | Kumicho Dragon in three cases:

• you want a Deagle with the dragon on the slide at the price of the finish's bottom step;


• Field-Tested costs nearly the same, but Battle-Scarred has the longer band, so there is something to choose between among listings;


• you need room for stickers on the gray slide.