Souvenir Nova | Koi (Field-Tested)

The Nova is an inexpensive shotgun that rewards a well-planned ambush; a close-range hit can deliver both stopping power and economic value. It has been custom painted with variegated koi scales.

The design uses the shape of the body without hiding the familiar transitions between the weapon components. Close inspection reveals transitions between materials and separate parts, giving the treatment additional depth.

The Koi design joined the Counter-Strike catalog as a distinct work with its own family of variants.

The initial treatment came from ヒヨコ隊員; later variants continue the same creative idea. The Nova variants of Koi differ in preservation, yet all belong to the same original work.

The assigned rarity of Nova | Koi is Restricted. It marks the design’s place among items from the same release and does not change with surface wear.

The tier allows the work to be compared with other Nova finishes at the same level. The added properties of an edition do not change the tier assigned to the underlying artwork.

The Koi treatment works with that character instead of burying the item's form beneath decoration.

On the Nova, the Koi treatment uses the Custom Paint Job method, shaping the way the image meets its material and geometry. Wear changes the preservation of individual areas, yet the underlying composition and its main idea remain recognizable.

Nova | Koi is easy to recognize through the pairing of a familiar silhouette with a distinct surface treatment. Its identity does not depend on inspecting tiny details.

On the Nova, the appeal of Koi comes from the way artwork, surface, and silhouette support one another. Condition adds another visible distinction: cleaner examples preserve more of the original detail, while abrasion gives the same design a rougher, quieter character.

In the catalog, Nova | Koi appears in standard edition, StatTrak™ and Souvenir. Surface condition on the Nova is represented by Factory New, Minimal Wear and Field-Tested, shaping each individual example.

No dedicated container is listed for Koi. Its available editions and conditions are still treated separately. The listed editions remain distinct variants even when they share the same wear condition.

The available editions of Nova | Koi are standard edition, StatTrak™ and Souvenir. Its base edition does not track kills; StatTrak™ records its owner's kills; the Souvenir edition is distinguished by its tournament-release origin.

Versions are separated first by edition and then by wear, so two visually close examples can still belong to different variants. A shared artwork connects the Nova | Koi family without erasing the differences between its available versions and conditions.