There are many platitudes one could evoke when speaking about CSGO skins and trying to describe their design, giving justice to the work put into the project by its creator, be it from the Valve sector or from the community workshop. There are also skins that deserve much praise and can easily be spoken about in volumes. Such is The Emperor M4A4.
M4A4 is the go-to CT rifle in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. It doesn’t allow you to one-click someone’s head like the T’s AK-47, but it surely allows for deadly bursts in mid-range. It’s a staple gun recognizable beyond the world of Counter-Strike, as it has long been one of the core weapons of US enforcer teams.
It’s no surprise that its simple and spacey frame serves as a good canvas for inventive artists. While some designers choose to elaborate the gun’s technical details (like with M4A4 | The Battlestar), some just let their creativity loose and cover the whole rifle with a genuine piece of art. That’s the case with The Emperor. A part of a bigger, long-stretched series of gun designs based on specific cards of Tarot Major Arcana, this M4A4 is one of the most truly royale skins. What’s the context of its creation and how is it doing in the skin market?
Where to find M4A4 The Emperor skin?
The Emperor has been introduced to CS:GO as a part of Prisma Collection, thus it’s available for looting from a Prisma Case. It is, however, one of the collection’s two Covert skins, so given how rarely those drop while opening the case, so although Prisma Case is one of the most common ones, it will probably cost you a lot of keys to be able to find one within.
What makes The Emperor so special?
It’s quite obvious that the design itself makes it stand out. The side view of the grim emperor’s face is menacing, yet the golden halo makes it almost awe-inspiring. The overall contrasting colors of blue, gold, black, and white introduce several other patterns along the way, using the gun’s surface in interesting ways. The stock has an interesting gothic motif with the card’s number in Tarot series. The clip is adorned with both a royal bird and the extension of the emperor’s staff drawn at the body, looking almost seamless at the break of both parts.
Putting aside the aesthetics, the Emperor is a part of an important process of systematically introducing community-made Steam Workshop skins into the game. The whole
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M4A4 The Emperor CSGO skin is not only a rare and worthy find amidst hundreds of other skins - it’s both a piece of art on its own and a strong position in a whole legacy of Tarot skins curated with an artistic approach. Its uniqueness is also expressed in the way it wears with rising float value, as most of its wear levels don’t stand down to the unworn variant. Thus, The Emperor is sure worth a regal honors, so we hope you can crown your collection with its eminence!