The Genesis line added a rare gunsmith SCAR-20 skin known in-game as Cage (scar_refraction_v4). It landed 2025-09-16 with the Genesis Skins update, dropping from the Sealed Genesis Terminal and sitting in the Genesis Collection. Community designer -AVR- handled the look: a custom blue-to-purple gradient on a cold palette—more about material depth than sticker clutter.

Official flavor text plays on scale: the cage is tiny, the weapon is huge—a wink at the name and a bit of personality on a rifle that’s already bulky on screen.

Where it comes from

• Sealed Genesis Terminal (unbox route)
• Genesis Collection (set completion / trade-up context)

Planning a Genesis run? Terminal opens and collection slots are the two threads to track. Finished guns show up on Steam Market and C5GAME—sort by float band before you fall in love with a thumbnail.

What to look at in inspect

Gunsmith here means layered color, not a flat decal. Spin the weapon in inspect and watch how the gradient wraps the receiver, handguard, scope mount, and stock—breaks or muddy bands on those edges usually mean a weaker roll.

Compare a very low wear listing against mid-high wear on seller screenshots (or in-game if you can): gradient width and how much base metal peeks through change fast. As float climbs, the risk list is short but important:

• Purple drifting grey or dull
• Large whitened patches on the underlying tone

<i>「笼子这么小，武器却这么大……」</i>

SCAR-20 is a long-range tap/burst niche in casual and DM—not meta flex material. Cage leans mood and set synergy, not neon tryhard energy. If you’re finishing Genesis or collecting -AVR- work, one copy in a float you actually like beats chasing “lowest price” blind.

Shop verdict

Worth it if: you care about Genesis completion, gunsmith gradients, or -AVR-’s catalog; you’ll inspect in-game or match same-float photos on C5GAME before paying.

Skip or wait if: you only buy skins for loud competitive visibility, or you refuse to check wear—this one punishes grey-purple and chalky bases more than you’d guess from the promo art.

Expert mutterings

Terminal variance is real: you might grind boxes or grab a single market float. I’d rather overpay slightly for a 0.08–0.12 that still reads purple on the handguard than “save” on a 0.35 that looks like washed laundry. And please—compare seller images on C5GAME at the same wear tier; Cage’s gradient lies beautifully in static PNGs until you rotate it yourself.