Tec-9 | Blast From the Past

Origin Story

The Tec-9 | Blast From the Past was released on December 3, 2020, as part of The Ancient Collection during Operation Broken Fang. Its design features a pale green and beige pattern of ancient tiles, providing a subtle, earthy aesthetic. This hydrographic finish gives the weapon a stone-mosaic appearance, particularly noticeable on the receiver and magazine area in first-person view.

Drop Chance

Tec-9 | Blast From the Past is Mil-Spec, a Blue-tier skin, less common than base collection drops. It has appeared across 8 tournament packages, most recently the Rio 2022 Ancient Souvenir Package, Shanghai 2024 Ancient Souvenir Package, and Stockholm 2021 Ancient Souvenir Package.


Souvenir Packages are awarded to viewers watching live Major matches on the corresponding map, not opened from cases, so Valve doesn't publish per-skin drop odds. Each package contains one item from The Ancient Collection, with rarity tiers drawn on a weighted system that heavily favors common grades, meaning Mil-Spec skins like Blast From the Past are a small fraction of total package contents. There are 3 other Mil-Spec skins in the collection competing for the same drop slot. New copies only enter the market when a recipient chooses to open their package, so supply trickles in over time even after the tournament ends.

Skin Condition

Float range 0 to 0.65. Exteriors: Factory New, Minimal Wear, Field-Tested, Well-Worn, Battle-Scarred. StatTrak is not available for this skin.

• Factory New ($17.83): The pale green and beige tiled pattern is crisp and fully opaque, with minimal to no visible wear on the muzzle or receiver edges.
• Minimal Wear ($7.54): Light edge fading or micro-scratches appear on the front of the slide and magazine base, but the tiled pattern remains vivid.
• Field-Tested ($5.65): More visible edge wear appears on the muzzle, top of the receiver, and magazine, with some pale tiles beginning to show darker base material at the edges.
• Well-Worn ($17.10): Significant edge and corner wear is present, with larger areas of faded or chipped tiles revealing the base material, and colors shifting to a more muted tone.
• Battle-Scarred (No Recent Price): The hydrographic layer is heavily faded, especially on high-contact areas, with large portions showing base material and the tiled pattern appearing fragmented and low contrast.

Model

Blast From the Past uses the current Tec-9 model, added with Operation Broken Fang on December 3, 2020.

How to Obtain

The Tec-9 | Blast From the Past is exclusively available as a Souvenir skin, originally obtained from specific Major tournament souvenir packages. These packages, such as the Antwerp 2022 Ancient Souvenir Package, Austin 2025 Ancient Souvenir Package, Budapest 2025 Ancient Souvenir Package, Copenhagen 2024 Ancient Souvenir Package, Paris 2023 Ancient Souvenir Package, Rio 2022 Ancient Souvenir Package, Shanghai 2024 Ancient Souvenir Package, and Stockholm 2021 Ancient Souvenir Package, were awarded to viewers watching live Major matches where Ancient was in the map pool. Since these tournaments have concluded, new souvenir packages are no longer being distributed.

Price Range

Tec-9 | Blast From the Past ranges from No Recent Price (Battle-Scarred) to $17.83 (Factory New). Field-Tested copies sit at $5.65.


The current 7-day median is $4.96. The 90-day median is $17.94. The all-time median is $6.62. Volume averages 0 trades per day.

Visual Theme

Hydrographic: A pale green and beige pattern of ancient tiles has been applied. The design features pale green and beige stone and tile tones. When viewed in first-person, the tiled pattern on the receiver and magazine area dominates, creating a stone-mosaic look.

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Sticker Compatibility

The Tec-9 | Blast From the Past offers a subtle canvas for stickers, with its pale green and beige tiled pattern. Stickers in complementary colors such as green, beige, gold, and brown will harmonize well with the skin's earthy tones. The most visible sticker slot in first-person view is typically on the receiver area.