Why it works

Emerald is the deepest green in the Gamma Doppler family and the hardest of its phases to find. Hydra Gloves Emerald keep the set honest: dark grey leather with a single green band, so the blade is the only saturated thing on screen. Both halves come from very different price brackets, which makes this an easy set to build in stages.

What it costs

With Falchion Knife | Gamma Doppler (Emerald) in Minimal Wear and Hydra Gloves | Emerald in Field-Tested, the set comes to $981. Falchion Knife | Gamma Doppler (Emerald) is 96% of that; in Factory New it is $206, which saves $737 and is hard to spot in first person.