Please visit the updated comparison guide on the Spectral Tiger page. The skins haven't changed, but some of this info is obsolete.
World of Warcraft patch 4.0.1 introduced the speed normalization of all mounts. This means that rare (level 75 Journeyman riding skill) and epic (level 150 Artisan riding skill) mounts now both travel at 100% increased speed.
Because of this, it's caused the rare versions of certain BoE WoW TCG Loot mounts to become just as valuable as their epic cousins. When buying loot cards such as the Spectral Tiger, players will now have the opportunity to either utilize both versions of the mount at 100% speed -or- sell one of them on the auction house for an ungodly sum of gold.
Spectral Tigers can fetch in upwards of 100K gold on most realms. 😯
So what's the difference between the two mounts, other than one being rare and one being epic? Well… not too much really.
Here's a side-by-side comparison of the Reins of the Swift Spectral Tiger (epic) and Reins of the Spectral Tiger (rare) mounts.
Reins of the Swift Spectral Tiger
Reins of the Spectral Tiger
As you can see, the only real discernable difference is the absence of leg armor on the rare version. So really, they're not much different.
With both mounts now traveling at the same 100% increased speed post 4.0.1, it comes down to whether or not you prefer your Spectral Tiger with or without leg armor.
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When you buy the loot card do you get both tigers the blue and the epic?
Yes, you do. You can keep one and put the other on the auction house if you want. 🙂
I’m not sure if thats actually true because one sells for more than the other on eBay
Yes you get two mounts when redeem a card. You can choose to ship to another toon or sell one if you please since now both are the fast land speed. I went ahaed and split my tigers between two chars to make the most of it.
Haha This is awesome, with the account wide mounts on Beta.