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UPDATE: The option to purchase the pet for another player is not available at this time, and it's unclear when it will be possible to gift Argi to another player. [source]


A new pet, Argi, is now available for adoption from the Blizzard Store. This adorable little spacegoat costs $10 and is part of a limited time charity drive.

From December 3 through December 31, 100% of all Argi adoption proceeds will be donated to the American Red Cross, a nonprofit organization, in an effort to help the Ebola relief efforts. [source]

Argi will certainly be a thoughtful gift for a friend or loved one (or even yourself!) this holiday season.

WoWTCGLoot Holiday Specials
Our good friends over at WoWTCGLoot.com are celebrating the holidays with special giveaways and deals. Learn more below on how to take part and possibly win some TCG pet loot!

Holiday Giveaway
WoWTCGLoot is holding a special raffle from October 14th through December 31st.

Registered WoWTCGLoot.com users that buy Toy Loot through their Instant Buy feature will earn raffle tickets for every qualifying purchase. You can view the available toys and corresponding raffle ticket on the Cheapest Toy Loot page.

Further Details on WoWTCGLoot's Holiday Raffle

At the end of the giveaway, raffle tickets will be randomly selected, and if you are one of the lucky users holding a winning ticket, you have a chance to receive a TCG pet or other rare loot card!

TCG pets that may be awarded include:

• Ethereal Soul-Trader
• Bananas
• Purple Puffer
• Gusting Grimoire
• Eye of the Legion

Christmas Special
In addition to the Holiday Raffle, WoWTCGLoot has another special, limited time offer that includes TCG pets!

The Christmas Special is a set of exclusive Blizzard Capsule figures that were showcased during BlizzCon 2014. There are six figures in total, featuring iconic characters from Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo. The set of six costs $19.95.

Not only will you receive all six figurines to add to your collection, you'll receive one TCG loot card as a bonus gift. The single card that you receive will be randomly picked from a predetermined list of rare and common cards.

TCG pets include:

• Spectral Tiger Cub
• Purple Puffer
• Gusting Grimoire
• Murkablo (BlizzCon 2011 pet)

Further Details on WoWTCGLoot's Christmas Special

WarcraftPets Giveaway
In an effort to help support WoWTCGLoot's holiday promotions, we're hosting our own giveaways on Facebook and Twitter with a very special TCG loot prize.

Although it's not a true pet, Fool's Gold allows you and others to have a non-combat Kobold follow you around (pictured right, image courtesy of Wowhead) until you log out, zone or die. It's a fun, unique temporary companion that will hopefully share its candle with you!

Facebook Giveaway
Begins: December 14 at 2 PM (CST)
Ends: December 15 at 10 PM (CST)

How to enter: To enter our Facebook giveaway and possibly win one Fool's Gold, a contest post will be published onto the WarcraftPets Facebook page.

Take a screenshot of your character in-game playing with one of your pets in the snow. It doesn't matter which snow zone you choose or which pet as long as we can clearly see you and your pet interacting.

Then upload your screenshot as a comment under the contest post. Be sure to include your WarcraftPets username!

Winners will be randomly selected. One entry per user, however everyone is welcome to enter once in this contest plus once in the Twitter giveaway listed below.

Twitter Giveaway
Begins: December 14 at 2 PM (CST)
Ends: December 15 at 10 PM (CST)

To enter our Twitter giveaway, simply follow @WarcraftPets, Tweet a pet plus a holiday item, and the result of combining the two. Include the hashtag #WCPWOWTCGLOOT as well as your WarcraftPets username.

Example: Black Tabby Cat + Bells = Jingle Claws #WCPWOWTCGLOOT Quintessence

Winners will be randomly selected. One entry per user, however everyone is welcome to enter once in this contest plus once in the Facebook giveaway listed above.

In honor of 10 wonderful and exciting years of WoW, this Pet of the Month features a unique pet — the Molten Corgi.

Collecting the Molten Corgi
The Molten Corgi can only be obtained during the WoW 10^th anniversary celebratory period.

Any character that logs into the game between November 21, 2014 through January 5, 2015 will receive this little pup in their in-game mail. A small note from the WoW Dev Team is included along with the corgi.

"Can you believe it's been ten years?

We wanted to thank you for joining us in our celebration of the tenth anniversary of World of Warcraft with this adorable fiery fellow, plucked from the Firelord's Litter."

Unfortunately, the Molten Corgi is not cageable and cannot be traded to others. It's unknown whether or not this pet will still be available even after the anniversary festivities have ended, however it seems unlikely.

You definitely don't want to miss out on adding this pet to your collection, so be sure to log into the game before January 5^th!

Battling with the Molten Corgi
The Molten Corgi is a fantastic pet to highlight in the month of December, because it has all the bells you might associate with a festive Winter Veil and a couple whistles to boot. Every single one of its abilities has a useful, diverse mechanic.

The Corgi has Bark in the first slot, which is a spammable attack that decreases the power of your opponent's next attack. It also gives this Elemental pet a bit of Beast damage, which is a fairly unique attribute.

Flamethrower is the other choice in the first slot. It's an Elemental spell which puts a DoT on whichever pet is in your opponent's front row. If a heal is what you need, the Corgi can use Cauterize, a very strong single-turn heal.


Need an avoidance spell or a Force Swap? Sharing slot 3 is Puppies Of The Flame (pictured above), a multi-turn burrow ability similar to Sons Of The Root, and a force swap in Inferno Herding.

Best of all, the Molten Corgi has Superbark. Superbark will never bring your opponent below 1 health, making the Corgi only the second pet in the game with such a useful ability for taming wild pets. Superbark hits quite hard and has a long cooldown, which makes it even more ideal for taming than that trumped-up rutabaga in most cases. Flamethrower & Superbark can be chosen at the same time, so be careful.

The down side to all this madness is that the Corgi doesn't have any straight forward damage dealing abilities. You have to choose between abilities which are all slightly lackluster damage-wise in order to compensate for the other things they can do. This is fine, it just requires a bit of planning, and maybe a bit of babying your new Molten Corgi.

Check out our forum thread discussion on the Molten Corgi and submit your own thoughts on this pet.

Battling Discussion on the Molten Corgi

Pet of the Month is co-written by Liopleurodon, an experienced pet battler and long-time WoW player. She maintains her own Pet Battle blog, comprised of pet analyses, team strategies and general thoughts on pets.

Warmest holiday wishes from all of us at WarcraftPets! Have a wonderful and safe holiday and a fun-filled Feast of Winter Veil!

Tis' the Season
And don't forget — the Feast of Winter Veil includes many seasonal pets to collect:

• Father Winter's Helper
• Tiny Snowman
• Winter Reindeer
• Winter's Little Helper
• Clockwork Rocket Bot
• Lumpy
• Rotten Little Helper

The first four pets can drop from the [Gaily Wrapped Present] found under the Winter Veil trees in Orgrimmar and Ironforge beginning on December 25^th. The other three can be obtained through the "Your a Mean One" daily quest.

Best Wishes to You and Yours
Thank you for continuing to support WarcraftPets over the years. It has been an honor to serve the pet-collecting community throughout 2014, and we hope to continue bringing you the latest on pet battles and new pets in 2015! We wish everyone a prosperous and pet-filled New Year.

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