Guide To Booster Pack Gambling For WoW TCG Loot

A Guide To Gambling For World of Warcraft Loot Codes

Reign of Fire Booster Packs

Demand and Loot Code Use As A Blogger or Podcaster

As a World of Warcraft blogger, I learned one thing early on:  Warcraft players love their WoW Trading Card Game Loot!  Many players are willing to buy multiple booster packs and cases of WoW TCG boosters just for a chance to win some loot codes.  More specifically, players are always on the hunt for the super rare and expensive mounts and pets and buying the actual booster packs for a chance at opening a rare is often a more affordable option for many players, since prized treasures like the Spectral Tiger Mount can cost $500 or more.

As a Warcraft blogger, I also learned another key bit of wisdom:  Buying WoW TCG loot cards for giveaways is an incredible efficient way to expand and advertise your blog!  I've often purchased handfuls of WoW TCG pet loot cards to use as contest awards and giveaways.  Whether you are holding a blog birthday celebration, looking for new followers on twitter, need ideas for podcast giveaways, or are building your email newsletter subscriptions, WoW TCG pet codes and WoW TCG vanity codes are super efficient advertising tools to incorporate into your advertising budget.

Many times you can find pet codes for under $5-$10 each on Amazon and I've bought some pet codes for as little as $1.99-$3.99 each.  That $5 investment into a giveaway is super cheap for advertising that actually works to bring you new and returning traffic as well as new subscribers.  And for the big celebrations, giving away WoW TCG Mount cards will really bring the traffic and subscriptions home, if you wish to invest a bit more for those more expensive mount codes.

So if you are a World of Warcraft blogger or podcaster, then I highly recommend grabbing some WoW TCG loot cards to use as giveaways and advertising tools.  It's a great low cost marketing investment idea that actually works.

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The 2 Main Types Of WoW TCG Booster Pack Buyers

Some players prefer to gamble for a chance at winning, as opposed to buying the loot cards specifically.  This can be a lot of fun or a headache if you gamble and don't get what you want.  Try to remember that this is a form of gambling, not all booster packs are going to contain loot cards, and it's never cool to leave a horrible review on a booster pack purchase just because you didn't get the loot card you wanted out of your booster packs!  I see it all too often!

This guide should help to serve two types of buyers:  The Gambler & The Add-On Shopper.

The Gambler is the Warcraft player that loves to buy the WoW TCG Booster packs and cases of boosters in hopes of pulling an expensive loot card to either use for their own Warcraft characters in game or to have a real life investment item that they seek to flip for a real life profit.  Yes, there are players who buy cases in hopes of finding a rare mount to sell for cash.  When the booster pack cases are on sale and deeply discounted, this tactic has the potential to be very rewarding.  

The Add-On Shopper is the Warcraft player who is already shopping on Amazon and buying something for themselves that isn't that expensive.  Amazon has a policy that you get free shipping on many items if your pre-tax shopping total of Amazon purchased items is $35 or greater (current policy and subject to change).  The Add-On Shopper knows about the free shipping requirement of $35, so when his shopping cart totals to just $25, he adds a few unopened WoW TCG booster packs to his order to bump the total to just over $35 to get the free shipping option.  This option is a wise one because instead of throwing away money on shipping alone, you spend a tad bit more and get booster packs and can gamble for a chance to get one of those expensive mounts or pets!  Remember to think like the Add-On Shopper when your next Amazon purchase totals just under the free shipping threshold of $35.  

War of the Ancients Booster Packs

Which WoW TCG Booster Packs Contain What Rare Loots?

For those players that are interested in buying their own WoW TCG booster packs, it helps to have a breakdown of what exact loot cards can be found in which booster packs, since there are a ton of already released expansions for the Warcraft trading card game and not all of them contain WoW loot codes.  

Rarity is also important to keep in mind.  The rarest of the loot cards will almost always be the mounts within that expansion.  The vanity items and pets will usually be either common or uncommon distribution, but the mounts will almost always be the rarest and hardest to find.  While it is possible to buy just a single booster pack and get a rare mount, it is also very unlikely.  Buying a case of TCG booster packs increases your odds of getting a rare loot card, but still is not a guarantee.  Although buying a sealed booster box is a guarantee that you will receive some loot cards, it doesn't guarantee that you will get a mount card.

Make sure to check the prices between booster packs and cases because some of these sets you can buy a full booster box for under $25!

Breakdown of WoW TCG Booster Pack Expansions & Potential Loot Cards

• Booster Pack Expansion Name: Single Packs Link & Booster Packs Link 
• C- Common
• U- Uncommon
• R- Rare

• Betrayal of the Guardian Expansion:  Booster Packs & Case of Boosters
• C- Gusting Grimoire
• U- Dark Portal
• R- Ghastly Charger's Skull

• War of the Ancients Expansion:  Booster Packs & Case of Boosters
• C- Eye of the Legion
• U- Demon Hunter's Aspect
• R- Feldrake

• Tomb of the Forgotten Expansion:  Booster Packs & Case of Boosters
• C- Sand Scarab
• U- Spurious Sarcophagus
• R- White Riding Camel

• Crown of the Heavens Expansion:  Booster Packs & Case of Boosters
• C- Vicious Grell
• U- Magical Ogre Idol
• R- Corrupted Hippogryph

• Throne of the Tides Expansion:  Booster Packs & Case of Boosters
• C- Purple Puffer
• U- Sack of Starfish
• R- Swift Shorestrider

• Twilight of the Dragons Expansion:  Booster Packs & Case of Boosters
• C- Nightsaber Cub
• U- Fool's Gold
• R- Amani Dragonhawk

• War of the Elements Expansion:  Booster Packs (Sold Out) & Case of Boosters
• C- Landro's Lichling
• U- War Party Hitching Post
• R- Savage Raptor

• Worldbreaker Expansion:  Booster Packs & Case of Boosters
• C- Landro's Lil' XT
• U- Grim Campfire
• R- Mottled Drake

• Icecrown Expansion:  Booster Packs (Sold Out) & Case of Boosters
• C- Paint Bomb
• U- Ethereal Portal
• R- Wooly White Rhino

• Wrathgate Expansion:  Booster Packs & Case of Boosters
• C- Landro's Gift Box
• U- Instant Statue Pedestal
• R- Blazing Hippogryph

• Scourgewar Expansion:  Booster Packs & Case of Boosters
• C- Little White Stallion Bridle
• U- Tuskarr Kite
• R- Spectral Tiger Cub

• Fields of Honor Expansion:  Booster Packs & Case of Boosters
• C- Path of Cenarius
• U- Ogre Pinata
• R- Magic Rooster Egg

• Blood of Gladiators Expansion:  Booster Packs & Case of Boosters
• C- Sandbox Tiger
• U- Epic Purple Shirt
• R- Foam Sword Rack

• Drums of War Expansion:  Booster Packs & Case of Boosters
• C- Party G.R.E.N.A.D.E
• U- The Flag of Ownership
• R- Big Battle Bear

• Hunt For Illidan Expansion:  Booster Packs & Case of Boosters
• C- Path of Illidan
• U- D.I.S.C.O. Ball
• R- Soul-Trader Beacon

• Servants of the Betrayer Expansion:  Booster Packs & Case of Boosters
• C- Papa Hummel's Old-Fashioned Pet Biscuit
• U- Goblin Weather Machine - Prototype 01-B
• R- X-51 Nether-Rocket X-TREME

• March of the Legion Expansion:  Booster Packs & Case of Boosters
• C- Paper Flying Machine Kit
• U- Rocket Chicken
• R- Dragon Kite

• Fires of Outland Expansion:  Booster Packs & Case of Boosters (Sold Out) [See Archives & Reign of Fire Expansions]
• C- Goblin Gumbo Kettle
• U- Fishing Chair
• R- Reins of the Swift Spectral Tiger

• Through the Dark Portal Expansion:  Booster Packs & Case of Boosters
• C- Picnic Basket
• U- Banana Charm - Bananas Monkey Pet
• R- Imp In A Ball

• Heroes of Azeroth Expansion:  Booster Packs & Case of Boosters
• C- Tabard of Flame
• U- Hippogryph Hatchling
• R- Riding Turtle

• Archives Expansion:  Booster Packs & Case of Boosters
• C- Sandbox Tiger
• C- Papa Hummel's Old-Fashioned Pet Biscuit
• C- Tabard of Flame
• C- Paper Flying Machine Kit
• U- Banana Charm - Bananas Monkey Pet
• U- Rocket Chicken
• U- Fishing Chair
• U- D.I.S.C.O. Ball
• R- Spectral Tiger
• R- X-51 Nether Rocket
• R- Riding Turtle
• R- Big Battle Bear

• Reign of Fire Expansion:  Booster Packs & Case of Boosters
• Contains ALL previously released loot cards, with increases chances to get loot cards in packs, and a chance at a God Pack, which is an entire pack full of all loot codes!  This was an amazing expansion!

Hoping To Get A Spectral Tiger Mount Code?

The most common gambled for loot card is the Spectral Tiger and the original packs that they appeared in are both rare and expensive, but you have better options.  If your main goal is to get a Spectral Tiger Mount card and you don't want to buy a Spectral Tiger outright, you actually have 4 options.

The Spectral Tiger Mount Can Be Found In These Options:

1. Fires of Outland Booster Packs - Original appearance, but rare, hard to find, & expensive.
2. Wrathgate Expansion Booster Packs - The Spectral Tiger has a chance to appear in Landro's Gift Box.
3. Archives Expansion Booster Packs - The Archives Expansion was an all foil released set of the most popular WoW TCG loot cards from the previous expansion sets.  A reprint set with another chance to get a Spectral Tiger.
4. Reign of Fire Expansion Booster Packs - The final expansion ever to be released for the WoW TCG, which includes all previously released loot cards, but with better odds of winning.  This one is a hugely popular set because you have a chance to get any of the loot cards ever made.
5. Check eBay for WoW TCG Loot Codes

If you've had good luck promoting your site with loot card giveaways or have had some great luck opening booster packs for loot codes, then be sure to share your experiences in the comments!

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BOOSTER PACKS!

Reign of Fire God Packs: How Cheaters Prosper & You Lose Out

WoW TCG Reign of Fire God Packs:

How Cheaters Prosper & You Lose Out

The newest WoW Trading Card Game Expansion: Reign of Fire is a huge hit already and has many World of Warcraft players gambling for their chances at the WoW loot card lotto.  Many of the purchasers of the Reign of Fire Booster Packs and Reign of Fire Booster Pack Boxes aren't even players of the WoW TCG.  Since this newest WoW TCG expansion re-issues every single WoW loot card ever previously released, you can see why these new booster packs are so popular and are flying off the shelves everywhere!

Yeah, you read that right.  Every single Vanity Item Card, Mount Loot Card, and Pet Loot Card has a chance to be found in the new Reign of Fire Booster Packs.

Not only can you pull the old loot, but the drop rates have been increased and you also have a chance at the new Reign of Fire God Packs.

Reign of Fire God Packs

A Reign of Fire God Pack is a super rare booster pack that is composed of an entire pack of loot cards!  Yup, you read that right too.  In a Reign of Fire God Pack, every single card in the pack is a loot code, so that means you would get 15 loot cards in one single pack.  Better yet, these God Packs aren't going to follow the same rarity distribution and will be composed of primarily rare loot cards!

So obviously you are going to hope and pray for ones of these super rare God Packs, but unfortunately you don't have a fair chance of pulling a God Pack unless you purchase a sealed box of Reign of Fire booster packs.  Here's why:

Cherry Picking Cheaters

Throughout every trading card game ever created there have been people who try to cheat the system and figure out which packs contain foil cards, loot cards, and special God Packs prior to purchasing any boosters packs.  The WoW TCG is no different and the addition of the God Packs in the Reign of Fire expansion makes it even more of a target for cherry picking cheaters.

"Cherry Picking" is the process of picking out the best packs of any given booster box for yourself, as opposed to just buying packs and hoping to open a good pack.  How is that even possible?

Well, loot cards have a slight weight difference (as slightly heavier) because the loot cards have extra adhesive and the scratch-able strip that covers the loot code itself.  Loot cards also tend to be on slightly thicker and stiffer card stock, which also adds to the slight weight difference.  So it is possible to open a sealed booster box and weigh each pack individually, find the 2-4 packs within that booster box that are slightly heavier, and successfully cherry pick the loot card packs right out of the box.  This is possible with the minute weight difference on the booster packs that contain a single loot card.  Now think about a Reign of Fire God Pack that is all 15 loot cards.  The weight difference is going to be much more noticeable, especially with a digital scale.

So your odds of getting super lucky and pulling a super rare Reign of Fire God Pack are pretty slim and unless you are buying sealed booster boxes, you almost definitely won't be getting a God Pack from a random booster pull.  The local shop owner probably cherry picked the booster boxes before they even went on the shelf and if he didn't, you can bet the employees have.  Same thing with online sales and purchases at the local convenience or general store.  If the employees haven't picked through the packs, a customer with a digital scale may already have searched them as well.

If you want to get on board with the other cheaters and start cherry picking packs yourself, then make sure to grab a pocket digital scale that goes to .01 or .001 accuracy for precision.  You best bet is to hit local non-gaming stores, where the employees and managers are uneducated on how cherry picking rare loot works.  Try places like Target, Walmart or the grocery store because you can almost bet a gaming shop has been cherry picked by either the owner or the staff.

You best bet and best defense against cherry picking of God Packs and loot containing packs is to only buy sealed booster boxes of reign of fire.

Find Precision Pocket Scales on Amazon

Buy Sealed Booster Boxes on Amazon

Search for Reign of Fire Loot Cards on Amazon

So now you know how cheaters can cherry pick booster packs before you even purchase them and you also learned that you can protect yourself against these cherry picking cheaters by buying unopened boxes of Reign of Fire booster packs.

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WoW TCG Reign of Fire - Contains All Old Loot Cards!

Gifts For Gamers:  World of Warcraft Trading Card Game Expansion

Timewalkers: Reign of Fire

WoW TCG Reign of Fire Boosters

This expansion for this WoW TCG is awesome because it contains all the previous loot code cards ever created and now with new improved drop rates!

The Reign of Fire WoW TCG Expansion Launches Soon!

The highly anticipated newest expansion for the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game is launching very soon.  The Reign of Fire expansion is the last of the 3 expansion sets in the Timewalkers Block.  Even players who do not play the WoW TCG are excited about this release, which may become the best selling WoW TCG expansion of all time.  The Timewalkers: Reign of Fire expansion release date is set for July 23rd, 2013.

You may recall me discussing Reign of Fire with Rez and Nonmail on The Eviscerated Gaming Podcast Episode # 53 - "Party Pooper".  This WoW TCG expansion is highly anticipated by World of Warcraft players because of two awesome things:

1. Every WoW Loot Card ever created in the previous WoW TCG sets will be included in Reign of Fire!
2. The drops rates of all loot cards has been increased so you have better chances to get loot code cards!

The drop rate of the rare cards alone has been doubled and the common and uncommon cards have had their drop rates increased significantly as well.  So you now have even better chances to pull one of the awesome loot cards like the Spectral Kitten, Spectral Tiger Mounts, Feldrake or any of the other cool WoW loot codes.

Reign of Fire Booster Box

Pre-Order Reign of Fire Boxes For Stupid Cheap Right Now!

One of the top deals I've found online for the Reign of Fire expansion is on Amazon.  The individual booster packs are priced at $3.99 MSRP, but at the time of writing this you can Pre-Order a Reign of Fire Booster Box for only $99 with Free Shipping!  That's $134 worth of booster packs for only $99!  If you are looking to try your luck at pulling loot cards, then you shouldn't sleep on this deal.  There are only 9 boxes left for pre-order and they just were added to Amazon last night!

Pre-Order Sale pricing is over, but more boxes are currently available:

Get Your Reign of Fire Booster Box Now!

Currently there are no individual Reign of Fire booster packs available for pre-order, but they should be on sale after the expansion officially is released on July 23rd.


Remember since this new TCG Booster set includes all previous expansions loot cards, these booster make for amazing stocking stuffers or gifts for gamers!  Every pack is a chance to pull something awesome that can be used in game by World of Warcraft players.

Good luck and happy loot pulling!

Let us know in the comments what loot code cards you pulled from your Reign of Fire booster packs.

Birthday #3 Coming Soon | CGF Birthday Giveaways!

Another Cold's Gold Factory Birthday Celebration

Happy Birthday Celebration

On December 22nd, Cold's Gold Factory will turn 3 years old.  So it's time for another major giveaway to celebrate the 3 years of World of Warcraft blogging and the many more to come.  Looking back over the years it's been one hell of a ride.  I've had my ups and downs, good times and bad, but overall starting the blog was one of the best things I've ever done.  I've met a lot of really great and really cool people through the blog, the podcasts, and twitter.  This month, I give back to all my readers with another great giveaway.

The Cold's Gold Factory Birthday Giveaways!

Basic Rules

• Entries End at Midnight Eastern Time on New Years Eve, - Dec 31st, 2012.
• Winners will be listed in a post on Wednesday, January 2nd.
• All Winners will be randomly selected from the various categories.
• Yes, you can enter and win in multiple categories.

Categories & Prizes

• CGF Newsletter Subscribers
• Nightsaber Cub WoW TCG Loot Card (US & EU Eligible)
• Twitter Followers
• Bloat the Bubblefish (Purple Puffer) WoW TCG Loot Card (US & EU)
• Facebook Fans
• Viscious Grell / Gregarious Grell WoW TCG Loot Card (US & EU)
• People Who Share This Post
• Celestial Steed Mount Code (Prize 1) (US only)
• Lil' K.T. Pet Code (Prize 2 - Two Winners) (US only)
• Grand Prize
• $25 Gift Card To Amazon.com & an El Pollo Grande (Magic Rooster) in Game Mount. (If Winner is On a US Server)
• You will have to come make a character on my server and get him to level 20 to learn the mount (because it's the in-game version), but hell its a $150 mount for free.  Once you learn it, you have access on all your characters thanks to account wide mounts.
• OR
• $25 UK/EU Equivalent Gift Card To Amazon.com & an Amani Dragonhawk in Game Mount.  (If Winner is On a EU Server)
• You will have to make a character on my server and get him to level 60 to learn it, since its a flying mount.  Make a Deathknight and get him 5 more levels and the flying mount is yours on all your characters.

Magical Rooster Mount - "El Pollo Grande"

Amani Dragonhawk WoW TCG Mount

How To Enter Each Individual Giveaway

• CGF Newsletter Subscribers
• Simply join the Cold's Gold Factory Newsletter.  You can sign up via the contact for on the right side of the blog or through the popup when entering the site.
• Twitter Followers
• Follow my account on Twitter, @SSmith0911
• Facebook Fans of CGF
• Like the CGF Facebook Page.  The link is in the Top Right column.
• People Who Share This Post
• Sharing this Birthday Giveaway Post earns you an entry.  You can get multiple entries for sharing across multiple sites.  When sharing use hashtag #CGFGiveaway so I can track your shares.  You can get an entry for each share, so share on all 5 and get 5 entries.
• Eligible sites to share to for an extra entry include:
• Twitter
• Facebook
• Google Plus
• Pintrest
• StumbleUpon
• Grand Prize
• Every entry in the other categories earns you a Grand Prize entry also.
• Earn an additional entry by finding your favorite post here at Cold's Gold Factory and sharing the link to it on any of the above sites with the hashtags #CGFGiveaway and #MyFavPost

So there are free WoW TCG Pet Codes, Blizzard Pet and Mount Store Codes, A Magical Rooster Mount and a $25 Gift Card all your's for the taking.  All you have to do is get started sharing this post and your favorite blog post here at Cold's Gold Factory.

NOTE:  Anybody already following me on Twitter, already subscribed to the newsletter, or who has already liked the Facebook page is already entered to win in those categories.

Good luck!

Cold

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Check out my newest weekly column:  Gifts For Gamers 

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Gifts For Gamers: WoW TCG War of Ancients Loot Codes & Booster Packs

GIFTS FOR GAMERS - A weekly column at Cold's Gold Factory that focuses on bringing you some of the coolest gifts for gamers of all types.  Remember to check back here for ideas for Gamer Birthday Gifts, Stocking Stuffers for Gamers, and Gamer Christmas Ideas.

Gifts For Gamers

Timewalkers: War Of The Ancients Packs & Loot Cards

The new World of Warcraft Trading Card Game (WoW TCG) expansion has just released on October 2nd, 2012.  The newest expansion for the WoW TCG is the first part of the Timewalkers 3 part expansion block.  The first of the 3 part expansion block is called Timewalkers: War of the Ancients and of course it comes with 3 more WoW TCG loot cards with loot codes for sweet WoW TCG game pets, mounts, and vanity items.  Everyone loves WoW TCG in game loot and the booster packs make great stocking stuffers for gamers!
War Of The Ancients WoW TCG Loot Codes

The 3 new WoW TCG Loot codes that are possible to pull from the new War of the Ancient booster packs are:

• WoW TCG Pet Card - Eye Of The Legion
• WoW TCG Mount Code - Feldrake



Eye of the Legion Pet

• WoW TCG Vanity Item Code - Demon Hunter's Aspect

The Eye of the Legion pet looks just like the green glowing Warlock summoned Eye of Killrogg.  These pets have been flying off the shelf.  Grab one before they are gone again! Buy Eye of the Legion Pet Now.

The Feldrake mount is the uber-rare from this expansion and is a standard drake model, but with an eerie fel green glow and tattered wings.  This one looks pretty sweet, especially for a Warlock character.  Only seen one for sale so far and it was gone the same day. 

The Demon Hunter's Aspect is the vanity item of the set and it allows your character to appear as a Demon Hunter for 5 minutes.  You may recall the Demon Hunter Initiates at the Black Temple in Shadowmoon Valley.


Timewalkers: War of the Ancients Booster Box

 WoW TCG Expansion: Timewalkers - War of The Ancients

The TCG expansion Timewalkers: War of the Ancients comes with a few options when buying the booster packs and cards, either for playing the WoW Trading Card Game itself or for gambling on pulling loot codes from your packs.  Here are the options when purchasing these all new War of the Ancients booster packs.

• Single War of the Ancients Booster Packs - 16 cards per pack (15 game cards, 1 craft/token or loot card)
• Box of Booster Packs - 36 Booster Packs Per Box
• Case of Booster Boxes - 12 Booster Boxes (For you high rollers)
• War of the Ancients Epic Collection Box Set - The War of the Ancients Epic Collection Boxed Set is a pretty nice deal and comes with:
• Re-useable Storage Box w 10 Dividers
• 1 War of the Ancients Deck Box
• 1 War of the Ancients Playmat
• 6 War of the Ancients Booster Packs
• 1 War of the Ancients Pocket Guide
• 1 Eye of the Legion Pet Loot Card



Epic Collection Boxed Set



WoW TCG Mount Loot Codes

WoW TCG Mount Loot Codes

With the Mists of Pandaria expansion just around the corner, the demand for the WoW Trading Card Game Pet Codes and the WoW Trading Card Game Mount Codes have skyrocketed.  While the pets are going account wide through the new battle pets system, player mounts are also going to become useable account wide.  This is wonderful news when you consider that those hefty priced WoW TCG mounts are going to be able to be used on all of your characters.  Instead of paying $700 for a Swift Spectral Tiger for your main character, each and every character of yours will be able to flaunt that super rare and highly desired mount for all of Azeroth to see.

The prices of the WoW TCG mounts have steadily been on the rise.  The demand is continuing to increase as more and more players learn of the account wide mounts conversion coming in Mists of Pandaria.  Hover over the links below and you will see that some of the prices are already crazy.  Amazon is currently sold out of the most expensive WoW TCG mount card, the Swift Spectral Tiger.  I can't even fathom spending that kind of real life cash on an in game item myself.  If you are looking to obtain some of the WoW TCG mounts, don't hesitate because the prices are climbing and I'm sure they will jump even higher once Mists of Pandaria launches and more players return to the game. 

Current WoW Trading Card Game Mounts

WOW MOUNT	LOOT CARD NAME	EXPANSION SET
Riding Turtle	Saltwater Snapjaw	Heroes of Azeroth
Spectral Tiger	Spectral Tiger	Fires of Outland
Swift Spectral Tiger	Swift Spectral Tiger	Fires of Outland
Savage Raptor	Savage Raptor	War of the Elements
Swift Shorestrider	Wasteland Tallstrider	Throne of the Tides
X-51 Nether-Rocket	X-51 Nether Rocket	Servants of the Betrayer
X-51 Nether-Rocket X-treme	X-51 Nether Rocket X-treme	Servants of the Betrayer
Blazing Hippogryph	Flaming Hippogryph	Wrathgate
Corupted Hippogryph	Corrupted Hippogryph	Crown of the Heavens
White Riding Camel	White Camel	Tomb of the Forgotten
Big Battle Bear	The Red Bearon	Drums of War
Wooly White Rhino	Wooly White Rhino	Icecrown
Magic Rooster	El Pollo Grande	Fields of Honor
Mottled Drake	Mottled Drake	Worldbreaker
Amani Dragonhawk	Amani Dragonhawk	Twilight of the Dragons
Ghostly Charger	Ghastly Charger Skull	Betrayal of the Guardian
Feldrake	Feldrake	War of the Ancients

Are You Willing To Gamble?

When hunting for WoW TCG mounts you have 2 options.  You can purchase the mount cards themselves (US/Oceanic and EU realms only) or you can purchase the WoW TCG Booster Packs or Booster Boxes.  Cryptozoic has taken over the production of all the WoW TCG sets and currently many of the older booster packs are on sale, some for as low as $2 per pack!  So it's a great time to clean up on some cheaper WoW TCG booster packs and boxes.  The table above links to the associated booster packs that can contain the specific mounts.

Landro's Gift Box

There is also the gamble of the Landro's Gift Box loot card.  This code will award you with a gift box that when opened will reveal a random TCG item.  The Landro's Gift Box will contain one of the following:

1. Papa Hummel's Old Fashioned Pet Biscuits (50 Stack)
2. Sandbox Tiger (50 Stack)
3. Path of Cenarius (50 Stack)
4. Riding Turtle
5. Reins of the Swift Spectral Tiger
6. Reins of the Spectral Tiger
7. Big Battle Bear
8. X-51 Nether Rocket
9. X-51 Nether Rocket X-treme

Remember the Landro's Gift Box is a gamble, you are not guaranteed to get one of the mounts.  You may be hoping for a Spectral Tiger and get only Pet Biscuits, but if you get lucky, you can get a super expensive mount for a fraction of the cost.

Archives Boosters

The Archives Booster Packs and Archives Booster Boxes are another great way to get some of those classic favorites as this set is a "Best of" from the previous WoW TCG expansions.  This gives you a chance to get some of the most sought after pets and mounts and these packs are dirt cheap! 

Archives Boosters can contain:

1. Spectral Tiger
2. X-51 Nether Rocket
3. Riding Turtle
4. Big Battle Bear
5. Robotic Homing Chicken
6. Bananas
7. D.I.S.C.O Ball
8. Fishing Chair

Have fun and gamble safely! 

Check out the post on WoW TCG Vanity Items Loot Codes.
Check out the post on WoW TCG Companion Pet Codes.

Don't forget to check eBay for loot codes as well.

NOTE:  Timewalkers: Reign of Fire Expansion

The Reign of Fire expansion for the WoW trading card game has released on July 23rd, 2013.  The Reign of Fire expansion contains no new loot cards, instead this new expansions includes every loot card every previously released!  And they have upped the drop rates of the loot cards, so you have even better chances to pull loot codes out of the boosters!

Find out more about: The Reign of Fire WoW TCG boosters.

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WoW Pet & Mount Winners Announced

Pet and Mount Code Winners

Today is the day I announce the winners from the WoW Loot Code Giveaway!  Both winners have been contacted via email.  Be sure to watch for more contests and giveaways here at Cold's Gold Factory.

The Winners Are...

Bloat the Bubblefish WOW TCG Loot Code Winner Is:

Ryan Clark



Celestial Steed Mount Code Winner Is:

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WoW TCG Archives Booster Pack Loot Card Lottery

WoW Trading Card Game (TCG) Loot Cards & Archives Booster Packs

The WoW Trading Card Game has always been an interesting branch of the World of Warcraft product line.  The booster packs for the WoW Trading Card Game have a chance at containing the more rare loot cards.  These loot cards contain a code for an item that can be used in the World of Warcraft game.  These loot cards are fun additions to the game that can include new mounts, new companion pets, and new vanity items, such as tabards or toys.  Many of the rare loot cards are able to be sold for hefty amounts on ebay and other sites as the loot cards are hard to find and without a ton of luck, would require purchasing a bunch of WoW TCG booster packs for a chance at a rare loot card.

Archives Booster Pack Box Sale

Recently, I spoke with Elvine on Twitter regarding the Archives expansion pack booster boxes on sale from Amazon.  We discussed the loot card distribution and the odds of making a profit by buying the sale priced boxes and selling the loot cards.  Elvine had already order a set of 4 of the WoW TCG Archives expansion booster boxes.  He granted me permission to use his experience and results in a blog post, as I found the notion rather interesting and thought that you might too.

The WoW TCG Archives Expansion

The Archives expansion for the WoW Trading Card Game is a special release that also includes some of the popular loot cards.  By design, the Archives expansion is a 190 card set of reprinted cards from the "best of" the first 3 years of the WoW TCG, but done in all foil.  The set contains some valuable and popular loot cards.  Each pack has a chance to contain loot cards, but the really lucky may get one of the 4 rare mounts:

1. Spectral Tiger
2. X-51 Nether Rocket
3. Riding Turtle
4. Big Battle Bear

Uncommon loot card possibilities include:

1. Robotic Homing Chicken (Rocket Chicken Companion Pet)
2. Banana Charm (Monkey Companion Pet)
3. D.I.S.C.O.
4. Fishing Chair

Common loot card options include:

1. Paper Flying Machine
2. Tabard Of The Flame
3. Papa Hummell's Pet Biscuit
4. Sandbox Tiger

The Archives booster boxes contain 24 of the 10 card booster packs and each booster pack contains 9 game cards and 1 crafting OR loot card. So for $39.95 you have 24 chances at pulling loot cards.  The notion perked my interest, so I dug a little deeper to try and find out the distribution pattern for the loot cards.  As per the FAQ on WoW TCG Loot Cards, the current loot card distribution (for sets after the March of the Legion expansion) is as follows:

• Commons - 20 to 21 per case, at least 1 per expansion box.
• Uncommons - 2 per case, or 1 in 6 expansion boxes, some rare cases have 1, where other rare cases have 3.
• Rares - 1 per case, or 1 in 12 expansion boxes, some rare cases have none, while other rare cases have 2.

The important thing to realize and not get overly excited about guaranteed rare loot cards is that when dealing with TCG boosters you are looking at 3 main product packages.  There are Booster Packs, Booster Boxes, and Cases.

• Booster Pack - 10 card pack, contains 9 cards and 1 crafting or loot card.
• Booster Box - 24 booster packs are in 1 booster box.
• Case - 12 booster boxes make up 1 full sealed case.

Looking at the odds and loot card distribution show that even if you buy an unopened full sealed case, you aren't guaranteed to get a rare mount loot card.  There is so much randomness built into the loot card distribution that it is still a gamble, even at the reduced sale prices. 

Elvine's Loot Card Results From 4 Archives TCG Booster Boxes

Elvine purchased 4 sealed booster boxes, which is a total of 96 booster packs.  The packs were opened live on Elvine's Twitch livestreaming channel.  Here are the loot card results from the 96 packs.

• Box #1
• 1 Tabard of the Flame (Landro Longshot)
• 2 Paper Airplane
• Box #2
• 2 Pet Biscuits (Papa Hummel's Old Fashioned Pet Biscuits)
• 1 Riding Turtle (Saltwater Snapjaw)
• 1 Banana Charm - Monkey Pet (King Mukla)
• 4 Sandbox Tigers
• Box #3
• 1 Sandbox Tiger
• Box #4
• 1 Tabard of the Flame

The results are a bit crazy and just go to show that the TCG loot card distribution is almost completely random.  13 Loot cards total and 8 of them, including the sole rare and sole uncommon, all coming out of the same sealed booster box. Boxes 1, 3, & 4 are complete duds, where as, box 2 is the only one with loot cards worth more than the purchase price of the booster box.  So think twice before rushing off to buy some sealed Archives booster boxes in hopes of making money selling the loot cards you find.  Odds are you won't be able to open enough loot cards to make it worth your investment unless you get lucky and obtain one of the boxes that hold the rare mount loot cards.

Even Cheaper Archives Booster Packs

If you are still interested in trying your shot at the WoW TCG Loot card lottery, consider Amazon for single booster packs.  Amazon currently has single Archives booster packs for only $1.25 each, which is cheaper than the sealed box sale price.  You lose the benefit of having a sealed booster box, but as shown above, there is no guaranteed distribution from buying a sealed box or case.  So next time you are on amazon and need a few more dollars to reach the minimum purchase total for free shipping, consider tossing in a few WoW TCG Archives booster packs.  You may just get lucky and find yourself a super rare loot card mount.




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Making Gold With Lovely Charm Farming | How Many Lovebird Mounts Can You Buy For 2700 Charms?

Making Gold With Lovely Charms

Tons of players are out looking for the best spots for farming the Lovely Charms.  Since both the new Swift Lovebird mount and the Truesilver-Shafter Arrow Peddlefeet companion pet are able to be sold to other players, the Love Is In The Air holiday provides a couple of new ways to make gold in WoW. 

Since the new mount costs 270 Love Tokens, just how many Lovely Charms do you need to farm?

If you answered 2700, then you are wrong.  Sure, you could farm up 2700 Lovely Charms and convert them to 270 Lovely Charm Bracelets, then covert the Bracelets at a 1:1 ratio into Lovely Tokens.  That is the craziest, most wasteful shit I have ever heard of though!  Well, TIME TIME TO GET YOUR LEARN ON.  This post is to help all of you that haven't done your homework on just how many Lovely Charms you should be farming to get the new Swift Lovebird mount.

It is a common misconception that I have seen all over twitter, on other's blogs, and in forum posts that it takes 2700 Lovely Charms to get a mount.  Yeah, if you want to earn your mount the most inefficient way possible!  It really takes far less Lovely Charms than that to get the new Swift Lovebird mount. Way less actually!

Let's dig into the numbers a little deeper.

• 10 Lovely Charms Make 1 Lovely Charm Bracelet.
• 1 Lovely Charm Bracelet Trades For 1 Love Token.
• The Swift Lovebird Mount Costs 270 Love Tokens.
• There Are 6 Daily Quests That Each Award 5 Love Tokens.
• 4 Of These Quests Are Capital City Turn Ins That Require 1 Lovely Charm Bracelet.
• You Can Earn 30 Love Tokens Per Day Just Doing The Dailies.
• Love Is In The Air Runs For 15 Days (Feb 5th - Feb 19th)
• The Holiday Boss Reward, Heart Shaped Box has a chance to contain 10 Love Tokens.

Using the above facts, care to rethink your answer?  It's not 2700 Lovely Charms per Swift Lovebird, if you do it the smart way.  Isn't goblinism about finding the best and cheapest ways to make the most profit the most efficiently?  Leave the most inefficient ways to the ignorant, uninformed, or the downright lazy.

30 Love Tokens per day from the 6 Dailies, which only require 4 Lovely Charm Bracelets per day, means you only need to farm up 360 Lovely Charms if you only did the Daily Quests.  It would take 9 days of doing nothing but the daily quests to get the Swift Lovebird mount that costs 270 Love Tokens.  When you add in running the daily holiday boss, you can shorten that time for each 10 pack of Love Tokens you get out of your Heart Shaped Box.

So the answer to "How Many Lovely Charms Do I Need To Farm For The Swift Lovebird Mount?" is 360 Lovely Charms maximum.  Take 10 off of that total for every Heart Shaped Box that awards you the 10 Love Tokens.

360 vs 2700 is quite the difference.  So while the fool is buying 1 mount for 2700 Lovely Charms, the wise man is buying 7 Swift Lovebirds on 7 different alts for the same price with enough leftovers to get 4 Truesilver-Shafted Arrows as well.  So don't listen to the fools out there.  Listen to this wise man!

Random Tips for Selling Multiple Lovebird Mounts

• You only need 1 Lovely Charm farming character (not required to farm on each alt).
• You can transfer Lovely Charm Bracelets through your guild bank.
• Lovely Charm Bracelets cannot be mailed.
• Lovely Charm Bracelets wrapped in wrapping paper CAN be mailed!
• Any level character can do the dailies. (A joke on a Mage with ports.)
• You must be 84 to join the holiday dungeon queue to try for extra Love Tokens.
• Don't be a fool and sell the mounts and pets during the holiday.
• The value will be higher once they are no longer obtainable (for a year).

I hope this post helps you save some time and effort in your Lovely Charm farming strategy.  Be sure to check out my favorite spot to farm Lovely Charms, which also lists tons of great spots in the comments as well.

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Firelands Dailies: Got My Flameward Hippogryph Mount. Now What?

Flameward Hippogryph - Firelands Dailies Reward

Firelands Dailies Completed

I have finished all of the quests associated with the Firelands Invasion Dailies that were added in WoW Patch 4.2.  I am now the owner of a new mount, the Flameward Hippogryph.  The Flameward Hippogryph is your reward for completing the Cataclysm achievement The Molten Front Offensive.  The Molten Front Offensive achievement requires you to unlock each of the phased vendors and complete all of the quest chains, then you are rewarded with the Flameward Hippogryph mount.  In my opinion this mount is ugly, but it still counts towards the Mountain of Mounts achivement.  So I'm happy with it.  My question is now what do I do?

What To Do Now That Firelands Dailies Are Completed?

Flamebreaker Title

Well, there is the Flamebreaker title that can be earned once you complete the achievement Veteran of the Molten Front.  Many of the achievement requirements will already have been completed once you have finished unlocking all of the vendors and all of the quest phased areas of the Molten Front.  Finishing off the left over achievement requirements will require completing more of the daily quests, which will continue to reward you with Marks of the World Tree.

Zen'Vorka's Cache - Scorched Stone Pet

Continuing on to complete even more Firelands Dailies for the achievements and title will lead to the accumulation of extra Marks of the World Tree.  While these where originally used for unlocked the various quest phases, once everything is unlocked there isn't much use for the extra Marks of the World Tree.  There is a vendor named Zen'Vorka located within the Molten Front that will trade you 1 Zen'Vorka's Cache for 30 Marks of the World Tree.  You can also raise reputations by buying the various Writs of Commendation, which award 250 reputation to a major city, but by this point you probably don't need reputation with your faction's major cities. 

Scorched Stone WoW Companion Pet

Inside the Zen'Vorka's Cache you will find a random piece of Cataclysm gear or an Elementium Lockbox with a piece of random Cataclysm gear inside.  If you get lucky, you could also find a Scorched Stone, which awards a companion pet.  This miniature fire elemental vanity pet should serve to remind you of all of the elementals you have to kill while completing all of the beginning Firelands Dailies over and over.

Zen'Vorka's Cache is an option for getting something for all of the extra Marks of the World Tree that you will collect while wrapping up your achievements or farming for your Scorched Stone companion pet.  Outside of those 2 reasons for collecting Marks of the World Tree, I can so no reason to continue farming the Marks of the World Tree just to get more Zen'Vorka's Cache, or as they should be named: Zen'Vorka's Disenchanting Trash.  So don't waste any more time that you have to collecting extra Marks of the World Tree.

What Am I Going To Do?

It's time to break out my crafting alts that haven't unlocked the appropriate vendors so they can start crafting the new epic items and the new bags introduced on the phased Firelands vendors.  My blacksmith is currently on phase 2 of the Firelands Dailies and my bag crafters haven't even started the Firelands daily quests yet.  So I have plenty more elemental slaying, seed planting, mob bombing, spider killing, wound bandaging, bird flying, turtle kicking fun ahead of me.  Oh, joy!

Anyone else sick of these dang Firelands daily quests?  Now watch Blizzard make unlocking all of the Firelands Daily phases a requirement for the next round of incoming content.

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