Keep watching it.
Letâs be real honest Ion has backed tracked a lot of his statements.
oh iâm aware of his BS reasoning, despite the fact that the blazing hipp is more rare (in game) than the spectral tiger (camel is #1, a rocket is #2, blazing hipp is #3 in rarity), and despite the fact that you had a 1/250 chance to pull it, which is the same as literally every other TCG mount ASIDE from the tiger, which was a 1/500. itâs also despite the fact that the hipp was the 3rd most expensive card to buy currently, only topped by the rooster and tiger cards.
âweâre scared of devaluing this mountâ
It was devalued in WoD when its rarity was halved via duping. So instead, he chooses to âdevalueâ a couple and save the rest, instead screwing over anyone that was trying to sell the fel drake, or the hipp instead. My guess is he or his friends sell the tigers or have the tigers and he doesnât want that glass of ârarityâ shattered for himself or his friends.
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People getting mad over this on Twitter are funny af
Unless youâre actually interested in the idea of watching streams, you can just mute it or have it in the background.
Iâd say pick the first one you find.
Another one that people will be upset that is rare, while I sit here already having the portal and going âneat others can get it nowâ
Looking forward to them putting in the corrupted in. I love it on my DH, low rez or not
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I have just always been bummed farming for the stupid swift zulian tiger for 2 years, and then it getting taken away in cata. Like good lord blizz.
I mean, I guess for me, I donât care about how graphically uncool it is compared to the newer mounts, or how it lacks polygon count, it just matters that it looks cool.
And for alot of players, the swift spectral tiger looks super cool lol. Like that is it. Polygon count, low res option, who cares. It looks dope. No one would want it otherwise.
Edit : both swift and unswift spectral tigers look super cool. And personally, I would taking the unswift spectral tiger for a twitch drop as an option. But that is just me.
Same!
The hearthstone was a gift from my husband 10+ years ago as an anniversary cuz Iâve always wanted it since I first started playing. Always loved the lil ethereal dudes 
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nice free gift.
letâs be honest most of us will have it running on mute on the side as we do other things like play wow or just do something else at home.
I just purchased an unredeemed Ethereal portal too, lol.
No more TCG buys for me!
I got the nightsaber cub tcg card for my bday.
: D
Hope they give that one out next time! Itâs really cute!
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The signs have been there for a while now, why would you? They have been giving out TGC stuff for a while now.
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First twitch items that just donât interest meâŚ
Asmongold/Zackrawrr only one worth watching for WoW content imo
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Eh, Iâll pass. My firelands birdie looks cooler.
So youâre basically giving all the TCG loot for free. Ugh. I bought that ethereal portal for a lot back in MoP. At this rate I hope youâre also giving the spectral tiger mount. Itâs only fair.
" Ion Hazzikostas called out the Reins of the Swift Spectral Tiger by name and mentioned that there are a couple that they are going to take extreme care with, the Reins of the Swift Spectral Tiger included. He wouldnât expect this mount to drop randomly through some promotion. Ion personally would be surprised to see that coming back in any form, but if if it did show back up, they would think very very very very carefully about it as they know what players have put into getting them and how treasured they are and taking that away overnight would be wrong."
oh donât worry Ion doesnât want to let THAT one go to everyone 
⌠does Ion not make the decisions? Why would he be surprised?
I donât tie my shoes then get surprised that Iâm wearing shoes.
Iâm not too sure to be honest! I assumed so but also google says otherwise
was just the quote from an interview with him from wowhead, the link is posted somewhere in these replies