I’ve been collecting rares in the game for as long as I can remember. It all began with a shot of Rak’shiri in Winterspring. I can’t quite remember why I asked Huga to take a shot of him. I think I was wanting to tame him as a pet at the time and thought it would be cool to start a collection of all the rares in the game.
I always try to get a great action shot, hopefully while they are displaying what is unique about themselves whether it be a spell or whatnot. This quite often involved Coolidge getting smacked around by something while I stood back and got that perfect shot.
Navimie and I even shared a collection at one time, but over the years and several computers later, I’ve had to rebuild my collection. That’s why you’ll find a pretty varied collection in the quality of shots and dimensions over the years.
Some rares have even changed in Cata. One that comes to mind is Snarlflare, a whelp I found in Redridge Mountains years ago. However, after patch 4.0.6, he’s all grown up and a full-sized black drake found on the other side of Lake Everstill.
I have a good number of them already but with new ones being added all the time, I’m not sure how many I would have in total. Most are from a Horde perspective; however, some are from an Alliance POV, when I’ve been on one of my alts.

Something about this creature seems familiar
390 rares and counting…
Oh I want to see Ghostcrawler! The number of people who see him and then tell me they were trying to kill him annoys me. I just want to see him and take a picture! Love the pics Cym, as you know I would :)
Mazzranache is one of my favorite low level hunter pets. It goes so well with the little mulgore hatchling pet, and come valentines this year we’ll get a matching mount woooo!!! ^-^
Anywho, I just wanted to stop by and say I love the blog Cymre. Keep up the good work!
Thanks so much for stopping by and the lovely comment. I didn’t know that about the mount. I’ve always been a fan of the new pets and mounts :P