I thought water+earth = mud

correct

http://i50.tinypic.com/99m9g5.jpg

Nah man, it's grass not earth!

http://pokemondb.net/type

Was the mage epic always better than the other pet spells you could get between 50-60?

Yep. Most preferred it to the 61-65 pets, too.

Ugh why does everyone use the new models?! Floating torso's with huge lat syndrom FTW

Epic pet was retardedly awesome. Not to mention you'd summon an orb, cast the pet, destroy the orb and summon another one with a charge on incase your pet died, so you could cast another mana-free straight away.

yap, and the first few weeks / months the pet summon was not 12 seconds either ... i cant remember the time anymore, if it was instant or 6 seconds ... but at the start of kunark this was insane for chain peting ;)