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Well after a long hard road the effort is finally starting to head in the direction I often times dreamed of at night! This is the cross using a Mystic male and a female Mojave I got from my friend Mark Petros. I think the Mystic project is just starting to get it's feet wet. Hopefully soon one of us will make the Super Mystic (shouldn't be hard to guess now what that will look like). I also hope to put the Crystal genetics into the Mystics too before long! The Mystic is a powerful gene and it looks to be yet another type of Phantom to me, slowing evolving the theory into fact! I have 2 of them , the other one is just as if not nicer but it isn't out yet. Can't wait to see how they look with some size on them! Hope you enjoy the pics. Please no smart comments as I haven't got the time for it.. Nice comments however are greatly appreciated!

Anthony McCain

That is very exciting. I love the look of those. I've got to get myself a Mystic
Matt Ozsvath
Lizards of Oz
www.lizardsofoz.com

Thats so cool! The Mystics are finally showing the world what theyre made of. Congrats Anthony. Cant wait to see the super.
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Chris Berrios
~South Fl Constrictors~

Very Nice Anthony Congratulations!!!
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Tosha
JET Pythons
Toshas Blog

Please no smart comments as I haven't got the time for it.. Nice comments however are greatly appreciated!

Anthony, Anthony congrats! I admit you paid your dues on this one. Hope you make many many more.

Thank you Jim, what you just said there means alot to me.
You take care and please keep in touch man!

Anthony McCain

ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS THANKS FOR ALL THE HELP OVER THE YEARS AND THE BIGGEST CONGRATS. YOU TOOK A CHANCE AND WON. THAT'S MORE THAN A LOT OF PEOPLE GET.
PAUL

You are welcome Paul! You took that chance too so I bet your glad you did as well...

Take care man!

Anthony McCain

Way to go man. You proved out your project and it’s a winner.
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Albey Scholl
Albeys Too Cool Reptiles
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Thats awesome!! Congrats on proving out that part of your theory, even if I think the name is kind of corny!

Shane, I figured the Mystic name needed to be in there so people wouldn't get to confused. To call it a Mystic Mojave however sounds very blaaaahhhhhh to me... The name on ANY of this is just a name , it's really what it does that matters in all truthfulness, not what it's chosen name is . Mystic Potion isn't a hard name to figure out if you think much at all about it. Besides they aren't born with labels in their mouth saying what they "should" or "shouldn't" be called! Least not the ones at my place anyway, lol...

Anthony McCain
www.BallsToTheWalls.com -updated site coming someday!!!!

Way to stick with it Anthony!! Congrats man, you deserve it! Can't wait to see the Super Mystic.
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Scott Priester
Brookside Reptiles

Huge congrats on this breeding, I know you have been waiting on these eggs for awhile now and I'm sure the wait was worth it now, lol. NOW MAKE US A SUPER MANNNNN.
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Josh & Krysty Hutto
J&K Reptiles

Various Ball Pythons, boas, dogs, cats, fish, an amel tiger retic female, a couple sulcatas and a few other odds and ends.

a BAD dog is MADE not bred, support the American Pit Bull Terrier as the greatest breed of dogs on Earth!!!!!

Congrats! The results of projects give hope to others who have those great dinking projects going on.
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Alice Cobb
Florida Reptile Room

>>Well after a long hard road the effort is finally starting to head in the direction I often times dreamed of at night! This is the cross using a Mystic male and a female Mojave I got from my friend Mark Petros. I think the Mystic project is just starting to get it's feet wet. Hopefully soon one of us will make the Super Mystic (shouldn't be hard to guess now what that will look like). I also hope to put the Crystal genetics into the Mystics too before long! The Mystic is a powerful gene and it looks to be yet another type of Phantom to me, slowing evolving the theory into fact! I have 2 of them , the other one is just as if not nicer but it isn't out yet. Can't wait to see how they look with some size on them! Hope you enjoy the pics. Please no smart comments as I haven't got the time for it.. Nice comments however are greatly appreciated!
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Thanks,

Frank Roberts

Very nice Anthony! Congratulations!

Awesome, awesome animal. Reminds me of NERD's purple passion. Congrats on such a nice combo!

Congratulations! It's beautiful!

Its already been said but here it is again...

Way to hang in there and great work!

They look incredible.

Brent
BRB Reptiles

Anthony; A big congrats to you and anyone who believed and got into the mystic project with your help! What an awesome animal. I bet anyone with a mystic male will rush to put him in with a mojave female. tom harbin
what else you hiding out there?

Amazing snakes. Looks like the hard work has paid off. Good luck with your future projects.
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Thanks and Take Care
Thomas Jones
sweetpetsshop2@yahoo.com

Looking really cool Anthony...congrats!
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Matt Lerer
Ghi Reptiles

Anthony,

I know we've talked a lot about these guys over the past few days and I just want to make sure you know how excited I am about this project! I'm so glad I got that pair from you a couple years ago! We may very well see a Super Mystic from either one, or both of us this year. My Mystic male and female locked up last week. Also, the mystic male bred a female Lesser Platinum over the weekend (caught them in the act last night when I got home!). I'm also going to stretch him a little and breed him to a couple of the best female mojaves I've ever produced. I already bred him to several normal females earlier this Winter, but I think its worth the chance of stretching him out with more females after seeing how awesome crossing them into mojaves comes out. I think there are so many crosses to be done with this morph. What happens when you produce a super or mojave cross and add caramel albino, lavender albino, pastel, etc., etc.. Endless combinations and possibilities! Congratulations again and good job seeing a project where many others wouldn't have!

Garrick
www.royalconstrictordesigns.com
Royal Constrictor Designs

Thats a sweet snake!!
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Coolluigi

1.0 Pastel
1.0 Yellowbelly (Lovin' a friends breeder girls right now)
0.2 Normal
0.1 Spider
1.2 Het VPI Axanthic
and soon to be more. *fingers crossed*

To all those who have a project that isn't quite there yet, DO NOT give up , you may be surprised what you find if you breed in the proper direction and take a chance here and there. If you believe in it don't stop till your absolutely sure of what you have!

Food for thought, my first Super Stripe ball came from a weird female that looked alot like a Fire, I was thinking when I bred that Yb to her that I'd make Yb Fires which I knew were really neat. I got 1 single Super Stripe out of 9 eggs , that's it.. Now imagine if I had not got that one "magic" egg (or it didn't hatch and went bad) and I only got the other 8 eggs, had that been the case I likely would NOT have bred in that direction ever again and would NEVER have figured out what I really had (whirlwinds, YB's and that Super Stripe). I would have wrote her off as just another pretty female Ball if she didn't make that first Super Stripe when she did! The whirlwinds are so subtle anybody would have overlooked them without seeing that Super Stripe sibling along side the whirlwinds.. Crazy stuff isn't it...

Anyway back to the Mystic Potions, here are the 2 boys..
One pic take with flash, one pic without flash..
Again a big thanks to those that made a comment!

Anthony McCain

Very nice Anthony, can't wait to see more photos, congratulations!

Those are sweet animals. I can kick myself for not getting a mystic when it was offered to me last year. Again really nice hope it makes more really cool morphs.
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Wayne and Ryan
Dark Continent Reptiles
www.darkcontinentreptiles.con

Killer looking BP, Congrats and good luck with them!

Can't wait to see more pic's as they grow!
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C-Rodriguez Reptiles

Congrats Anthony - very, very cool. Guess I'm going to be needing some Mojaves afterall. Can't wait to see some post shed photos. Thanks for getting me into the project!
Dan

Very awesome!! Great accomplishment!!

Grats!

Alex
myspace.com/boarepublic

Thanks for sharing!
Ken
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0.1 Mojave Ball Python (Mitena)
1.0 Spider Ball Python (Sarki)
0.1 Pastel Ball Python (Panthea)
0.1 100% Het Albino Ball Python (Hazina Adamma)
1.0 Albino Ball Python (Apu)
0.5 Normal Ball Pythons (Norma, Nova, Nala, Nimeesha, Nyoka)

1.0 Desert Tortoise (Tubbs) from Tortoise Rescue
1.0 Boxer (Shadow)


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www.RoyalGemReptiles.com

'Mystic Mojave' says exactly what they are.
And it has an added ring of intrigue in the name.... 'mystic'

'Mystic Potion'??

Sounds like the name of some grade-B rapper's energy drink. Sorry, just what comes to mind.

Congrats on proving your Mystics belong in the vast 'het white snake/leucy' Ball complex.

They look grrrreat!

BB

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"Have you hugged your drummer today?" --- Me

Thanks for your post but the name is set, sorry... There is an old saying " you can please some of the people most of the time, BUT you can't please all of the people all of the time"....

If you look up Potion in the dictionary the name fits...
Anthony McCain

Pic is of the original imported Mystic male, he is ALOT more than just a Mojave, that has now become fact! Time to move forward now!

This looks like the same morph Serpents Den produced last year.

I kinda seen a resemblance as they were first hatching out, but after they came out I don't think these are Energy Balls at all . The faint pattern is too different , these are ALOT more like faint versions of Super Phantoms and look less like the Energy Ball if you put them up side by side on your screen.. Good problems to have I guess!

Anthony McCain

Nahhh, I'd have to disagree with that as well. Yes they both have similar coloration, but the Energy has this weird pattern to it that the Mystic Potion definitely does not have.
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Cheers!
• Chelsea Lynn Gardiner
(and Frank M. Wood)

SO AWESOME ANTHONY!!!
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Cheers!
• Chelsea Lynn Gardiner
(and Frank M. Wood)

It seems as its been a long road for you but good for you, you didnt give up!
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Adrian De Leon
Hissenia Reptiles

Those are really hot looking snakes, congrats on your success as well as your relentless pursuit of the project. The Super Mystic has to look equally cool, can`t wait to see it. Well, you told me I`d need a male Mystic in my breeder stable and now I know I do.
Nice that you already have pastel Mystics to work into this project. Introducing pastels,yb`s, fires, etc will only enhance this already impressive morph. You`re doing pretty good for using weird looking normals to start these super projects.LOL
The ball python world now patiently waits for the Super Berkley...
All kidding aside, congratulations on a truly impressive morph !!!

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Mark Petros Reptiles
BallPython777.com

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Very nice! You have a good eye for this. Congrats on two bad a** snakes!

BTW, what are you doing hatching snakes in FEBRUARY???
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PIJAC and USARK Member
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man that's bad...even if you don't make a super that mojave x mystics is awesome enough for me....just perfect...

Congrats Anthony. I'm glad to see that it kept it's color out of the egg. I think I may have to make some changes to the breeding plans this year. Good luck on the Super. I think I want to see that as much as you now.
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Tim and Monica Bailey
Bailey & Bailey Reptiles

Outstanding Anthony, congrats. They do indeed look like faded Super Phantoms ... will be interesting to them after they have shed and grown on a bit.

cheers, John
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www.johnberryreptiles.com
www.designermorphs.com

Nice job Anthony, I always knew you were onto something.

Tom Carlton

well im just nobody but i like the name, it actually took some thought and effort, and has also become my new favorite morph
congrats

Bob

Well thank you Bob, I appreciate that, I am glad you like it and think the name is ok like it is as well!

Anthony

Its perfect. To me a "potion" would be the mixing together of ingredients that come together to create something magical. Awesome, awesome combo. I think this will be a lot of peoples new favorite. Congrats Anthony. You have earned the rewards. Jeff

AMEN i totally agree...

My girlfriend ,her daughter and I brainstormed possible names for about half an hour before we narrowed it down to this name . We all thought this name made the most sense and figured keeping the Mystic name would keep it simplier too.

I'll get more pics once they shed , it's to cold outdoors to take pics of them on my stump so I'll have to just do what I can inside, lol . I'll be able to get some really cool pics of them this spring , by then they should have shed a few times and colored up fully.

Again thanks everyone for your post!

Anthony McCain

Many congrats to you bud! Let's hope that my female proves out to be something special as well. If mine proves out to be something similar, i guess i will have to make up a European name for it, lol!!!

post some more pics!!!

Pitoon

Is she or is she not????

Thanks again folks!

Pitoon if you want my humble opinion on that one, the more I look at those pics she looks to be having something Yb like going on with her more than something phantom like going on with her.

I have a weird Yb I got from a friend in chicago last fall, she looks phantom like some days but really seems to just be some sort of weird and I mean weird YB . This may not make sence to alot of folks as a classic phantom really doesn't look much like a classic Yb but the 2 morphs have alot more in common than one might think. I think that's why RDR bred YB to phantom so early on as he must have noticed they were alot alike in some odd ways..

Anyway you will find out Pitoon, best of luck, Anthony...

haha!!!! she'll be proving out for me this season with my lesser!!!! white snake come on

man i can't get my eyes off those pics!!! really cool pattern and color on those two you produced.

post some single shots will you, lol!!!!

Pitoon

Nicely done Anthony , A bid thumbs up to you !!!! Your friend David