Basic

By the time you leave Trainee Island, you should already have tamed your own "Basic" pet. There are 3 Basic pets to choose from:
 * Pantera
 * Poultry
 * Tortus

Basic pets are the not as strong as the higher tiers, but they are easy to get and cheap to buy. In fact Basics are the only "empty" pet cards you can purchase from any NPC 'merchant' in any of the major cities and arenas. Basic pets are a great way for a beginner player to have a battle partner without having to wait until they can spend the small fortune that is demanded most of the time to have a high tier pet. It is not surprising to find even R6 and R7 players keeping a Pant, Poult, or Tort at their side because they've raised them to be effective against even the most hardened monster.