Apple-Saucer

Apple-Saucer
Statistics
Strength	3
Health	2
Cost	2
Set	Galactic
Rarity	Uncommon
Class
Tribe	Fruit Plant
Traits	None
Abilities	When played: If you made at least 6 this turn, this gets Strikethrough.
Watchful Quasar Wizards sometimes spot an Unidentified Fruiting Object.

Apple-Saucer is a galactic uncommon plant card in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes and a member of the Solar class. It costs 2 to play and has 3/2.

It does not have any traits, and its ability gives it the Strikethrough trait if 6 or more sun was made on the turn it is played.

Origins

It is based on the apple (Malus pumila), a sweet, pomaceous fruit of the genus Malus cultivated worldwide; and an unidentified flying object (or UFO for short), a term used to describe any object in the sky that is not identifiable as a known object or phenomenon. Its description calls Apple-Saucer an Unidentified Fruiting Object, referencing the fact that the apple is a fruit.

Its name is a portmanteau of "apple sauce," a sweet sauce made mainly out of apples, referring to the projectiles it uses and the result of its destruction; and "flying saucer," referring to its appearance.

Statistics

• Class: Solar
• Tribe: Fruit Plant
• Traits: None
• Ability: When played: If you made at least 6 this turn, this gets Strikethrough.
• Set - Rarity: Galactic - Uncommon

Card description

Watchful Quasar Wizards sometimes spot an Unidentified Fruiting Object.

Update history

Update 1.16.10

• Added to the game.

Strategies

With

Apple-Saucer is quite glassy for a 2-cost card. It has the same stats as Fire Peashooter, except it can't synergize with any plant due to the lack of fruit synergy cards.

However, Apple-Saucer's strength lies in its late-game ability. Once you make 6 sun, Apple-Saucer becomes a nuisance for your opponent, as it will gain Strikethrough upon being played. It is recommended to use plenty of plants that give extra sun if you want to make full use of this card.

Unfortunately, Apple-Saucer's poor health means that it will not stay long in the late game, often going down after attacking only once unless protected by a Team-Up plant or boosted, but there are better Strikethrough plants to do that by that time. But still, you can at least swarm many of them due to its cheap cost.

Using Apple-Saucer with Strikethrough in Venus Flytraplanet can result in double the healing if a zombie is also on its lane as it damages both the zombie and the zombie hero, but as mentioned before, its low health proves this strategy very risky. Another option is Planet of the Grapes for easy and mostly guaranteed card draw, but only Rose can do this.

Just keep in mind that Hearty heroes may have Ra Zombie or Turquoise Skull Zombie to prevent you from giving it Strikethrough once you reach turn 6.

Against

While it has mundane stats for its cost, Apple-Saucer can destroy most of your essential zombies fairly quickly, especially if played when your opponent has made 6 sun or more. Its strength stat of 3 means it cannot be destroyed by Weed Spray, Rolling Stone, or Rocket Science. Fortunately, it only has 2, so if you are playing as a Crazy hero, Bungee Plumber or The Chickening should do the job in destroying Apple-Saucer.

Since Apple-Saucer will get Strikethrough when played by the time your opponent has made 6 or more, it can prove a tough plant to deal with. Hearty heroes can destroy it instantly with Knockout, or reduce its strength if Knockout isn't available.

They can also play Ra Zombie and Turquoise Skull Zombie to prevent it from getting Strikethrough once they reach turn 6. Beastly heroes can weaken Apple-Saucer with Nibble or Total Eclipse, or outright destroy it with instant-kill tricks such as B-flat and Locust Swarm, although it isn't usually worth playing such expensive cards on Apple-Saucer.

Sneaky heroes can Freeze Apple-Saucer to prevent it from doing heavy damage. But since Apple-Saucer will be played later on in the game where more powerful cards can also be played, it may be better to take its attack instead if there are bigger threats that need to be prioritized, unless you are playing mass-damaging/destroying cards to deal with Apple-Saucer.

Gallery

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  Apple-Saucer's statistics

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  Apple-Saucer's card

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  Apple-Saucer's grayed out card

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  Apple-Saucer's card image

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  Apple-Saucer's textures

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  HD Apple-Saucer

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  Apple-Saucer destroyed

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  Apple-Saucer with the Strikethrough trait

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  Apple-Saucer with a star icon on its strength

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  Apple-Saucer frozen

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  Apple-Saucer Fused with Eyespore

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  Alien Ooze being played on Apple-Saucer

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  Apple-Saucer's card as a 4/4 due to Onion Rings' ability

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  Apple-Saucer on the background of the Galactic Gardens battlefield

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  Apple-Saucer on the advertisement for the Back To School Sale, along with Zombology Teacher

In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Apple-Saucer
Simplified Chinese	苹果飞碟	lit. "Apple Flying Saucer
Traditional Chinese	蘋果碟	lit. "Apple Saucer"
French	Soucoupomme	portmanteau of "Soucoupe", meaning "saucer", and "pomme", meaning "apple"
German	Apfel-UFO	"Apple-UFO"
Italian	Mela volante	"Flying Apple"
Japanese	アップルソーサー	English name transliterated into Japanese
Korean	사과 접시	"Apple Saucer"
Brazilian Portuguese	MaVNI	A portmanteau on "Maçã", meaning "apple" and "O.V.N.I.", the equivalent acronym for "U.F.O."
Russian	Космояблоко	lit. "Spaceapple", possible portmanteau of "космонавт" ("cosmonaut"), and "яблоко" ("apple")
Spanish	Platillo de manzana	"Apple Saucer", lit. "Saucer of Apple"

Trivia

• It being on the Back to School Bundle with Zombology Teacher is a reference to the gesture of students giving their teachers apples.
• Its sound effects reuse Guacodile's Plants vs. Zombies 2 sound effects when it is fed Plant Food.
• Apple-Saucer's stem used to be incorrectly positioned behind its body. This has now been fixed.
• Even though it can fly, it doesn't have the Amphibious trait. This is also the case with Copter Commando.

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