Astrocado is a galactic legendary plant card in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes and a member of the 
Solar class. It costs 5
to play and has 5
/3
. It has the 
Strikethrough trait, and its ability adds an Astrocado Pit into the plant hero's hand when it is destroyed unless the plant hero has 10 cards in their hand already. Its closest counterpart is Octo Zombie.
Origins
It is based on the fruit of an avocado (Persea americana), a member of the flowering plant family Lauraceae.
Its name is a portmanteau of "astro-," referring to it being in the Galactic Gardens set, and "avocado," the real-life plant it is based on.
Its ability could be a reference to the Phoenix, a legendary bird that will rebirth into an egg upon death and hatch into a phoenix back again, with Astrocado Pit being the egg and Astrocado being the Phoenix.
Its description is literally the phrase "holy guacamole," which is what someone says when surprised or in shock or disbelief. This phrase may have been selected due to the word "guacamole," a dip made from avocados, being in it. Its old description (which is now Astrocado Pit's), included the phrase "the pits," which is a term used to describe the worst possible situation, as well as the fact Astrocado produces its pit when destroyed.
Statistics
- Class: Solar
- Tribe: Fruit Plant
- Trait: Strikethrough
- Ability: When destroyed: Gain an
.
- Set - Rarity: Galactic - Legendary
Card description
"Holy guacamole!"
Update history
Update 1.16.10
- Added to the game.
- Description change: Was originally Getting defeated is the pits.
Strategies
With
While Astrocado has low health and average strength, its Strikethrough trait makes it an instant threat that can do severe damage to your opponent and whatever zombie that it hurts. However, its ability is the real deal; even if your opponent succeeds in destroying it, it will return as a 1-sun plant that only needs a turn of survival to wreak havoc again. It can constantly regenerate itself practically indefinitely, making it a powerful addition to any deck.
Since its ability counts as Conjuring a card, you can also activate Dino-Roar abilities. However, you should not rely on it.
Each hero can use Astrocado in their own way:
- Wall-Knight can use cards such as Photosynthesizer to boost its health, allowing it to stay alive for longer, or protect it and Astrocado Pit with tough Team-Up plants such as Wall-Nut.
- Solar Flare can play Pair Pearadise and then this plant to double its destruction, or use Sunburn to play this earlier. She can also use this with Astro-Shroom, doing 1 free damage every time Astrocado Pit transforms into an Astrocado.
- Rose can
Freeze or Bounce zombies that threaten Astrocado. Should she find a Zombie on the aquatic lane posing a threat, she can use Lily Pad to play it there.
- Chompzilla can boost its stats with Fertilize or Plant Food (which also makes Astrocado do a bonus attack) to make it even more threatening and harder to take down. She can also play Captain Cucumber, whose ability causes the Astrocado Pit to become free. She can use this with Muscle Sprout in a similar fashion to Solar Flare with Astro-Shroom.
However, note that Rocket Science and Cut Down to Size can destroy it easily, as well as damaging tricks like Zombot's Wrath. Even if it "resurrects," letting it fall easily is bad for you, as you will need to spend your resources just to bring it back. More often than not, you will have to maintain your tempo by using Astrocado alongside other threats
Against
Since it has only 5/3, there are a few solutions for you to destroy it without getting hurt by it, such as Rocket Science, Zombot's Wrath, or a string of other tricks. You can also Freeze it with Frosty Mustache or Ice Pirate to stall this plant for a turn. Take note that it will give your opponent an Astrocado Pit once you successfully destroy it, so if you do not destroy Astrocado Pit, you will have to destroy Astrocado again, wasting your cards.
You can also play Quickdraw Con Man to do 1 unblockable damage to your opponent on top of destroying Astrocado. However, your opponent may just play Astrocado in front of him instead, and unless you have a trick to destroy it or lower its stats, Quickdraw Con Man will be wasted.
Cards that are able to forcibly conjure cards for the plant hero are somewhat useful, if they hold too many cards. Examples include the Wormhole Gatekeeper and the Explosive Fruitcake. This will prevent the Astrocado Pit from being given to the plant hero when the plant is destroyed. However, one should not rely on this method.
If the Astrocado is played too late into the game, the Octo Zombie can counter him. Assuming that you've lured out your opponent's tricks that could move/destroy him, the Octo Zombie will destroy the Astrocado and potentially deal a lot of damage to the opponent, who will have to seriously reconsider their plant placement, potentially preventing the Astrocado Pit from being played. However, in order to play such a combo, one might need more than one turn, and therefore enough health or healing cards to hold off the Astrocado.
Astrocado Pit
See Astrocado Pit.
Gallery
Astrocado costing 4 sun due to Captain Cucumber's ability
Astrocado's grayed out card
Astrocado next to Astrocado Pit
Astrocado with a star icon on its strength
Astrocado about to attack
Astrocado being the featured card in the menu for the 15th February, 2019 Daily Challenge
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In other languages
Please note that only official translations are used.
| Language |
Name |
Description
|
 English
|
Astrocado
|
|
 Simplified Chinese
|
星际鳄梨
|
"Interstellar Avocado"
|
| Traditional Chinese
|
太空鱷梨
|
"Space Avocado"
|
Trivia
- It and Laser Bean are tied for the highest base strength out of all plants with Strikethrough by default.
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Mega-Grow
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