- For the version in Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2, see Stinky Goat.
Goat is a triassic uncommon zombie card in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes and a member of the 
Beastly class. It can also be transformed by Goatify, Rose's signature superpower.
It costs 0
to play and has 1
/1
. It does not have any traits, and its ability gives it +1/+1 when a Goat is hurt, including it and Hover-Goat 3000.
Origins
It is based on the animal in real life with the same name and appearance.
Statistics
- Class: Beastly
- Tribe: Pet Zombie
- Traits: None
- Ability: This gets +1/+1 when any kind of Goat is hurt.
- Set: Triassic - Uncommon
Card description
Hungry... Smelly... A lot like a Zombie but with 100% more goat.
Update history
Update 1.2.11
Update 1.24.6
- Set - Rarity change: Token → Triassic - Uncommon
- ▲ Brain cost change: 1 → 0
- ▲ Ability added: This gets +1/+1 when any kind of Goat is hurt.
Strategies
With
Goat's stats are very low, but it has its own uses. Since it costs 0, it can be played as a free fighter, much like Puff-Shroom, allowing you to save brains for tricks while putting offensive pressure on your opponent. Since it is a pet zombie, it can be useful for Beastly synergies. It is also a good way to fill in the field, as Beastly Pet decks often require rushing and spending many cards. As a free pet card, it works well with Zookeeper and Cat Lady's abilities.
Goat's ability isn't the worst, but it isn't something you would call a good ability either; it can only activate so many times, as Goat will typically be destroyed upon taking damage, and boosting Goat, of all zombies, is a waste.
Hover-Goat 3000 also counts towards Goat's ability and can take more hits due to its Bouncing ability, but it only activates once per turn normally, and twice at most (if Hover-Goat 3000 is hurt during the Plants Play phase by plant cards, and is teleported back in the Zombie Tricks phase as Immorticia). The more Goats on the field, the more useful its ability becomes, although it should still be treated as extra gravy.
You can pair this with Secret Agent in turn 1, and you can play this and Synchronized Swimmer, making two 4/4's in turn 2, which is a pretty strong play as there are very few ways to actually counter them this early into the game.
Against
Almost every attack from any plant or damaging trick will be able to take it down as it only has one health, so there should not be any difficulty defeating it. However, its ability can be troublesome, especially if there are many Goats on the field as rush decks can easily boost them. Using a plant like the Snow Pea, combined with a team-up plant for protection, against the goat will allow you to slowly chip away at it's stats without retaliation, should they somehow become overwhelming. This will shut down the goat, at the cost of potentially losing an entire lane's worth of usage due to both sides of it being occupied while you wait for the goat to die.
As Rose, avoid transforming a zombie into a Goat if there is a Cat Lady, Unlife of the Party, or Zookeeper on the field, as they will get boosted from it. If the zombie is transformed in Graveyard, the goat will also hide in a gravestone, making it harder to deal with as it will only reveal itself in the next turn.
Gallery
HD Goat from the animated trailer
A Goatified version of
Rose
Old
Goat's statistics before update 1.2.11 (note its plant classes)
Goat being made by Goatify
Goat attacking from the player's point of view
Goat attacking from the opponent's point of view
In other languages
Please note that only official translations are used.
| Language |
Name |
Description
|
 English
|
Goat
|
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 Simplified Chinese
|
山羊
|
|
 Traditional Chinese
|
山羊
|
 French
|
Chèvre
|
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 German
|
Ziegenbock
|
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 Italian
|
Capra
|
|
 Japanese
|
ヤギ
|
|
 Korean
|
염소
|
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 Brazilian Portuguese
|
Cabra
|
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 Russian
|
Козел
|
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 Spanish
|
Cabra
|
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Trivia
- If Goat is played normally, the Goatify animation (in which a zombie is hit by a red ray of magic) will still be played.
- Before update 1.2.11, it was the only card in the game with the opposing side's classes, being
Kabloom and 
Smarty, which are the classes that Nightcap leads.
See also
Goat's statistics
Goat's card
Goat unlocked
Goat's grayed out card
Goat's card image
Goat's textures
HD Goat from the animated trailer
Final Mission being played on Goat
Lurch for Lunch being played on Goat
Goat destroyed
Goat with the
Deadly trait
A Goatified version of The Smash
A Goatified version of Rose
Goat's statistics
Goat's statistics
Goat's statistics before update 1.2.11 (note its plant classes)
Goat's Heropic
Goat's card
Goat's card
Goat being made by Goatify
Goat attacking from the player's point of view
Goat attacking from the opponent's point of view
Brainy
Crazy
Hearty
Sneaky