Nibble

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Nibble is a premium uncommon zombie trick card in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes and a member of the Beastly class.

It costs 1 to play, and its ability gives a selected plant -1/-1 and Conjures a Gourmet Trick costing 3 or less if the plant it is used on is destroyed.

WARNING: After the December 19th 2024 Hotfix for this card, Nibble is able to softlock the game if used on plants that have a "When destroyed" ability. Due to the current lack of a development team, it is uncertain when this will be patched.

Nibble softlocks on a case by case basis:

• Galacta Cactus - Always softlocks.
• Potato Mine, Primal Potato Mine, Hot Date, Hothead, Guacodile - Only softlocks if there is a zombie in front of them when Nibble destroys them, otherwise works.
• Pear Cub, Sunflower Seed, Atomic Bombegranate - Always softlocks.
• Punish-Shroom, Grapes of Wrath - Dooesn't softlock, unless Punish-Shroom's ability destroys a zombie.
• Half-Banana - Never softlocks.
• Banana Split - Softlocks, unless both lanes next door are occupied.
• Astrocado - Always softlocks.

Origins

It is based on chattery teeth, a children's wind-up toy.

Its name is based on the real meaning of nibble, which is to take small bites out of something.

Statistics

• Class: Beastly
• Tribe: Gourmet Trick
• Abilities: A Plant gets -1/-1. If this destroys that Plant, Conjure a Gourmet card.
• Set - Rarity: Premium - Uncommon

Card description

Just a quick bite.

Update history

Update 1.14.13

• Set - Rarity change: Basic - Common → Premium - Uncommon

Update 1.60.79

• ▲ Ability added: "If this destroys that Plant, Conjure a Gourmet card."
  • Bug: Nibble always Conjures a Gourmet card no matter this destroys the targeted Plant or not.
• ▼ Ability removed: "Heal your Hero for 2."
  • Bug: This ability was not actually removed despite the card description no longer saying so.

Card Hotfix #2 (Dec. 19th, 2024)

• Actual ability changed: "Conjure a Gourmet card." → "If this destroys that Plant, Conjure a Gourmet card that costs 3 or less."
  • Bug: The card description doesn't mention the 3-or-less cost limit.
  • Bug: The game softlocks when this destroys a Plant with a "when destroyed" ability.
• Bug fix: "Heal your Hero for 2" is removed.

Card Hotfix #3 (May 29th, 2025)

• Actual ability changed: "If this destroys that Plant, Conjure a Gourmet card that costs 3 or less." → "If this destroys that Plant, Conjure a Gourmet Trick that costs 3 or less."
  • Bug: The card description doesn't mention the 3-or-less cost limit or the fact that it can only Conjure Tricks.

Strategies

With

This trick is a cheap way to either disable or eliminate weak threats in the early game. If Nibble ends ends up killing a plant early in the game, the gourmet trick it conjures can come in handy later on, thus forcing the enemy to think twice before facing any Beastly hero. Note that Nibble can only conjure gourmet tricks that cost 3 or less.

For easy reference, here is the list of cards this card can Conjure:

Healthy Treat Another Nibble Yeti Lunchbox Cryo-Brain Exploding Fruitcake Leftovers Lurch for Lunch Sugary Treat Vitamin Z

Since its Conjure ability adds a card to the Zombie Hero's hand, this can easily activate Dino-Roar abilities, all the whilst relieving enemy pressure.

Although, because it does not do damage but instead simply lowers a plant's stats, this can get rid of glass cannons protected by Force Field or Peel Shield, which soft removals cannot do.

Against

Nibble is a very cheap trick that is able to mess up your plants by lowering their stats so that they fail to destroy the target or survive an attack. Fortunately, a stat-boosting card can easily negate or lessen its ability.

A plant that is basically immune to this trick is Black-Eyed Pea, as its ability negates Nibble's ability. However, Nibble can destroy it if its health has been knocked down to 1.

Gallery

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  Nibble's statistics
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  Nibble's grayed out card
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  Nibble's card image
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  HD Nibble
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  3 Nibble cards along with a Haunting Ghost card
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  Nibble being played
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  Nibble's Textures

Old

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  Nibble's statistics before update 1.60.79
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  Nibble's statistics
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  Nibble's statistics
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  Nibble's card
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  Nibble's silhouette
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  The player having the choice between Nibble and Smashing Pumpkin as the prize for completing a level before update 1.2.11

In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Nibble
German	Knabbern
Spanish	Mordisquito
French	Grignotage
Italian	Boccone
Japanese	ガブガブ Gabu-gabu
Korean	갉아먹기 Galg-ameoggi
Brazilian Portuguese	Boquinha
Russian	Огрызки Ogryzki
Simplified Chinese	来一口 Lái Yī Kǒu
Traditional Chinese	細啃 Xìkěn

Trivia

• On its card, a wind-up key is seen on it. However, this key does not appear when viewing the card's info.
• When viewing its statistics or receiving from a pack, one can notice that its hinge is missing.
• While it is playing its animation, a strange deep laughing sound can be heard.

V · E	Zombies in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes

Unobtainable
Tokens	Zombie · Returned Octo Zombie
Superpowers	Flick-a-Plant · Get Well · Motivate
Other	Pirate's Booty