Nurse Gargantuar is a premiumlegendaryzombiecard in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes and a member of the Beastly class. It costs 7 to play and has 6/6. It doesn't have any traits, and its ability causes all Gargantuars to heal the zombie hero for the same amount of damage they do. This last until it is removed from the field. Its closest plant counterpart is Venus Flytrap.
Ability: When a Gargantuar does damage, heal your Hero that much.
Set - Rarity: Premium - Legendary
Card description
Their bedside manner could use some work.
Update history
Update 1.16.10
▲ Strength change: 4 → 6
Rarity change: Super-Rare → Legendary
Update 1.22.12
Animation change: Legendary shine added.
Update 1.60.79
▲ Ability change: When this does damage, heal your Hero for that much. → When a Gargantuar does damage, heal your Hero that much.
Bug: The ability works even while Nurse Gargantuar is in the Zombie player's hand, and has a high chance to softlock the game.
Card Hotfix #1 (Dec. 17th, 2024)
Actual ability changed to "When hurt: Heal your Hero for as much damage as this takes."
The bug introduced in 1.60.79 is removed.
Card Hotfix #2 (Dec. 19th, 2024)
Actual ability changed to "When this hurts the Plant Hero, heal your Hero for as much damage as this does."
Strategies
With
Nurse Gargantuar is one of the two ways in the Beastly class to heal (excluding superpowers). Overall, this zombie has really good stats on top of an ability that synergizes well with them. With 6 strength, every time they attack, you get healed for 6 health, which is about 1/3 of your health. Consider it like a more powerful, but expensive Venus Flytrap for zombies. Their ability to heal will also allow all Gargantuars to sustain you in the lategame.
A good way to maximize Nurse Gargantuar's power is to give them the Frenzy trait using Smashing Gargantuar, Coffee Zombie, Possessed, Maniacal Laugh, and Going Viral, or more strength as it allows Nurse Gargantuar to heal more health to the zombie hero. Using Lurch for Lunch or Electrician to make them do bonus attacks is also a good option, however those two are brainy cards, and are only avaliable to Immorticia normally.
As The Smash, Gargologist will be able to let them be played earlier than usual since she will be able to lower their cost to 5, allowing for some early healing. Using Rodeo Gargantuar, Terrify, or Sumo Wrestler in tandem with them can lead to some efficient means of healing, especially once you get into the late game.
Brain Freeze can give this zombie Strikethrough via Laser Base Alpha, allowing them to heal you for up to 18 at once (since they can hit up to 3 targets in one attack), essentially resetting your health. He can also use Cursed Gargolith to reset Nurse Gargantuar's health every time by hiding it in a gravestone, allowing it to last longer, in addition to becoming invulnerable to instant-kill tricks.
Against
Since Nurse Gargantuar can heal your opponent a lot, the best and perhaps the only strategy is to destroy or neutralize this zombie quickly. You also want to get rid of all Gargantuars from the field or at least prioritize taking out Nurse Gargantuar since Nurse Gargantuar allow all Gargantuars to heal the opponent.
The primary option is to prevent it from dealing direct damage so that the ability can't trigger. Force Field is a reliable card to use as any Guardian hero, but Root Wall and Peel Shield are cheaper options if you have them. If you can't, the next best thing is to play instant-kills like Shamrocket, Doom-Shroom, or Lawnmower/Tactical Cuke (If it appears on the ground) to destroy them before they can attack, but in the case of Doom-Shroom and Cuke they should only be used when one's sure that it won't wipe out their plants, otherwise, the net loss is even worse than having the Gargantuar on the field. Bouncing or Freezing cards in the Smarty class also work, but bouncing works better, as the Nurse Gargantuar is expensive and replaying it might cause a serious disruption to the zombie hero's strategy that it might vanish for a few turns.
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Beastly class. It costs 7
to play and has 6
/6
. It doesn't have any traits, and its ability causes all Gargantuars to heal the zombie hero for the same amount of damage they do. This last until it is removed from the field. Its closest plant counterpart is Venus Flytrap.
Frenzy trait using Smashing Gargantuar, Coffee Zombie, Possessed, Maniacal Laugh, and Going Viral, or more strength as it allows Nurse Gargantuar to heal more health to the zombie hero. Using Lurch for Lunch or Electrician to make them do bonus attacks is also a good option, however those two are brainy cards, and are only avaliable to Immorticia normally.
Strikethrough via Laser Base Alpha, allowing them to heal you for up to 18 at once (since they can hit up to 3 targets in one attack), essentially resetting your health. He can also use Cursed Gargolith to reset Nurse Gargantuar's health every time by hiding it in a gravestone, allowing it to last longer, in addition to becoming invulnerable to instant-kill tricks.
Guardian hero, but Root Wall and Peel Shield are cheaper options if you have them. If you can't, the next best thing is to play instant-kills like Shamrocket, Doom-Shroom, or Lawnmower/Tactical Cuke (If it appears on the ground) to destroy them before they can attack, but in the case of Doom-Shroom and Cuke they should only be used when one's sure that it won't wipe out their plants, otherwise, the net loss is even worse than having the Gargantuar on the field. Bouncing or 
Freezing cards in the 
Smarty class also work, but bouncing works better, as the Nurse Gargantuar is expensive and replaying it might cause a serious disruption to the zombie hero's strategy that it might vanish for a few turns.
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