Plantern (Plants vs. Zombies Heroes)

For other uses, see Plantern (disambiguation).

Plantern
Statistics
Strength	3
Health	3
Cost	3
Set	Galactic
Rarity	Uncommon
Class
Tribe	Tree Root Plant
Traits	None
Abilities	While in an Environment: This gets +1/+1 and Bullseye.
Past job experience includes: Shooing away creepy fog.

Plantern is a galactic uncommon plant card in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes and a member of the Guardian class. It costs 3 to play and has 3/3.

It does not have any traits, and its ability gives it +1/+1 and the Bullseye trait when it is in an environment. Its closest zombie counterpart is Iron Boarder.

Origins

It is based on the plant in Plants vs. Zombies with the same name and appearance.

However, its appearance is closer to its scrapped Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars design.

Its description references its original ability in Plants vs. Zombies.

Statistics

• Class: Guardian
• Tribes: Tree Root Plant
• Traits: None
• Ability: While in an Environment: This gets +1/+1 and Bullseye.
• Set - Rarity: Galactic - Uncommon

Card description

Past job experience includes: Shooing away creepy fog.

Strategies

With

This can potentially be one of the most potent Bullseye plants in the entire game. It has good stats, especially when combined with its ability, and stacks with the abilities of plant environments it is played on. For example, Spikeweed Sector can add 2 damage on top of the damage it normally does, or clear a path to attack your opponent, which makes good use of its Bullseye trait.

Pair Pearadise can make another Plantern on that same lane, allowing for more damage overall. When you consider all of the environments in the game, there are many options for boosting Plantern, making it more potent.

Since it is a root plant, it does synergize with Starch-Lord to get more strength and health, making it more of a force to be reckoned with.

If your opponent plays a strong zombie against it, you can play a Team-Up plant, Freeze the zombie, or make it do a bonus attack to prevent Plantern from being destroyed. If they play a weak zombie to sponge Plantern's attack, you can remove the zombie with tricks like Whack-a-Zombie or Berry Blast, or give it the Strikethrough trait via Sun Strike so that it can hit your opponent no matter what. However, these tactics are usually bound to specific heroes, so you will have to play accordingly.

Against

This plant can be very dangerous if it is in an environment, with it being able to put a big dent on you as early as turn 3. On top of that, it has the Bullseye trait there, meaning your Super-Block Meter will not fill at all when it attacks you. Overriding your opponent's environments will not do any good either, as it gets buffed in any.

Do not put it in Hunting Grounds, becuse the plant hero can just play another plant to move the zombie in it away (unless it can't be moved due to the lanes being clogged), thus causing you to take at least 4 unblockable damage.

Therefore, the best way is to either destroy Plantern so that it can't cause any further trouble, Bounce it with Pogo Bouncer or Excavator Zombie (who can clear the environment also), or move it out of the environment so that it becomes less threatening. You can use powerful zombies to destroy it, but tricks are still the best way to deal with it. The best example of such a trick is Rocket Science.

Another option is to use cards like Terrify, Sumo Wrestler, and Rodeo Gargantuar to move it away from environments, getting rid of its stat boosts, although you will have to watch out for Grave Buster and Blockbuster. If you decide to move Plantern, move it onto a heights lane, as environments can't be played there, shutting down any boosting opportunities, but beware that the Guardian Class has Gardening Gloves to move it back again.

Gallery

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In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Plantern
Simplified Chinese	树灯	lit. "tree lantern"
Traditional Chinese	植物燈	lit. "plant lantern"
French	Planterne
German	Pflanzterne
Italian	Planterna
Japanese	プランタン	English name transliterated into Japanese
Korean	플랜턴	English name transliterated into Korean
Brazilian Portuguese	Plampião
Russian	Фонарь
Spanish	Planterna

Trivia

• It has an unused ability animation where fireflies go into Plantern, it jumps up & a beam of light shoots out of it. This was likely meant for it’s original ability, which destroyed all zombie environments when played. it is only able to be seen by hacking.

See also

• Iron Boarder

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