Unexpected Gifts are an eventzombietrickcard in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes and a member of the Crazy class. They cost 3 to play, and their ability Conjures three random event cards for the zombie hero, unless they have 10 cards in their hand, then Conjures a random event card for the plant hero, unless they have 10 cards in their hand.
Ability: Conjure three Event cards. Then the Plant player Conjures an Event card.
Set: Event
Card description
"For the 4th day of Feastivus, my true love gave to me: 1 Fire Rooster, 1 Sneezing Zombie, 1 Bad Moon Rising, and a partridge in a Pear Tree!"
Update history
Update 1.22.12
▼ Brain cost change: 2 → 3
Animation change: Exploding Fruitcakes are no longer a part of the animation.
Update 1.24.6
Became craftable.
Bug fixed: Can no longer Conjure Captain Deadbeard.
Strategies
With
This trick can be used as an alternative to card draw for the Crazy class. They can Conjure you three event cards for 3, which acts similarly to Pot of Gold, except that the plant hero also Conjures an event card and is a normal card instead of a token. This can be very useful with Z-Mech and Electric Boogaloo as both of their respective classes lack effective card draw.
When you use this trick, you will Conjure 3 event cards that can range from weaker cards such as Imposter to powerful cards like Defensive End. With Impfinity, you can use this trick with Dr. Spacetime to lower the cost of all three event cards you Conjure.
You can also use this with zombies with the Dino-Roar ability to activate their abilities three times at once, or with Quickdraw Con Man to do one unblockable damage to the opposing hero.
Here is a list of cards Unexpected Gifts can Conjure:
You may want to avoid playing this if a Dino-Roar plant like Tricarrotops, Lima-Pleurodon, or Bananasaurus Rex, as this will activate their abilities. If Captain Cucumber is on the field, the Plant Hero can even get a cheaper event card.
Against
If this trick is used, there is no way to stop it, but at least you will Conjure a free event card. But mainly, the zombie hero will be loaded with event cards, so watch out for certain powerful event cards like Bad Moon Rising and Kitchen Sink Zombie as they may be played.
If you don't want the zombie hero to play this card, playing Forget-Me-Nuts and Dark Matter Dragonfruit can delay its usage. As an alternative, Black-Eyed Pea and Sportacus discourage your opponent from using it. Playing Dino-Roar plants or Captain Cucumber can allow you to gain extra benefits from this zombie trick, which will make the zombie hero think twice before playing Unexpected Gifts.
For easy reference, here is a list of cards Unexpected Gifts can Conjure:
When one views the Early Access Bundle advertisement for Unexpected Gifts, there is also a picture of Exploding Fruitcake, lying on the right of Unexpected Gifts. Despite this, Exploding Fruitcake was not featured in the November 28th, 2017 Early Access challenge.
During its animation when it is played, the player could see Exploding Fruitcakes, which are both in the Crazy class and both are event cards, hence, it can be obtained from it. As of update 1.22.12, they are removed from the animation when played.
These were both due to Unexpected Gifts' original ability interacting with Exploding Fruitcake as a token at some point in development. This was changed later and promotional art of the card might have been made during that time before both cards were split.
Before the Triassic Triumph update, they were able to ConjureCaptain Deadbeard, despite him being a token. This was due to Captain Deadbeard having a tag on his card data that this card calls to when it Conjures event cards (that tag being called 'event'). This was leftover from when Captain Deadbeard was an event card and was a developer oversight.
Crazy class. They cost 3
to play, and their ability Conjures three random event cards for the zombie hero, unless they have 10 cards in their hand, then Conjures a random event card for the plant hero, unless they have 10 cards in their hand.
Brainy
Crazy
Hearty
Sneaky