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Wormhole Gatekeeper is a galactic super-rare zombie card in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes and a member of the
Brainy class. She costs 3
to play and has 2
/5
.
She has no traits, and her ability Conjures a card for both the plant and zombie hero at the start of every turn, starting from the turn after she is played, and reduces the cost of both Conjured cards by 1. This ability stacks with each Wormhole Gatekeeper on the field and persists until all Wormhole Gatekeepers are removed from the field.
Origins
She is based on a gatekeeper, a person who controls access to something.
Her name is a combination of "wormhole" and "gatekeeper," referring to her appearance.
Her description is a play on the popular quote, "Stay here and guard this with your life."
Statistics
- Class: Brainy
- Tribes: Science Zombie
- Trait: None
- Ability: Cards either player Conjures cost 1 less. Start of turn: Each player Conjures a card.
- Set - Rarity: Galactic - Super-Rare
Card description
"Stand here and guard this gate with your unlife," she was told. And that's what she's been doing ever since.
Update history
Update 1.16.10
Update 1.60.79
- ▼ Trait removed:
Bullseye
- ▼ Tribe removed: History
- Ability change: "Each player draws an extra card each turn." → "Cards either player Conjures cost 1 less. Start of turn: Each player Conjures a card."
- Bug: Wormhole Gatekeeper still draw cards for each player like before this update.
- Bug: Wormhole Gatekeeper only reduces the cost of cards she draws for each player.
Card Hotfix #2 (Dec. 19th, 2024)
- Partial bug fix: Wormhole Gatekeeper now Conjures cards rather than draw cards from each player's deck at start of each turn.
- Wormhole Gatekeeper still only reduces the cost of cards she Conjures for each player.
Card Hotfix #3 (May 29th, 2025)
- Bug fix: Now properly reduces the cost of all Conjured cards.
- Bug: Cannot Conjure tricks or environments.
- Bug: Cost reductions on Conjured cards are applied even if Wormhole Gatekeeper is in your hands.
- Bug: Conjuring any card after a Wormhole Gatekeeper has been destroyed will softlock the game.
Card Hotfix #4 (June 6th, 2025)
- Bug fix: No longer works while in the player's hands.
- Bug fix: Can no longer softlock the game.
- Bug: Doesn't play her ability animation when she herself Conjures a card.
- Unfixed bugs: Cannot Conjure tricks or environments. Doesn't reduce the cost of cards Conjured by the opponent that aren't Conjured by her.
Strategies
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With
This zombie can be risky to play as both you and your opponent will draw an extra card each turn if she manages to stay alive. While this helps you when you are short of cards or to keep up with the cards in your hand, your opponent will also potentially have more choices on their strategy.
However, the tight part is that this zombie has
Bullseye, so the opponent has to think carefully whether to destroy her or not due to her helpful ability for both players. But overall, you can get two cards each turn or more with multiple Wormhole Gatekeepers on the field, adding more choices to your strategy.
Super Brainz has some great strategies with her, since he can use her in tandem with support cards like Pogo Bouncer and Regifting Zombie. Zombies like these have the ability to give cards to the plant hero, which can form a mill deck.
Professor Brainstorm can use Quickdraw Con Man to do extra unblockable damage to the plant hero each turn as well, due to his Bullseye trait.
However, if you see any Dino-Roar plants in general, avoid playing this zombie as they will activate their abilities an extra time each turn. Unless, of course, you also have Dino-Roar Zombies on the field, since they will benefit too.
Against
This zombie can be situational as you can get an extra card each turn in exchange for unblockable damage. But if you are very low on cards and/or have very high health for your hero, it is alright to keep her alive, as long as the zombie hero does not bother boosting her strength.
But if you want to avoid unblockable damage and keep her alive to draw more cards for your hero, play plants with very high health like Wall-Nut to stall her. Alternatively, lower her strength with tricks like Scorched Earth or Water Balloons to make her less of a threat.
However, don't forget that the zombie hero will also draw additional cards, so if you want to stop the zombie hero from drawing more cards, aim at destroying her with Whack-a-Zombie or using Banana Bomb and Berry Blast to destroy her.
Destroy any Quickdraw Con Men, as they will whittle down your health until you are defeated.
Having a Dino-Roar plant on the field can actually help greatly if this zombie is on the board as it can get a bigger boost at the end of every turn.
Gallery
Wormhole Gatekeeper's statistics
Wormhole Gatekeeper's card image
Wormhole Gatekeeper's textures
Wormhole Gatekeeper with a star icon on her strength
Wormhole Gatekeeper shielded
Wormhole Gatekeeper activating her ability
Wormhole Gatekeeper destroyed
Wormhole Gatekeeper frozen
Gigantic Wormhole Gatekeeper due to a glitch
Wormhole Gatekeeper with 2

/5

due to
Pecanolith's ability
Activating ability (animated)
Old
Wormhole Gatekeeper's statistics before update 1.60.79
Wormhole Gatekeeper's card before update 1.60.79 before update 1.60.79
Wormhole Gatekeeper's grayed out card before update 1.60.79
Activating her ability (animated)
In other languages
Please note that only official translations are used.
| Language | Name | Description |
|---|
| English | Wormhole Gatekeeper | |
| German | Wurmloch-Torwächter | |
| Spanish | Guardiana del agujero de gusano | |
| French | Gardienne du trou de ver | |
| Italian | Guardiana del buco nero | |
| Japanese | ワームホールの番人 Wāmuhōru no Bannin | |
| Korean | 웜홀 문지기 Womhol Munjigi | |
| Brazilian Portuguese | Guarda do Buraco de Minhoca | |
| Russian | Привратница кротовой норы Privratnitsa krotovoy nory | |
| Simplified Chinese | 虫洞守门者 Chóngdòng Shǒuménzhě | |
| Traditional Chinese | 蟲洞守門人 Chóngdòng Shǒuménrén | |
Trivia
- Despite her description saying that all cards Conjured will receive a cost reduction, only cards Conjured by Wormhole Gatekeeper will have their costs reduced.