Card of the week: Tough Beets (+COTW Set 2 Changes)

Tough Beets is a premium rare plant card in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes, and a member of the Guardian class. It costs 5 to play, and has 6/1. It has the Armored 1 trait, and its ability gives it +1 for each plant and zombie on the field when it is played. 


Tough Beets has really good base stats (assuming there is a good number of plants or zombies on field) for a moderate cost of 5. Strategies with Super-Phat Beets should apply here as it gains more health for each plant and zombie. Its Armored trait makes it immune to zombies that have only 1, forcing the opponent to use stronger zombie fighters in an attempt to slowly whittle down Tough Beets.

Keep in mind that it is heavily not recommended to use this card if there are fewer plants and zombies on the field, as it will be very easy to take out and most likely won't be worth the 5.

 

Having the Armored trait will make it very difficult for the player to take down Tough Beets, as attacks and damaging tricks will be reduced by 1. However, using instant-kil tricks that would destroy Tough Beets, such as Rocket Science or Locust Swarm can simply ignore the Armored trait it has. Sneaky heroes can make use of Deadly zombies to destroy Tough Beets regardless of its health. Bouncing this with Backyard Bounce can help. Making this useless using Shrink Ray and Landscaper is a good way to treat this too, as they affect its strength directly. 



UPDATE TIME: To make stuff balanced we will feature 2 set 1 and 2 set 2 cards per month in Card Of The Week. 1st and 3rd week will be a Set 1 while 2nd and 4th Week will be a Set 2 card. Also Event Card Analysis will also have double posts when theres a payed event card (like the recently released King Of The Grill)