Trickster

Trickster is a in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes, and a member of the  class. He costs 10 to play, and has 6/6. He has no traits, and his abilities reduce his cost by 1 every time a zombie trick is played, but only when the zombie hero is holding him in their hand, and make it do a bonus attack when he is played.

Origins
The word "Trickster" is someone who cheats or deceives people or plays tricks and pranks.

Statistics

 * Class: Brainy
 * Tribe: Party Zombie
 * Traits: None
 * Abilities: While in your hand: This costs 1 less when you play a Trick. When played: This does a Bonus Attack.
 * Set - Rarity: Premium - Legendary

Card description
Never gets tired of the rubber chicken gag.

With
Trickster is a really strong zombie, not just because he is capable of fitting in many decks, but also because if your are skilled enough,you can play this zombie much earlier to get a quick win. If you want to put him in your deck, you also want to bring lots of tricks, such as Beam Me Up and Hail-a-Copter to make zombies during the Zombie Tricks phase, and other cheap tricks to lower his cost.

If you have him in your hand on the 1st turn, you can spam cheap tricks such as Bungee Plumber, Yeti Lunchbox, or Smoke Bomb to reduce his cost, then play him on the early turn on an empty lane to do 6 free damage to your opponent.

Using him along with Paparazzi Zombie is a good strategy, as both benefit from playing tricks. Paparazzi Zombie becomes more powerful, while Trickster becomes cheaper. However, be aware if your opponent has Black-Eyed Pea on the field, as it gets stronger as well every time you play a trick.

Playing Teleport, then playing Trickster allows you to play it and Trickster for the same price as only Trickster in the Zombies Play phase, meaning that you could save him for the Zombie Tricks phase to either clear a powerful or pesky plant, or land a clear shot on your opponent. However, this strategy is unusable when Brainana is played, as it prevents you from playing Teleport unless you have enough Gentleman Zombies to replenish the brains needed to play Trickster.

Against
This zombie is a tough zombie to handle and counter. Being 6/6 for the price varying between 0-10, he is a tough zombie at any time, with his powerful bonus attack once played. Almost everything will be destroyed unless the targeted plant has a lot of health or is shielded. Also, the opponent will almost always play him at less than his normal cost due to the abundance of tricks in the game, especially in Trickster's class, Brainy.

To counter him, a good option is to play Tater Toss as Spudow, as it can prevent Trickster from being played on the lane Hothead is on due to its ability. Peel Shield also works well, as it shields all plants for a turn. While it may not be required, it will greatly negate this zombie's power.

Briar Rose can also be a good counter to this zombie due to its ability. Filling all ground and heights lanes with flowers can destroy Trickster no matter where it is played.

As a last resort, if you want to keep the sacrifice at minimum, you should consider playing instant-kill cards like.

Generally, you can also Bounce this zombie back into the zombie hero's deck, as its price will be reset. However, beware that Trickster can redo his bonus attack when played again.

Trivia

 * He is the most expensive zombie fighter, and the second most expensive zombie card in the game, after Gargantuars' Feast.
 * He, Valkyrie and Potted Powerhouse are the only cards in the game who have an ability that only activates while in a hero's hand.
 * He is the only one of the three that is a legendary card, while the other two are only super-rare.
 * He is the only card that can reduce his own cost without the help of special gimmicks.
 * Assuming nothing but 1-brain tricks is played until he is affordable, the earliest turn he can be played is on the 4th turn, which can be achieved by every Brainy hero except, due to the number of cheap tricks that do not require you to play a zombie to use.
 * There is a glitch where during the Zombies Play phase, once Trickster does his bonus attack, he may drain the plant hero's Super-Block Meter like Shieldcrusher Viking does.
 * On Trickster's card, the player can see a rubber chicken. This rubber chicken is thrown when he attacks.