Briar Rose

Unreleased

Briar Rose is a premium super-rare plant card introduced in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes, and a member of the Solar plants. It costs 6 to plant and has 3/4. Its effect will instantly destroy a zombie whenever a zombie hurts a flower plant.

Origins
It is based on the flowering plant, rose.

Statistics

 * Class: Solar
 * Tribe: Flower Plant
 * Effect: When a Zombie hurts a Flower, destroy that Zombie.
 * Rarity: Premium - Super-Rare

Card description
You mess with the rose, you get the thorns!

Version 1.2.11

 * Name change: Rose Thorn → Briar Rose.

Strategies
By itself, Briar Rose has lacking stats for a Premium, Super-Rare, 6 plant. However, its ability to instantly destroy a zombie when a flower is hurt is what makes it shine on a flower based deck. Its 3 also means it cannot be destroyed by Rolling Stone, nor Rocket Science.

A hero who can use this Plant to its max potential is Wall-Knight, since he has access to Steel Magnolia, which increases other plants' Health so they can withstand more hits, and Poppin' Poppies, which create 3 Lil' Buddies, spelling doom for any attacking zombies in the same lane as Poppin' Poppies and next door.

Against
Note that it must be a zombie that damages the flower, not a trick. A Zombie Hero can easily use any damaging/destroying trick to dispose of Briar Rose or any other flowers quickly. Alternatively, they can also bounce this plant.

Trivia

 * Its description is a reference to the quote, "Don't mess with the bull, young man. You'll get the horns" from the movie The Breakfast Club.
 * This is the third plant that is based on roses, the others being Rose and Rose Swordsman.
 * When a zombie getting destroyed by Briar Rose a red flash appears that looks like Arcane Enigma's flash.