User blog comment:PartyTime808/PvZ Heroes Balancing Ideas/@comment-31155876-20170910011959

Starch-Lord (although fun to use) is far from overpowered, it makes a terrible play all by itself, and can be taken out easily if not boosted. The cards it Conjures, although some being powerful such as Tough Beets or Soul Patch, can also be very weak such as Water Chestnut or not needed in the current situation, such as Grave Buster in a non gravestone deck, which essentially take up slots for more useful cards in your hand.

Vanilla is a perfectly fine card as it is, we know that Sportacus and Cool Bean are upgrades of it in a sense but for an uncommon its very helpful for players who lack the previously mentioned fighters (such as myself, who owns neither Sportacus or Cool Bean)