Hot Lava

Hot Lava is a token plant environment card in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes, and a member of the class. It is only able to be created by 's ability. It costs 1 to play, and its ability does 1 damage to all plants and zombies on its lane, if any, before combat.

Origins
It is based on lava, the molten rock expelled by a volcano during an eruption.

Its description references its ability to damage both plants and zombies.

Statistics

 * Class: Kabloom
 * Tribe: Environment
 * Traits: None
 * Ability: Before combat here: Do 1 damage to each Plant and Zombie here.
 * Set: Token

Card description
''Lava has no loyalty. It's just hot. It just IS.''

With
This environment can be beneficial if used correctly. As it does damage to both plants and zombies, don't play plants that have 1 on the same lane this environment is on, as they will be destroyed before combat.

Some plants can benefit from this environment, for example Hibernating Beary will get +4 before combat on this environment, which will be very helpful to destroy most zombies or deal serious damage on the zombie hero. Another plant that can benefit from this environment is Mirror-Nut, especially if another nut is also played in this lane, as this will activate Mirror-Nut's ability.

However, don't use this on lanes with Jester or, as doing so will activate their abilities.

Against
This environment can destroy zombies with 1 such as Exploding Imp, Mini-Ninja, Pool Shark, etc. If this is played on a lane where one of these zombies is played, you can keep them alive by boosting their health with tricks such as Camel Crossing and Vitamin Z.

However, some zombies can benefit from this environment. A good example is Newspaper Zombie, as he will gain +4 before combat, which will let him destroy stronger plants, or deal heavy damage to the plant hero. Jester is another good option, as this will activate his ability every turn before combat. Barrel of Deadbeards and Gas Giant can also be used to activate their damaging abilities.

Trivia

 * It is one of two plant cards that are capable of hurting plants as well as zombies. The other is Galacta-Cactus.
 * Coincidentally, both were introduced in the Galactic Gardens update.
 * It is the only one out of the two that is an environment.
 * This, Sappy Place and Trapper Territory are the only token environments.
 * Out of the three, Hot Lava is the only one that is not created by another event card.