Pear Cub

Pear Cub is an event plant card in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes, and a member of the class. It costs 3 to play, and has 1/1. It has the Amphibious trait, and its ability makes a Grizzly Pear with Amphibious on its place when it is destroyed.

Origins
It is based on a pear, a pomeaceous fruit created by pear trees. Its name is a portmanteau of "pear," the fruit it is based on and "bear cub," the young of a bear, a mammal in the family Ursidae.

Statistics

 * Class: Guardian
 * Tribes: Fruit Animal Plant
 * Trait: Amphibious
 * Ability: When destroyed: Make a 5/4 Grizzly Pear with Amphibious here.
 * Set: Event

Card description
''So cute and cuddly and ... wait, what's that growling sound?''

With
Pear Cub is very weak for its cost, but do not let that fool you. Since your opponent is going to have to face Grizzly Pear once you destroy this plant, it can make your opponent think again before playing their zombies or tricks.

Since it also has the Amphibious trait, it is useful on preventing Amphibious zombies from continuously doing damage to you. Its Amphibious trait also lets it be buffed by Navy Bean.

You can boost Pear Cub's stats to really put your opponent in a dilemma, though if the Pear Cub has higher stats than Grizzly Pear, the opponent can simply destroy it without worries.

Also, since this spawns another plant when destroyed, Muscle Sprout will have good synergy with this although only Grass Knuckles and Spudow (via Seedling and Petal-Morphosis) can do such a combo.

Against
Think of Pear Cub as Barrel of Deadbeards on the plants side. Do not get lured by Pear Cub's weak stats. If you think you cannot handle Grizzly Pear with what cards are in your hand, do not destroy Pear Cub. It is better to take little damage to prepare for a safe fight than to recklessly destroy it and put yourself in danger.

But also beware, unlike Barrel of Deadbeards, your opponent has near total control of this card, as plants play after zombies. If Pear Cub is actually played on a lane with a powerful zombie, you can play Smoke Bomb to move that zombie away, or Terrify to move Pear Cub away.

Trivia

 * It is the third plant to be based on a pear, the first being Pair of Pears and the second being Grizzly Pear.
 * It is also the second plant to be based on a bear, the first being Hibernating Beary.
 * Coincidentally, both cards are in the class.