Board Thread:Plants vs. Zombies Wiki Discussion/@comment-4009269-20140213201430/@comment-7234182-20140710200752

TheGollddMAN wrote: 1Zulu wrote: Wait, did the costumes ever do anything? I thought they were just visual modifications with no impact on gameplay. Yes, the costumes used to give the plants those unique abilities you were talking about earlier.

But now they do nothing and instead we have to get those upgrades back from the Chinese Zen Garden by collecting puzzle pieces through tough missions. Really? I always thought they were useless so I never got any of the costumes.

TheGollddMAN wrote: By the way, does anyone know how to get more gems now that the cards are removed? There's now a lottery system. Have you tried that? (宝物 icon on the right)

I'm not 100% sure if it gives gems though.