Board Thread:Plants vs. Zombies Heroes/@comment-27053902-20180303060523/@comment-27462035-20180310225229

GrucYord wrote: Pet decks aren't reliable for the fact they heavily rely on their two main synergizers and the other units they put out are not great in battle on their own. If you dont draw Cat Lady or Zookeeper, which is a 1/5 chance you draw 1 of them, you are heavily behind on your opponent, who has cards that are good on their own. Not to mention, they can be chumpblocked rather easily, especially when you commit. It's a great counter against Rose decks, which is a huge part of the meta. Trust me about this, but Rose has a HORRIBLE matchup against pet decks.

Also, you can say the same thing about any other deck with synergizers. Freeze decks heavily rely on Snowdrop and Winter Squash. Does that make them unreliable? No. Apply that to pet decks.

Plus, 1/5 chance you draw 1 of them isn't a big deal since you draw 4 cards at the start of the round, which you can shuffle. That increases the chances of getting Cat Lady and Zookeeper immensely. Also, you do forget that there are amazing cards such as Dog Walker, Fraidy Cat, and Hunting Grounds of which you can obtain as well. They are far from helpless.

Chumpblocking does not do anything against swarm decks like these since you're basically wasting cards trying to kill them, leading to a loss of board control. Cat Lady can also boost herself easily, so it's not a huge deal if you chumpblock her.