Clique Peas

Clique Peas are an event plant card in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes and members of the class. They cost 1 to play, and have 1/1. They have no traits, and their abilities shuffle two Clique Peas into the plant hero's deck, and give all Clique Peas +1/+1 for the rest of the current match, both of which activate when they are played.

They were added in update 1.16.10, along with Corn Dog, Trapper Zombie,, King of the Grill, Synchronized Swimmer, and the galactic set.

Origins
They are based on the chickpea, a legume of the family Fabaceae. Their name is a portmanteau of "clique," a small close-knit group of people who do not readily allow others to join them, and "chickpea," the plant they are based on.

Their ability and description references the "clique" part of their name.

Statistics

 * Class: Mega-Grow
 * Tribe: Bean Pea Plant
 * Traits: None
 * Ability: When played: Shuffle two Clique Peas into your deck. For the rest of the game, all Clique Peas get +1/+1.
 * Rarity: Event

Card description
On Wednesdays we wear sunglasses.

Update 1.16.10
Update 1.18.13
 * Added to the game.
 * Became Craftable

With
Try to play this card in a deck with lots of card draw, since all Clique Peas get boosted when you play one. It is recommended to bring cards that draw other cards such as Flourish so you can get more Clique Peas earlier. This works best with Chompzilla and Grass Knuckles, as they both have Holo-Flora as their minor superpowers, allowing them to draw cards cheaply and, in turn, getting a copy of Clique Peas card faster.

Since Clique Peas are both in the bean and pea tribes, they activate the abilities of Admiral Navy Bean and Bean Counter when played, and benefit from cards like and The Podfather. They can also be Conjured by Cosmic Bean, Cosmic Pea and Mayflower. However, the traits that those cards grant them like the Team-Up or Double Strike will not apply to the copies shuffled into your deck.

Clique Peas are best played early game, so you can quickly get more Clique Peas and increase the value of all Clique Peas cards you draw. Remember, playing a Clique Pea also boosts all Clique Peas currently on the field, which may come to your advantage. This card is very similar to Going Viral, though it does not draw an extra card. Since this only costs 1, multiple copies of this card can be easily played in one turn. This can cause you to run out of cards in your hand, so having more card draw may come in handy, especially in late game. Clique Peas is a strong early-game card, beginning as a 2/2 card, and is also a very good finisher, as it boosts itself. Be careful of hard removal cards, which can easily take out large Clique Peas.

If you are Green Shadow, besides the aforementioned bean synergy, you can use Rescue Radish to Bounce this plant back into your hand to reuse their ability.

Due to their cheap cost and ability to constantly boost copies of themselves upon being played, it is possible to flood the field with Clique Peas on a single turn, leading to a wall of tough plants that cannot easily be penetrated. When you happen to have Clique Peas on every ground lane, it is advisable to use any remaining sun on boosting tricks or Torchwood to make them even more dangerous, or support tricks like 2nd-Best Taco of All Time to better defend your hero.

Since they boost themselves, both the plant you placed and the others already on the field, they work well with Potted Powerhouse, as she will boost herself enormously for each Clique Peas boosted, allowing another way to deal massive damage to the opponent if the Clique Peas are unable to do so. Clique Peas also work well with Onion Rings, as its ability will boost Clique Peas's stats on top of their boosted stats, making them even bigger threats.

However, be wary of Total Eclipse as if you have not played Clique Peas yet, Total Eclipse's ability will take place before Clique Peas's ability, destroying it before it can activate its ability. Another zombie you need to worry would be Supernova Gargantuar as if he or another Gargantuar destroys one of the weaker Clique Peas, all the Clique Peas on the field will be destroyed.

Against
At first, this card seems not that powerful, maybe even weak, but it can be extremely hard, if not impossible to completely deal with. This is because when played, they shuffle extra copies of themselves into the opponent's deck, getting stronger every time. The only way to prevent this card from getting huge and defeating the zombie hero is by defeating your opponent as quickly as you can. Destroying one group may give you a bit of time, but they can be played in any turn, so try to defeat your opponent before they can get to lethal stats. When using instant-kill s, use them carefully as they are limited into destroying most of the Clique Peas, especially with Rocket Science and Locust Swarm. But if you are a sneaky hero, you can easily use Deadly zombies to wipe most of the Clique Peas. If needed, you can use board clears like Zombot 1000 to clear the board of Clique Peas.

Also, unless you can win that turn, do not Bounce this plant, as your opponent can simply replay it, boosting and creating more Clique Peas.

If possible, you can also have a Supernova Gargantuar on the field and have him or another Gargantuar destroy a weaken Clique Pea to destroy all the copies easily.

Trivia

 * They are the second card that can make infinite copies of itself, the first being Going Viral.
 * It is the first and currently only plant card and fighter to do so.
 * They are one of the two fighters in the game that will cause an effect that will last for the rest of the game when played, in this case, giving all copies of itself +1/+1 for the rest of the current match. The other is Intergalactic Warlord, which gives all zombies +1/+1 for the rest of the current match.
 * When the zombie hero sees the plant hero draws a card that gets a boosting animation, the zombie hero can ensure that the plant hero drew Clique Peas.
 * If the player listens closely, this card says "hello" when they are played.
 * Occasionally, they will say "alright, alright" during their idle animation.
 * Their description has a grammatical error:
 * It is said by one of the Clique Peas, but the description does not have quotation marks at the start and end of it.
 * The description also lacks a comma after the word Wednesdays.