The Podfather

Unreleased

The Podfather is a premium rare plant card appearing in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes and a member of the Mega-Grow plants. It costs 3 to plant, and has 2/2 when first played. Any newly played pea plant gains +2/+2 while it is on the field.

Origins
His name, appearance, and description are all a reference to the 1972 movie The Godfather. This plant's name is a portmanteau of "Pod," referring to the fact that he is a pea plant and "Godfather," the character this plant is a parody of.

Statistics

 * Class: Mega-Grow
 * Tribe: Pea Plant
 * Effect: When you play another Pea, that Pea gets +2/+2.
 * Rarity: Premium - Rare

Card description
"I'm gonna make the Zombies an offer they can't refuse."

Strategies
This plant should be used in tandem with other pea plants, such as Peashooter. Its base stats are decent for 3 sun, but the main gimmick of this plant is its effect. He gives a pea plant 2 strength and 2 health points, which is a great buff early game. Try to keep this plant as long as possible if a pea plant strategy is being used.

Powerful pea plants like Repeater and Fire Peashooter should be used with this plant. Using Torchwood is also a great idea because it will power the pea plants even more.

Using Green Shadow is ideal for this plant, as you get more pea plants with Green Shadow, who is a Mega-Grow/Smarty hero.

Counters
Try to dispose this plant quickly if the plant hero places down lots of pea plants. Using a trick can help with effortlessly dealing with this plant. Don't bother bouncing this plant, as the plant hero can replant it and reuse its effects.

Trivia

 * His card description references a famous quote from The Godfather.
 * Interestingly, The Podfather will for some reason try to buff Green Shadow if Precision Blast is used.
 * This is because Percision Blast is a Pea Superpower, and The Podfather boosts Pea cards by 2 and 2.