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Teammates are trading cards available in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes. They are the main methods used by Plants and Zombies Heroes to defeat the opposing side.

Overview
Teammates are divided into two major categories: Monster cards and Trick cards. A Monster card will spawn either a plant or a zombie on the field, and will be destroyed once the unit's health reaches 0. A Trick card can generate a variety of effects, ranging from spawning additional monsters, modifying their attributes or destroying them, to gaining or creating additional cards in the player's deck. After the effect is finished, the Trick card will automatically be destroyed. Each Teammate also has a wide set of attributes, such as sun cost, attack strength, health, type and subtype - one of which is Superpower, a special subtype of Trick cards that can only be gained through filling the Hero's Charge.

At the start of the game, each player is given four cards, and will be given the chance to replace each card with another random one in the player's deck once. Each player will also be given a random Superpower Teammate from the player's list; this card cannot be replaced by any means. The player will also draw a card from the deck each turn, and there are special effects that can give the player additional Teammates, either from or outside the deck.

A card can be played providing that the card's Sun/Brain cost does not exceed the player's current stockpile, and that there are valid targets for the card. Once the card is placed, the player's stockpile will be decreased by an amount equal to the card's Sun/Brain cost. All Plant Teammates can be played on the Plant's phase, while Zombie can only play monster and trick cards on their respective phase.