Octo-Pet

Octo-Pet is a token zombie card in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes, and a member of the and  classes. It is made by Octo-Pult, Neptuna's signature superpower, but can also be obtained as a card from Eureka. It costs 3 to play (only when it is Bounced and as a card from Eureka), and has 3/2. It has the Amphibious trait, and does not have any abilities.

Origins
It is based on an octopus, a cephalopod mollusk of the order Octopoda.

Its name is a portmanteau of "octopus," the animal it is based on and "pet," referring to its tribe and it being owned by Neptuna.

Statistics

 * Classes: Hearty, Sneaky
 * Tribe: Pet Zombie
 * Traits: Amphibious
 * Abilities: None
 * Set: Token

Card description
''It's slimy, beady-eyed, and it leaves ink splotches wherever it goes. Neptuna loves it all the same.''

With
Due to it having the Amphibious trait, it should almost always be played on an aquatic lane, which is generally poorly defended in the early-game. It also has high strength and a good amount of health for virtually costing 1 brain. Often this means it can hit your opponent a couple times before being destroyed.

However, even though it is a pet zombie, it cannot synergize with other pet zombies as Neptuna does not lead the class, unless Professor Brainstorm obtains both it and either Zookeeper or Cat Lady.

Against
Octo-Pet hits very hard on the first few turns, so try to get rid of it before you take too much damage from it.

Since it is most likely going to be played on an aquatic lane, you are going to need Amphibious plants to fight it. However, Octo-Pet is capable of destroying a majority of Amphibious plants, including Guacodile, so be careful on which plant you use to deal with it. A good choice is Sea-Shroom, as it can be played to destroy it relatively quickly on the second turn. Alternatively, tricks like Sunburn, Berry Blast, can destroy it.

Trivia

 * It is the only zombie with the Amphibious trait.
 * It is one of the three zombies with the Amphibious trait that is not an Imp, along with  and.
 * It is also the only one of these that isn't a Zombot.
 * It and Disco-Tron 3000 are the only cards to have the legendary shine effect attached to them when they are played, despite them not being legendary cards.
 * It has the same tribe and stats as Dolphin Rider but with different classes.