Board Thread:Plants vs. Zombies Heroes/@comment-27101994-20170405125546/@comment-25089892-20170407135831

Giant Shy Guy wrote:

TheHandsomePlant wrote:

Replicator Zombie now has "When a Zombie is played next door, this one transforms into a random Zombie that costs 2 or 3.") (was "When a Zombie is played, this one transforms into a random one that costs 3.") Okay I took Cavia's word being the correct one since "Transform all other Zombies to random 3-cost ones" sounds like something a Legendary would do. But, it seems like that is incorrect.

My question is, does Replicator Zombie keep its ability even after Transformation? That ability sounds like something a Legendary would do, if it does keep the ability. No, it doesn't. It still is in zone of "fairly good and balanced" because it lets you have sometimes a bad 2/3-drop and sometimes a good 2/3-drop on Turn 2. Being able to transform two of your Backup Dancers that you just played on Turn 1 into something random wouldn't be balanced as that would already give you strong tempo boost. And even then the PlayTrigger's TriggerTargetFilter is not himself, but any other zombie that is played next to it. And the PrimaryTargetFilter of it is himself instead.