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Astrocado is a galactic legendary plant card in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes and a member of the PvZH Solar IconSolar class. It costs 5SunPvZH to play and has 5StrengthPvZH/3HeartPvZH. It has the PvZH Strikethrough IconStrikethrough trait, and its ability adds an Astrocado Pit into the plant hero's hand when it is destroyed unless the plant hero has 10 cards in their hand already. Its closest counterpart is Octo Zombie.



Origins[]

Avocados

It is based on the fruit of an avocado (Persea americana), a member of the flowering plant family Lauraceae.

Its name is a portmanteau of "astro-," referring to it being in the Galactic Gardens set, and "avocado," the real-life plant it is based on.

Its ability could be a reference to the Phoenix, a legendary bird that will rebirth into an egg upon death and hatch into a phoenix back again, with Astrocado Pit being the egg and Astrocado being the Phoenix.

Its description is literally the phrase "holy guacamole," which is what someone says when surprised or in shock or disbelief. This phrase may have been selected due to the word "guacamole," a dip made from avocados, being in it. Its old description (which is now Astrocado Pit's), included the phrase "the pits," which is a term used to describe the worst possible situation. It is also a reference to avocados having pits.

Statistics[]

  • Class: Solar
  • Tribe: Fruit Plant
  • Trait: PvZH Strikethrough IconStrikethrough
  • Ability: When destroyed: Gain an Astrocado PitH.
  • Set - Rarity: Galactic - Legendary

Card description[]

"Holy guacamole!"

Update history[]

Update 1.16.10[]

  • Added to the game.
  • Description change: Was originally Getting defeated is the pits.

Strategies[]

With[]

While Astrocado's stats are average to bad for a 5-sun legendary plant, its PvZH Strikethrough IconStrikethrough trait allows it to give a good beating to your opponent hiding behind a tanky zombie. However, its ability is the real deal; even if your opponent succeeds in destroying it, it will return as a 1-sun plant that only needs a turn of survival to wreak havoc again. It can constantly regenerate itself practically indefinitely, making it a powerful addition to any deck.

Since its ability counts as Conjuring a card, you can also activate Dino-Roar abilities. However, you should not rely on it.

Each hero can use Astrocado in their own way:

  • Wall-Knight can use cards such as Photosynthesizer to boost its health, allowing it to stay alive for longer, or protect it and Astrocado Pit with tough Team-Up plants such as Wall-Nut.
  • Solar Flare can play Pair Pearadise and then this plant to effectively do double the damage on the zombie hero, or use Sunburn to play this earlier. She can also use this with Astro-Shroom, doing 1 free damage every time Astrocado Pit transforms into an Astrocado.
  • Rose can PvZH Frozen IconFreeze or Bounce zombies that threaten Astrocado, and also play it on Lily Pad to threat Zombie Hero.
  • Chompzilla can boost its stats with Fertilize or Plant Food (which also makes Astrocado do a bonus attack) to make it even more threatening and harder to take down. She can also play Captain Cucumber since if Astrocado is destroyed, it will Conjure an Astrocado Pit into her hand, making it free. She can use this with Muscle Sprout in a similar fashion to Solar Flare.

However, note that Rocket Science and Cut Down to Size can destroy it easily, as well as damaging tricks like Zombot's Wrath. Even if it "resurrects," letting it fall easily is bad for you, as you will need to spend your resources just to bring it back.

Against[]

Since it has only 5StrengthPvZH/3HeartPvZH, there are a few solutions for you to destroy it without getting hurt by it, such as Rocket Science, Zombot's Wrath, or a string of other tricks. You can also PvZH Frozen IconFreeze it with Frosty Mustache or Ice Pirate to stall this plant for a turn. Take note that it will give your opponent an Astrocado Pit once you successfully destroy it, so if you do not destroy Astrocado Pit, you will have to destroy Astrocado again, wasting your cards.

You can also play Quickdraw Con Man to do 1 unblockable damage to your opponent on top of destroying Astrocado. However, your opponent may just play Astrocado in front of him instead, and unless you have a trick to destroy it or lower its stats, Quickdraw Con Man will be wasted.

Cards that are able to forcibly conjure cards for the plant hero are somewhat useful, if they hold too many cards. Examples include the Wormhole Gatekeeper and the Explosive Fruitcake. This will prevent the Astrocado Pit from being given to the plant hero when the plant is destroyed. However, one should not rely on this method.

If the Astrocado is played too late into the game, the Octo Zombie can counter him. Assuming that you've lured out your opponent's tricks that could move/destroy him, the Octo Zombie will destroy the Astrocado and potentially deal a lot of damage to the opponent, who will have to seriously reconsider their plant placement, potentially preventing the Astrocado Pit from being played. However, in order to play such a combo, one might need more than one turn, and therefore enough health or healing cards to hold off the Astrocado.

Astrocado Pit[]

See Astrocado Pit.

Gallery[]

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In other languages[]

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language Name Description
United States of America English Astrocado
China Simplified Chinese 星际鳄梨 "Interstellar Avocado"
Taiwan Traditional Chinese 太空鱷梨 "Space Avocado"
Germany German Astrocado
Italy Italian Astrocado
South Korea Korean 아스트로카도
Brazil Brazilian Portuguese Astrobacate


Trivia[]

  • It and Laser Bean are tied for the highest base strength out of all plants with PvZH Strikethrough IconStrikethrough by default.
V · E Plants in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes
PvZH Guardian Icon Guardian
Heroes Citron · Grass Knuckles · Spudow · Wall-Knight · Beta-Carrotina
Common Small-Nut · Sting Bean · Wall-Nut · Pismashio · Spineapple
Uncommon
Premium Potato Mine · Cactus · Gardening Gloves · Sea-Shroom · Water Chestnut · Pea-Nut · Steel Magnolia
Galactic Photosynthesizer · Spikeweed Sector · Plantern
Colossal Grape Responsibility · Primal Potato Mine
Triassic Grizzly Pear
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Colossal Three-Nut
Triassic Marine Bean · Primal Wall-Nut
Legendary
Premium Poppin' Poppies · Soul Patch · Wall-Nut Bowling
Galactic Body-Gourd · Pecanolith
Colossal Tricarrotops
Triassic Loco Coco
Event Cards Forget-Me-Nuts · Garlic · Corn Dog · Hot Date · Health-Nut · Pear Cub · Shamrocket · Red Stinger
Token Cards Hothead
Superpowers Peel Shield · Power Pummel · Tater Toss · Uncrackable · Genetic Amplification · Bubble Up · Nut Signal · Root Wall · Ensign Uproot
PvZH Kabloom Icon Kabloom
Heroes Nightcap · Captain Combustible · Solar Flare · Spudow
Common Button Mushroom · Berry Blast · Buff-Shroom · Seedling · Zapricot
Uncommon
Premium Poison Mushroom · Berry Angry · Mushroom Ringleader · Poison Ivy · Pair of Pears · Bluesberry · Sizzle
Galactic Banana Bomb · Mushroom Grotto · Invasive Species
Colossal Puff-Shroom
Triassic Veloci-Radish Hatchling · Hot Lava
Rare
Premium Shroom for Two · Wild Berry · Petal-Morphosis · Sour Grapes · Poison Oak
Galactic Cosmic Mushroom · Lava Guava
Colossal Cro-Magnolia
Triassic Shelf Mushroom
Super-Rare
Premium Punish-Shroom · Sergeant Strongberry · Cherry Bomb · Grapes of Wrath
Galactic Astro-Shroom · Banana Launcher · Pair Pearadise
Colossal Fireweed · Imitater
Triassic Strawberrian
Legendary
Premium Pineclone · Dandy Lion King · Kernel Corn
Galactic Reincarnation · Molekale
Colossal Gloom-Shroom
Triassic Veloci-Radish Hunter
Event Cards Blooming Heart · High-Voltage Currant · Sonic Bloom · Transfiguration · Atomic Bombegranate · Electric Blueberry
Token Cards Hothead
Superpowers Mush-Boom · Blazing Bark · Tater Toss · Sunburn · Meteor Strike · More Spore · Storm Front
PvZH Mega-Grow Icon Mega-Grow
Heroes Chompzilla · Grass Knuckles · Green Shadow · Captain Combustible
Common Peashooter · Torchwood · Cabbage-Pult · Fertilize · Flourish · Grow-Shroom · Repeater
Uncommon
Premium Bonk Choy · Pea Pod · Sweet Potato · Fire Peashooter · Skyshooter
Galactic Coffee Grounds · Sweet Pea · Vegetation Mutation
Colossal Umbrella Leaf
Triassic Half-Banana · Typical Beanstalk
Rare
Premium The Podfather · Plant Food · Re-Peat Moss · Whipvine · Super-Phat Beets
Galactic Banana Peel · Cosmic Pea
Colossal Bamboozle
Triassic Pea Patch
Super-Rare
Premium Party Thyme · Black-Eyed Pea · Potted Powerhouse · Espresso Fiesta
Galactic Moonbean · Pod Fighter · The Red Plant-It
Colossal Split Pea · Grape Power
Triassic Savage Spinach
Legendary
Premium Doubled Mint · Muscle Sprout · Bananasaurus Rex
Galactic Captain Cucumber · Onion Rings
Colossal Gatling Pea
Triassic Apotatosaurus
Event Cards Clique Peas · Lily of the Valley · Banana Split · Plucky Clover
Superpowers Devour · Power Pummel · Precision Blast · Blazing Bark · Embiggen · Holo-Flora · Time to Shine
PvZH Smarty Icon Smarty
Heroes Citron · Nightcap · Green Shadow · Rose · Beta-Carrotina
Common Snowdrop · Weenie Beanie · Snow Pea · Cattail · Smoosh-Shroom · Threepeater
Uncommon
Premium Iceberg Lettuce · Shellery · Rescue Radish · Spring Bean · Vanilla · Carrotillery
Galactic Mars Flytrap · Planet of the Grapes · Leaf Blower
Colossal Grave Mistake · Pear Pal
Triassic Primal Peashooter
Rare
Premium Admiral Navy Bean · Lightning Reed · Chilly Pepper · Navy Bean · Jumping Bean
Galactic Cosmic Bean · Melon-Pult
Colossal Tricorn
Triassic Lily Pad
Super-Rare
Premium Sow Magic Beans · Bean Counter · Snapdragon · Winter Squash
Galactic Laser Cattail · Bog of Enlightenment · Cool Bean
Colossal Jelly Bean
Triassic Rotobaga · Shrinking Violet
Legendary
Premium Brainana · Winter Melon · The Great Zucchini
Galactic Shooting Starfruit · Dark Matter Dragonfruit
Colossal Lima-Pleurodon
Triassic Bird of Paradise
Event Cards Spyris · Go-Nuts · Mayflower · Sportacus · Snake Grass · Witch Hazel · Jolly Holly · Sap-Fling
Token Cards Magic Beanstalk · Sappy Place
Superpowers Peel Shield · Mush-Boom · Precision Blast · Goatify · Genetic Amplification · Big Chill · Transmogrify · Whirlwind · Lieutenant Carrotron · Lightspeed Seed
PvZH Solar Icon Solar
Heroes Chompzilla · Rose · Solar Flare · Wall-Knight
Common Bellflower · Sunflower · Mixed Nuts · Squash · Smashing Pumpkin
Uncommon
Premium Morning Glory · Fume-Shroom · Pepper M.D. · Water Balloons · Venus Flytrap · Bloomerang · Metal Petal Sunflower
Galactic Cosmoss · Apple-Saucer · Venus Flytraplanet
Colossal Kernel-Pult
Triassic Lil' Buddy · Sunnier-Shroom
Rare
Premium Sage Sage · Magnifying Grass · Whack-a-Zombie · Lawnmower · Power Flower
Galactic Cosmic Flower · Heartichoke
Colossal Elderberry
Triassic Eyespore
Super-Rare
Premium Twin Sunflower · 2nd-Best Taco of All Time · Chomper · Laser Bean
Galactic Solar Winds · Wing-Nut · Tactical Cuke
Colossal Primal Sunflower · Sunflower Seed
Triassic Sun Strike
Legendary
Premium Briar Rose · Three-Headed Chomper · Cornucopia
Galactic Astrocado · Astro Vera
Colossal Cob Cannon
Triassic Aloesaurus
Event Cards Haunted Pumpking · Sun-Shroom · Jack O' Lantern · Ketchup Mechanic · Toadstool
Token Cards Astrocado Pit
Superpowers Devour · Goatify · Sunburn · Uncrackable · Geyser · Scorched Earth · Weed Whack
Unobtainable
Superpowers Flick-a-Zombie · Inspire · Rejuvenate
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