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Brainana is a premium legendary plant card in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes and a member of the PvZH Smarty IconSmarty class. It costs 6SunPvZH to play and has 4StrengthPvZH/3HeartPvZH.

It has the Amphibious trait, and its ability resets the zombie hero's brain counter to zero the turn it is played. Its closest zombie counterpart is Ra Zombie.

Origins[]

Banana-Single

It is based on the banana, an edible fruit, botanically a berry, produced by several kinds of large herbaceous, flowering plants in the genus Musa. Its head bears a resemblance to Megamind's, and also some of those in Murderous Maths.

Its name is a portmanteau of "brain," referring to its ability and head, and "banana," the real-life plant it is based on.

Its card description contains the word "brain drain", meaning a situation where there is an emigration of highly trained or qualified people from a particular country, which usually does not mean well for the country of departure. However, the term is taken literally and positively, as it refers to its ability to reduce the zombie hero's brains to 0.

Statistics[]

  • Class: Smarty
  • Tribe: Fruit Plant
  • Trait: Amphibious
  • Ability: When played: The Zombie Hero loses their Brains.
  • Set - Rarity: Premium - Legendary

Card description[]

In this case, "brain drain" is a good thing.

Update history[]

Update 1.4.14[]

  • Trait added: Amphibious
  • Tribe change: Fruit → Banana

Update 1.16.10[]

  • Strength change: 3StrengthPvZH → 4StrengthPvZH
  • Rarity change: Super-Rare → Legendary

Update 1.22.12[]

  • Animation change: Legendary shine added.

Update 1.60.79[]

  • Tribe change: Banana → Fruit

Strategies[]

With[]

Brainana has low stats for a high-cost plant and lacks any type of meaningful synergy, so it's bad for a fighter. This means that this plant is used not because of its stats, but because of its ability. You will only be able to shut down any of your opponent's tricks and Environments (Unless a Kabloom hero has a Seedling that transforms into it, preventing the Zombie hero from playing any cards that costs brains. While it should never be relied upon, Brainana does becomes much more potent in this particular instance, allowing you to wreak havoc on your opponent with little fear of retaliation.)

Therefore, it is better to play it in the late game, as your opponent gets more brains for tricks and environments, as well as Teleportation Zombie.

Even though he has low stats, this card has many good uses. Doing only four guaranteed damage for six sun is hardly an efficient trade, however if you have already built a strong field or if you have other strong finishers like Astrocado, Brainana becomes a game-changing card, since your opponent will not be able to respond with tricks. Despite the fact Brainana only skips one singular turn, it allows you to gain superiority over your opponent, because on the next turn after this card has been played, your opponent will have to respond to Brainana and the cards that you play on this turn, and besides, your opponent spent whole turn doing nothing when you get 4/3. Not only that, this card also counters the PvZH Brainy IconBrainy, because this class often uses Teleport and Teleportation Zombie, and also counters expensive tricks like Maniacal Laugh.

It is possible for all Smarty heroes to use Rescue Radish to bounce Brainana and use his ability again. Not only that, different heroes can find various synergies for this card. Green Shadow can boost Brainana's stats with Half-Bananas when they activate their ability. She can also use Plant Food to almost guarantee 9 damage to face, since Brainana is almost unanswerable and it can be played on water lane. Rose can use cards like Twin Sunflower and Sunnier-Shroom to play this card as quickly as possible and gain even more value.

However, Brainana hardly impactful enough to win an entire game by himself, therefore, it is recommended to use it together with other finishers or win conditions, since Brainana is usually better at helping other cards win the game than on its own. You also shouldn't play this card if your opponent used a lot of brains in Zombie phase, unless Brainana guarantees you a win this or next turn when used.

Against[]

Brainana is a very hard card to deal with. This card is especially dangerous for PvZH Brainy IconBrainy or if you use expensive tricks. You can usually expect this card from Rose and sometimes from Citron, but other heroes can use it too. You can play around this card ability by using your brains on the Zombie phase, for example, playing cards immediately instead of teleporting them, or at least not teleporting some cards to reduce the value of Brainana. You can also play expensive cards with high stats such as Cryo Yeti, Interstellar Bounty Hunter or Supernova Gargantuar to out value Brainana since he has very bad stats. Alternatively, you can spread out your board presence using lots of small cards to deal massive damage to the Plant Hero. You should also be worried if you have 4 or less health, because then you are guaranteed to lose because of Brainana. In this case, try to block all lanes if possible or play cards that can save you, like Undying Pharaoh, Medic, Pogo Bouncer or Cryo-Yeti.

Gallery[]

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In other languages[]

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language Name Description
United States of America English Brainana
China Simplified Chinese 食脑蕉 lit. "Brain-Eating Banana"
Taiwan Traditional Chinese 腦袋香蕉 lit. "Brains Banana"
France French Minus des cortex
Germany German Zerebralbanane
Italy Italian Banana cervellotica
Japan Japanese ブレイナナ
South Korea Korean 브레인나나
Brazil Brazilian Portuguese Banamiolos
Russia Russian Бананодум
Spain Spanish Cerebrátano


Trivia[]

  • In older versions, it subtracted only 50 from the brain counter.

See also[]

V · E Plants in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes
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Galactic Photosynthesizer · Spikeweed Sector · Plantern
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Triassic Marine Bean · Primal Wall-Nut
Legendary
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Galactic Body-Gourd · Pecanolith
Colossal Tricarrotops
Triassic Loco Coco
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Token Cards Hothead
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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
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Legendary
Premium Pineclone · Dandy Lion King · Kernel Corn
Galactic Reincarnation · Molekale
Colossal Gloom-Shroom
Triassic Veloci-Radish Packmate
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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
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Galactic Banana Peel · Cosmic Pea
Colossal Bamboozle
Triassic Pea Patch
Super-Rare
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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
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Superpowers Devour · Power Pummel · Precision Blast · Blazing Bark · Embiggen · Holo-Flora · Time to Shine
PvZH Smarty Icon Smarty
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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
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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
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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
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Galactic Astrocado · Astro Vera
Colossal Cob Cannon
Triassic Aloesaurus
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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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