Celestial Custodian is a galacticuncommonzombiecard in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes and a member of the Hearty class. He costs 4 to play and has 3/4. He does not have any traits, and his ability instantly destroys a selected plant with 3 or less when he is played in an environment.
He is based on a janitor (also known as a custodian), a person who cleans and maintains buildings such as hospitals, schools and residential accommodation.
His name is a combination of "celestial," referring to him being a Galactic Gardens card, and "custodian," another name for a janitor.
Statistics[]
Class: Hearty
Tribes: Professional Mustache Zombie
Traits: None
Ability: When played in an Environment: Destroy a Plant with 3 or less.
Set - Rarity: Galactic - Uncommon
Card description[]
Don't call him a "Space Janitor." He's a "Celestial Custodian" and darn proud of it.
Update history[]
Update 1.16.10[]
Added to the game.
Update 1.22.12[]
▲ Tribe change: Garbage Mustache Zombie → Professional Mustache Zombie
Update 1.60.79[]
▲ Health change: 2 → 4
▼ Brain cost change: 3 → 4
▲ Ability change: When played in an Environment: Destroy a Plant with 2 or less. → When played in an Environment: Destroy a Plant with 3 or less.
Strategies[]
With[]
Celestian Custodian is seemingly a value bundle containing a Rolling Stone can also affect plants with 3 and a 3/4 zombie. These sound good in theory to save deck space for the early game, especially considering he can be used to destroy a plant before your opponent tries to boost it, and leave a small threat on board that forces them to take more damage overall. One such case where he could be theoretically useful is against high-health plants with low or no strength, such as Primal Wall-Nut, who is also Untrickable. His ability can also be reused by the use of In-Crypted/Firefighter (Neptuna) and Secret Agent (The Smash).
To make his ability useful however, an environment card is needed. While dependence on the opponent's plays can be inconsistent, zombies have access to a wide variety of cheap environments that can be played before him. One notable example is Black Hole that's avaliable for all Hearty heroes. The environment itself should ideally be cheaper than Celestial Custodian, so it could be set up before playing him.
The Smash is arguably the best hero for this card. Celestial Custodian goes very well with Hunting Grounds, because when you use it you will get a strong body.
Rustbolt can employ a similar strategy by Teleporting him in, but other zombies tend to make better use of them. He can also used him with Mustache Waxer to make more brains.
Neptuna can use Graveyard to ensure the opponent cannot see him coming and mix him up with her other potential gravestones, but this runs the risk of him being destroyed by anti-gravestone cards, and gives the opponent a chance to boost their plants.
However, Celestial Custodian is outclassed by many similar cards for several reasons. He effectively forces the zombie hero to play environments that they would usually conserve, which gives the plant hero a chance to remove them. And while removing a vital threat early is often enough to disrupt setup, every Hearty hero have cards that can apply pressure better by getting around the opponent, which Celestial Custodian absolutely does not contribute to. Even for Professional synergy, there are also cheaper zombies for the purpose, and as far as removal goes, Weed Spray or even the Rolling Stone he's intended to replace can often get the job done while being versatile enough to provide valuable support. Even for the sake of dealing with plants that have 3, Knockout is more effective since it can destroy 2 plants at once.
Against[]
This zombie may possibly ruin your strategies if he is played in an environment, one of your low strength plants will be destroyed like Admiral Navy Bean, Wall-Nut, or Torchwood. The only counter to his ability is to keep your plants high in strength. As for the zombie himself, due to its otherwise poor stats, can be ignored, especially during the late game. Just keep in mind of its professional tribe synergy, which may be used to strengthen Zombie Middle Manager or to Evolve into Jurassic Fossilhead.
Gallery[]
Statistics (1.60.79)
Card (1.60.79)
Celestial Custodian's card image
HD Celestial Custodian
Celestial Custodian in an advertisement for the Professional Pack
Old[]
Celestial Custodian's statistics (pre 1.60.79)
Celestial Custodian's card
Celestial Custodian about to attack
Celestial Custodian tinted gray due to a glitch
Celestial Custodian activating his ability
Celestial Custodian attacking
The notice that appears when there are two or more plants on the field when Celestial Custodian is played on an environment
Hearty class. He costs 4
to play and has 3
/4
. He does not have any traits, and his ability instantly destroys a selected plant with 3
or less.
Untrickable. His ability can also be reused by the use of In-Crypted/Firefighter (Neptuna) and Secret Agent (The Smash).
Overshoot attack
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