His name, appearance, and ability are all references to the fairy tale called The Pied Piper of Hamelin. His description is a possible reference to snake charming, and how people play tunes on a pungi to charm snakes, but being raccoons instead.
Statistics[]
Class: Beastly
Tribes: Dancing Pet Zombie
Trait: Gravestone
Ability: When revealed: Plants here get -1/-1.
Set - Rarity: Basic - Common
Card description[]
He was told that playing the pipe would summon raccoons. But whatevs.
Update history[]
Update 1.2.11[]
Ability change: "When revealed: A Plant gets -1/-1." → "When revealed: Plants here get -1/-1."
Update ????[]
Tribe order change: Pet Dancing → Dancing Pet
Strategies[]
With[]
Pied Piper's ability to weaken and possibly destroy a plant is what makes him handy. It is best to play him on a lane with a plant that has from 1 to 3 at most for Pied Piper to destroy it.
Also, since the ability decreases stats and affects all plants on that lane, it can bypass Team-Up plants to destroy a frail plant behind, or Armored plants since the trait does not prevent stat reduction. If there is a dangerous plant with 1, such as Magnifying Grass or Mushroom Ringleader, they can be easily destroyed when he is revealed.
However, Pied Piper's ability will not activate if there are no plants on his lane, so you will usually find yourself trying to play him after a threat has appeared, which can disrupt your strategies. Grave Buster is also a big counter to this zombie.
Against[]
There is not much you can do about this zombie early in the game because he hides in a gravestone. This means you will have to play Grave Buster if you want to destroy him without harm. This is extremely suggested if a gravestone appears on a lane with two plants in it, although only Guardian and Smarty heroes have anti-gravestone cards, so others will suffer quite a bit with frail plants.
Gallery[]
Pied Piper's statistics
Pied Piper's card
Pied Piper's grayed out card
Pied Piper's card image
Pied Piper's textures
Pied Piper being played (revealed)
Pied Piper activating his ability from the player's point of view
Pied Piper activating his ability from the opponent's point of view