Haunted Pumpking is an eventplantcard in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes and a member of the Solar class. He costs 1 to play and has 4/2. He does not have any traits, and his ability Conjures a monster card for the zombie hero when he is played.
He is based on a pumpkin, a type of squash of the family Cucurbitae.
His name is a combination of "haunted," referring to his ability, and "Pumpking," a portmanteau of "pumpkin," the real-life plant he is based on, and "king," referring to his appearance.
Statistics
Class: Solar
Tribe: Squash Plant
Traits: None
Ability: When played: The Zombie player Conjures a Monster.
Set: Event
Card description
For generations, the Pumpkings have kept their realms safe from a terrible curse. Tonight, they finally face their greatest fear.
Update history
Update 1.18.13
Added to the game.
Strategies
With
Haunted Pumpking has an exceptionally good strength for a 1 plant, which makes him a powerful force early on. In fact, he is the only plant that can destroy certain turn 1 threats like Cat Lady and Planetary Gladiator.
However, in exchange of that, this plant lets your opponent Conjure a monster card, giving the zombie hero a card advantage and possibly a powerful mid to late-game card that can turn the tables, such as Gas Giant or Ancient Vimpire. He also has low health, which makes him vulnerable to 2 zombies like Dog Walker or tricks that do at least 2 damage such as Bungee Plumber. Therefore, it may be wise to not use this card at all, and instead, use a slightly weaker card with no drawbacks.
If you want to use this card despite his hindering ability, however, you should use him to do damage to your opponent or high-health zombies, as there are better options against weaker zombies. You can also play him when your opponent's hand is full, nullifying his hindering ability. However, you would have to go pretty late into the game to do that.
Also, do not play this if Dr. Spacetime is on the field, as the Conjured card will cost 1 less. Playing Haunted Pumpking while there are any Dino-Roar zombies on the field is also a horrible idea, as his ability counts as your opponent drawing a card, meaning that the aforementioned cards will activate their Dino-Roar abilities.
Against
Statwise, this plant is very powerful as he does massive damage at a very cheap cost. On the bright side, you will get a free monster card. While the card can be as weak as Haunting Zombie or Haunting Ghost to as powerful as Deep Sea Gargantuar, Cursed Gargolith, Quickdraw Con Man, Alien Ooze, or Gas Giant, you still get a card advantage nonetheless.
If you are against any Solar hero, especially Solar Flare who has many aggressive cards in her arsenal, they may have Haunted Pumpking in their deck. Playing Dr. Spacetime could make your opponent refrain from playing it as you will be rewarded with a cheaper monster card.
If possible, try to Bounce him, as you will be able to activate his ability again and obtain more monster cards.
You can also have Mondo Bronto, Tankylosaurus, or Stompadon on the field to make the opponent think twice before using him as if they do, their Dino-Roar abilities will activate.
For easy reference, here is the list of zombies Haunted Pumpking can Conjure:
Solar class. He costs 1
to play and has 4
/2
. He does not have any traits, and his ability Conjures a monster card for the zombie hero when he is played.
less. Playing Haunted Pumpking while there are any Dino-Roar zombies on the field is also a horrible idea, as his ability counts as your opponent drawing a card, meaning that the aforementioned cards will activate their Dino-Roar abilities.
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