Monster Mash (Plants vs. Zombies Heroes)

Not to be confused with the achievement of the same name from the original Plants vs. Zombies.

Monster Mash
Statistics
Strength	-
Health	-
Cost	5
Set	Premium
Rarity	Rare
Class
Tribe	Dancing Monster Trick
Abilities	All Zombies get +2/+2.
Zombies never feel more alive than when they're dancing.

Monster Mash is a premium rare zombie trick card in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes and a member of the Hearty class. It costs 5 to play, and its ability gives all zombies on the field +2/+2.

Origins

Its tribes and name may be a homage to the song Monster Mash from 1962.

Statistics

• Class: Hearty
• Tribes: Dancing Monster Trick
• Ability: All Zombies get +2/+2.
• Set - Rarity: Premium - Rare

Card description

Zombies never feel more alive than when they're dancing.

Update history

Update 1.2.11

• Set - Rarity change: Basic - Uncommon → Premium - Rare

Strategies

With

This trick can be useful for many Hearty decks, since it is an effective way to boost zombies' stats en masse. Since it boosts all zombies on the field, make sure you have as many zombies as you can on the field to maximize the benefit from this trick. However, this trick is expensive, so you should prepare cheaper boosting cards as well, or try to get more brains to play it earlier, primarily as Rustbolt. But even then, it is generally outclassed by Primeval Yeti as Evolving him results in a 6/6 zombie on top of the boost Monster Mash would give. He is even outclassed by Leftovers to some extent, as he is less efficient (instead of spending 1 brains to give all zombies 1/1, you spend 2.5 brains for each 1/1) and cannot be used partially when having less brains, aside from belonging to a worse tribe (since leftovers is a pet, it can be used to activate Zookeeper or Cat Lady's ability) it makes up in offering card advantage.

Because of its dancing tribe, Z-Mech can make use of it in a dancing deck with Headhunter, although there are obviously cheaper dancing cards for triggering his ability, and is generally not worth for this ablity.

Against

Just like all boosting tricks, you really can't counter this. However, you can predict it. If your opponent does nothing on the 5th turn with a field full of zombies, athough monster mash is a more uncommon card, you can expect Monster Mash to be played. In this case, try to Bounce, Freeze, or destroy zombies beforehand so that there are fewer zombies that can be boosted.

If this cannot be done, you can play Doom-Shroom should most zombies go over 4 strength if you are playing as a Guardian hero, though you need to be careful that your plants do not go over 4 strength as well. If you want to do this but also want to get risky, you can wait for them to play monster mash and then doom shroom to get more value. You can also use a rush deck to pressure your opponent into not playing this due to its high cost. A Forget-Me-Nuts can be extremely useful as if they have exactly 5 brains, it will totally pevent them from playing monster mash.

Gallery

Monster Mash's statistics

Monster Mash's card

Monster Mash's grayed out card

Monster Mash's card image

Monster Mash's textures

HD Monster Mash

Monster Mash being played

Old

Monster Mash's statistics before update 1.2.11

Monster Mash's silhouette

The player receiving Monster Mash from a Premium Pack

The player having the choice between Monster Mash and Evaporate as the prize for completing a level

In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Monster Mash
Simplified Chinese	怪物狂欢
Traditional Chinese	怪物大雜燴
French	Salsa du démon
German	Monster-Matsch
Italian	Festa zombi
Japanese	モンスターマッシュ
Korean	몬스터 매쉬
Brazilian Portuguese	Monstrureba
Russian	Месиво монстров
Spanish	Amasijo de monstruos

Trivia

• It's bio refers to how zombies are reanimated corpses, therefore they would feel alive.

V · E	Zombies in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes

Unobtainable
Tokens	Zombie · Returned Octo Zombie
Superpowers	Flick-a-Plant · Get Well · Motivate