Nurse Gargantuar is a premiumlegendaryzombiecard in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes and a member of the Beastly class. They cost 7 to play and have 6/6. They do not have any traits, and their ability heals the zombie hero when any Gargantuar does damage, healing equivalent to the damage. Their closest plant counterpart is Venus Flytrap.
Ability: When a Gargantuar does damage, heal your Hero that much.
Set - Rarity: Premium - Legendary
Card description[]
Their bedside manner could use some work.
Update history[]
Update 1.16.10[]
▲ Strength change: 4 → 6
Rarity change: Super-Rare → Legendary
Update 1.22.12[]
Animation change: Legendary shine added.
Update 1.60.79[]
▲ Ability change: When this does damage, heal your Hero for that much. → When a Gargantuar does damage, heal your Hero that much.
Strategies[]
With[]
Nurse Gargantuar is one of the two ways in the Beastly class to heal (excluding superpowers). Overall, this zombie has really good stats on top of an ability that synergizes well with them. With 6 strength, every time they attack, you get healed for 6 health, which is about 1/3 of your health. Consider it like a more powerful, but expensive Venus Flytrap for zombies.
A good way to maximize Nurse Gargantuar's power is to give them the Frenzy trait using Smashing Gargantuar, Coffee Zombie, Possessed, Maniacal Laugh, and Going Viral, or more strength as it allows Nurse Gargantuar to heal more health to the zombie hero. Using Lurch for Lunch or Electrician to make them do bonus attacks is also a good option, however those two are brainy cards, and are only avaliable to Immorticia normally. However, as of 2025-01-20, Nurse Gargantuar is bugged and only heals the zombie hero if it hits the plant hero. Use Smashing Gargantuar or any card that gives gargantuars frenzy to be able to heal the zombie hero.
As The Smash, Gargologist will be able to let them be played earlier than usual since she will be able to lower their cost to 5, allowing for some early healing. Using Rodeo Gargantuar, Terrify, or Sumo Wrestler in tandem with them can lead to some efficient means of healing, especially once you get into the late game.
Brain Freeze can give this zombie Strikethrough via Laser Base Alpha, allowing them to heal you for up to 18 at once (since they can hit up to 3 targets in one attack), essentially resetting your health. He can also use Cursed Gargolith to reset Nurse Gargantuar's health every time by hiding it in a gravestone, allowing it to last longer, in addition to becoming invulnerable to instant-kill tricks.
Against[]
Since Nurse Gargantuar can heal your opponent a lot, the best and perhaps the only strategy is to destroy or neutralize this zombie quickly.
The primary option is to prevent it from dealing direct damage so that the ability can't trigger. Force Field is a reliable card to use as any Guardian hero, but Root Wall and Peel Shield are cheaper options if you have them. If you can't, the next best thing is to play instant-kills like Shamrocket, Doom-Shroom, or Lawnmower/Tactical Cuke (If it appears on the ground) to destroy them before they can attack, but in the case of Doom-Shroom and Cuke they should only be used when one's sure that it won't wipe out their plants, otherwise, the net loss is even worse than having the Gargantuar on the field. Bouncing or Freezing cards in the Smarty class also work, but bouncing works better, as the Nurse Gargantuar is expensive and replaying it might cause a serious disruption to the zombie hero's strategy that it might vanish for a few turns.
Beastly class. They cost 7
to play and have 6
/6
. They do not have any traits, and their ability heals the zombie hero when any Gargantuar does damage, healing equivalent to the damage. Their closest plant counterpart is Venus Flytrap.
→ 6
Frenzy trait using Smashing Gargantuar, Coffee Zombie, Possessed, Maniacal Laugh, and Going Viral, or more strength as it allows Nurse Gargantuar to heal more health to the zombie hero. Using Lurch for Lunch or Electrician to make them do bonus attacks is also a good option, however those two are brainy cards, and are only avaliable to Immorticia normally. However, as of 2025-01-20, Nurse Gargantuar is bugged and only heals the zombie hero if it hits the plant hero. Use Smashing Gargantuar or any card that gives gargantuars frenzy to be able to heal the zombie hero.
Strikethrough via Laser Base Alpha, allowing them to heal you for up to 18 at once (since they can hit up to 3 targets in one attack), essentially resetting your health. He can also use Cursed Gargolith to reset Nurse Gargantuar's health every time by hiding it in a gravestone, allowing it to last longer, in addition to becoming invulnerable to instant-kill tricks.
Guardian hero, but Root Wall and Peel Shield are cheaper options if you have them. If you can't, the next best thing is to play instant-kills like Shamrocket, Doom-Shroom, or Lawnmower/Tactical Cuke (If it appears on the ground) to destroy them before they can attack, but in the case of Doom-Shroom and Cuke they should only be used when one's sure that it won't wipe out their plants, otherwise, the net loss is even worse than having the Gargantuar on the field. Bouncing or 
Freezing cards in the 
Smarty class also work, but bouncing works better, as the Nurse Gargantuar is expensive and replaying it might cause a serious disruption to the zombie hero's strategy that it might vanish for a few turns.
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