Onion Rings is a galacticlegendaryplantcard in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes and a member of the Mega-Grow class. It costs 5 to play, and has 4/4. It does not have any traits, and its ability changes the stats of all plant fighters in the plant hero's hand to 4/4 when it is played.
Its name is a literal pun on "onion rings," a snack that consists of cross-sectional "rings" of onion covered in batter which are then deep-fried. However, Onion Rings has raw onion rings orbiting around it instead.
Its description is a reference to how onions in real life cause eye irritation and uncontrollable tears when cut normally due to a chemical irritant known as syn-propanethial-S-oxide.
Statistics
Class: Mega-Grow
Tribe: Root Plant
Traits: None
Ability: When played: Each plant in your hand becomes 4/4.
Set - Rarity: Galactic - Legendary
Card description
So powerful it makes you cry.
Update history
Update 1.16.10
Added to the game.
Strategies
With
Onion Rings represents a loss of tempo at a poor statline of 4/4 for 5 Sun, but the ability can potentially cause a large tempo swing if the buff hits enough targets. Getting a large hand to gain maximum value can be done by playing reactively similar to a control deck or by drawing with cards like flourish.
As Rings turns all your cards into 4/4, that comes with the deckbuilding restriction of making cards with high stats such as Dark Matter Dragonfruit or Cob Cannon less effective. To get maximum value, using cards with strong abilities but low base stats are required.
Chompzilla has Lil' Buddy which becomes a 0 4/4 with team up, letting you take the game back by force even in the same turn as playing Rings. Ketchup Mechanic also represents a great card for controlling normally and becomes huge with the buff from Onion Rings stacking with its effect. Cosmic Flower is a surprising synergy as it is a great target itself but also keeps up your hand size with conjures, most of which range from great to neutral with the Onion Rings Buff.
Grass Knuckles can run a more aggressive Onion Rings deck with access to many great early game cards that double as good Onion Rings targets such as Galacta-Cactus, Jugger-Nut. Pear Cub gets a huge boost as it becomes a threat on its own but has a second layer of threat, presenting a difficult to remove target which also can be in the water lane. Hot Date is a decent control tool and represents 7 damage when trading while also being a good counter to amphibious cards such as Toxic Waste Imp and Ducky Tube Zombie. Access to Spikeweed Sector helps punish using small bodies to block your attacks, counters zombie environments, and is great to play around to generate board presence.
Green Shadow has access to many beans which are already small, allowing the normally small threats to do extra damage while survive most boardclears such as The Chickening and Fireworks Zombie. The Admiral Navy Bean + Planet of the Grapes combo helps keep a large hand, although the deck suffers from inconsistencies and reliance on draw combos. She also has Starfruit which is extremely powerful as a 4/4 representing a massive board wipe and can do lots of damage to the zombie hero. Tricorn is also able to do large amounts of damage with the stat shift towards the offensive.
Captain Combustible has access to numerous swarm cards which are amazing with a 4/4 statline, such as Shroom for Two, Banana Launcher which doubles as infinite removal and a great target, and Puff-Shroom which is a 0 4/4 with team up. Re-Peat Moss is available to all the heroes, but as Captain Combustible is the best at using him. Moss works great with Rings as it lets the buff stack up much more quickly.
A good Onion Rings deck needs to balance cards that are great with the Onion Rings buff while still doing acceptably without the buff, with trade offs of weakness to aggro and less value making many lesser used cards worth considering.
Against
Onion Rings relies on a deck being built around the buff to be effective, and the cards that gain value are often poor for building a board. Going on the offensive will force the opponent with Onion Rings to choose between losing buff value or taking a lot of damage. Keep in mind that any minds buffed by rings will retain their buffs after being bounced, so be careful of giving them free value. Cards such as Regifting Zombie can potentially play into their gameplan of getting Rings targets, but if you are on the offense it often can be the way to win.
Mega-Grow class. It costs 5
to play, and has 4
/4
. It does not have any traits, and its ability changes the stats of all plant fighters in the plant hero's hand to 4
/4
Double Strike trait
Untrickable trait due to Umbrella Leaf's ability
Kabloom
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