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. This will come in handy when dealing with dangerous plants that have 1, such as Magnifying Grass and Mushroom Ringleader, but beware of plants with "When destroyed" abilities such as Potato Mine or Pear Cub.
If you manage to keep Pied Piper alive as Electric Boogaloo, he can be used in a dancing deck with Aerobics Instructor and Flamenco Zombie since he is a dancing zombie. Pied Piper can also give boosts to Cat Lady and Zookeeper, since he is also a pet zombie. The Smash can also make use of Pier Piper's ability to make way for cards that instantly destroy weak plants, such as Rolling Stone.
However, Pied Piper's ability will not activate if there are no plants on his lane by the time he is revealed, so you will often end up having 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 (namely Citron and Beta-Carrotina in this case) 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