Its name a portmanteau of "Planet of the Apes," a science fiction movie franchise about a world in which humans and intelligent apes clash for control, and "grapes," referring to the grapes seen in the environment.
The destroyed "Statue of Liberty" berry seen in the card is a reference to the movie's famous twist, where the sight of a destroyed Statue of Liberty makes the protagonist realize they have been on Earth all along.
Statistics
Class: Smarty
Tribe: Berry Environment
Ability: When a Plant here hurts the Zombie Hero, draw a card.
Set - Rarity: Galactic - Uncommon
Card description
How this planet came to be? It's another of life's grape mysteries.
Update history
Update 1.16.10
Added to the game.
Strategies
With
This environment is a simple way for Smarty heroes to draw more cards as the only plant in the Smarty class that can draw cards is Magic Beanstalk, which is only playable via Sow Magic Beans or Moonbean.
Due to the fact that this is an environment, it is best to have plants with Team-Up to double its effect, allowing you to draw two cards instead of one. However, this ability only activates if plants here hurt the zombie hero. Thankfully, you can use Admiral Navy Bean in that environment and then for each bean you play, you can damage to the zombie hero directly, resulting in more card draw. Other plants that can also work in this environment is Astro-Shroom with other mushrooms, Admiral Navy Bean with other beans, Heartichoke with healing synergy, or plants with Strikethrough to activate it easily. Using Sportacus is very useful with this environment as it allows you to draw a free card when a zombie trick is played, as long as your opponent doesn't get a Super-Block.
If you are Green Shadow, you can play plants with the Double Strike trait on the environment to easily draw more cards. This works even better with Bananasaurus Rex as its first attack will hit the zombie hero and draw a card, causing it to grow stronger and resulting in the bonus attack to be stronger.
Against
Even if this environment doesn't seem like a threat, you want to be careful with plants that can do direct damage like Admiral Navy Bean as it can allow Smarty Heroes to draw more cards easily, especially against Green Shadow. If you can, try to destroy plants in that environment to prevent them from drawing more cards. If there are plants that has no synergy in that environment, you can block it with any zombie as this environment only works if a plant hurts the zombie hero. If these situations does not work, resort to replacing one of your environments. You can alternatively play Planetary Gladiator to redirect all damage dealt to you to him, neglecting a card draw as a result.
Gallery
Planet of the Grapes' statistics
Planet of the Grapes' card
Planet of the Grapes' grayed out card
The aftermath of Planet of the Grapes' ability
Planet of the Grapes' appearance when overridden by another environment
HD Planet of the Grapes
HD Planet of the Grapes environment
Planet of the Grapes on the field (note the spears)