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Guacodile42's avatar
9 years ago

Pirate decks and how they could be improved

In case you didn't know, the Sneaky class has access to something called "Pirate decks" in addition to Imp decks.  Sneaky only has 4 pirates (not counting the Swabbie), however, and one of them is a legendary.  Crazy has 4 pirates, Brainy has1, and both Beastly and Hearty have 0.

Why do I bring this up?  Well, look at a Pirate deck's counterpart: Berry decks.  Just like how Sneaky has Imp and Pirate decks, Kabloom has Mushroom and Berry decks.

Kabloom has a total of 9 BERRIES, granted one of them can't synergize with other berries (Berry Angry).  Not only this, but Smarty has Holly Jolly and Guardian has Hibernating Bearry, making 11 berries total.  Zombies have 10 pirates total, which is about the same amount, but what matters is the amount of pirates in the main class that can even use pirates: Sneaky.

I say that Pirate decks can be improved and made just as powerful as berry decks by adding these cards to the game:

*Pirate Captain* (Returning from PVZ2)

2/5

4 Brainz

Pet Pirate Mustache Zombie

Sneaky

Premium - Rare

Gravestone.  When a Pirate hurts a Plant, Bounce that plant.

*Imp Cannon* (Returning)

1/5

3 brainz

Pirate Imp Barrel Zombie

Sneaky

Premium - Uncommon

Amphibious.  Start of turn: Make a 1/1 Swabbie with Amphibious in a random lane.

*Pirate Conehead* (Returning)

2/2

3 Brainz

Professional Pirate Zombie

Hearty

Premium - Uncommon

Armor 2.

*Shipwrecked Captain* (New)

3/4

4 Brainz

Pirate Mustache Zombie

Beastly

Premium - Uncommon

Amphibious, Frenzy.

*Spike-A-Pult Zombie* (new)

2/4

3 Brainz

Pirate Zombie

Sneaky

Premium - Uncommon

Strikethrough.

I think that by adding these cards in particular, pirate decks would be more common more useful.  And each Sneaky hero can make a great Pirate deck, instead of just Impfinity.  For example, Neptuna has Pirate Conehead, which means every time he gets buffed by Swashbuckler, his Armor multiplies the effect of getting buffed.  And Brain Freeze can use Shipwrecked Pirate who has Frenzy, so it makes it even more worthwhile to buff him up with Swashbuckler, ect.  Tell me what you think below.

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    9 years ago

    @Guacodile42 wrote:

    @GrinningRuiner wrote:

    @Guacodile42 wrote:

    @alfredteoh1 wrote:

    Crazy has 4 pirates?


    @alfredteoh1Yes.  They are:

    Barrel of Deadbeards

    Valkyrie

    Captain Deadbeard

    and Imp-Throwing Gargantuar



    Valkyrie is not a pirate.

    And Captain Deadbeard is not a card.


    Whoops, they might have changed tribes in a recent update.  I noticed that Copter Commando is now an Imp Science Zombie instead of a Science Zombie, so they can change tribes.

    And yes, Captain Deadbeard isn't a card, but if you view its description, you'll see it is part of the Crazy class.


    No offense intended, but I think you are imagining things.

    They did add the Imp class to the Copter Zombie back in December, but I don't think Valkyrie was ever a pirate.


  • @Guacodile42 wrote:

    @AphidOfDeath Was that "mustache deck" part making fun of me?  Pirate IS a major tribe, just like Berry and Gargantuar.  Mustache is not.


    No making of the fun intended.  As @GrinningRuiner pointed out, there are many mustache zombies.  It's sad that a good pirate deck isn't feasible due to a lack of pirates (and they could use more trait, ability or effect enhancing zombies), and the mustached ones don't get any bonuses for banding together.  I'd like both issues to be addressed.  Fully seriously!

  • Guacodile42's avatar
    Guacodile42
    9 years ago

    @AphidOfDeath wrote:

    @Guacodile42 wrote:

    @AphidOfDeath Was that "mustache deck" part making fun of me?  Pirate IS a major tribe, just like Berry and Gargantuar.  Mustache is not.


    No making of the fun intended.  As @GrinningRuiner pointed out, there are many mustache zombies.  It's sad that a good pirate deck isn't feasible due to a lack of pirates (and they could use more trait, ability or effect enhancing zombies), and the mustached ones don't get any bonuses for banding together.  I'd like both issues to be addressed.  Fully seriously!


    @AphidOfDeath @GrinningRuiner Oh, apologies!  Yeah, there are quite a lot of things I question about the tribes of this game.  Some don't make sense from a gameplay stand-point, while others don't make sense from a  logical stand-point.

    For example:

    Why isn't every single plant with a leaf part a Leafy plant?

    Why isn't Rolling Stone a History trick? (Is this just me?  I mean, rocks are history-related...)

    Why is Conga Zombie Gourmet when it is stated that her fruit is plastic?

    Why is Nibble Gourmet when no food is present?

    Why are Clock, Vacation, Knight, Dragon, and Pinecone such...pointless tribes? (What I mean is, the only Knight Zombie, Knight of the Living Dead, could have just been a History Zombie) (In future updates, I hear that they are going to use these tribes more often, though, so...cool)

    Why isn't Mini-Ninja a History Sports Zombie? (Martial arts is a sport)

    Why are Zombot Sharktronic Sub and Zombie Yeti Pets when they are actually robots? (In PVZ2, the E.M.Peach works on Zombie Yeti, and the E.M.Peach only works on robots)

    Speaking of Zombot Sharktronic Sub, why isn't he part Imp Zombie?  Zombot Plank Walker shares this problem. (This might have changed in recent updates)

    That's just to name a few.


  • @GrinningRuiner wrote:

    @Guacodile42 wrote:

    @GrinningRuiner wrote:

    @Guacodile42 wrote:

    @alfredteoh1 wrote:

    Crazy has 4 pirates?


    @alfredteoh1Yes.  They are:

    Barrel of Deadbeards

    Valkyrie

    Captain Deadbeard

    and Imp-Throwing Gargantuar



    Valkyrie is not a pirate.

    And Captain Deadbeard is not a card.


    Whoops, they might have changed tribes in a recent update.  I noticed that Copter Commando is now an Imp Science Zombie instead of a Science Zombie, so they can change tribes.

    And yes, Captain Deadbeard isn't a card, but if you view its description, you'll see it is part of the Crazy class.


    No offense intended, but I think you are imagining things.

    They did add the Imp class to the Copter Zombie back in December, but I don't think Valkyrie was ever a pirate.


    @GrinningRuiner Huh, that's weird.  I looked at the PVZ Wiki and it doesn't even have an "Update History" section.  I could have sworn it was a Pirate zombie at one point.  Maybe this is like a Mandela Effect.

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