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.

14 Replies

PuceMoose
9 years ago
I'm quite new to the game (still working through the story missions, and I've played a grand total of one multiplayer game (I won, yay!)), but all of these ideas sound reasonably balanced to me. Are berry decks a big thing in the current PvP meta?

I think a fun addition to your Imp Cannon might be to do a small tweak:

Amphibious. Start of turn: Make a 1/1 Swabbie with Amphibious in a random lane, if two or more lanes are open. If only one open non-water lane remains, make a pirate captain instead.

(The theme being that the captain sends all of the grunts out first, then only comes out when the fodder has been sent out.)
Guacodile42
9 years ago
I don't think berry decks are too big of a threat. They are fun to use, and aside from the double sergeant strongberry combos, they are pretty balanced.

I just feel like Pirate decks would become more popular if there were more Pirates in the sneaky class and more pirates in other classes.
Anonymous
9 years ago
turn 2 toxic waste imp, lane 5

turn 3 Imp Cannon, lane 1

turn 4 imp commander + smoke bomb

turn 5 opponent quit

this will make gargantuar and imp deck equally popular, now rank 40+ 70% gargantuar deck, not diversify.
Anonymous
9 years ago
Crazy has 4 pirates?
Guacodile42
9 years ago
@alfredteoh1 wrote:

Crazy has 4 pirates?

@alfredteoh1Yes. They are:

Barrel of Deadbeards

Valkyrie

Captain Deadbeard

and Imp-Throwing Gargantuar
AphidOfDeath
9 years ago
I'd love to be able to play a pirate themed deck since there are a number of cards with benefits to playing with another pirate zombie.

Also would love to start playing mustache decks. 🙂
Anonymous
9 years ago
@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.
Guacodile42
9 years ago
@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.
Guacodile42
9 years ago
@AphidOfDeath wrote:

I'd love to be able to play a pirate themed deck since there are a number of cards with benefits to playing with another pirate zombie.

Also would love to start playing mustache decks. 🙂

@AphidOfDeath Was that "mustache deck" part making fun of me? Pirate IS a major tribe, just like Berry and Gargantuar. Mustache is not.
Anonymous
9 years ago
@Guacodile42 wrote:

@AphidOfDeath wrote:

I'd love to be able to play a pirate themed deck since there are a number of cards with benefits to playing with another pirate zombie.

Also would love to start playing mustache decks. 🙂

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

Are we playing the same game?

There are A LOT more mustache zombies than pirate zombies.