Table Terrain

Table Terrain is an Ubiquitous Brigade Uncommon Environment in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes, as a member of the Hearty class. It is created by Table Setter at the start of each round. It costs 3 and allows zombies in it to be fully healed if they destroy a Plant. This effect persists until Table Terrain is overridden by another environment.

Origins
Table Terrain is a single, large family-sized dark wood table with several dishes of brains, utensils and a turkey centerpiece similar to a Thanksgiving banquet.

The name is an example of alliteration. Its description is a play on the phrase "This is a set up", an event orchestrated by police to detain criminals and how the environment has to be set up either early on in the game by the Zombie Hero or by Table Setter's ability.

Statistics

 * Class: Hearty
 * Tribe: Gourmet Environment
 * Ability: When a Zombie here Destroys a Plant: Heal that Zombie to full health.
 * Set - Rarity: Ubiquitous - Uncommon

Card Description
This is a set-up!

With
Table Terrain can be seen as a more proactive environment to the Cone Zone, since both are centered around keeping Zombies healthy and survive more Plant attacks as a result. Unlike Cone Zone, which can actually destroy a Zombie that is relying on the +3 provided by it, having Table Terrain does not have that flaw if it is overwritten by either Hero. As such, Table Terrain tends to be a saver environment choice for longer game decks that utilize expensive but powerful fighters.

Since Table Terrain requires a Zombie to Destroy a Plant and survive after combat, it is advised to use it in tandem with strong fighters such as Gargantuars, since its naturally high health pool will benefit more from a complete heal if severely damaged during combat. Alternatively, fighters that benefit from plant destruction like Vimpire and its Ancient variant are also well suited to having a full heal after combat, allowing their natural growth upon Destroying a Plant to be further rewarded by negating the damage dealt during combat, though only The Smash can accomplish this.

Against
While it can become a problem when paired with a Zombie to benefit from its effects, Table Terrain can be mostly harmless if positioned poorly or outright overwritten by one of your own environments like most other Zombie environments.

Planting high health fighters like Wall-Nut can be a very beneficial asset, since the destruction of the plant is what allows the Zombie to benefit from Table Terrain in the first place. Having a Plant that is difficult to destroy on a newly formed Table Terrain can dissuade a Zombie Hero from immediately utilizing it's effects on other zombies.

Plants that can move Zombies around such as Sweet Potato and Whipvine can be major players in counteracting Table Terrain, either moving a Zombie away from the terrain as to not gain the ability, or by transmitting a weak Zombie fighter to take up the space and effectively render its ability useless until the Zombie Hero moves the Zombie manually or the Zombie is destroyed.

Plants that can damage from the lane next door can also see a lot of use here, taking down a harmed Zombie while safely attacking from a different lane and making the chance of Table Terrain activating significantly less likely.