Plaintain

Vigor Vine is a Tide Turners super-rare card in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes and a member of the class. It costs 4 to play, and its ability prevents other Plants or Zombies in the same lane and next door from using THEIR abilities.

Statistics

 * Class: Mega-Grow
 * Tribe: Banana Plant
 * Traits: None
 * Abilities: Other Plants and Zombies here and next door cannot use their abilities.
 * Set - Rarity: Tide - Super-Rare

Card Description
Enjoys making Vanilla fit in.

With
Plaintain is plain. It's that plain and simple. Stat-wise, playing it dry is not an advisable course of action. It has mediocre stats for its cost, has no traits to protect itself, and can't defend itself against more intimidating Zombies. However, it more than makes up for this by absolutely shutting down anything that uses an ability. From stopping Swashbuckler Zombie's boosts to Pirates to reducing Inergalagic Waalod to a mere 5 2/2, the possibilities are nigh endless with Plaintain. Playing this in an area where it can affect the most Zombies is wise, so the 2nd and 3rd ground lanes are the best locations for this banana, although the 3rd lane is viable should the Zombie Hero have Amphibious Zombies on hand.

Remember that Plaintain also affects your Plants. Make sure to play Plants with When played: abilities before playing Plaintain if you can. Plants with ongoing abilities, on the other hand, should stay away from Plaintain (unless that ability is something detrimental to the Plant Hero, such as Split Pea's, but that is rare). Plaintain can counter one of the more frustrating cards in Tide Turners, Zombotany S.Q.U.A.D., by cancelling out the many annoying abilities of the Plants. ALSO remember that Plaintain does not stop traits from being usable.

Against
Plaintain is an annoying banana to peel, but the Plant Hero usually has to share the burden of its existence on the field. Strong or Deadly Zombies should be able to eradicate it fairly quickly. In the meantime, keep Zombies with any kind of ability away from Plaintain; even Zombies with When played: abilities such as Flamenco Dancer and Celestial Custodian will not be able to do anything if played next door to or on the same lane as Plaintain. Zombies with Fusion and Evolution can still be fused and evolve respectively, but they won't actually DO anything upon fusing or evolving.

Trivia

 * Plaintain is (for now) the only Plant that faces right. This is unholy and unnatural.