Gaea-mint

Gaea-mint is a Power Mint plant in Plants vs. Zombies : The Plants' Rescue. He was added in Mintception Update of the game, in version v.2.2.1. He was added along with 14 original Power Mints, Doubled Mint and Mega-mint.

Overview
Gaea-mint is a plant based on Lamiaceae, also known as mint, and Gaea or Gaia, which is a personification of the Earth. His name is just the mix of two.

When planted, he summons binding vines for each tile in 5x5 radius around him, which does damage and stuns them for the whole 7 seconds duration when he's active, and his ability to boosts plants that belong in his family, which has earth, water or air elementals.

He boosts plants in his family by increasing their damage, increasing their knockback, increasing their attack's cooldown, and more. Plants in his family include:


 * Moss Spikes
 * Moss-Shroom
 * Rambuthump
 * Chrysanthemum
 * Sea-Shroom
 * Squirt Pea
 * Soak-Shroom
 * Burr-ow
 * Palmounter

Like other Power Mints, he cannot be instant recharged or imitated. He also costs 100 suns, and has 7 seconds of duration. He can be obtained by either purchasing for 150 mints, or by winning a Mint Tournament, which gives a random Power Mint depending on the player.
 * Oxygen Algae
 * Chill Mint
 * Rain Raspberry
 * Levitater
 * Skyshooter
 * Nepetunia
 * AC-Clover
 * Tornadaisy
 * Bluster Melon

Strategies


Upgrades


Trivia

 * As the assets suggest, Gaea-mint was supposed to look angry in the game. It seems it's changed as the vines are on higher layer than the eyes.
 * This is the first plant created by that is a Power Mint.