Plants vs. Zombies Heroes/Unused Card Content

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To do: There is more. Buddy System card's animation. Add original filenames and where these are located.

Unused Graphics

Buddy System textures

Textures for the unused Buddy System card. Also comes equipped with a full animation alongside it.

Early Three-Nut

An earlier design for the Three-Nut plant, being much simpler in design.

Old Teleportation Zombie

To do: Replace with his actual sprites

An earlier version of the Teleportation Zombie, looking far more Star Trek-inspired. May have been changed to avoid legal issues.

Unused Animations

Plants

Early Shamrocket

An earlier animation for the Shamrocket card, using a completely different design. (click to animate if frozen)

Go-Nuts Animation

An earlier animation for Go-Nuts, complete with some confetti! (click to animate if frozen)

Sunflower Seed Death

An unused death animation for the Sunflower Seed. (click to animate if frozen)

Old Area 22

An earlier version of Area 22 being played on the field, with a different design. (click to animate if frozen)

Unwanted Gifts

An early animation for the Unexpected Gifts, back when it was called Unwanted Gifts. (click to animate if frozen)

Overshoot Animations

To do: Add all of the Overshoot animations individually

Via the use of the Disco Dance Floor and Moon Base Z cards, the player is capable of giving every zombie in the game the Overshoot trait. These can make zombies use animations that are found nowhere else.

Strangely, a few Plants also have Overshoot animations, despite the Overshoot trait being exclusive to zombies.

Unused Tribes

There are references to an Onion tribe in the game, likely intended for the plant Onion Rings. Likely scrapped due to how few plants based on onions are in the game.

Unused Cards

There are several unused cards in the game, with some being more complete than others.

Plants

Name	Card text	Notes
Resistant Radish	None	A 6-cost 4/6 that gives all plants on the field +2 attack
Whack-a-Zombie	None	A 5-cost Kabloom Trick that deals five damage to a zombie selected. A card with the same name managed to get into the final game, though with different mechanics. Shares ability with Sun Strike.
Hypnotize	Deal 3 damage to a Plant or the Plant Hero	Despite what the card text says, it actually does 3 damage to a Zombie or Zombie Hero. According to the files, it was considered a Superpower card.
Health-Nut	None	5-cost 6/6 with no ability. A card also named Health-Nut did make it to the final game as an event card, but was completely different.
Gloom-Shroom	CHARACTER REMOVED	8-cost 8/8 which did 3 damage to all zombies when played. Was later changed into a 5-cost 5/4 with "When played: Do 1 damage to Zombies here. Mushroom Evolution: Deal 3 damage instead." Gloom-shroom did appear in the final game via an update, though again, was slightly different.
Gatling Pea	When played: Destroy a Plant.	3-cost 6/6. Once again shares a name with a plant who did appear in the final game, though much different.
Imitator	When played: Draw two cards.	2-cost 0/2. Card text used to be "When played: Gain two Plants." in older versions due to the wording of abilities back then. Yet again shares the name with a card in the final game who is completely different.
Body-Gourd	When played: Your Block Meter goes up by a Double Charge.	5-cost 3/6. And of course, it shares the name with a completely different card in the final game.
Mega-heal	Heal a Plant to full, It gets +5 health	Finally, a card that doesn't share it's name with an existing card! It was Wall-Knight's original signature superpower, before getting replaced (due to it being incredibly unbalanced) with Uncrackable.
Blank Plant	None	N/A
Pea Pod Planet	None	2-cost Environmental card, appears to give all plants in the lane it was played +1/+1 on beginning of each turn.
Bouncy Toy	None	3-cost trick, bounces all Plants and Zombies in the lane it is played.
Buddy System	None	1-cost Solar trick. It has animations and visuals, and it uses gloves pretty similar to Gardening Gloves, but they're redrawn to be animated to handshake.
Veloci-Radish Packmate	Team-Up. Dino-Roar: This gets +1 Strength.	A token card originally made when Veloci-Radish (now known as Veloci-Radish Hunter) was played.

Zombies

Name	Card text	Notes
TEST Zombie Aquatic	None	Probably used for testing the behavior of the Amphibious trait.
TEST Zombie Destroy Target Plant Fighter Burst	None	Burst is a keyword used in PvZH Code for tricks, so this was likely a card made to test how tricks that destroy would behave.
TEST Zombie Buff Fighter Burst	None	Probably used for testing the behavior of Tricks that buff Zombies.
0 Plant Board Clear Cheat 0	Destroy all fighters	This Superpower trick is a developer cheat. Possible to be seen in older versions via a glitch in The Smash's hero quest.
Skydiver Training	Move a Zombie from Heights. It gets +1 Strength/+1 Health.	This was a Superpower Trick.
Rubo's Master	None	5-cost 3/5 with no ability.
Zomboss's Gargantuar	When played: This does a Bonus Attack.	10-cost 10/10. Maybe replaced by the Trickster?
Screen Door Zombie	Armored 1	2-cost 2/3. A similar zombie with the same name does appear in the final game, though slightly different.
Minelayer Zombie	Gravestone	3-cost 2/1 that destroys a plant when revealed
Imposter	When destroyed: Make a 3/1 Imp here.	3-cost 1/3. This was originally a Galactic Gardens card. Another Imposter did manage to appear in the final game as an event card, though is much different.
Other Imposter	None	3-cost 3/1. Summoned by Imposter after destroying him.
Finale Dancer	When destroyed: Do 3 damage to the Plant Hero.	5-cost 6/3.
Zombie Mob	When played: Destroy a Zombie.	6-cost 6/6.
Zomboss Lab	None	3-cost Environment card. Zombies that are on this lane gets +2/+2 on the beginning of each turn.
Wilting Away	Deal 3	3-cost Trick that deals 3 damage to a plant
Stoneworker	None	2-cost 2/1.
Jetpack Zombie	None	1-cost 3/1. Would've been in the Crazy class
Brains in a Jar	When played: Gain 3 Brains this turn.	2-cost Trick. Likely an early Cryo-Brain.
The Blocker	None	5-cost 3/5.
Toughen Up!	All Zombies get +2 Health	2-cost Trick. Likely an early Camel Crossing.
Duplicate	None	4-cost Trick with no ability.
Regenerating Zombie	None	3-cost, has 2/4 and heals himself for 20 at the beginning of each turn.
Double Trouble	None	3-cost Trick with no ability.
Bionic Zombie	None	None
Blank Zombie	None	It costs 99 Brains and cannot be played. Possible to be seen in update 1.14.10 by Mad Chemist or Eureka. This card is used to deflate AI difficulty by putting an unplayable (Even if they have 99 brains) card in their hand.
Cheating Zombie	Draw 5 cards. Heal your Hero for 20. Gain 30 Sun. Then this dies. Now get to work!	Developer Cheat
Zombie Nurse	Start of Tricks: Heal all Zombies and the Zombie Hero for 2.	3-cost 2/4 Professional Zombie in the Hearty class. She was made during the early betas of Colossal Fossils, but was scrapped for Sneezing Zombie.
Raptor Grounds	When a Zombie enters this lane, it does a Bonus Attack.	3-cost Rare Environment in the Brainy class. Sprites are reused for Teleportation Station.

Earlier Card Stats

Several cards that were added into the final game were changed up a bit before they were added.

Plants

Name	Description	Notes
Spike Weed	None	3-cost. Mostly the same ability as the final, but dealt the 2 damage at the end of tricks rather than when it is reached in combat.
Plantern	When played: Destroy all Zombie Environments.	3-cost 3/3.
Cosmic Nut	When played: Conjure a Nut, its Strength becomes 3	4-cost 3/4.
Starch-Lord	None	4-cost 2/5. Same ability as final.
Gravitree	None	5-cost 4/5 with Armored 1. Same ability as final.
Primal Wall-Nut	Team-Up, Untrickable, When played: Draw a card	3-cost 0/7.
Shamrocket	Destroy a Zombie that has 4 Strength or more.	4-cost
Corn Dog	None	2-cost 2/3 with Amphibious. Ability appeared to be "When a Plant is played here: This moves to a random lane."
Banana Launcher	None	3-cost 0/2. Same ability as final.
Flying Banana Bomb	!#Flying Banana Bomb_shortDesc#!	0-cost. Could target either the Zombie Hero or a Zombie for 2 damage. Was renamed to just 'Banana Bomb'
Pair Pearadise	When you play a Plant here, make a copy of that Plant with Team-Up here.	5-cost.
Fireweed	When played on the Ground: Make Hot Lava here.	2-cost 2/4.
Imitater	When you play a Plant, this transforms into a copy of that Plant.	3-cost 2/2.
Veloci-Radish Hatchling	Dino-Roar: This gets +1 Strength	1-cost 1/3.
Strawberrian	When you play a Berry, do 1 damage to a random Zombie. Berry Evolution: Gain a Berry Blast.	3-cost 3/3.
Gloom-Shroom	When played: Do 1 damage to Zombies here and next door. Mushroom Evolution: Instead, do 3 damage to them.	5-cost 5/6.
Trans-fig-uration	Whenever a Plant becomes hurt, transform it into a random Plant.	4-cost 2/4. Was renamed to Transfiguration without the hyphens.
Sweet Pea	None	3-cost 3/3. Same ability as final.
Coffee Grounds	Plants here get +1 Strength/+1 Health and do a Bonus Attack after combat.	4-cost. Was Super-Rare. Later was changed to 2-cost and Uncommon but kept the ability.
Moonbean	When this does damage, shuffle two Magic Beanstalks into your deck.	3-cost 2/4.
Pod Fighter	None	5-cost 3/3. Same ability as final.
Umbrella Leaf	Team-Up. Plants here and next door are Untrickable	1-cost 0/3. Was later changed to a 0/2 but kept everything else about it.
Savage Spinach	Leafy Evolution: All Plants in your hand get +2 Strength/+2 Health	4-cost 5/3.
Apotatosaurus	Untrickable. Dino-Roar: This gets +2 Strength/+2 Health. When played: Gain a Sweet Potato.	6-cost 4/4.
Lily of the Valley	When you play a Plant on the Heights, that Plant gets +2 Strength/+2 Health.	2-cost 1/1. Beta nerf, eventually was changed to a 1/2 instead.
Dark Matter Dragonfruit	Amphibious. Splash Damage 5. Zombies Trick cost 5 Brains more.	8-cost 5/5.
Pear Pal	Team-Up. When played: This becomes a +2 Strength/+2 Health.png if another Plant is here.	1-cost 0/4.
Tricorn	Attacks here and next door. Plant Evolution: This gets +2 Strength.	6-cost 2/4.
Lima-Pleurodon	Amphibious. When you draw a card: Shuffle two Magic Beanstalks into your deck.	1-cost 2/2.
Lily Pad	Amphibious. Fusion: A Plant played on this gets Amphibious. Draw a card.	1-cost 0/1.
Rotobaga	Amphibious. This attacks both lanes next door instead of this lane.	2-cost 2/2.
Shrinking Ultraviolet	Zombies here and next door get -2 Strength.	4-cost.
Snake Grass	Team-Up. Start of turn: Make more Snake Grass next door.	4-cost 2/1. Was in the Mega-Grow class. This was moved to the Smarty class with the same stats and abilities in a later update but before it was complete.
Cosmoss	This gets +1 Strength/+1 Health for each Environment.	1-cost 2/2.
Apple Saucer	None	4-cost 4/3. Ability appeared to be "When destroyed: Heal the Plant Hero for 4 Health."
Venus Flytraplanet	When a Plant here does damage and survives, heal your Hero for that much.	5-cost. Beta nerf, only ability change went through.
Zen Garden	None	3 cost. Was mostly the same as the final, but made a Sunflower even if a Zombie was in the lane. Was renamed to Solar Winds.
Astrocado	None	6-cost 6/3 with Strikethrough. Created an Astrocado Pit whenever anything on the board was destroyed.
Astro Vera	None	8-cost 5/5. Mostly the same ability as the final, but didn't increase the Plant Hero's health by 10.
Cob Cannon	When played: Zombies here and next door get -1 Strength/-1 Health. Team-Up Evolution: Destroy all other Plants and Zombies here.	6-cost 6/6.
Green Crosshairs	All Plants get Strikethrough this turn. Draw a card.	3-cost. Renamed to Sun Strike
Aloesaurus	Dino-Roar: Heal all Plants and the Plant Hero for 2.	5-cost 5/6.

Zombies

Name	Card text	Notes
Biodome Botanist	None	4-cost 6/6. Same ability as final, but was in the Hearty class. Later was moved to Beastly as a 2-cost 2/4.
Cyborg Zombie	None	2-cost 1/1. Same ability as final. Vengeful Cyborg was a 3-cost 4/4 with the same ability.
Vengeful Cyborg	Hunt	7-cost 7/7.
Interstellar Bounty Hunter	None	4-cost 3/4 with Frenzy. Same ability as final. Was called just Bounty Hunter at a certain point.
Supernova Gargantuar	Frenzy When a Gargantuar destroys a Plant, destroy all copies of that Plant.	5-cost 5/6.
Wilting Away	Choose a lane with a Zombie. Destroy all Plants there.	3-cost.
Ancient Vimpire	Frenzy When any Zombie with Frenzy destroys a Plant, that Zombie gets +2 Strength/+2 Health.	4-cost 3/5.
Mondo Bronto	Amphibious Dino-Roar: All Pets get +1 Strength/+1 Health. Later was made to be the only one to get +1/+1 and conjure a History card when played.	4-cost 3/3.
Killer Whale	Amphibious Fusion: A Zombie played on this gets +2 Strength/+2 Health and Amphibious.	2-cost 2/2.
Gargantuar-Throwing Gargantuar	When hurt: Make a Random Gargantuar in a random lane.	7-cost 5/5.
Sneezing Zombie	Plants and the Plant Hero can't be healed. When played: All copies of a Plant get -2 Strength/-2 Health.	5-cost 4/4. The description lacks the strength and health icons.
Cosmic Scientist	Bullseye When played: Conjure a Science card, and it gets Bullseye.	2-cost 1/3.
Wormhole Gatekeeper	None	3-cost 3/3. Same ability as final.
Interdimensional Zombie	Start of turn: This transforms into a random Zombie that costs 1 Brain more. It keeps this ability when it transforms.	1-cost 1/3.
Zomblob	Zombie Evolution: You get +5 Brains this turn.	4-cost 4/4. Later turned into a 5-cost who gave 6 Brains instead of 5
Mustache Waxer	Start of Tricks: All Mustaches in your hand cost 1 Brain less.	1-cost 1/3. Later made that when the player played a Mustache card, they get +2 Brains
Pot of Silver	Draw three cards.	5-cost.
Duckstache	When this does damage: Conjure a Mustache Mustache Evolution: This gets +2 Strength/+2 Health.	3-cost 3/1.
Leprechaun Imp	When played: Shuffle two Pots of Gold into your deck.	1-cost 2/1
Space Ninja	While in an environment: Before combat here, do 1 damage to each Plant.	2-cost 3/2
Gas Giant	None	5-cost 5/5. Was Legendary. Mostly same ability as the final, but also dealt 5 damage to the Zombie Hero when destroyed.
Lizard Zombie	Zombie Evolution: Do 2 damage to each Plant.	3-cost 3/2.
Four-Armed Bandit	Zombie Evolution: Conjure a Zombie, a Trick, an Environment, and a Superpower.	4-cost 4/4. Was a Party Monster Zombie rather than a Pirate Monster Zombie. Later made to only use the Evolution ability on a zombie who cost 4 Brains or more
Ankylosaurus Rider	When you draw a card: Do 2 damage to a random Plant or the Plant Hero.	4-cost 2/5.
Zombie's Best Friend	When played: Make a random Zombie that costs 1 Brain.	2-cost 2/1.
Exploding Fruitcake	Do 5 damage to a Plant. The Plant Hero Conjures a Fruit.	2-cost.
Captain Deadbeard	None	3-cost 3/3 with Overshoot. This was a concept idea for an event version of Captain Deadbeard, this would eventually turn into Captain Flameface.
Cone Zone	None	2-cost. Mostly same ability as the final, but only gave +2 Health.
Celestial Custodian	When played: Destroy all Plant Environments.	4-cost 4/4.
Regenerating Zombie	None	1-cost 2/1 with Armored 1. Mostly the same ability as the final, but got the boost at the start of a turn rather than the start of tricks.
Zombot Battlecruiser	None	7-cost 5/5. Same ability as final. Was changed to a 6-cost 7/5 before the final release.
Zombie Middle Manager	This gets +1 Strength/+1 Health when you play a Professional. When played: Conjure a Professional.	1-cost 1/1. Had Zombie's sprites.
Primal Yeti	Zombie Evolution: All other Zombies get +2 Strength/+2 Health.	4-cost 4/4.
Stegosaurus Rider	When you draw a card, all cards in your hand cost 1 Brain less.	5-cost 3/6.
Angry Colosseum	Frenzy Fusion: A Zombie played on this gets +3 Strength/+3 Health and Frenzy.	3-cost 3/3.
Turquoise Skull Zombie	Gravestone Start of turn: The Plant player loses 1 Sun. This gets +1 Strength/+1 Health.	4-cost 2/3. Later turned into a 2/4 card.
Graveyard	None	2-cost. Puts a Zombie in a Gravestone when played and at the end of tricks.
Ice Pirate	None	2-cost 3/1. Ability appears to have been "When played: Freeze all Plants here."
Dr. Spacetime	Cards you Conjure get +1 Strength/+1 Health When this hurts the Plant Hero, Conjure a Galactic Gardens card.	2-cost 1/5.
Laser Base Alpha	Zombies here get +1 Strength and Strikethrough	2 cost.
Cryo Yeti	When a Plant does damage, Freeze that Plant.	5-cost 5/6.
Space Cowboy	None	4-cost 3/3 with Strikethrough. Same ability as final. Later became a 2/6 with Strikethrough
Blowgun Imp	Deadly Zombie Evolution: This gets +2 Strength}} and Strikethrough.	3-cost 1/5.
Zombot Aerostatic Gondola	Amphibious When this does damage, it moves to a random lane and leaves behind a random Zombie.	6-cost 3/6.
Monkey Trainer	Gravestone When you play a Trick, a steal section from the Plant Hero's Super-Block Meter.	2-cost 2/3. Was Super-Rare rather than Uncommon.
Buried Treasure	Springboard: Shuffle four Pots of Gold into your deck.	2-cost 2/3. Springboard was the beta name for Fusion and was just a Pirate Zombie rather than a Pirate Barrel Zombie. Later made to Conjure a Legendary zombie and make it cost 1 Brain less
Excavator Zombie	Gravestone When revealed: Bounce all Plants here.	3-cost 2/2. Was Uncommon rather than Super-Rare.
Raptor Rider	Dino-Roar: This gets +1 Strength/+1 Health When this hurts the Plant Hero, draw a card.	3-cost 3/3. Later made 2/4
Fire Rooster	When a Plant is played here, this moves to a random lane. When this enters a lane: Do 1 damage to all Plants here.	2-cost 2/2.

Old Card Names

Several Cards had their names changed during development.

Current name	Beta name
Photosynthesizer	Gravitational Pull
Spikeweed Sector	Spike Weed
Marine Bean	Gilly Bean
Force Field	Invincible Castle
Blockbuster	Master Grave Blaster
Veloci-Radish Hunter	Veloci-Radish
Transfiguration	Trans-fig-uration
Vegetation Mutation	Sprouting Expansion, Plant-etary Proliferation
Planet of the Grapes	Tactical Position
Sappy Place	Sap
Cool Bean	Carbeanite
Bog of Enlightenment	Dago-Bog
Shrinking Violet	Shrinking Ultraviolet
Lima-Pleurodon	Lima-Pleuradon
Banana Bomb	Flying Banana Bomb
Dark Matter Dragonfruit	Deep Space Dragonfruit
Solar Winds	Zen Garden
Sunnier-Shroom	Sun-Shroomier
Venus Flytraplanet	Flytrapland
Tanklyosaurus	Ankylosaurus Rider
Stompadon	Brain Stomper/Stegosaurus Rider
Mondo Bronto	Brontosaurus Rider
Duckstache	Barbarous Barber
Medulla Nebula	Brain Silo
Quickdraw Con Man	Four-Armed Bandit/Four Armed Zombie
Black Hole	Gravity Well
Headhunter	Jungle Drummer
Bad Moon Rising	Massmorph
Planetary Gladiator	Planetary Guard
Raiding Raptor	Raptor Rider
Celestial Custodian	Space Janitor
Total Eclipse	Stinky Mist
Cursed Gargolith	Stone Gargantuar