Apple-Saucer is a galacticuncommonplantcard in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes, and a member of the Solar class. It costs 2 to play, and has 3/2. It does not have any traits, and its ability gives it the Strikethrough trait if 6 or more sun has been made on the turn it is played.
It is based on an apple, a sweet, pomaceous fruit cultivated worldwide, and an unidentified flying object, a term used to describe any object in the sky that is not identifiable as a known object or phenomenon.
Its name is a portmanteau of "apple sauce," a sweet sauce made mainly out of apples, referring to the projectiles it use, and "flying saucer," referring to its appearance.
Statistics
Class: Solar
Tribe: Fruit Plant
Traits: None
Ability: When played: If you made at least 6 this turn, this gets Strikethrough
Set - Rarity: Galactic - Uncommon
Card description
Watchful Quasar Wizards sometimes spot an Unidentified Fruiting Object.
Update history
Update 1.16.10
Added to the game.
Strategies
With
Apple-Saucer is quite glassy for a 2-cost card. It can be treated as Template:PvZHLink, but with the fruit tribe rather than pea, meaning it doesn't have synergy with Template:PvZHLink or The Podfather, or any plant due to the lack of fruit synergy cards. However, Apple-Saucer's strength lies in its late-game ability. Once you make 6 sun, Apple-Saucer becomes a nuisance for the zombie hero, as it will gain Strikethrough upon being played. It is recommended to use plenty of plants that give extra sun if you want to make full use of this card.
Because it gains Strikethrough in the late game, using it with Venus Flytraplanet can result in double the healing if a zombie is also on its lane, as it damages both the zombie and the zombie hero. Template:PvZH Link can play Apple-Saucer on Planet of the Grapes for easy card draw with its trait.
Against
While it has mundane stats for its cost, Apple-Saucer can destroy most of your essential zombies fairly quickly, especially if played when your opponent has made 6 sun or more. Its strength stat of 3 means it cannot be destroyed by Weed Spray, Rolling Stone, or Rocket Science. Fortunately, it only has 2, so if you play as a Crazy hero, Bungee Plumber or The Chickening should do the job in destroying Apple-Saucer.
Since Apple-Saucer will get Strikethrough when played by the time the plant hero has made 6 or more, it can prove a tough plant to to deal with. Hearty heroes can resort to using Landscaper or Template:PvZH Link (Shrink Ray in case of Rustbolt) to prevent it from attacking, after which they can destroy it with Rolling Stone or Weed Spray. Beastly heroes can weaken Apple-Saucer with Nibble or Total Eclipse; or outright destroy it with instant-kill tricks such as B-flat and Locust Swarm. Sneaky heroes can Freeze Apple-Saucer to prevent it from doing heavy damage.
Gallery
Apple-Saucer's statistics
Apple-Saucer's card
Apple-Saucer's grayed out card
Apple-Saucer's card image
HD Apple-Saucer
Apple Saucer with the Strikethrough trait
Apple Saucer destroyed
Apple-Saucer on the background of the Galactic Gardens battlefield
Its description also references UFOs, or Unidentified Flying Objects, but instead calling Apple-Saucer an Unidentified Fruiting Object, referencing the fact that an apple is a fruit.
It also references real-life UFO watchers.
Though its projectile is a scoop of apple sauce, it resembles the scoop of ice cream used by plants like Vanilla, Banana Split, and Half-Banana.
It is the fourth card that has an ability that activates when the player has made 6 sun or more, the others being Morning Glory, Water Balloons and Sage Sage.
Out of the four, Apple-Saucer is the only one that was introduced in the Galactic Gardens update.
It is one of the three fruit cards in the Solar class. The other two are Astrocado and Template:PvZHLink.
Coincidentally, all of them were introduced in the Galactic Gardens update.