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Mayflower is an event plant card in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes and a member of the PvZH Smarty IconSmarty class. It costs 3SunPvZH to play and has 2StrengthPvZH/3HeartPvZH. It has the Amphibious trait, and its ability Conjures a random corn, squash, or bean card every time it hurts the zombie hero.

It was introduced during the 2016 Fall Food Fight event alongside Turkey Rider, and was available from November 14th to November 22nd. As of January 24th, 2017, both of them were made craftable.

It had a special pack which included it, along with Twin Sunflower and Sow Magic Beans. The pack cost 400 gems.

Origins[]

Epigaea repens

It is based on the plant in real life with the same name (Epigaea repens), a low, spreading shrub in the family Ericaceae.

It is also partially based on the Mayflower, the first English Separatists transporting ship to North America that sailed in 1620, which is a reference to its availability during Thanksgiving and its Amphibious trait.

Its ability is a reference that corns, squashes and beans – collectively known as the Three Sisters – were both the main crops of Indigenous North Americans and popular Thanksgiving produce.

Its description is a reference to the proverb "March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers."

Statistics[]

  • Class: Smarty
  • Tribe: Flower Plant
  • Trait: Amphibious
  • Ability: When this hurts the Zombie Hero, Conjure a Corn, Squash or Bean.
  • Set: Event

Card description[]

Do April showers bring Mayflowers? My goodness, isn't that a personal question!

Update history[]

Update 1.8.23[]

  • Added to the game.

Update 1.10.14[]

  • Set - Rarity change: Super-Rare → Event

Update 1.10.22[]

  • Became craftable.

Update 1.16.10[]

  • Ability streamlined: When this hurts the Zombie Hero, add a random Corn, Squash, or Bean to your hand. → When this hurts the Zombie Hero, Conjure a Corn, Squash, or Bean.

Strategies[]

With[]

Mayflower is much similar to Cattail with reversed stats, but the ability makes it shine. However, this only works if the Mayflower hurts the zombie hero, so it is ideal to play it in an aquatic lane unless an Amphibious zombie blocks the path. Use plant tricks that damage, destroy, or Bounce zombies so that Mayflower can hit the zombie hero. Most likely, if Mayflower hurts the zombie hero, there is a high chance that you would earn a bean since there are more beans than squash or corn. Try to keep allowing Mayflower to hit the zombie hero to have a chance at one of the possible legendary cards, however, it also has a very high chance of giving you bean cards which could be used to boost a bean-based deck such as Admiral Navy Bean. Take note as you may get cards that may not work out with your deck or get weak ones like Sting Bean and Weenie Beanie.

While Rose can use this in a flower deck, this can become somewhat detrimental as while Mayflower itself can still benefit from Power Flower and Briar Rose, the cards it gives you are generally not suitable for a flower deck. Speaking of Briar Rose, it is a good plant to keep your opponent from easily destroying Mayflower, and can be useful to discourage your opponent from playing big Amphibious threats like Deep Sea Gargantuar to confront Mayflower. Rose is also able to play instant-kill cards such as the aforementioned Briar Rose and Squash to remove zombies fronting Mayflower. She can also give it the Strikethrough trait via Sun Strike so that it directly hits the zombie hero, thus earning her a free plant from it. It can also be Conjured by Cosmic Flower so that it gains the Strikethrough trait, allowing it to hit the zombie hero and earn a free plant.

A good synergy when playing as Green Shadow is to use Espresso Fiesta or Plant Food on it, as its bonus attacks can hit the zombie hero, and give you more cards in your hand. Captain Cucumber can be used with Mayflower to reduce the cost of all cards Mayflower conjures. Also, using Plant Food on it makes it immune to most instant-kill cards. Be wary of Cakesplosion, Final Mission, and Knockout, though.

As Nightcap, if it is blocked by a zombie, you can use damaging tricks such as Berry Blast or Cherry Bomb.

Citron and Beta-Carrotina might have trouble using it well, but they can use tough Team-Up plants such as Wall-Nut and Water Chestnut to protect it or Force Field to shield it. Citron can also play Root Wall and Peel Shield.

Pairing this up with Dino-Roar cards such as Bananasaurus Rex is also a good idea, as they will activate their abilities if Mayflower hurts your opponent.

Below here is a list of cards that can be Conjured by Mayflower (by cost order):

Bean: Admiral Navy Bean, Clique Peas, Lima-Pleurodon, Magic Beanstalk, Sting Bean, Weenie Beanie, Black-Eyed Pea, Coffee Grounds, Cosmic Bean, Sow Magic Beans, Vanilla, Cool Bean, Marine Bean, Moonbean, Spring Bean, Bean Counter, Navy Bean, Jelly Bean, Jumping Bean, Typical Beanstalk, Laser Bean, and Espresso Fiesta

Squash: Haunted Pumpking, Jack O' Lantern, Pumpkin Shell, Winter Squash, Body-Gourd, Squash, Smashing Pumpkin, and The Great Zucchini

Corn: Kernel-Pult, Corn Dog, Cob Cannon, Kernel Corn, and Cornucopia

However, be careful if Quickdraw Con Man is on the field, as if Mayflower Conjures a card, you will take 1 unblockable damage.

Against[]

Because of its low stats, it should not be too difficult to destroy. However, if it is played on an aquatic lane, it can be very difficult to get to it, especially if the player is playing as Rustbolt, Z-Mech, or Professor Brainstorm, who all lack Amphibious zombies.

If the player happens to play as a hero or use a deck with no access to aquatic lanes, the best option is to play tricks like Rolling Stone, Weed Spray, or Zombot's Wrath. If it gets boosted, Rocket Science, Cut Down to Size, Locust Swarm, or Zombot Sharktronic Sub are good options as well.

PvZH Hearty IconHearty heroes, despite not having any Amphibious zombies, are good at combating Mayflower, due to the usage of cards such as Terrify, Sumo Wrestler, Rolling Stone, Landscaper, Celestial Custodian, and Planetary Gladiator, which takes damage for the hero. Terrify and Sumo Wrestler can move Mayflower out of the aquatic lane, Rolling Stone and Celestial Custodian can destroy it due to its low strength, Landscaper can decrease its strength when revealed to 0, making it a waste of space unless boosted, moved, or Bounced, and Planetary Gladiator negates Mayflower's ability. If the player is playing as Rustbolt, Shrink Ray can be played to make sure Mayflower cannot attack, turning it to a lane waster, assuming it doesn't get boosted by tricks like Fertilize or Plant Food.

Having Quickdraw Con Man on the field can also deter it's usage.

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In other languages[]

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language Name Description
United States of America English Mayflower
China Simplified Chinese 五月花 lit. "May Flower"
Taiwan Traditional Chinese 五月花
Germany German Maiblume
South Korea Korean 메이플라워
Russia Russian Боярышник


Trivia[]

  • It is the first event card in the Smarty class.
    • It is also the first event plant card exclusive to Plants vs. Zombies Heroes, as Jack O' Lantern, the first event plant card to be introduced in this game, first appeared in Plants vs. Zombies 2 and not Plants vs. Zombies Heroes.
  • When it activates its ability, a plate of corn, squash and green beans can be seen floating over its head.
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Galactic Body-Gourd · Pecanolith
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Uncommon
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Galactic Banana Bomb · Mushroom Grotto · Invasive Species
Colossal Puff-Shroom
Triassic Veloci-Radish Hatchling · Hot Lava
Rare
Premium Shroom for Two · Wild Berry · Petal-Morphosis · Sour Grapes · Poison Oak
Galactic Cosmic Mushroom · Lava Guava
Colossal Cro-Magnolia
Triassic Shelf Mushroom
Super-Rare
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Galactic Astro-Shroom · Banana Launcher · Pair Pearadise
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Legendary
Premium Pineclone · Dandy Lion King · Kernel Corn
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Colossal Gloom-Shroom
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Token Cards Hothead
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Heroes Chompzilla · Grass Knuckles · Green Shadow · Captain Combustible
Common Peashooter · Torchwood · Cabbage-Pult · Fertilize · Flourish · Grow-Shroom · Repeater
Uncommon
Premium Bonk Choy · Pea Pod · Sweet Potato · Fire Peashooter · Skyshooter
Galactic Coffee Grounds · Sweet Pea · Vegetation Mutation
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Super-Rare
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Colossal Gatling Pea
Triassic Apotatosaurus
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Common Snowdrop · Weenie Beanie · Snow Pea · Cattail · Smoosh-Shroom · Threepeater
Uncommon
Premium Iceberg Lettuce · Shellery · Rescue Radish · Spring Bean · Vanilla · Carrotillery
Galactic Mars Flytrap · Planet of the Grapes · Leaf Blower
Colossal Grave Mistake · Pear Pal
Triassic Primal Peashooter
Rare
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Colossal Tricorn
Triassic Lily Pad
Super-Rare
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Galactic Laser Cattail · Bog of Enlightenment · Cool Bean
Colossal Jelly Bean
Triassic Rotobaga · Shrinking Violet
Legendary
Premium Brainana · Winter Melon · The Great Zucchini
Galactic Shooting Starfruit · Dark Matter Dragonfruit
Colossal Lima-Pleurodon
Triassic Bird of Paradise
Event Cards Spyris · Go-Nuts · Mayflower · Sportacus · Snake Grass · Witch Hazel · Jolly Holly · Sap-Fling
Token Cards Magic Beanstalk · Sappy Place
Superpowers Peel Shield · Mush-Boom · Precision Blast · Goatify · Genetic Amplification · Big Chill · Transmogrify · Whirlwind · Lieutenant Carrotron · Lightspeed Seed
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Heroes Chompzilla · Rose · Solar Flare · Wall-Knight
Common Bellflower · Sunflower · Mixed Nuts · Squash · Smashing Pumpkin
Uncommon
Premium Morning Glory · Fume-Shroom · Pepper M.D. · Water Balloons · Venus Flytrap · Bloomerang · Metal Petal Sunflower
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Rare
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Super-Rare
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Legendary
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