It is also a pun on the aforementioned plant, the flavoring it produces, and the adjective meaning of "vanilla," describing the simplest version of something, without any optional extras, basic or ordinary, referring to their lack of traits and abilities, and possibly the vanilla flavor of ice cream (which is its projectile) as well, which is sometimes described as boring and flavorless. This is also referenced in its description, as it claims to have nothing interesting to say.
Statistics
Class: Smarty
Tribes: Bean Flower Plant
Traits: None
Abilities: None
Set - Rarity: Premium - Uncommon
Card description
"I'm sorry, it's just... I have nothing interesting to say."
Update history
Update 1.2.11
Description change: Quotation marks were added on the start and end of their description.
Update 1.14.13
Set - Rarity change: Basic - Common → Premium - Uncommon
Update 1.22.12
▲ Tribe added: Bean
Design change: Vanilla bean added.
Strategies
With
Vanilla has average but decent stats for a 3 plant. Because of its stats, it is immune to a variety of instant-kill cards like Rolling Stone, Weed Spray, and Rocket Science, with a few exceptions being Knockout and Slammin' Smackdown. Vanilla also has good synergy, with its bean tribe going nicely with Admiral Navy Bean and Bean Counter, while its flower tribe makes it synergizable with Template:PvZHLink and Briar Rose.
Unfortunately, Vanilla's lack of traits and abilities means that they will be outclassed later on, and even among other 3-sun plants. The best examples of such 3-sun plants are Sportacus, who has the same stats as Vanilla but also a very useful ability, and Cool Bean, who can easily threaten gravestone decks and synergize nicely with Freeze decks with its ability. Although neither Sportacus or Cool Bean have flower synergy, flower synergy only matters as Template:PvZH Link. Therefore, there is no reason to pick Vanilla over any of them if you are not playing as her.
Against
This plant is relatively harmless, but early on in the game, it can prove to be a moderate threat due to their somewhat above-average stats for a 3 plant. In addition, the two aforementioned flowers can make them more formidable. The best way to dispose of this is to use something cheap, but strong at the same time. Glass cannons such as Tennis Champ or Cuckoo Zombie can destroy them with ease. If you are desperate, tricks are an alternative way to get rid of this plant.
Knockout is the best counter to this plant, since it can destroy Vanilla and any other plant on its lane instantly. You can also use superpowers like Slammin' Smackdown or Electrobolt, although there will most likely be better targets for them.
Before update 1.2.11, its description was grammatically incorrect, since its description is a quote from them, but there were no quotation marks at the start or end of the description.
It, Banana Split, and Half-Banana are the only plants that attack zombies with ice cream. All three of them also use the same projectile.
Out of the three, Vanilla is the only one that is not in the Mega-Grow class.
It is also the only one that is in the bean and flower tribes instead of the banana tribe.