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Witch's Familiar is Immorticia's premium legendary zombie signature superpower trick card in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes and a member of the PvZH Brainy IconBrainy and PvZH Beastly IconBeastly classes. It costs 1BrainPvZH to play, and its ability makes Zom-Bats on a selected lane. Its closest plant counterpart is Tater Toss.

Origins[]

The "witch" in its refers to Immorticia. The word "familiar," in this case, means a demon supposedly attending or obeying a witch, often said to assume the form of an animal, referring to the Zom-Bats it makes. Its name could also be a pun on the question "Which is familiar?". It may also be an allusion to the title of a Doctor Who episode "Witch's Familiar."

Its ability is a reference to how witches are commonly associated with bats.

Its flavor text is based on the saying 'bats in the belfry.'

Statistics[]

  • Classes: Brainy, Beastly
  • Tribes: Pet Superpower Trick
  • Ability: Make Zom-BatsH.
  • Set - Rarity: Premium - Legendary

Card description[]

Immorticia was cleaning her belfry when, lo and behold, she found bats in there.

Update history[]

Update 1.24.6[]

  • Can now be played on aquatic lanes.

Strategies[]

With[]

While Immorticia can use this superpower the same fashion Neptuna uses Octo-Pult (to directly hurt the hero from an unprotected lane), the nature of this trick encourages you to play this trick on a lane with a plant that has high health but no strength, such as Wall-Nut or Torchwood, although your opponent can easily play a plant behind them. Since this is a pet trick that plays a pet zombie, it can boost zombies like Cat Lady and Zookeeper twice. However, it doesn't synergize with Unlife of the Party because Immorticia is not a Crazy hero, meaning she has to get him from Summoning, Triplication and Portal Technician first, unless other heroes obtain Witch's Familiar from Thinking Cap or Quasar Wizard.

Boosting this with Vitamin Z or Maniacal Laugh can also allow it to last longer on the field. Also, bonus attacks with Lurch for Lunch or Electrician can also allow you to draw more cards when this hurts the plant in its lane.

Other than that, this superpower can be quite useful to block a threatening plant that could do a lot of damage to you as well as at drawing a card if the Zom-Bats manage to damage a plant.

Against[]

Avoid playing any plants that cannot do damage as Immorticia can use them as easy card draw. Also, be warned if Cat Lady or Zookeeper is on the field, as Immorticia can play this and activate their abilities twice. While the Zom-Bats made from this are not a powerful zombie, it provides at least one block from a strong plant and draws a card at the very least.

To deal with this trick, you can either play Forget-Me-Nuts, Dark Matter Dragonfruit or Brainana to delay this trick, have Black-Eyed Pea or Sportacus on the field to make Immorticia think twice before playing this trick, or destroy Zom-Bats. However, be warned that they will still give your opponent a card unless they are confronted by a shielded plant, or hit with a superpower or an ability before they get to attack.

Zom-Bats[]

See Zom-Bats.

Gallery[]

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In other languages[]

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language Name Description
United States of America English Witch's Familiar
China Simplified Chinese 女巫魔宠
Taiwan Traditional Chinese 巫婆的妖精
France French Familier de sorcière
Germany German Hexen-Haustier
Italy Italian Demone della strega
Japan Japanese 魔女のお馴染み
South Korea Korean 마녀의 소환
Brazil Brazilian Portuguese Mascote da Bruxa
Russia Russian Приживала ведьмы
Spain Spanish Familiar de Bruja


Trivia[]

  • It is the only pet superpower trick that is not in the PvZH Sneaky IconSneaky class.
  • Prior to the Triassic Triumph update, this trick could not be played on aquatic lanes even though Zom-Bats were given Amphibious in update 1.22.12.
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Token Cards Zom-Bats
Superpowers Frozen Tundra · Slammin' Smackdown · Stayin' Alive · Witch's Familiar · Acid Rain · Evaporate · Galvanize
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Common Baseball Zombie · Rolling Stone · Conehead · Team Mascot · Medic
Uncommon
Premium Arm Wrestler · Camel Crossing · Flag Zombie · Terrify · Trash Can Zombie · Buckethead · Ra Zombie
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