Necrotrancer Zombie

Necrotrancer Zombie is a Galactic Legendary Zombie card and a member of the Crazy Class. He costs 6 brains to play, has 5 and 5 . He has the Gravestone trait. His ability allows you to choose a plant, which allows you to utilize the of the chosen plant and damage both the plant and the Plant Hero.
== Origins ==
Necrotrancer's design is based off of Crunch Bandicoot's brainwashed design from the Gameboy Advance game Crash Bandicoot 2: N. Tranced, which also alludes to Necrotrancer's ability of "hypnosis". Necrotrancer's name is a portmanteau of "necromancer", someone who summons people from the dead, which is referencing the fact that he is indeed a zombie, and trance, a state someone is in after being hypnotized.
Its description is also a reference to the popular internet fad of putting mentos, a candy brand, into cocoa cola soft drinks, commonly referred to as coke or cola, which cause the coke to ‘explode’.
== Statistics ==
* Class: Crazy
* Tribes: Science Zombie
* Traits: Gravestone
* Ability: Choose a plant, deal that plant’s as damage to the plant and the Plant Hero
* Set & Rarity: Galactic - Legendary
=== Card Description: ===
Hypnosis and brainwashing is like mixing Coke and Mentos. You can do it, but it's best not to do it.
=== Strategy: ===
With
To say this zombie is deadly is an understatement. Yes, its base statistics (5 strength, 5 health) is underwhelming for a 6-cost legendary card, but it's "When played: " ability is when this zombie really shines. It can effectively cripple Mega-Grow heroes, since their strategies typically require the absurd increasing of fighters' stats with cards like Fertilizer and the Red Plant-it. Not to mention since its a part of the Science tribe, it can gain a bonus attack from Gadget Scientist, and gain more strength from the Zombot Drone Engineer, and cause the Interdimensional Zombie to transform (all of this could only be done by Professor Brainstorm normally). And since the Necrotrancer's ability damages or destroys plants, it synergizes well with the Zombot Sharktronic Sub (this is only possibly via Impfinity). Given this zombie's classifications, he could be conjured and/or created by the following.
* Triplication 
* Buried Treasure 
* Bad Moon Rising
* Placing a 5-cost zombie in the Transformation Station
* Cosmic Scientist (includes Bullseye)
* Dr. Spacetime (includes one brain chipped off its cost)
* Using Evolutionary Leap on a 5-cost zombie
Bouncing this zombie (whether it be by yourself with cards like Firefighter or Secret Agent or by the opponent with cards like Jumping Bean, Spring Bean, or Primal Peashooter) as well as putting him in a gravestone via the Mixed Up Gravedigger or Encryption is a great choice since it allows you to play him later on, especially when more powerful plants are on the board.
Against
This zombie is incredibly deadly, especially if you are hellbent on boosting your plants' stats. If you are a Solar hero, you could easily destroy him with a Squash (that is, if Parasol Zombie doesn't provide him with the Untrickable trait) or you could regain health with cards like the 2nd Best Taco of All Time or Aloe Vera. Bouncing this zombie as a Smarty Hero is a genuinely poor move, since it allows the Zombie Hero to play it again. If you are Guardian Hero, you can easily destroy Necrotrancer (and its potential utensils) via the Shamrocket or Doom-Shroom. In a nutshell, be careful about boosting your plants' stats, and be prepared.
=== Trivia (and facts): ===
* This zombie is a hypnotized version of the original Zombie card
* His name was initially "N. Tranced Zombie". However, I decided to change the name due to the blatant Crash Bandicoot reference
* When this zombie attacks, he fires out three translucent red rings from his forehead.
* Initially, this zombie would've been a 7-cost sneaky card with 5/5, Armored 2, and Anti-Hero 3. His ability was also radically different, as it would allow you to choose a plant and allow it to attack the Plant Hero, and then destroy said plant. It would also transform a nearby zombie into a clone of itself upon its destruction, basically making the zombie Octo Zombie on steroids.
* This was changed due to it not representing the class it is in.
* This is the only PVZH-exclusive zombie to show an angered expression that doesn't have a Neanderthal forehead.
*His flavor text references the infamous Coca Cola and Mentos concoction that typically results in the soda spewing out of the bottle like an erupting volcano
*His initial description was "MUST...DESTROY...PLANTS! FOR...ZOMBOSS...AND....N. TRANCED!"
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