What type of card game is Plants vs. Zombies Heroes?

Plants vs. Zombies Heroes is a digital collectible card game.

PopCap Games developed Heroes as a card-battling spin-off of the Plants vs. Zombies series, and Electronic Arts published it. Unlike the original game's tower-defense format, Heroes has players build decks from collected cards and battle using plant or zombie heroes. Its matches take place across five lanes, with cards representing plants, zombies, tricks, and environments.

The game was soft-launched on iOS in some countries on March 10, 2016, before its international release on October 18, 2016. Players select a 40-card deck, spend suns or brains to play cards, and use hero powers and a block meter during combat.

A common mix-up is calling Heroes a trading card game. It is more precisely a digital collectible card game: its cards are collected and used in virtual decks, but the game does not primarily involve exchanging physical cards. It is also not a deck-building roguelike, real-time strategy game, or trading board game.