Archmandrake
Archmandrake is a cost 8 card in Plants on Fire. Rarity: Legendary.
- Grants summoned Temp Minions ATK +20%/40%/80%/240% (no less than +10/20/40/120).
- Temp
- Only works for a single round after which the effect is lost
In practice
Archmandrake gives 20%/40%/80% ATK (240% at 4★) to summoned Temp. Minions, with a minimum of 10/20/40. Cabby Trainer's and Hogsteen's temporary summons both count. ATK 18, 2 s interval. Each copy gives the full effect. It costs 8 and only enters the shop from R2. Tier A in PvP. It unlocks at 1800 trophies.
Base stats (1★)
Level progression
Permanent account progress: each level adds ATK and costs Gold plus card copies. Star rank (★) is separate and lasts only one match.
Increases the minimum ATK buff to 15/30/60/180. 2000 Gold · 1 copies
Increases the minimum ATK buff to 20/40/80/240. 4000 Gold · 2 copies
Increases the ATK buff to 23%/46%/92%/276%, and the minimum buff to 25/50/100/300. 7000 Gold · 4 copies
Increases the ATK buff to 26%/52%/104%/312%, and the minimum buff to 30/60/120/360. 11000 Gold · 5 copies
Increases the ATK buff to 29%/58%/116%/348%, and the minimum buff to 35/70/140/420. 16000 Gold · 6 copies
Sun cost to level up
1× · 8 sun
2× · 16 sun
4× · 32 sun
How star fusion works
2 copies at the same ★ merge into 1 copy at the next ★. 4★ only exists in Rumble Chess. In regular Co-op, your partner's Minions get a blue star and don't merge with yours.How it works
- Triggers: every time one of your Minions enters the field.
- Only picks Temp. Minions (summoned units and clones); a regular Minion is never chosen.
Read from the game's official data. Numbers are for card level 1, for 1★/2★/3★ when three values are shown.
Card analysis
What this card does inside a deck, from the deck builder's data. It is the same reading the simulator uses to score decks.
Strengths
- Works as Payoff and Carry in a deck.
- It is in tier A for PvP, according to the community tier list.
- Each copy delivers the full effect. Merge only if you run out of tiles or in the round before a Boss.
Weaknesses
- Costs 8: it only shows up in the shop from R2.
Role in the deck
What it plays with
- Turns Summon into power.
Copies and merging
Each copy delivers the full effect. Merge only if you run out of tiles or in the round before a Boss.
Card data checked against game version 2.0.1021.0.
Rounds: when you can get it
Worked out from the official shop and Sun rules, for players in the 1000–1599 trophy range. It assumes you spend all your Sun on this card, which almost never happens in a real match.
- You can afford 1 copy(ies) (1★) by R2.
- You can afford 2 copy(ies) (2★) by R2.
- You can afford 4 copy(ies) (3★) by R4.
- Chance of showing up at least once in a 3-card shop: R1 0%, R2 3%, R3 6%, R4 9%, R5 12%, R6 14%.
Works well with
Pairs the community and I find good together. The notes come from my own research and player guides (written in English).
Archmandrake boosts temporary summons' ATK, including Cabby Trainer's Cabby Pups.
Archmandrake boosts the ATK of Hogsteen's temporary Mangosteen Pigs.
Wiki deduction from the official text: One creates Temp. Minions (clone or summon) and the other buffs or devours summoned Temp. Minions.
What the community says
AVery strong
Buffs Temp. Minions: helps the Orange Bros deck (the clones) and the Chomper deck (the summons it eats).
PvP opinion from when the tier list was made; use it as a reference, not as a game number. PvP tier list by NoControlTower (YouTube), 2026-04-02.
Builds using this card
Zerg Rush / Summon (Trovão)
Floods the board with Temp summons that keep growing. Strong up to about 1,100 Trophies, per Reddit reports.
Orange Bros and Guaca Sage
4-card core from a community PvP guide; the deck builder filled the other 5 slots around Orange Bros' clones. Builder score: 97 (Carry style).
Summon deck (official guide)
The deck the game team itself published: Cabby Trainer and Hogsteen fill the board with Temp summons, and Chomper devours them to grow.
Boss deck (Oct 12): Orange Bros clones with Archmandrake
The 9 cards to copy for the Oct 12 Boss, which removes the Minion with the highest ATK at the end of each round. Orange Bros makes temporary clones and Archmandrake makes the clone stronger than the original, so the clone is the one that goes.
Club Race 2/3: Black Market Vault (Summon)
Deck 2 of the Club Race set, for the Black Market Vault. It's the official Summon deck: summons fill the board without buying, and buying is what costs ATK in this phase.