Headless Jack
Headless Jack is a cost 5 card in Plants on Fire. Rarity: Legendary.
- Aura: This Minion gains ATK +5/10/20/60 for every 10% HP the Captain is missing.
- Aura
- Aura effects apply when conditions are met.
In practice
Headless Jack gains +5/10/20 ATK (60 at 4★) for every 10% of HP your Commander is missing, and the aura holds for the round. The less health you have, the stronger it gets, so it fits cards that spend Commander HP. ATK 10, 2 s interval. The builder reads it as carry and payoff. Tier A in PvP. It unlocks at 2400 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 ATK buff from every 10% of missing HP to 6/12/24/72. 2000 Gold · 1 copies
Increases the ATK buff from every 10% of missing HP to 7/14/28/84. 4000 Gold · 2 copies
Temp increases this Minion's ATK SPD by +3% for every 10% of missing HP. 7000 Gold · 4 copies
Increases the ATK buff from every 10% of missing HP to 9/18/36/108. 11000 Gold · 5 copies
Increases the ATK buff from every 10% of missing HP to 11/22/44/132. 16000 Gold · 6 copies
Sun cost to level up
1× · 5 sun
2× · 10 sun
4× · 20 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
- ATK (aura): +5/10/20 (1★/2★/3★), this round only.
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.
Role in the deck
What it plays with
- Turns Captain HP loss 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 R1.
- You can afford 2 copy(ies) (2★) by R1.
- You can afford 4 copy(ies) (3★) by R2.
- Chance of showing up at least once in a 3-card shop: R1 66%, R2 69%, R3 71%, R4 74%, R5 76%, R6 78%.
Works well with
Pairs the community and I find good together. The notes come from my own research and player guides (written in English).
Boom Shroom costs your own Commander HP on every attack, which increases Headless Jack's ATK bonus (which scales with missing HP).
Jack-o'-Licks costs the Commander's max HP on deploy, and it's exactly that missing HP that increases Headless Jack's ATK.
Headless Jack's own note names "possibly Greenkeeper for survival", the guide's own hedge, not a certainty.
Even at low stars, Headless Jack makes up for the HP lost early and covers the front line Violet Magus misses.
Named by the site owner and checked against the official text: one card makes your Commander lose HP and the other gets stronger from it (ATK per missing HP, or damage to all enemies when the Commander takes damage).
What the community says
AVery strong
Dropped from S to A after a nerf. Gains ATK as the Commander loses HP and is very hard to counter. Low HP deck with Jack-o'-Licks and Boom Shroom.
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.
Variants
A base card and its Variants (I, II, III) can't be in the same deck. Variants inherit the base card's level. Get them in the Variant Recruit with Sprout Coins.
Builds using this card
Captain HP (Lua)
The strongest free-to-play deck according to the community: loses HP on purpose early to power up Headless Jack. No card comes from the paid Battle Pass.
Violet Magus + Headless Jack
Violet Magus deals the damage while Headless Jack turns the HP you lost early into ATK and holds the front line.
