Princeling
Princeling is a cost 3 card in Plants on Fire. Rarity: Legendary.
- Ready: If below 2★, grants this Minion +1 ★ rank. If at 2★ or higher, demotes to 1★.
- Ready
- Effect triggers when both players are ready
In practice
Princeling gains 1★ by itself every Ready while it is below 2★. At 2★ or higher it drops back to 1★. In practice it produces promotions in a loop for decks that reward promotion. ATK 6, 2.2 s interval. One copy is enough, and the builder places it in a lower-numbered slot than the cards that consume promotions. Tier B in PvP. It drops from Harvest Pots, Recruitment and the S-Harvest Farm.
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.
Gains ATK +1 when demoted to 1★. 2000 Gold · 1 copies
Gains ATK +2 when demoted to 1★. 4000 Gold · 2 copies
Instead of gaining ATK when demoted to 1★, this now counts as a promotion. 7000 Gold · 4 copies
Each promotion of this Minion grants ATK +2. 11000 Gold · 5 copies
Each promotion of this Minion grants ATK +3. 16000 Gold · 6 copies
Sun cost to level up
1× · 3 sun
2× · 6 sun
4× · 12 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.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 Engine in a deck.
Weaknesses
- One copy is enough: a second one hurts or adds nothing.
Role in the deck
What it plays with
- Feeds Promotion to the engine.
Copies and merging
One copy is enough: a second one hurts or adds nothing.
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 97%, R2 96%, R3 95%, R4 94%, R5 93%, R6 91%.
Works well with
Pairs the community and I find good together. The notes come from my own research and player guides (written in English).
Prof. Nutter gains ATK whenever a Minion promotes, and Princeling promotes/demotes itself every round.
Sister Cherry also grants ATK to others on promotion, reinforcing Princeling's promotion loop.
Floral Friar reacts to any of Princeling's promotions, buffing the 4 lowest-ATK Minions.
Named among the cards that benefit from Princeling's "free promotions" engine, since it promotes/demotes itself every Ready on its own.
Named among the cards that benefit from Princeling's "free promotions" engine, Dr. Kraut gains ATK on any Minion's promotion, including Princeling's own.
Peanut Page also reacts to any of Princeling's promotions, buffing the highest-ATK Minion.
Bombercarrot also drops a Bomb Carrot on any of Princeling's promotions.
Wiki deduction from the official text: Mage Violet fires an extra missile per Minion with the same ★ rank; this card fills the board with same-rank Minions (clones) or changes ★.
What the community says
BUsable, has a deck
Goes up and down a star by itself every Ready, feeding promotions to the Kraut and Sister Cherry deck. A support, not the finisher. At level 10 it triggers Bombercarrot.
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
Promotion deck (official guide)
The official promotion guide: Princeling ranks up and down on its own, and every change triggers Sister Cherry, Dr. Kraut and Bombercarrot. Floral Friar closes the game.
The Infinite: looping promotion (NoControlTower)
The deck that took NoControlTower to 3,000 Trophies: Princeling ranks up and down on its own, and every change feeds Dr. Kraut, Sister Cherry and Floral Friar. Dr. Kraut becomes the carry.
Princeling + Prof. Nutter, Adventure Hard (JitteryKennon)
For Adventure Hard stages 1-1 to 1-5. Princeling powers Prof. Nutter, whose Research boosts Shroomurai and Tomato Twister.
Club Race 3/3: Promotion (other phase)
Deck 3 of the Club Race set, for the third phase or any phase without a special rule. It's the official Promotion deck with Chili Chef in place of Muscle Melon, which deck 2 already uses.
