📊・polls

[stone beacon]

Hello everyone! I thought it might be fun to have a daily poll/thread on something related to Balatro! It's good data for me and I'll try to pick topics that I see discussed about the game.

Please vote on each poll with the appropriate reaction and keep any discussion civil!

[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: What is your CRT setting in Balatro? **

🇦 Default [70]
🇧 [70-100]
🇨 [1-70]
🇩 Off [0]

[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: How do you feel about being able to see remaining cards in your deck during play? **

🇦 I wish I could see and I am annoyed that I need to keep track manually
🇧 I want to know but it doesn't bother me that I can't see/I got used to it
🇨 It seems less fun to check that information every hand
🇩 I never noticed this being an issue

[stone beacon]

bar chart How do you feel about being

[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: When you are picking cards mid-round, what sort of preview do you think is the most fun? **

🇦 A full preview of the hand with exact final score [the number of chips/mult given by the poker hand, all jokers and playing cards]
🇧 A partial preview of the hand with the poker hand score [current state, number of chips/mult given by the poker hand]
🇨 Poker hand name only [no score preview, only shows name of poker hand]
🇩 No preview [no score, no poker hand]

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[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: What has your experience been with bugs in Balatro? **

🇦 No bugs, runs like a dream!
🇧 I have noticed minor bugs but nothing that gets in the way of the game
🇨 I have had bugs that interrupt my enjoyment of the game
🇩 it's an unstable mess

[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: Which teased upcoming feature(s) are you the most interested in? [please pick 1-3] **

🇦 Stake system - difficulty setting that unlocks as you win for each deck, adding difficulty modifiers to your runs (like ascension)
🇧 Challenge runs - A list of challenges that modify the base loop of the game
🇨 Daily Challenge - A shared seed/challenge with a final ranking (leaderboard or histogram to say how well you did compared to other players)
🇩 Content - 120 total Jokers, 15 decks, etc. for more varied runs and builds in the base game
🇪 Mastery - Difficult achievements and 'stickers' for beating the game with each Joker/Deck on each Stake difficulty

[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: You enter the shop on an average run. Are you more likely to take an Arcana pack or Celestial pack? **

🔮 Arcana
🪐 Celestial
🚫 I rarely/never take either pack

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[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: What is your favourite deck in the Balatro demo? **

🟥 Red Deck
🟨 Yellow Deck
🏚️ Abandoned Deck

[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: Which Joker edition visual effect do you think looks the best? **

🇦 Foil
🇧 Holographic
🇨 Polychrome
🇩 Negative

[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: Which of the following hands do you think need to be included in Balatro? **

🇦 Royal Flush should have a separate hand/planet card
🇧 5 of a kind Flush should have a separate hand/planet card
🇨 Keep the current set of hands

[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: Which of the following opinions about seeded runs (using a seed to get the same RNG) in the Balatro demo do you agree with? **

🇦 I think seeded runs are **more **fun than normal unseeded runs
🇧 I think seeded runs are **less **fun than normal unseeded runs
🇨 Seeded runs should count towards your high scores and allow you to unlock things
🇩 Only unseeded runs should count for metaprogression
🇪 Seeded runs go against what I find fun about the game
🇫 Seeded runs aren't my thing but I am glad there is an option
🇬 Seeded runs are a core part of the game

[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: What are your thoughts on the visual design of Balatro boss blinds? **

🇦 They need more character/personification
🇧 They aren't very interesting but they seem fine
🇨 They are interesting and add to the theme of the game

[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: Choose your favourite **

💙 Odd Todd
❤️ Even Steven

[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: What are your thoughts on the swirling background effect? 🌀 **

🇦 It looks great and it fits the game
🇧 I never notice it but it doesn't bother me
🇨 It looks weird and could be replaced with something better
🇩 It makes me feel motion sick/disorientated

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[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: Choose up to 3 of your favourite card enhancements **

🇦 Mult Card
🇧 Bonus Card
🇨 Lucky Card
🇩 Wild Card
🇪 Steel Card
🇫 Glass Card
🇬 Gold Card
🇭 Stone Card

[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: What are your thoughts on the base shop reroll cost of $5? **

🇦 It's very cheap and I'm often able to roll to find a specific card
🇧 It is a reasonable price
🇨 It's expensive but fair/balanced
🇩 It's too expensive and seems unfair/unbalanced

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[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: Select all that apply **

🇦 I was familiar with Poker before I played Balatro
🇧 I had played 1 or more Roguelike Deckbuilders before I played Balatro
🇨 I had played 1 or more Roguelikes/Roguelites before I played Balatro
🇩 None of the above

[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: What do you think of the concept of the Gold Seal? (Assuming you can apply it to any playing card of your choosing) **

🇦 I don't know what it does
🇧 It seems boring or useless
🇨 It could be interesting but not very often
🇩 It is a fun mechanic
🇪 It is a core mechanic that runs would be built around

[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: Which perishable food based Joker are you most emotionally attached to? **

🍌 Gros Michel
🍦 Ice Cream
🥚 Egg

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[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: What is your screenshake setting? **

🇦 On
🇧 Off

[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: What were your thoughts on the Poker theme of Balatro when you first played? **

🇦 I hate poker/gambling so it was a hurdle to enjoying the game
🇧 I wasn't familiar with poker so the theme initially put me off
🇨 I felt neutral about the poker theme
🇩 I enjoy the poker theme and it drew me in before understanding the game
🇪 I love poker so I had to play Balatro

[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: Balatro has up to 3 profile slots. What are your thoughts if there was an 'Unlock All' button that disabled achievements for that slot?

Your other Balatro profile slots could still be used to unlock achievements **

🇦 I don't think that an 'Unlock All' option should exist at all
🇧 An 'Unlock All' button with achievements disabled for that slot sounds reasonable
🇨 We should have the 'Unlock All' option and still be able to use that slot to earn achievements

[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: How do you feel about the Balatro Soundtrack? **

🇦 I dislike the song in general
🇧 I enjoyed it at first but had to turn it off because it was too repetitive
🇨 I like it but also wish there was more variety
🇩 I think it's great as is

[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: How do you feel about the changes in the 0.9.0q-DEMO update? **

🇦 I haven't played it/haven't noticed anything
🇧 I generally dislike the changes
🇨 I have mixed feelings about the changes
🇩 I generally like the changes

[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: What is your preferred game speed? **

🇦 0.5X
🇧 1X [default]
🇨 2X
🇩 4X
🇪 I'd set it to 10X if I could

[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: Did you know that you can right click to deselect all currently selected cards in hand? **

🇦 Yes
🇧 No

[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: Pick the top 3 poker hands you think it is easiest to build a winning run around (Not high score, just winning the demo) **

🇦 High Card
🇧 Pair
🇨 Two Pair
🇩 Three of a Kind
🇪 Straight
🇫 Flush
🇬 Full House
🇭 Four of a Kind
🇮 Straight Flush
🇯 Five of a Kind
🇰 Flush House

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[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: Would you describe Balatro as a gambling game? **

🇦 Yes
🇧 No

[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: How many other game discords are you a member of? **

🇦 None - just Balatro
🇧 1-2
🇨 3-5
🇩 5-10
🇪 10+

[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: How did you first learn about Balatro? **

🇦 From a Streamer/YouTuber
🇧 Directly from Steam
🇨 From a friend/family member
🇩 From Twitter/Reddit/other social media
🇪 From another Discord server
🇫 Other

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[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: Which would you rather buy from the first shop? **

🥚 Egg
🌟 Golden Joker

[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: Which would you rather buy from the first shop? **

🤹 Juggler
🎱 8 Ball

[stone beacon]

Hello everyone! Today I have a different poll for you all - the 24 hour Balatro Joker community Tier list!

To contribute - go to https://live.tiermaker.com/644645 and submit your vote for as many Jokers as you would like, up to all 45 included in the current Demo.
For voting criteria - please use any you prefer. If you are a speedrunner, a high score hunter, a casual player, or you enjoy the style of the game, you will surely have different ideas of what makes a Joker good vs bad, so vote with your heart!

I'll make sure to share the results of the vote once the 24 hours is complete here, so stay tuned for results

[stone beacon]

Reminder to vote for the community Joker tier list - 5 hours remaining!

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https://live.tiermaker.com/644645

[stone beacon]

Well 24 hours and over 10,000 votes later - here is the official community ranking for Jokers in the Balatro demo! Thanks for casting your votes everyone, this poll was a ton of fun

[stone beacon]

And a more detailed breakdown

[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: What type of Joker do you think Balatro could use more of? Choost up to 3 **

🟥 + Mult
❌ X Mult
🔵 + Chips
💰 + Money
📜 + Tarot/planet
🧩 Some other special effect

[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: For an online daily challenge run in Balatro, which score ranking do you like the most? Daily runs end after the final boss, no endless mode **

🇦 The chip value of the highest scoring hand you played during the run
🇧 The highest Ante reached, sorted by fewest number of rounds and fewest total hands played
🇨 The shortest amount of time to reach the highest Ante
🇩 A combination of Highest scoring hand, money earned, hands played, discards, average number of Jokers, and other run metrics together forming a 'Run Score'
🇪 The combined total chip score of all hands played during the run

[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: What style of daily challenge run would you prefer? **

🇦 Everyone gets the same seed and deck, everything else is normal
🇧 Everyone gets the same seed on a special challenge run with unique rules
🇨 Option A most days, Option B to mix it up
🇩 Option B most days, Option A to mix it up

[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: The first time you played the Balatro demo, how did you feel about the difficulty of the game? Try to judge only based on your first couple hours of play **

🇦 Way too hard
🇧 Slightly too hard
🇨 Just right
🇩 Slightly too easy
🇪 Way too easy

[stone beacon]

PSA
There is a new 🧩 Challenge tag in #1155557846805643434 ! If you have ideas for a challenge run with modified rules, starting with specific Jokers, or starting with specific cards in your deck head over there and make a post

[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: What do you think of the Balatro Controller support? **

🇦 I haven't tried it
🇧 I prefer mouse controls so I haven't spent much time using controller
🇨 Controller is unintuitive, buggy, or frustrating to use
🇩 Controller is fine to use but has some issues that bother me
🇪 Controller works as I would have expected and seems very intuitive

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[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: On an average full demo run, how often do you reroll the shop? **

🇦 Never
🇧 1-2 times
🇨 3-5 times
🇩 6-10 times
🇪 More than 10 times

[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: Do you think that Glass cards should be nerfed? **

🇦 Yes - they are too powerful and make me less inclined to pick other options
🇧 No - They are overpowered in a fun way
🇨 No - they are strong for high scoring builds but not that good overall
🇩 No - they are too punishing and need a buff more than a nerf

[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: How many hours do you have in the Balatro demo? **

🇦 0 to 1
🇧 1 to 3
🇨 3 to 5
🇩 5 to 10
🇪 10 to 20
🇫 20 to 40
🇬 40 to 80
🇭 80 to 150
🇮 150+

[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: If you had the choice, would you play Balatro in English or some other language? **

🇦 Yes, I would prefer another language
🇧 No, I primarily speak a different language but I would still prefer English
🇨 No, I primarily speak English and would prefer English

[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: If there were to be another community ranking for this version of the Balatro demo, what would you like to rank? **

🇦 Joker Art
🇧 Tarot Cards
🇨 Spectral Cards
🇩 Boss Blinds
🇪 Tags

[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: For the new #🧩・challenges channel, what type of challenges would you prefer? **

🇦 Unseeded only
🇧 Mostly Unseeded, some Seeded
🇨 An even split of Seeded and Unseeded
🇩 Mostly Seeded, some Unseeded
🇪 Seeded only

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[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: What is your current experience with playing the Balatro demo? **

🇦 I am still playing the demo
🇧 I stopped playing - I enjoyed it but feel burnt out on the demo
🇨 I stopped playing - I want to keep playing but am waiting for new content/release
🇩 I stopped playing - I didn't enjoy the demo and won't play the full version

[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: Most Balatro art reuses the same 3 colours. In your subjective opinion, what would you consider the below colour to be? (This colour is used on the hat of the base Joker) **

🇦 Yellow
🇧 Orange

[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: Your pick for the Balatro: Jimbo's Invitational champion? **

🇦 Hafu
🇧 Will Neff
🇨 MALF
🇩 Skoottie
🇪 Frost Prime
🇫 Dan Gheesling

[snow juniper]

Guess the winner

[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: Did you watch any of Jimbo's Invitational? **

🇦 No - I wasn't interested
🇧 **No **- I want to experience the content fresh
🇨 Yes - I caught a bit of it
🇩 Yes - I was glued to the streams/saw most of it

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[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: How often do you skip Blinds with the Anaglyph deck? **

🇦 Well over half of the time
🇧 When I have a double tag ready or if there is a good tag reward
🇨 Only if I have a double tag and there is a good tag reward
🇩 Only if I have multiple double tags and there is a good tag reward

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[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: Which Utility Joker is your favourite? (pick 1) **

🏘️ Shortcut
🫳 Four Fingers
💢 Smeared Joker (From the previous demo)

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[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: In general, what are your favourite Booster Packs? (select up to 3 options) **

🔮 Arcana Packs
🪐 Celestial Packs
🤡 Buffoon Packs
🃏 Standard Packs
👻 Spectral Packs

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[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: If you had to win your next run, which deck would you choose? **

🟦 Blue Deck
🔮 Magic Deck
🎏 Anaglyph Deck

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[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: How do you feel about the difficulty of the current Balatro demo? **

🇦 It's way too hard
🇧 It's hard but in a fun way
🇨 Not hard but not easy
🇩 It's easy but in a fun way
🇪 It's way too easy

[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: Pick the top 3 poker hands you find easiest to win with in the new Balatro demo **

🇦 High Card
🇧 Pair
🇨 Two Pair
🇩 Three of a Kind
🇪 Straight
🇫 Flush
🇬 Full House
🇭 Four of a Kind
🇮 Straight Flush
🇯 Five of a Kind
🇰 Flush House
🇱 Flush Five

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[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: On average, how often do you skip blinds? **

🇦 Almost every possible opportunity
🇧 About half of the time
🇨 Once every couple Antes
🇩 A couple times per run
🇪 Once per run
🇫 Less than once per run

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[stone beacon]

Hello people, today we'll do another 24 hour Balatro Joker community Tier list for the new demo!

To contribute - go to https://live.tiermaker.com/25688554 and submit your vote for as many Jokers as you would like, up to all 45 included in the current Demo.
For voting criteria - please use any you prefer. If you are a speedrunner, a high score hunter, a casual player, or you enjoy the style of the game, you will surely have different ideas of what makes a Joker good vs bad, so vote with your heart!

I'll make sure to share the results of the vote once the 24 hours is complete here, so stay tuned for results

[stone beacon]

And the results are in! Here is your official January Demo Joker community tier list for Balatro!

[iron ridge]

Introducing a new series of Battle Royales.

Every fortnight(ish) we'll be pitting Jokers, Tarots or Spectrals against each other round after round until a winner is declared! These are meant to be a bit of fun, and may inspire some discussion around the Jokers and how you might use them.

Scenario 1 - The Manacle
You're playing Red Stake on Red Deck, and you're approaching The Manacle on Ante 1.
You can pick two new Jokers to ensure you defeat it. Which of these do you pick? (No re-rolls!)
Vote for your two choices from this group of five below on the poll - the four with the highest votes will go through to the next round, where you'll be able to vote again until we're down to the final two winners.

Want to discuss before voting? Head into the thread below!

[shell willow]

**:lock: Scenario 1 - The Manacle **

🇦 Jolly Joker
🇧 Half Joker
🇨 Loyalty Card
🇩 Misprint
🇪 Fibonacci

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[iron ridge]

Battle Royale - The Manacle: round 2
The first votes have been cast, you showed no loyalty! The Joker eliminated is: Loyalty Card.
Now we're down to four Jokers, and you're voting for the two you'd want to bring in to the Boss Blind.
One more Joker will be eliminated today! Which one will it be? Discuss your choices in the thread below.

[shell willow]

**:lock: Scenario 1 - The Manacle: round 2 **

🇦 Jolly Joker
🇧 Half Joker
🇨 Misprint
🇩 Fibonacci

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[iron ridge]

Battle Royale - The Manacle: round 3
The second round of voting has concluded, but let's change things up. I know I said you'd be choosing two Jokers to face the Manacle but it's clear already which two those will be, so let's pit them against each other. Never say Jimbo doesn't shake things up.

So the two with the lowest votes, Jolly Joker and Misprint are eliminated and now you can only take** one Joker** into the Boss Blind. Those of you who voted for the eliminated jokers will have to choose which side they are on: Half Joker or Fibonacci.

Don't forget you can discuss the final two in the thread below.

[shell willow]

**:lock: Scenario 1 - The Manacle: round 3 **

🇦 Half Joker
🇧 Fibonacci

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[iron ridge]

Battle Royale Winner
Your winner has been chosen: with a final vote of 52 to 38, Half Joker wins this Battle Royale!
This was the first in a series of Battle Royales pitting Jokers, Tarots and more against each other in different scenarios, to get you talking and have a bit of fun.
I appreciate you taking part - I learned a lot and look forward to seeing how you vote in future polls

[iron ridge]

Yesterday was World Ice Cream Day! 🍦

[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: Do any of you have Ice Cream in your top 10 played Jokers? **

🇦 Yes, I'm feeling the sugary goodness
🇧 No, I'm more of a popcorn person (or anything else!)

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[iron ridge]

We're back for another Battle Royale!

Scenario 2 - The House

You're playing White Stake on Green Deck, and you're approaching The House on Ante 2.
You can pick one new Joker to ensure you defeat it and keep playing. Which of these do you pick? (No re-rolls!)
Pick your favourite from this group of five - only one can win.

You have 24 hours to vote - one round of voting this time ⏰
Use the thread below to discuss why your choice is vital to your strategy 👇

[shell willow]

**:lock: Scenario 2 - The House **

🇦 Raised Fist
🇧 Hack
🇨 Abstract Joker
🇩 Splash
🇪 Luchador

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[iron ridge]

Battle Royale Winner
Your winner has been chosen: storming it with no competition at 70 votes, Raised Fist wins this Battle Royale!
Thank you for continuing to discuss and give feedback, and I'm looking forward to seeing what wins in the next Battle Royale

[iron ridge]

What's your most played hand?
Check your stats and click the reaction to tell Jimbo what hand you love to play.
⬆️ High Card
🍐 Pair
👖 Two Pair
🔱 Three of a Kind
😊 Flush
📏 Straight
🏠 Full House
🖖 Four of a Kind
😲 Straight Flush
👑 Royal Flush
💍 Five of a Kind

[iron ridge]

Battle Royale- Tarot Choice
No scenario this time - just pick your favourite Tarot Card of this random selection!
Only one can be declared the winner - which one will it be?
Discuss your choice in the thread below 👇

[shell willow]

**:lock: Choose your favourite Tarot card **

🇦 Hierophant
🇧 Hermit
🇨 Temperance
🇩 Chariot
🇪 Hanged Man

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[iron ridge]

It was close, but Hermit edged this Tarot Battle Royale. Thank you for voting - I'll be back again with another one. Might be a pick your favourite...might be a Joker scenario. I'll spin the Wheel of Fortune and see what comes out.

[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: What's your favourite collab in the first Friends of Jimbo pack? **

🇦 Dave the Diver
🇧 Vampire Survivors
🇨 The Witcher
🇩 Among Us

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[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: How many hours of your life are you going to lose to Balatro Mobile? **

🚽 I'll play a round in the bathroom (an hour or so each week)
🚌 I'll play it travelling to work or school (a couple of hours a week)
📺 I'll play it while I'm watching tv or cooking (like, a day a week)
🛏️ I will never sleep again (all my free time)

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[iron ridge]

I'm back with another Battle Royale before I never hear from you again because you're all too busy playing Balatro on mobile.

Scenario 3 - The Needle
You're playing White Stake on Yellow Deck, and you have to thread The Needle on Ante 3.
You can pick one new Joker to ensure you defeat it. Which of these do you pick? (No re-rolls!)
Pick your choice from this group of five so we can find a winner. Your choice of course depends on what you may have already picked up: in the thread below, discuss which of these Jokers will help you get over the line and what one might work with the ones you may theoretically already have!

[shell willow]

**:lock: Scenario 3 - The Needle **

🇦 Misprint
🇧 Sock and Buskin
🇨 Gros Michel
🇩 Smiley Face
🇪 Ramen

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[iron ridge]

Your winner - there was never any real competition! 🍌🍌🍌
Thanks for voting 😄

[iron ridge]

It's been a while...let's have something different.

Tarot Cards 11 v 11

There are 22 Tarot Cards in Balatro. Using a random wheel generator, I've created two teams of 11 - and now it's down to you to vote for your favourite team! Which team of Tarots would you want to back you up in your Balatro run?

You have 24 hours to vote!

As always you can discuss in the thread below 👇

[shell willow]

**:lock: Which team of 11 Tarot cards do you want for your run? **

🇦 Team A
🇧 Team B

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[iron ridge]

Poll closed - Team B is the winner!
Thanks for taking part 🫠

[iron ridge]

One of our community is so fascinated by Joker rankings they've developed a methodology for ranking them - and they need your input!
Help a fellow community member out and fill in the form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc9SaAds8SBo72aFxtMTPnCCjuvnMGeFcgET50kVohBL9GVKQ/viewform - there is a link to the methodology in the intro.

[stone beacon]

Hello Jokers! I have an odd one for you today 🙂

[shell willow]

**:bar_chart: Have you ever played any game with a standard deck of playing cards? **

🇦 YES
🇧 NO

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