🕹・game-discussion

[lunar zealot]

This is why you play pairs chat

[twin lantern]

why not put ice cream at the very right?

why does abstract go off AFTER the polychrome?

[cyan ocean]

because i didnt care about the order and i already sold ice cream

[gloomy swallow]

I see noone talking about the green joker obelisk set up synergy holy

green joker rewards you for playing hands all the time so ur mostly gonna be playing high cards with chips jokers to help

then suddenly the obelisk appears and you realize you have played highcard 20 times

[pale wolf]

usually pairs actually

[wintry ice]

+mult xmult synergy

[shell seal]

why cant I desinstall steammodded in balatro manager ?🥀

[lavish quail]

🥹

[cyan ocean]

should i swap the neg, abstract, or fib

[shell seal]

why would u swap the neg?

[cyan ocean]

oh yeah

wait im stupid

nvm then

[shell seal]

probably abstract

[cyan ocean]

sure

ante 8 tho

[cyan ocean]

fib only works for some cards tho and it's not great mult either

[shell seal]

how is ur deck looking?

and lvl on hands

[gloomy swallow]

why is chicot out of the question

[cyan ocean]

because why would i do that??

[floral mural]

how much is hologram on

and throwback

[gloomy swallow]

my bad my brain sees abstract and just thinks goated

[cyan ocean]

it's only +18 mult 😭

[cyan ocean]

x3 holo and x2 throw

[gloomy swallow]

it SCALES with negatives just like swash thooo

[floral mural]

considering the fib you drop abstract

i think

[cyan ocean]

sell ab

?

ok

[floral mural]

yep

and copy the hologram

[cyan ocean]

blue print my beloved

wow negative i should skip /j

[spiral cairn]

yeah go for it

does chicot work on the special boss blinds?

[cyan ocean]

should i tho??

[spiral cairn]

what is your best hand till now

[cyan ocean]

idk but it says EVERY boss blind

[spiral cairn]

amount

[cyan ocean]

i need to get planet cards

[spiral cairn]

yes chicot works on crimson

i chceked

[shell seal]

chicot works with everythin

[cyan ocean]

yeah

should i skip for neg tho??

[spiral cairn]

what is your best hand

till now

?

like amount

of score

[cyan ocean]

two pair i think

idk really

[acoustic kettle]

Score

[spiral cairn]

score

[acoustic kettle]

What is your best score

[spiral cairn]

best score

[cyan ocean]

one gave me 100k so

idk if it was a two pair or not

[spiral cairn]

i think you can go for it if you can consistently get above 40k

or 35

[cyan ocean]

ok

i skip then

[spiral cairn]

you have chico anyways the boss blind wont matter

[cyan ocean]

yeah true

skip then

[spiral cairn]

yep

go for it

also

its a negative joker

[cyan ocean]

yeah

[spiral cairn]

dont think about it that much

[cyan ocean]

alright

[spiral cairn]

gamble for it

[cyan ocean]

ok

i had to reroll 2 times to even get it 😭

[spiral cairn]

bro

i was so wrong about matador

its so op on the suit blinds

especially on plasma

[white zodiac]

why plasma

[pale wolf]

The only reason I could possibly think is that it's what they happened to be playing at the time

[white zodiac]

figures

[fading cobalt]

I pray for some of these boss blinds to burn in hell every day man istg

[pale wolf]

cuz like the base chips from debuffed cards matter most on plasma a lot of the time

[split fractal]

which one chat

[pale wolf]

uuuuuuuuh.... hmm

[spiral cairn]

get vagabond and sell

[split fractal]

ancient prolly i think

no wait

i need to be able to win the first two antes

vaga wont give me much value for that

[white zodiac]

vagy and buy something in shop

[pale wolf]

vagglebond i think is better

[split fractal]

uh ok man

[pale wolf]

just a waste of a hex

[white zodiac]

most def

[pale wolf]

but thats fine

[white zodiac]

I sell hexes periodically

all g

[split fractal]

hermit

i could sell

but like

[white zodiac]

you're not gonna use it

[spiral cairn]

what trash to get rid of

[white zodiac]

the hex I mean

[spiral cairn]

they all suck but which one sucks worse

i think smeared goes

[split fractal]

ok man

[split fractal]

i will at one point

depends

[split fractal]

do i use hermit is the question

i need vaga abuse

[spiral cairn]

im dnaing the aces

[white zodiac]

hermit you use after selling the stuff you don't need after reaching the cash out screen and then spending the remainder in the shop

to then cycle and repeat

[spiral cairn]

ay clubs or diamonds

choose one

gotta red seal

[pale wolf]

clubs >>>>

[spiral cairn]

kk

[split fractal]

the fucking wall bro

[pale wolf]

assuming no suit bosses were previously seen in the run

[pale wolf]

otherwise you choose whichever one was already seen

[spiral cairn]

nvm i lost

forgot to dna

[white zodiac]

gaming!?

doioioioioing

[spiral cairn]

should i sell everything and dupe the hanging chad

just for fun

ima do it

nvm that was a dumb idea

[terse nebula]

AHHH WHAT DO I DO

[spiral cairn]

you dont really need it

you have a great setup

[white zodiac]

worlds first fh build that makes sense sort of

[rustic tundra]

Is there any way to mod balatro from xbox gamepass

[spiral cairn]

what was that one joker which was like

+4 mult for each card below 52 in your deck

i got trading card i need it

[white zodiac]

erosion

[rustic tundra]

Erosion iirc

[spiral cairn]

alr thanks

im gettin rid of all the low numbers

[floral mural]

fun fact about erosion its different on abandoned deck

theres its 40 instead of 52

[spiral cairn]

so would it give like

+48 mult

from the start?

@floral mural

[acoustic kettle]

No

[spiral cairn]

pluh

[acoustic kettle]

Erosion gives bonus for every card under the base deck

[spiral cairn]

aw

[acoustic kettle]

Abandoned's base is 40 so

[floral mural]

thats the fun fact that its the only deck based joker change

erosion is one of my favourites even if its not the best

its fun

[spiral cairn]

castle

[acoustic kettle]

No

[spiral cairn]

on checkered it for some reason just stays on hearts

no?

but i played till ante 12

[acoustic kettle]

Castle looks at deck

[floral mural]

castle doesnt change based on deck selected

[spiral cairn]

it didnt change from hearts

[acoustic kettle]

Like rebate and idol

[spiral cairn]

like

the entire game

[livid loom]

black hole doesn't count toward constellation, right? i don't exaaactly remember

[acoustic kettle]

Nope

[livid loom]

but i'm pretty sure it doesn't

[spiral cairn]

no

[livid loom]

sick, thanks

[spiral cairn]

is a spectral

[livid loom]

[acoustic kettle]

Just a lucky roll

[vernal flare]

guys do you think its enough plutos to beat the plant without rerolls?

[spiral cairn]

for like 50 rounds?

[spiral cairn]

nah i think you need a few more

[vernal flare]

nah im being fr im scared to lose such run

[spiral cairn]

i think you can beat the plant

[manic talon]

yes

[spiral cairn]

fs

[manic talon]

its like e19 or smth

[vernal flare]

thanks

[spiral cairn]

bro

i should have bought credit

[acoustic kettle]

Ante 2 round 1

Punished by the game

[plush osprey]

guys castle is the only joker

[spiral cairn]

plub

[plush osprey]

that is a location

that means all of balatro could take place in the castle

[zinc karma]

Ig hit the road counts

[spiral cairn]

whats that one

shortcut

[zinc karma]

Its a road

[plush osprey]

yeah but where does the road lead?

(it’s castle)

[white zodiac]

still a location

[plush osprey]

nah

[alpine talon]

4th gold beaten!

[spiral cairn]

yeah

[plush osprey]

roads are between locations

[spiral cairn]

nicee

[spiral cairn]

ok

so you arent indian

[zinc karma]

[plush osprey]

no sorry

[spiral cairn]

well

we have rickshaws here

[unreal island]

Cool

[spiral cairn]

and we dont usually say the building name

we always use the road

we treat it like location

[unreal island]

Guess im just spamming skips now

[spiral cairn]

dayum

[plush osprey]

i don’t think balatro takes place in india tho

[spiral cairn]

it might

who knows

[plush osprey]

new york is implied to exist

we don’t know of india is canon

[royal bobcat]

worlds easiest gold stake spotted

[spiral cairn]

plyb

how do i get oops all 6s

thrice

in a row

make that 4 times

vro

[plush osprey]

oops all oops all sixes

[spiral cairn]

ima abuse ts ima make the lucky card 5/5

[plush osprey]

yo guaranteed luck money?????

[spiral cairn]

hold up

[alpine talon]

He's kinda good, I was PRAYING he wouldn't be debuffed

[manic talon]

the fact that card sharp exist in balatro lore implies that the university of harvard is canon

[spiral cairn]

nvm its the wall im cooked this run

waa

[unreal island]

I got too greedy with spaceman and died 💔

[plush osprey]

card sharp implies the industrial revolution has occurred

[white zodiac]

rly

I'm going to Harvard

[lavish gazelle]

Bro is well dressed

[manic talon]

well, yea, buses exists

[plush osprey]

we don’t know if buses exist

but there is a bus stop 🚏

[royal bobcat]

damn thats saad

[acoustic kettle]

Why would there be a bus stop without buses

[plush osprey]

buses may have existed in the past

[royal bobcat]

spare set of pants? i appreciate it

[manic talon]

Still means the industrial revolution happened

Also bus still exists because ride the bus still loses mult on face card scored

[blissful fog]

Planet madness

[plush osprey]

this is speculative

[floral mural]

this pack kinda ass for ante 1 i guess

[manic talon]

Theres literally a 15 minute city in balatro

[floral mural]

neither of these does anything

[full iris]

Are rare jokers more likely to show up the smaller the difficulty level is?

[lavish gazelle]

Third option: R key

[unreal island]

Holy pull

[plain mirage]

turns out if u have a lucky gold seal card and the 20$ triggers, it instead says 23$, just happened to me

[unreal island]

Awesomesauce

[plain mirage]

crazy run where im going 4oak with eternal certificate

[manic talon]

I mean, in a sense, yes, lower stake lets you get away with more greedy plays so more econ and rerolls which lets you see more jokers, rares included

But in terms of % no

[tawdry burrow]

Should I just pick up every Eternal Egg that I ser

See*

[dire inlet]

ive been practicing, been able to get 3 or 4 in a row on gold stake

it's getting there

it's just been not fun

[tawdry burrow]

Isn't black deck utter shit to play

[white zodiac]

occasionally

[plain mirage]

optimal voucher for gold stake rn

[plush osprey]

that’s really impressive

[fading cobalt]

Insane ante 2 build

[plush osprey]

i don’t think i could do 2 without going insane

[dire inlet]

yea it fawking blows

[white zodiac]

I've done 15 without going insane

it's the 4 that got me to tweak

[tawdry burrow]

Holy shit switch glyphs

[fading cobalt]

Huh

[tawdry burrow]

Or at least controller

[plain mirage]

blue deck ive already been doing streaks but black deck i cant even get like 5 man

[fading cobalt]

What are you talkin about??

[tawdry burrow]

You're like one of the only people I've seen play the funny card game on a controller

[manic talon]

Can you do the amber acorn cheese on controller

[tawdry burrow]

The what

Also I should stop picking up wheels

I always get

[manic talon]

Hold a joker before acorn can shuffle it

[tawdry burrow]

Uh

Maybe

If you're allowed to pick up jokers indefinitely

Mobile and pc can

Are switches able to drag cards across the screen

[heavy heron]

well i certainly found a seed…

[plain mirage]

mobile can even shuffle the packs and everything man pc needs thisss

[zinc karma]

Eternal jj or eternal certificate?

[heavy heron]

what’s jj?

[zinc karma]

Flash

[heavy heron]

i mean

i’d take neither but if i had to choose

flash card

[floral mural]

cert

[plain mirage]

cert clears ong

[heavy heron]

eternal certificate adds wayyyy too many cards to the deck imo

[floral mural]

give blue seals gold seals and purple seals

[heavy heron]

it can work but good luck with your deck

[floral mural]

play jnto pairs

obviously

which is already the easiest gameplan

[white zodiac]

what's wrong with that

[heavy heron]

i mean with a negative ancient joker who cares how bloated your deck is

flushes are easy to find regardless of what cards are being added

[floral mural]

certificate adds mostly good cards which is what makes it good

seals are mostly good

red seals sometimes a stinker but even that has uses

[white zodiac]

you should take a closer look at what I was playing

[floral mural]

make the red seals gold cards

[floral mural]

game im glazing cert now give it to me in a run pls

[zinc karma]

Interesting

[heavy heron]

i mean again, your joker lineup is amazing

[floral mural]

its not deck bloat if the cards added are good

[heavy heron]

certificate helped with your levels and red seals for ancient, agreed

like the thing is the certificate did more for your baseball

ofc in that lineup it’s amazing

[plain mirage]

do u play flush five only or smth

[heavy heron]

4 uncommons, ancient, 2 polychrome + baseball

you could play anything and still win, because by ante 8 you’ll have levels sorted (for chips)

[white zodiac]

what a top 10 joker does to a mf

[heavy heron]

LOOLLL

[heavy heron]

no, not at all

[zinc karma]

I lost

Next

[lunar zealot]

Did someone say baseball

[white zodiac]

no

[plain mirage]

damn 💔

[white zodiac]

I didn't send anything

[lunar zealot]

I SMELL BASEBALL CARD

[full iris]

I see, thanks

[lunar zealot]

nice

[plain mirage]

nice

[fading cobalt]

What a brilliant way to win on orange stake

[heavy heron]

why is the background like that

[fading cobalt]

Wdym

[heavy heron]

isn’t it supposed to have your joker lineup in the back? and the boss?

[fading cobalt]

Maybe its different on switch?

Cuz on pc its like that

[heavy heron]

ohhh maybe

on mobile too

[fading cobalt]

But I've never seen it happen with switch

Here's my jokers tho @heavy heron

[heavy heron]

LOL WHAT A LINEUP

the eternal red card is just there for the ride

[rustic tundra]

Ts so balatrocore ❤️

[fading cobalt]

I got blueprint, hanging chad, buskin and photo card before ante 2 ended

[heavy heron]

nice

[fading cobalt]

Blueprint and photocard were in the first 2 joker packs on first shop

I have a few glass red seal jacks too

[fading cobalt]

The humble plant:

Its so over

[fading cobalt]

NKJ8PLYR if anyone wants to try

[wintry ice]

"your honour i have too many riches"

[royal bobcat]

these are some of the least exotic jokers ive ever seen.

in fact if you ask me "think about a balatro run", i'd probably picture this in my head

this is the most balatro balatro run ive ever seen

[frigid orchid]

i need to play balatro again sometime FUCKKK

[alpine talon]

Lowk makes sense

[dire inlet]

"my steak is too juicy and my lobster is too buttery"

[white zodiac]

red card in the sea of lobotomizers

[alpine talon]

Lock in on your j*b

[fading cobalt]

What did ante 6 do to you

[frigid orchid]

existed

[royal bobcat]

now that ive won with every joker i dont really wanna play balala anymore

now that i have all achievements idk what to do

[frigid orchid]

play cloverpit

[alpine talon]

Get a j*b idk

[dire inlet]

try and get 30+ jokers in one run

[lunar zealot]

Which really says a lot about our playerbase if you think about it

[wintry ice]

hologram

[lunar zealot]

why is the goat hologram not given attention

Everyone loves hologram

[frigid orchid]

FUCKING HOLOGRAM

[buoyant ridge]

my ultimate build

[lunar zealot]

Everyone has used hologram

[zinc karma]

I forgot.

[fading cobalt]

I'm yet to find a natural perkeo

[lunar zealot]

L

[dire inlet]

i love this server

[fading cobalt]

The humble dusk

[royal bobcat]

rip

[lunar zealot]

how do you have a face card on abandoned

[dire inlet]

oh i read that as fuck hologram 😭

[frigid orchid]

stealing that thanks

[royal bobcat]

i almost never see bball card

(not calling it bbc)

[white zodiac]

careful

[wintry ice]

+mult

[fading cobalt]

Opening standard packs

[lunar zealot]

Did someone say baseball

[royal bobcat]

yes

[zinc karma]

I legit lost cuz of ts

[fading cobalt]

Or using the destroy 1 card for 3 enhanced face cards

[zinc karma]

Fuck

[wintry ice]

do i take red seal 2

[lunar zealot]

Defo

[royal bobcat]

yes

is that a real question lol?

[wintry ice]

time to make it gold and not play it

[royal bobcat]

yahoo

[wintry ice]

money generation sounded good

[lunar zealot]

Better idea

+3 mult

eh? Eh?

wow tough crowd

[tawdry burrow]

wee

[wintry ice]

not needed yet

[lunar zealot]

You ever think of how insane +3 mult is

that's like half a saturn

[wintry ice]

do i sell faceless now

[royal bobcat]

yeah fair enough

[wintry ice]

or take +3 mult

[tawdry burrow]

Card Sharp is cool on flush deck

[lunar zealot]

If you were really greedy you could sell a wee (and die)

[tawdry burrow]

I just noticed wee² on checkered?

[wintry ice]

true!

[royal bobcat]

i would. but idk if you should

[lunar zealot]

Selling faceless means your econ dies

[wintry ice]

idk i feel like taking the red card value

[lunar zealot]

econ generation i mean

[wintry ice]

i have interest to supplement my econ now so

[tawdry burrow]

I personally would be going for like

Wrathful arrowhead the tribe Card Sharp or something

Or pareidolia smiley face

[dire inlet]

econ schmecon

[wintry ice]

wrathful has a much lower ceiling than red card even with retriggers

[dire inlet]

econ is fake just find hermits in shop

[wintry ice]

and it gets fucked up by debuffs

besides it's not like you can choose what you get

[wintry ice]

another one?

<@&1133519078540185692> take your money now

[rancid widget]

natural negative potassium

[wintry ice]

i hope i don't get punished for not taking directors

[dire inlet]

so expensive yuck

[rancid widget]

it consumes very little radiation

[dire inlet]

it consmes your ability to build econ during the run 😭

[lunar zealot]

Oho

i just got an idea for a joker

[wintry ice]

slop incoming...

[royal bobcat]

kami would never make slop

[lunar zealot]

This Joker gains +1 Duck when your deck has 10 or more Bonus cards

[dire inlet]

what does a duck do

[royal bobcat]

🦆

[wintry ice]

idk swim?

[dire inlet]

x3 chips when held in hand would go hard

[lunar zealot]

oh you can take it to a lemonade stand to get grapes

[royal bobcat]

interesting

[dire inlet]

seems op

[wintry ice]

+3 mult when held in hand sounds terrible actually

[dire inlet]

why not both

[wintry ice]

winner

extreme winner

[dire inlet]

goat certificate

[lunar zealot]

bye wee 2 :(

[dire inlet]

id say goodbye red card since wee is thug

what challenge should i try and giga optimize

[royal bobcat]

winner, ahah

[modest stirrup]

black stake is not fun

at all

[lunar zealot]

Cruelty

[wintry ice]

i can already beat vessel

lmao

[lunar zealot]

underrated i feel

Being sandwiched between jokerless and golden needle

[wintry ice]

lmao???

[lunar zealot]

it feels like she's the yuri sub in between

yknow

[wintry ice]

it's perkeo

that would be funny if i was on ghost deck

[lunar zealot]

did you sell anything for it

[wintry ice]

i save scummed to see what it was because i wouldn't have taken it anyways

[lunar zealot]

dam

[vernal flare]

is it ever correct to sell the perkeo here? would this many plutos reach ante 39? or what do i do

[wintry ice]

the dog

[dire inlet]

hmm let's see what i can do

[brave goblet]

Obelisking

[lunar zealot]

Sell showman

do you need anything else atp? Not really

you need more money tbh LMAO so you can keep rerolling for serpent

[uncut slate]

obelisk took me to c+ last night 😌

[wintry ice]

i would ditch red card for dna if the next round wasn't the ox

[vernal flare]

i mean i dont have retcon and im starting to fall off

[wintry ice]

ig i could sell cert instead

[lunar zealot]

but certificate is hotter

[pale wolf]

why keep cert ye

[tawdry burrow]

It's so sad that Balatro is an absolute battery drainer for mobile devices

[wintry ice]

actually do i need the money anymore

[pale wolf]

cert gets too much playtime anyways

dna never gets to have fun

[vernal flare]

but like do i need more plutos?

[wintry ice]

i feel like i get enough xmult if i consider it

[tawdry burrow]

Holy pair

[lunar zealot]

Duh

[tawdry burrow]

Scaling is nice

[vernal flare]

ait

thanks

[pale wolf]

I mean it would definitely increase your rate of xmult but I don't think you will get back up to where your scoring was before red card

[lunar zealot]

we don't let dna out of the house

ever since The Incident

[wintry ice]

i'll just move on

[vernal flare]

well, not if you die

[tawdry burrow]

The Incident?

[rancid widget]

is it bait

[pale wolf]

I think maybe if you've had certificate for so long then it's probably worth replacing it with DNA though

[lunar zealot]

she stole her dad's gun

[tawdry burrow]

The dreaded Bloodstone

[pale wolf]

they're basically the same thing

[lunar zealot]

and then duplicated it

Violet vessel has a gun now

[pale wolf]

hayloft ii

[lunar zealot]

the score requirement is 3.6 million points

[pale wolf]

my vessels got a gun, you better run

[tawdry burrow]

You know that moment you just mug the boss blind

[median crystal]

fym 56 dolla

[twin lantern]

😢

[median crystal]

50 dolla?

what do you want my 30 dolla for?

[tawdry burrow]

(omg me playing black stake)

[median crystal]

i cant imagine my own son asking for my last 10 dolla

help a madman is wanting to kill me for 5 dolla

[vernal flare]

well actually it doesnt even matter gg

[pale wolf]

i love lgbt friendly community like balatro

[tawdry burrow]

Holy hell how many Pluto's do you need

[wintry ice]

wild run

[vernal flare]

i guess for ante 39 some more

[wintry ice]

joke about checkered being a pair deck

[lapis sierra]

why in the world do you have so many tarots

[dense wraith]

I love missing out on good xmult jokers just because I'm broke

[tawdry burrow]

Broke% when

[vernal flare]

perkeo can be copied by blueprint brainstorm

[lapis sierra]

😭

[white zodiac]

doioioioing

[pale wolf]

those are planets

[dense wraith]

infact merry Andy came from a judgement card I didn't even get that from the shop

[wintry ice]

2 cert runs in a row

[lapis sierra]

oh ;-

[lapis sierra]

i thought it was tarots bc the chariot

[tawdry burrow]

Meet the steel

[pale wolf]

you rerolled into plant???

[wintry ice]

would stm be a good decision here

cert kinda hurts it

[pale wolf]

seems survival enough

[wintry ice]

i didn't get anything from the free roll

so

[vernal flare]

yep

[pale wolf]

from what 😭

[buoyant ridge]

is this skill issue if i cant beat plasma gold stake ?

[vernal flare]

i didnt look at the boss earlier

and i got the club

[brave goblet]

oops bombed an early perkeo run cause I got too greedy trying to wee and green koker at the same time

looks like that's all the balatroing for today

[pale wolf]

rip

[dense wraith]

high stake balatro is fun until all you do is just keep being broke and dying in the first few antes (not just on black deck either)

[brave goblet]

Being broke? Just proc a lucky card 🧠

[pale wolf]

The thing is that I know people can streak the game for dozens of runs at a time so if I'm losing it's literally only my fault

[brave goblet]

I just restart until I feel like I'm vibing with something and play from there lol

[wintry ice]

neat

[brave goblet]

and occasionally even when I don't (like getting ancient joker)

[dense wraith]

I'm not saying it's not my fault all the time though

[pale wolf]

anti + synergy

[wintry ice]

i just took and sold it

[haughty carbon]

Just git gud

[wintry ice]

driver's sounds good

[dire inlet]

cruelty blows i cant giga greed every blinnd even on white stake

[lunar zealot]

it gives you direction

[vernal flare]

also question, does every retrigger on glass has 1 in 4 chance to break it or does it stay fixed

[wintry ice]

that chance only applies once

[brave goblet]

You should be enhancing and duplicating your queens so free x3

[lunar zealot]

Glass breaks after hand is played

[wintry ice]

the super stm stuntman synergy

[vernal flare]

ah, right

[brave goblet]

death incomiong

[lunar zealot]

They should make a balatro spinoff that plays like an rpg

the hero is Jimbo obviouslt

who's the mage

Sixth Sense?

fortune teller seems too obvious

[wintry ice]

uh

do i make a sudden switch to pairs

[buoyant ridge]

what should i do if i get this boss ? restart ?

[vernal flare]

hallucination

[twin lantern]

i sell bp and get the dna right?

[white zodiac]

if you can afford the missing 50 ish chips and a few flat mult

[wintry ice]

spend less on the previous shop

[white zodiac]

idk the deck and scoring

[wintry ice]

there hasn't been any new queens yet

[white zodiac]

use it as a foil for now

idk what ticket is doing with one gold

[wintry ice]

temperance value

[twin lantern]

sorry for bumping but fr ion wanna throw a nat negative showman baron run

[white zodiac]

treat it as foil and then slowly find some mult and mercs

[wintry ice]

yea

[rancid widget]

it's two traps in 1 pack... early brainstorm/blueprint that has nothing to copy and a bloodstone without dice

[glass creek]

I looooove Mercury

[white zodiac]

in case of certain boss blinds, find a retroactive flat mult joker to carry temporarily

[rancid widget]

and i lowkey what them both:(

[white zodiac]

only one of these make sense

[rancid widget]

im stupid which one

[white zodiac]

that one

[serene forge]

guess

[white zodiac]

+3 mult

[trail holly]

id take judgement here

[serene forge]

it was chicklets

[rancid widget]

are you serious

[serene forge]

that's actually insane ong

not getting planted today

[heavy heron]

i’m guessing.. you death the queen?

[trail holly]

id take brainstorm personally

more potential for late game

but you can take bloodstone for flush build

[tulip berry]

Are we descussing the game?

[trail holly]

although if you dont find a dice then its not a good joker to rely on

so imo bs is better in this case

[rancid widget]

but that bloodstone... it's like an abusive relationship, i keep dying from it just going to sleep and yet i pick it up

over and over again

[trail holly]

listen i cant fix your abusive relationship all im saying is its better to take brainstorm

[wintry ice]

hm

[rancid widget]

ok i'll die due to skill issue anyway

[vestal fern]

Peter Griffin: "holy crap i'm in Balatro!!! this is so freaking epic!"
Jimbo: "hello Peter, welcome to Balatro"

[trail holly]

me core

[dense wraith]

baron get outta here im friends with constellation

[trail holly]

i am a baron HATER

[white zodiac]

omguhh

[heavy heron]

they say that the #1 thing you can do with shoot the moon is pivot out of it, and i think obelisk is a great method

[white zodiac]

you don’t pivot out of stm

[dense wraith]

true, it's completely unviable most of the time

[heavy heron]

indeed, i do not

but it’s smart to

[gaunt nacelle]

what do I do?

[heavy heron]

trust me i love stm LOOLL but it would’ve been smarter if i pivoted

[wintry ice]

to what

[white zodiac]

that’s one of their only flat mult source atm (x2)

[heavy heron]

well because you’re building towards queens

[white zodiac]

uhh

[heavy heron]

you can pivot to 5oak for example

[gaunt nacelle]

or if you find a baron you could strength them all to kings

[heavy heron]

WHAT ARE THOSE CATS YOURE ADDING TO MY VIDEO

[white zodiac]

5oak ewww

[trail holly]

flush five is just better

[heavy heron]

i love 5oak

[trail holly]

listen 5oak is cool and all but flush five is the superior hand

[gaunt nacelle]

alot of the time you play 5oak before flush five

[trail holly]

i dont think its bad

[buoyant ridge]

any mods that make balatro gold stake easier ?

[heavy heron]

mods?

[gaunt nacelle]

handy

[trail holly]

cryptid

[gaunt nacelle]

calculator

[white zodiac]

planet bloat while 3/4oak exists

[heavy heron]

me a mobile player

[stiff fjord]

i still haven't unlocked the flush five planet

[heavy heron]

i don’t wanna hear bloating from you after carrying a 105 card deck or whatever it was

[white zodiac]

card bloat makes sense unlike planet pack bloat

[heavy heron]

LOOLL

[white zodiac]

harder to manipulate consumables

[heavy heron]

i mean like

[floral mural]

your deck isnt bloated if its good cards

[heavy heron]

i don’t mind planet bloat because

[heavy heron]

yea exactly

[floral mural]

certificate generates good cards

[heavy heron]

manipulation, but true you can always just get unlucky

[trail holly]

if youre playing no specific hand type then ok fine but otherwise nahhh

[white zodiac]

can’t blame luck after all these hours

[gaunt nacelle]

play a flush five and then just open planet packs

card bloat makes sense???

[heavy heron]

i mean there’s entirely a reality where you go 6 antes without finding the planets you need once

[glass creek]

Or get your hands on a blue seal perhaps

[white zodiac]

it’s only an issue if you’re relying on chips via planets

[heavy heron]

luck is always in it

[buoyant ridge]

should i take stuntman here early perishable ?

[wintry ice]

bloating your deck is fine if you get something out of it

[white zodiac]

this isn’t always an issue with chip jokers existing

[wintry ice]

you can live without it

[trail holly]

yeah if you have hologram or erosion then go for it but otherwise i dont see it

[heavy heron]

i think 80% of my games i’m relying on planets for chips

[spiral cairn]

more like

balls

[heavy heron]

(and proceed to die to flint)

[stiff fjord]

i know, just haven't really gotten any good opportunities to play flush fives yet

[floral mural]

certificate gives seals which is really good

[wintry ice]

seals also make sense

[glass creek]

Hologram 🩷

[heavy heron]

in fact i’m relying on planets for flat mult usually too (pov i don’t pair spam)

[floral mural]

and if certificate aint eternal just sell it after like 2 blue seals or something

[wintry ice]

and erosion is antisynergistic with adding cards

[spiral cairn]

do negative jokers affect stencil

[heavy heron]

yes

wait what do you mean like

does it make stencil worse? no

[wintry ice]

negative stencils do increase xmult

[white zodiac]

cert is always worth of value regardless of the synergies you would even look for after

[cloud sinew]

no*

[floral mural]

negative add their own slots it doesnt change your xmult unless its a negative stencil

[heavy heron]

like if you mean it affects it as in it makes it worse, no

that’s why taking an ecto gives an extra 1x

dependent on free slots

[white zodiac]

this doesn’t line up with the cert slander

[heavy heron]

well what i do is

take cert, find a purple/blue (usually both)

then sell it

[gaunt nacelle]

what do I do here?

[white zodiac]

and if it’s eternal

[heavy heron]

sell a dusk probably

[wintry ice]

maybe sell a dusk

[white zodiac]

wwyd

[heavy heron]

worst case just copy dusk with it

[heavy heron]

then no

[median crystal]

why is fantoms preview crashing my game

[spiral cairn]

sell dusk

get blueprint or smth

[wintry ice]

i always take eternal cert if i'm not relying on 5 card hands

[spiral cairn]

or just sell buisness card

[glass creek]

Good question

[wintry ice]

blue and purple seals are too good for pair spam

[heavy heron]

as optimal as pairs are, i just find it more fun to go for other hands

if you go pairs then certificate amazing

because nobody cares about deck bloat if you’re going pairs

[wintry ice]

can't blame luck then

[heavy heron]

i didn’t

[white zodiac]

and my run didn’t even go pairs :3

[heavy heron]

luck was mentioned regarding what planets you find in packs

[heavy heron]

you went two pair

[white zodiac]

yuh

[heavy heron]

but same idea, deck bloat affects little

[white zodiac]

my black deck streak mvp poker hand

[heavy heron]

is two pair?

[white zodiac]

yeah

[heavy heron]

can i see your most used planets

in stats

i’m curious

[burnt topaz]

Plasma deck is suffering as it should, onto games 3-5 for each group.

If you wanna know the current standings let me know

Time for red vs yellow

[eternal anchor]

I don't know what the hell you're doing but you're never going to convince me that Painted is better than Zodiac

[white zodiac]

#🕹・game-discussion message

[white zodiac]

good news it’s not

[plucky oak]

How to lock in green deck gold stake is killing me

[dense wraith]

Easy constellation win

[heavy heron]

interestinggg

[dire inlet]

hold $20 in case you find hermit

[heavy heron]

saturn is surprisingly high

on your list

[white zodiac]

unsurprisingly

[dire inlet]

straights are broken

[white zodiac]

it’s the best hand to go for given zero direction

[heavy heron]

it is, but hardest to draw

[white zodiac]

also one of the safest ante 1 pick

[white zodiac]

discarding skill issue

[heavy heron]

don’t worry my saturns are up there too

[eternal anchor]

play Abandoned or Painted

[heavy heron]

totally

[modest spade]

It's not that hard to draw

[wintry ice]

drawing straights isn't much worse than flushes without deckfixing

[heavy heron]

the amount of times i used 2 discards and 3 pseudo discards and still can’t find the one card i need

[white zodiac]

a saturn can cruise you to the end of the second ante

[heavy heron]

LOOLLL

[dire inlet]

here are mine lol

[wintry ice]

arcaea

[dire inlet]

i iplay a lot of endless

[heavy heron]

that’s true but on other decks it’s not as good

[wintry ice]

my planet stats have mercury at first by far

[lunar zealot]

ur mum

[white zodiac]

they’re still the best 5 card poker hand to work on

[heavy heron]

i disagree; straights you need 5 consecutive cards, 1 in 4 each to draw compared to 5 of 13 cards, without deck fixing

flushes are objectively easier to find than straights

[lunar zealot]

get good at discarding for straights

Still won't be as easy as flush

[heavy heron]

for starting off, yea

[lunar zealot]

but it's surprisingly intuitive

[white zodiac]

easier to find doesn’t age well in the later antes

[modest spade]

Planet stats if real and good

[eternal anchor]

So much so that Jupiter only scales 15 chips. Not good for a big hand

[lunar zealot]

I see literally nothing wrong with this

proportions wise

[heavy heron]

indeed, it scales poorly but they are still good imo

[lunar zealot]

Wait no put eris above uranus

[buoyant ridge]

what to do here

[lunar zealot]

and then bring the other planets down to 0 times used

[wintry ice]

i didn't say they aren't

[lunar zealot]

There is no reason to use uranus in a perfect world

[white zodiac]

um

i use it

[heavy heron]

LOOLLL YOULL PISS OFF TBE OTHER GUY

[wintry ice]

flushes need checkered or 1 of 3 jokers to be worth using

[heavy heron]

they’re a two pair spammer

and pair spammer ofc

[lunar zealot]

Two pair is a good hand

but for one specific situation

[heavy heron]

i don’t use checkered, it’s my #1 hand

[lunar zealot]

Spare trousers

two pair is a strictly bad hand without pants

[white zodiac]

two pair has specific situations for harder decks in the sense of scoring deficits

plasma/painted/black

maybe erratic but i don’t like that deck so whatever

[glass creek]

flush house my beloved

[dire inlet]

guesses for the soul (playing purple stake for my sanity)

[eternal anchor]

Chicot

[heavy heron]

perkeo

[uneven viper]

I used to pray for times like this 😤

[dire inlet]

tribulet

[uneven viper]

Finally I have beaten Balatro

[heavy heron]

disgusting

[lunar zealot]

Ehhh

if you wanna play a medium difficulty hand with better reward

3oak

at least then you also get trio synergy

[white zodiac]

3oak fun too

[lunar zealot]

as it stands currently two pair is only ever played either when obelisk pivoting or to scale pants

[heavy heron]

every hand is viable, even if some are objectively better

[white zodiac]

i’m not gonna play towards a rare joker speculatively that’s just not worth the card draw risk

[lunar zealot]

and in that sense uranus is kind of redundant for the latter

i mean think about it

[white zodiac]

it’s had uses for my harder to play deck streaking

[lunar zealot]

With pants you wanna play as many 2ps as possible

[eternal anchor]

3oak is surprisingly difficult to draw for me, I need to expand my hand size to consistently play it

[lunar zealot]

uranus gives a lot of chips

[uneven viper]

600+ hours to finally beat this card game i'm done

[lunar zealot]

like a fuck ton of chips proportionally speaking

[heavy heron]

you’re free

[lunar zealot]

levelling up two pair too much means you overscore

[heavy heron]

good job

[floral mural]

and with obelisk you dont wanna rely on planet levels since you have to use a bunch of different hands

[white zodiac]

you have a chip head start for plasma and scales twice as fast in that sense. good for plasma, reasonable on painted for the hs, black requires you to over score anyways

[lunar zealot]

I mean if you're on painted

just play straights at that point

Two pair is in the weirdo zone

[floral mural]

ive had more times 2 pair was the plan over full house but thats not a comparison

[white zodiac]

it doesn’t override pairs, just saying it has a use case present in harder scenarios

[spiral cairn]

does there have to be a joker to oof for madness

[burnt topaz]

Balatro deck league, 3 groups of 5, each matchup I do a run of each, better “Score” (Best hand*round) wins. 8 team playoffs

[white zodiac]

ofc cause i get to choose what i play

[lunar zealot]

no

[lunar zealot]

On painted yes absolutely

[heavy heron]

i like how nobody here has made an argument for full house

it’s pretty funny

[lunar zealot]

what the fuck is a full house

[floral mural]

full house is the worst hand

[heavy heron]

LOOLLLLLLLLFJCJCODHF

[lunar zealot]

Sounds dumb

[uneven viper]

Any deck = Pairlatro

[burnt topaz]

It’s a tv show

[lunar zealot]

you're making things up rn

[heavy heron]

that’s what i was going to say

[dire inlet]

bruh i always forget i have an extra joker slot on black deck

i dont remember till i get to like ante 4 or 5 sometimes

no wonder i suck at this deck

[burnt topaz]

As somebody who actually manages success on full house builds I do get slightly more ticked off every time people discuss hand types.

[white zodiac]

painted has 2 2oak, straights, pair, hc, and whatever. eternal cherry picking can vary your game plan there if you wanna get like win streaks or something. it just happens to be straights/2 2oak

[lunar zealot]

ah yes anecdotes

[eternal anchor]

Full House is often what comes to me when I just try to play 3oak and it's really annoying

[dire inlet]

holy shit i just got serpented fml

[lunar zealot]

My second ever balatro run i lost because i played a fhouse and not a 3oak

[buoyant ridge]

what am i doing wrong here ?

[white zodiac]

speaking of

[glass creek]

not enough scoring

I am very helpful

[buoyant ridge]

most of the jokers in this game are unbalanced

and weak

[heavy heron]

full houses are pretty fun when you somehow make them work

[daring perch]

balatro

[buoyant ridge]

what should i do here ?

[prime sleet]

holy crap man

[buoyant ridge]

go next ?

[prime sleet]

I just got C+ in 280

[prime sleet]

prolly want to pick a joker to help you with points

[heavy heron]

you’re in crippling debt

[vernal bay]

Blue stake, what are you picking

[uneven viper]

Those last ~3 jokers take forever to show up in the shop for C++

[heavy heron]

oh come on

faceless

without a doubt

[prime sleet]

you got 2s?

[vernal bay]

Yeah obviously

[buoyant ridge]

and now ?

[vernal bay]

Not my post btw

[buoyant ridge]

go for straights build ?

[vernal bay]

Just sanity checking

[burnt topaz]

The thing that isn’t perishable

[prime sleet]

then you have a wee run in your hands

[heavy heron]

i’d still take droll

[vernal bay]

Because it’s so obviously faceless

Ante one econ trumps wee I’m sorry

[prime sleet]

but that's the boring choice

[buoyant ridge]

why drool ?

[vernal bay]

Especially when faceless is negative

[heavy heron]

because i’m a flush man

[vernal bay]

Bless your heart

[buoyant ridge]

but its perishable

[white zodiac]

that would be flushes for the first ante, sometimes second (without planets)

[prime sleet]

thanks appreciate it

[heavy heron]

it is

[fervent wolf]

When straight builds hit

[heavy heron]

but i’ll do anything to avoid straights

look as long as it keeps me alive long enough to find smth better

who cares if it’s perishable

[buoyant ridge]

stuntman now ?

[heavy heron]

a droll won’t last you long anyway

[floral mural]

dont go for builds off of common flat mult jokers

in general

[heavy heron]

HEY WHOEVER ADDED THAT I DIDNT MEAN IT LIKE THAT

[white zodiac]

me in the parade

[heavy heron]

LOOLLL

[prime sleet]

heck yeah

[floral mural]

those are to survive ante 2 amd nothing else in my experience

[heavy heron]

broooo

brooOooo

[burnt topaz]

Balatro 2 Truths and a Lie, React with what you believe is the lie.
1️⃣ Amber Acorn is mathematically worst on Red Deck
2️⃣ Yorick used to give x5 mult after 23 discards, not +x1 mult every 23 discarded cards.
3️⃣ Balatro had a scrapped boss blind that debuffed aces.

[heavy heron]

straights scale the best, therefore this game is anti-lgbt

[floral mural]

the scaling ones are good but the rest of the flat mult common option are not good game carries

[heavy heron]

uh…

lie.. lie.. lie?

[burnt topaz]

2 of these are true

[floral mural]

1s true oddly enough since joker copies have red backs no matter what

[heavy heron]

really?

okay well then i think 1 is a lie

[burnt topaz]

Bingo

[prime sleet]

iirc 2 is true

[buoyant ridge]

should i open cards packs here when going for straights ?

[heavy heron]

oh.. right

[floral mural]

yeah if you copy a joker with invisible it gets a red baxk regardless of deck

[heavy heron]

that

[prime sleet]

not sure if it was precisely 5

[burnt topaz]

You can distinguish joker copies when your not on red deck

[heavy heron]

i see

[burnt topaz]

Or ankh or numerous other methods

[buoyant ridge]

maybe i should watch balatro university when im loosing on this seed multiple times

[heavy heron]

so it’s 3

[floral mural]

this pair of joker is really bad

[heavy heron]

debuffing aces—

[burnt topaz]

Ding ding ding

[heavy heron]

no more scholar

[burnt topaz]

3 is the lie

[floral mural]

straighrs need hand size to be consistent

[buoyant ridge]

what should i taken instead ?

[floral mural]

and stuntman is a pair joker

[white zodiac]

or hc

[buoyant ridge]

or should i skipped stuntman ?

[glass creek]

-#

[floral mural]

you spam low hands with flat mult jokers and stuntman

[prime sleet]

anyway, funny thing that happened casually

I've done Completionist+ and never repeated a gold after clearing that deck's

I've done gold sticker on 50/150 jokers

[wintry ice]

this is plasma deck

[prime sleet]

precisely 33%

[wintry ice]

droll does nothing

[heavy heron]

oh wait

then take either or and sell it

[white zodiac]

doioioioioing

[hidden rivet]

Hello, I am interested in becoming better at Balatro and getting the platinum but I suck butt cheeks and have only won 1 run with 5 hours of play time

[wintry ice]

i'd keep the straight joker for a bit

[buoyant ridge]

yeah but early what if i dont find straights ? i thought its better to toke something that carries me

[fervent wolf]

Burglar carries so many of my gold stake runs

[white zodiac]

learn to discard for straights

[burnt topaz]

Well that just happened…

[white zodiac]

not sponsored by doc

[prime sleet]

videos on youtube can help, there's a channel called balatro university that goes through many tips and tricks

[heavy heron]

hard to give actionable advice without seeing your gameplay but first thing i’ll say is to save your money and try to keep at least $20 at all times

[buoyant ridge]

bro mathematically straights are not easy to draw

[burnt topaz]

Who wants another 2 truths and a lie?

[hidden rivet]

Thank you both @prime sleet and @heavy heron

[wintry ice]

you could play a flush to win

[burnt topaz]

I’m just gonna do another one anyways

[spiral cairn]

how to deck build

[white zodiac]

not easy and almost impossible are not in close proximity towards each other, plus you can have nothing and still one shot the first four rounds with a high chip flush on r4

[spiral cairn]

whats the best deck for deck building

[heavy heron]

open arcana packs, they offer tarot cards that can change your deck

[hidden rivet]

I'll send you a clip of a run that I'm about to start

[white zodiac]

abandoned technically

[plucky oak]

Good synergies
I got the 2 discard vouchers too

Anyways green deck done finally

[heavy heron]

zodiac offers more tarots which help with deck fixing, or abandoned because your deck is already fixed and small