🕹・game-discussion

[uncut moat]

yeah but just play pairs, easier to play, no deckfixing needed for ranks, easier to level with spaceman/blue seals/burnt

easier to play

easier to play

me cheating in the singleplayer game

[zinc karma]

I would say i hate spaceman, but hes the reason i beat blast off today after 20+ tries

Its cool

But i still dont like it

[lucid plank]

I had an eternal nat neg bungler last run took it for the funny... Forgot i wanted to use my purple seals

[uncut moat]

theres nothing 3oak can do that pair isnt just better at sadly

[heady narwhal]

"skipping is bad" mfs when i luck into getting four copies of card sharp and get bored of the run

[uncut moat]

i wish there were more 3oak jokers

[night turret]

hehe jimbo spin

[zinc karma]

It plays one more card

[uncut moat]

atp go for 4oak

then flush5

[lucid plank]

Every time I've taken negative skips this week I've been rewarded with econ jokers

[alpine basalt]

this might be the first run i've ever had where I keep delayed grat through ante 3

[zinc karma]

Both are the reason no one plays 3oak

🤔

Like high card and pair too

[uncut moat]

yeah and i wish 3oak had any good jokers to justify playing it

high card is good for keeping cards in hand

pair is also good for that and it scales dummy fast

[rapid frost]

guys has anyone beat the final stake of cryptid mod on modest mode

[uncut moat]

doesnt need deckfixing

goes with deckbloat builds

[zinc karma]

Wish high card had jokers 🥀

[uncut moat]

mime ig

but mime is kinda goated so

[acoustic kettle]

Photochad

Hc jokers

[alpine basalt]

peep the scuffed ass build (flush is level 9)

[uncut moat]

i still go for 4oak into f5 on photochad

even though i actively avoid photochad

[acoustic kettle]

My best photochad run was hc photochad

Mostly because i greeded ectoplasms

[uncut moat]

ijust like the mult scaling better

[zinc karma]

I might be on the way to beat cancer 🎉

[uncut moat]

deplorable

[zinc karma]

Kinda

[rapid frost]

this is gold stake in cryptid mod

[alpine basalt]

fib for drunkard here? i'm scoring pretty above what I need to be but not for much longer

[rapid frost]

what madman decided we needed 20 more stakes

[acoustic kettle]

Was building a baron run since i got mime ante 1 but still powered through plant

[zinc karma]

U need an xmult NOW

[uncut moat]

chad?

[alpine basalt]

I actually don't, its rather runny

funny*

[acoustic kettle]

I dug deep in shops because plant

Dug for chad

[uncut moat]

chad on glass?

[acoustic kettle]

Yea

[uncut moat]

im goated

[desert garden]

Chat, what are the chances I got this from a soul card, I have no idea

[acoustic kettle]

I thought i died

[uncut moat]

free half of a hermit!

nice!

[acoustic kettle]

My rerolls is like 20 dollars by that point

[uncut moat]

😃

[lucid plank]

If I made a mod I'd be something simple, like adding fusions of all the base decks, one for every combination of any 2 base game decks, you get all the effects of both

[uncut moat]

deck sleeves?

[lucid plank]

Plasma Ghost would be fun

[acoustic kettle]

Plasma yellow

Insane econ

[uncut moat]

🤑

[rapid frost]

wtf

[lucid plank]

Imagine plasma deck but you get the easy access to spectrals from ghost

[uncut moat]

the downside of playing ghost deck is not being to play plasma deck on ghost deck

[acoustic kettle]

Ghost is

Idk

I don't really like ghost

[uncut moat]

its fun

3 immolate ina row is epic

[lucid plank]

Ghost is my favorite deck, 2nd one i beat gold with

[uncut moat]

im p sure my top1 consumable is hex cuz of ghost deck

[lucid plank]

Though ghost deck only truly unlocks it's potential after eternals

7-stencil ghost deck is funny

[uncut moat]

immolate

i never get ankh from the shop

but card blocking spectrals out of booster packs is so nice

[formal abyss]

t2 crystal ball never gives anything icl

[uncut moat]

arguably a downside ngl

i never use it

[formal abyss]

it hits when it hits

[solid tapir]

I've seen multi-player gameplay of this

[alpine basalt]

i'm boutta win with the funniest setup of all time

[formal abyss]

but then you get to choose between lovers, incantation, and sun most of the time

[uncut moat]

yeah but replacing hermit with incantation makes me want to rip my hair out

[alpine basalt]

wow

[alpine basalt]

just got a nat negative onyx agate

[coral summit]

I have Obelisk

Two Pair and High Card are tied for most used

Can I use either of those?

[tranquil cargo]

you can use neither

they both reset it

[uncut moat]

lmfao

[rapid frost]

ascendant stake done

[alpine basalt]

fits remarkably well for my build

[uncut moat]

thanks obelisk

piece of shit

[tranquil cargo]

eventually all hands will be tied and obelisk will run out of uses

[rapid frost]

i curse thee with only obelisks

[coral summit]

Why tf do I keep getting people telling me obelisk is good

wtf

Garbage ass

[uncut moat]

delusional people

[solid tapir]

obelisk is an S tier joker

[uncut moat]

"pivot out of the hand you have77 levels into for obelisk :DDD"

[solid tapir]

thats why

[alpine basalt]

chat.

[uncut moat]

obelisk is potential man as a joker

could be and might be but never is powerful

[manic talon]

one of the only reasons you stop playing flush on checkered

[alpine basalt]

i'm not taking it, cause its too late and its funnier if i just leave this scuffed ass setup alone, but gift card swash mmmmmm

[uncut moat]

i play checkered when i feel like forcing a strush build

[uncut moat]

+8 mulr per round

thats like

flash card levels

[solid tapir]

nice

[solid tapir]

it is incredibly powerful

anyone who says otherwise just doesn't know how to play the game

[alpine basalt]

i'm already scoring above final boss blind and I think the comedic value is higher to not have changed my jokers past ante 3

[solid tapir]

when the good players go to sleep the white stake obelisk haters come out to slander one of the best jokers in this game

sigh

[uncut moat]

"bro it goes crazy just plan the run for if it shows up"

[alpine basalt]

"play all your spare hands as high card, trust me bro obelisk will show up"

[manic talon]

balatro players when asked to do the bare minimum

[uncut moat]

LMFAO

[humble gulch]

I'm a psychopath...

[solid tapir]

it might be too much to expect balatro players to have a functioning brain

[uncut moat]

hit the road funner

[manic talon]

many such cases

[uncut moat]

hit the road wants me to have fun

[solid tapir]

indeed

[humble gulch]

Hit the road is my favorite joker

[uncut moat]

is it cold up there on your high horse

[solid tapir]

valid

[uncut moat]

shits fun

[humble gulch]

I just love getting X3.5 with a single discard

[solid tapir]

hit the road saved my plasma gs winstreak

because bloodstone sucks ass

[alpine basalt]

NOOOOO IT DISABLED MY EGG, THE RUN IS OVER 😭 😭 😭

[tranquil cargo]

no +3 value for you, prepare to barely die in ante 9 because of it

[alpine basalt]

that might be the goofiest setup i've ever won a run with

yeah this run is NOT going into ante 9

[lapis ocean]

My most recent run that got me gold stake win on Green deck

I’ve now completed Red Blue Yellow and Green All on Gold Stake….Now for Black….

[uncut moat]

i had a run where i just got money from hack and gold cards to spend it all on feeding flash card

[alpine basalt]

i'd have to actually play like a sentient being

[solid tapir]

goofy runs on gold stake feel even better fr

[uncut moat]

i love flash cafd

[solid tapir]

I love bbc

[uncut moat]

too bad, no fun allowed, play pairs

[solid tapir]

pairs can have goofy runs too

[alpine basalt]

this one was a white stake, but the feeling remains the same (i'm just running brainless shit since im tired)

[solid tapir]

understandable

[tall sky]

ghost deck shenanigans

[solid tapir]

fried brain black deck hits different

[uncut moat]

flash card 😍

[alpine basalt]

I can't believe that run actually scaled fast enough for me to not have to change jokers a single time from ante 3

[tall sky]

I love being able to discard a single card for 15$

[alpine basalt]

minus adding the nat neg agate

[tall sky]

rebate stay winning

[solid tapir]

you might die to vv, but I don;t know the score requirements for white stake

[uncut moat]

make rebate uncommon team

[alpine basalt]

I had inf reroll voucher, I chose crimson heart

[solid tapir]

fairs

[alpine basalt]

originally was verdant, but I was NOT selling one of my precious jokers that put in so much effort to get me to ante 8

now I am down to 2 decks that I do not have any wins on (i've never played them)

[solid tapir]

which ones

[alpine basalt]

nebula and painted

both seem rather easy

[solid tapir]

do nebula first

so you can enjoy painted

[alpine basalt]

or sorry zodiac not nebula

i'm tired

[solid tapir]

ah

both are great

you can choose whichever sounds more interesting

[alpine basalt]

i'll prolly do painted cause my brain is fried a nd +2 handsize means I don't have to think

[solid tapir]

sure

painted is fun

[uncut moat]

for nebula just play straights and get card sharp

runs over

[alpine basalt]

I just won a run on nebula with flushes

[solid tapir]

pairs

not straights

[uncut moat]

straights scale fast as fuck

[solid tapir]

pairs are better

[uncut moat]

sure if your house is beige

and additionaly a square

[solid tapir]

if one is interested in winning their run, pairs are better.

[alpine basalt]

scott NOT glazing pairs? this is breaking news

[solid tapir]

I would expect them to glaze flushes

[uncut moat]

ew no

[solid tapir]

interesting and quite surprising

[uncut moat]

flushes are for getting to ante 3

[alpine basalt]

nah flushes are shit

no scaling

[solid tapir]

true

only hand worse than flush is full house

[tranquil cargo]

full house will not stand for this slander

[uncut moat]

full house is ass

[solid tapir]

full house will sit for this slander

[uncut moat]

get a single strength

[north spindle]

straight flush:

[solid tapir]

straight flush is very niche

so I don't bring it into discussions

if you get a straight flush run then it is just better than full house regardless

[alpine basalt]

the lion takes straight flush cards with checkered deck, and the lion plays exactly 1 straight flush the entire run

[uncut moat]

the lion boots up checkered deck to force a straight flush build wether the game wants it to happen or not

[alpine basalt]

what a start

[north spindle]

i mean yeah even when multiple factors make me think "maybe i can actually do straight flushes this run" i inevitably fail to draw it at a critical moment

[alpine basalt]

reserve parking has procced exactly once

[solid tapir]

straight flush

[solid tapir]

great start

[north spindle]

reserve parking is such a meme (derogatory)

[uncut moat]

kill reserve parking

[alpine basalt]

nah painted its pretty decent

good enough to keep at least for early

[north spindle]

why does it not just give $2 or something

[solid tapir]

reserved parking is alright for what it is

[solid tapir]

it would be very strong

[solid tapir]

look at this hand

[north spindle]

i mean
thats $1 per card per hand

[solid tapir]

imagine $2 reserved parking for that hand

[north spindle]

in the best case scenario it would be mail in rebate

usually it is not the best case scenario

[solid tapir]

rebate is in its own league for econ jokers

[manic talon]

Do not compare any econ joker with rebate it will lose

[solid tapir]

yeah

lol

[north spindle]

i mean i think i would prefer a strong res parking to what it is now

[alpine basalt]

ah yes, 8 face cards held in hand, reserved parking hits........ 1!

[manic talon]

Mail in rebate has no business being 5 dollars per discard

[solid tapir]

such is the way of balala

you need a mime

[alpine basalt]

or dice

[solid tapir]

dice works too

mime is just nice because blue seal

[alpine basalt]

my high card is looking hell leveled so a mime would lowkey define the run

[north spindle]

like idk it also feels hilariously weak in comparison to midas mask

[alpine basalt]

if I found I midas mask this reserve parking would be in the past

[solid tapir]

midas mask is also just a different level of econ joker

reserved parking is a common joker

[north spindle]

ok i mean the buffed version im suggesting is still usually worse than midas

[solid tapir]

midas mask is always going to be stronger regardless

gold cards have synergies with many other jokers

plus it's guranteed $3 anyways

[north spindle]

... which ones?
i know mime and golden ticket but like thats two
if you count +handsize jokers you have 5 total

[solid tapir]

chad and golden ticket

[alpine basalt]

drivers liscense, vamp (though vamp is shit)

[solid tapir]

dl good mention

vamp also but yeah it is mid

midas and vamp however, yea

[alpine basalt]

catastrophic typo on license

[north spindle]

those two synergize with mm. not gold cards generically

[solid tapir]

synergy is synergy

[north spindle]

i mean if we're talking about "gold cards" having synergy
it has to actually be the gold cards

taking gold cards from devil/standard pack does help those two... but other enhancements perform either the same or better

[solid tapir]

other enhancements are for completely different things

[wary crystal]

Lost on ante 6 big blind cuz only madness left and accidentally played 2 pair instead of 3ofakind

[manic talon]

gold cards have synergy with every joker because its a good card

[north spindle]

midas mask being uniquely good at getting a lot of enhanced cards fast is what makes it symergize w vamp/dl
like if midas mask said "steel" instead of gold or whatever it would work equally well

(as synergies w those jokers)

[manic talon]

gold + vagabond is an actual synergy and its self assembling

[north spindle]

so idt it makes sense to say that gold cards synergize with dl/vamp beyond "they are an enhancement"

[north spindle]

yeah vagabond i forgot abt that one

[manic talon]

the vamp synergy is that you can either not eat it to get money or eat it to get Xmult, only steel has the same synergy with vamp, other enhancement doesnt do anything except being Xmult

[alpine basalt]

rip, lost a run cause I didn't look at the bb and tried to money farm the needle

[north spindle]

that feels like
not a synergy
its more that it isnt an antisynergistic effect lol

[alpine basalt]

and it gives me it AGAIN

it wants me to lose ong

I will probably do the same exact thing

[north spindle]

like vampire is not improving my gold card effectiveness
it is just not making them worse as much as for the other enhancements

[acoustic kettle]

Farming on needle is a universal experience

[manic talon]

so it makes it better than other enhancements

thats a synergy

[north spindle]

its a synergy like how hanging chad synergizes with half joker because you can use half joker and hanging chad at the same time

[alpine basalt]

lmao

[north spindle]

(unlike half joker and [joker that needs large handsize to work for whatever reason])

[formal abyss]

honestly needle's background is so iconic i always lock in during it

[alpine basalt]

"she floated on the surface of the water in the way a brick wouldn't."

[formal abyss]

its Mouth that fs me over

[north spindle]

mouth is where straight runs go to die

that ones the "pkay only 1 hand type" roght

[formal abyss]

yeah

[solid tapir]

mouth when pairs

[formal abyss]

idk i get the rwo mixed up

[north spindle]

eye is defintiely the only 1 of each hand type one

[solid tapir]

eye is no repeated hands

so yeh

I read it as the mouth description

fried brain.exe

[north spindle]

i think part of it for me is that iirc theres actually a visual associated with needle ticking ur hands down to 1

whereas mouth is just the normal boss text

[alpine basalt]

oh man, should I do it? I feel like I kinda have to

[formal abyss]

needle's bg also noticeably stands out imo

other bgs id say is psychic and Water

[solid tapir]

you can bean if you think you may die

[north spindle]

psychic imwill never remember anyways lol

[alpine basalt]

no I mean take it for shits and giggles with troubadour

[solid tapir]

baron when psychic

[alpine basalt]

17 hand size

[north spindle]

i mean past ante 1 its irrelevant 95% of the time

[solid tapir]

ah

well sure

[formal abyss]

psychic being an endless killer is funny asf

[alpine basalt]

ironically works will with shoot hte moon

[manic talon]

eh, i think an enhancement that still works even though you have a joker that practically doesnt allow enhancements to work is an actual synergy, and at some point a 0.1x scale will be worse than a clean 3 dollars

[alpine basalt]

baron mains WISH they had hands this big

[manic talon]

imagine a reserved parking here

[alpine basalt]

I had one

sold it for faceless

[solid tapir]

faceless with that hand size is also nice

[frank raft]

my baron run when a bit off the rails

[solid tapir]

a bit

just slightly

[alpine basalt]

easy pivot

[loud lily]

me when i lose to ante 24 by 10x :(

[alpine basalt]

shoulda kept reserve.

[solid tapir]

lol

[north spindle]

its taunting you lol

[alpine basalt]

it knows

haven't even thought about this joker since plasma, but its looking mighty tempting to take it for bean

then we just play high card gaming

[charred orbit]

diabolical plasma run

am just going for a long win streak

[alpine basalt]

damn, what is with this seed

if I don't take it chad on reroll if I do i'm never finding a chad

[tall sky]

i regret nothing

not ripping an ecto, having a perkeo, not using any of my tags

despite almost dying to the psychic earlier that was so fun

[formal abyss]

parei parking would be so hot here

[alpine basalt]

I sold one earlier in the run

[spiral cairn]

balatro

more like

balls

[spiral cairn]

tf

i cant get it above 100 usually

[charred orbit]

That run was on thin ice the whole time bro

It's alot easier with blueprint burglar

[uncut slate]

how many cards are u playing

[valid abyss]

holy fuck i never realized judgement is actually a big person holding some big lightning flash flag thing

i thought it was two arms from the sky holding the big lightning thing

[spiral cairn]

4

[valid abyss]

i couldnt see the guy

[spiral cairn]

but i skip a lot

[uncut slate]

why do u skip

just don't do that

[alpine basalt]

angel playing the trumpet of the apocalypse

[valid abyss]

WHAT

[alpine basalt]

or the rapture or smth

thats why its called "judgement"

[valid abyss]

OH its

a real tarot card

i didnt know they were real

[uncut slate]

wait that's crazy

[valid abyss]

oh my god i'm fucking blind

i thought the head was just a big gaping hole from the sky

[alpine basalt]

BRO

[uncut slate]

not knowing the tarots are real must make the game so much cooler

[spiral cairn]

r'

[alpine basalt]

IT DID NOT JUST GIVE ME BRAINSTORM BEFORE CHAD\

[valid abyss]

its like half a chad

be grateful

[alpine basalt]

I don't even know if I take brainstorm here tbh

[valid abyss]

take it

[alpine basalt]

over rebate tho?

[spiral cairn]

buy it

reroll

and you will get chad

[uncut slate]

over photo

[valid abyss]

no just buy it

[spiral cairn]

trust me

[valid abyss]

OH you have 4 slots

[uncut slate]

👍

[alpine basalt]

yeah its painted

[spiral cairn]

bruh

[valid abyss]

sell jungler or something iunno

[spiral cairn]

painted

[uncut slate]

photocringe

[valid abyss]

or

oh thats stm

sell stm

[spiral cairn]

sell rebate

[valid abyss]

oh right

[spiral cairn]

no

[valid abyss]

yeah sell rebate

[spiral cairn]

stm peak

[valid abyss]

i'm an idiot please forgive me

[spiral cairn]

ok

[valid abyss]

im blind to tarot cards and i just woke up

[spiral cairn]

o

[alpine basalt]

SHIT YOU WERE RIGHT

[spiral cairn]

you got chad?

[spiral cairn]

told you

[valid abyss]

i told you

im awesome

[spiral cairn]

ok bro

[valid abyss]

even though i said nothing

[alpine basalt]

lmao

[valid abyss]

dunno who this conk guy is must be a hallucination

[spiral cairn]

mhm

[valid abyss]

i have a cool purple name so i'm automatically right

i dont make the rules

[spiral cairn]

\

[valid abyss]

backslash

[spiral cairn]

@alpine basalt soon you will get a blueprint

[alpine basalt]

hallucination?
balatro reference?

[spiral cairn]

trust

[valid abyss]

@alpine basalt soon y ou will get a bluepritn

trust

[alpine basalt]

soon will never happen, the lion sold all his econ and has 3 hands

[valid abyss]

i said that btw

[spiral cairn]

ok tf

i misclicked the meoji

[valid abyss]

see its all a hallucination

[craggy gale]

Welp it was bound to happen

[spiral cairn]

ahaha

this is why i use aces

[astral ruin]

from e71 to not even 1M, we love the plant and 21 ante's of no reroll

[spiral cairn]

plant is dogshit

and it always comes on high antes

[valid abyss]

i love the plant

[spiral cairn]

gay

[valid abyss]

if i love it enough it might overdose on love and fucking die

[alpine basalt]

wait.....

[spiral cairn]

DO IT

[craggy gale]

My problem with aces is just how hard they are to retrigger

[spiral cairn]

IM TELLING YOU ITS GONNA BE BLUEPRINT

[valid abyss]

its never worth it

[alpine basalt]

the run is won anyways might as well

[valid abyss]

youll get some shit like the duo

[spiral cairn]

its gonna be vagabond

or blueprint

[valid abyss]

unless you dabble in gambling

[astral ruin]

the plant is the goat

[spiral cairn]

abusing my 12 more hours of nitro

[alpine basalt]

it was not.

[spiral cairn]

as much as possible

[valid abyss]

i love the plant!!!

[spiral cairn]

oops

[valid abyss]

so cool

When will it fucking die

[spiral cairn]

[valid abyss]

thats 3 cards away from my guess

[spiral cairn]

yu gonna get blueprint after you win the run

probably ante 9 big blind shop

trust

[valid abyss]

if you say blueprint again

[solid tapir]

decided to speedrun whitestake

[spiral cairn]

pluebrint

[valid abyss]

i will plant a plant in your backyard

[solid tapir]

I think that was a sub 8m run

[valid abyss]

😔

[solid tapir]

burnt slowed me down fr

[formal abyss]

i thought it was some kind of big explosion 😭

[valid abyss]

my vision was

[solid tapir]

final lineup

[valid abyss]

it was god holding a big weird lightning rod

[alpine basalt]

I have overstock + so the odds are actually pretty high for bp

[valid abyss]

that also had england on it

[cold remnant]

Hey uh

[spiral cairn]

the persona soundtracks are so PEAK

[valid abyss]

this is the inspiration

[cold remnant]

Can I borrow that triboulet

[valid abyss]

makes so much more sense now

[solid tapir]

trib was useless for this run

so sure

[cold remnant]

It's the last joker I need

[solid tapir]

you'll get him eventually

trust

[alpine basalt]

angel trumpeting the apocalypse, who is just british for some reason

[valid abyss]

man even after i know its an angel holding a trumpet i will still forget and think its a big gaping hole with 2 arms and lightning

[solid tapir]

judgement ?

[valid abyss]

yeah

hey wait a minute is it possible to get C++ before C+

[solid tapir]

I thought judgement was lightning falling from the sky lol

[cold remnant]

Not sure how to do gold stake without resetting for like

[solid tapir]

yes

[cold remnant]

Ride the bus

[valid abyss]

crazy

[solid tapir]

my brother got C++ before C+

[cold remnant]

Or green

[gaunt folio]

By not resetting for them

Genuinely

[spiral cairn]

diddy

[valid abyss]

how about dont

and use

[solid tapir]

wdym

[valid abyss]

literally any other joker

at all

[cold remnant]

But scaling joker good

[solid tapir]

why would you use any other joker when rtb is great

[valid abyss]

use any other scaling joker

[cold remnant]

🥺

[valid abyss]

use any other joker as well

find a trib even

[solid tapir]

don't listen to rtb slander Gist

trib is useless

[valid abyss]

YOU'RE useless

gottem

[solid tapir]

alr bro

🥀

[gaunt folio]

Getting good at gold stake means learning how to make good use of all jokers

[valid abyss]

edit: MOM im famous thansk for 100 likes

[cold remnant]

I'm just trying for my first win

[solid tapir]

just play pairs

[gaunt folio]

Scaling is good yes, but you’re missing out on countless banger runs by resetting because you can’t find a base mult scaling joker

[solid tapir]

and when you get face cards in your hand, add face cards to your hand so you can discard them

[gaunt folio]

What’s more important is Econ and paying attention to scoring

[solid tapir]

you can play something like this for rtb

[alpine basalt]

ECON. WE NEED MORE MONEYYYY

[gaunt folio]

Getting a good flat mult or flat chips joker in ante 1 is a good way to get your interest maxed

[solid tapir]

ante 1 grimbo means run is won

[alpine basalt]

wait... I can't put htem in optimal order

[cold remnant]

Do I always get the buffoon pack every shop 1?

[solid tapir]

you have no plus mult

so it doesn't matter

[gaunt folio]

Yes

[solid tapir]

depends on the deck you're running

most decks, yes it is ideal

[alpine basalt]

the bs is holo

[solid tapir]

unless you find something in the shop that you want to take

[gaunt folio]

Oh they mean buying it

[solid tapir]

right

[gaunt folio]

Depends then

[cold remnant]

And then not spend again until 30ish dollars?

[solid tapir]

on plasma I don't buy anything ante 1

unless the shop gives me something I want

[gaunt folio]

Nothing in Balatro is perfectly rigid

[solid tapir]

not neccesary

its situational

don't be afraid to drop below $25 to pick stuff that will help you later

but it is important to gauge when to spend and when to conserve

this will come with experience

[gaunt folio]

Everything about Balatro is situational, and knowing when to spend down a bit so you can live is important

[valid abyss]

as an experienced individual

i still make stupid decisions

[alpine basalt]

well shit (I'm selling the hanged man and rerolling this is just for the funny)

[solid tapir]

if I have $14 in ante 1 round 2 and I see a bus/grimbo/SN then I will be spending money to get either of those

[alpine basalt]

we call that throwing for content

[valid abyss]

streamer luck will still give me a photochad ante 1 round 1

[gaunt folio]

Or if I see a non rental or perishable BP/BS it’s almost ALWAYS a take

[solid tapir]

almost

there are times we just can't

[gaunt folio]

Yes

[alpine basalt]

Quamber quacorn

[solid tapir]

unfortunately

balala seed

does the funny

[gaunt folio]

Dude sometimes I’ve reset runs just because I couldn’t live with there being a blueprint or brainstorm in the first shop that I would have no way to ever afford

lol

[solid tapir]

damn

[alpine basalt]

I just lose, take the seed and boot up a white stake on it to take it

[solid tapir]

I find resetting runs to be meh

[gaunt folio]

It just messes with my head a little bit

[solid tapir]

so I play it through

bs/bp will come around again

fs

[alpine basalt]

I never reset, except when I do

[gaunt folio]

But legit the only time I was actually resetting runs (after I stopped being a beginner at least) was on black deck

Because black deck is BRUTAL

[valid abyss]

i never win

except when i dont

i still dont win

[solid tapir]

black deck gold stake for fun

[alpine basalt]

for the most part I really don't, but i'll get the occassional sense of just feels like it would be WAYYYY too much brainpower to try and save a run so I simply reset

but thats also like 3am balatro gaming in a nutshell

[solid tapir]

KHPBCKDK

if you have time, do try this seed on black deck gold stake

[gaunt folio]

I will never touch black deck again for as long as I live

[solid tapir]

black deck makes one better at the game

but I understand your gripes with it

[gaunt folio]

Black deck is RNG hell regardless of skill sometimes

Much more than any other deck

[solid tapir]

if brooke can winstreak black deck gold stake 10 times

skill can defeat the rng

for sure

[gaunt folio]

Yes I know there are some crazy outlier people

I am not said outlier

[cold remnant]

Damn

[solid tapir]

then become the outlier

[cold remnant]

I died ante 3

[solid tapir]

by playing black deck gold stake

[solid tapir]

gg

[gaunt folio]

Rough, keep going

[cold remnant]

It's because I only had supernova scaling...

[gaunt folio]

What killed you there

[solid tapir]

no chips

[gaunt folio]

Ah

Yeah you need chips

[solid tapir]

only having SN in ante 3 is not a good idea

[cold remnant]

I was saving money... 🥺

[gaunt folio]

It’s super easy to underestimate as a newer player, but chips are literally an equal contributor to your score

[solid tapir]

did the money help you when you dedged to the blind

[alpine basalt]

unless you play plasma

[solid tapir]

[alpine basalt]

then you minmax as much as possible for one or the other

[gaunt folio]

Considering you likely noticed your score hardly beating the small and big blinds, it’s a sign you should’ve been spending sis for something

[solid tapir]

Chips:Mult

1x2 = 2

10x2 = 20

chips are important

[alpine basalt]

I wonder if there's any way to get exactly 1 chip for a hand

I doubt it

[solid tapir]

high card 2 into the flint ? idk

[alpine basalt]

would have to be a debuffed 2

and I think thats still 3 chips

[solid tapir]

yeh

maybe

[inland temple]

bashame

[alpine basalt]

I miss plasma deck

[gaunt folio]

Basically, pay attention to your chips (the blue number) and your mult. Whichever one is smaller should usually be your main concern (massive oversimplification but this logic generally works for early-mid game)

[solid tapir]

plasma is always there

[alpine basalt]

I haven't played it since I finished gold stake

[gaunt folio]

Bashame meme desu

[alpine basalt]

been on that grind

[gaunt folio]

Dude black deck gold stake was my final deck for c+, and it was a true final boss

[alpine basalt]

white stake plasma is like the ice cream after the vegetables that is black deck stakes

[solid tapir]

my final C+ deck was anaglyph and it was the most boring experience ever

[gaunt folio]

Now I’m doing the challenges and they’re a refreshing change of pace/are actually a little too easy now lmao

[solid tapir]

was purposefully putting it off because I expected it to be boring

and it was

sadly

[alpine basalt]

lmao

choked on my water

[lunar zealot]

Bungus

[buoyant fog]

Anaglyph deck is kinda fun on white stake rn

[junior jasper]

erratic deck gold stake is what im stuck on rn

[buoyant fog]

oof

thats a rough one

[solid tapir]

inspect deck ante 1

build towards what makes sense

[alpine basalt]

doing all my anaglyphs was fun cause i'd get a winning run and then just randomly spot a neg tag and get a shit ton of stickers (it was the 3rd deck i GS'd)

[junior jasper]

what in the looks really fake but is somehow real

[lunar zealot]

Better idea

play pairs

[solid tapir]

pairs always makes sense

[junior jasper]

2 pair is the shit

[solid tapir]

no

[junior jasper]

love 2 pair

[solid tapir]

pairs are the shit

[junior jasper]

👅

[lunar zealot]

1 pair is more consistent

[junior jasper]

pair is the shit and 2 pair is the piss

[lunar zealot]

2 pair gives lots of chips

[junior jasper]

wiat

[lunar zealot]

and scales pants

[junior jasper]

other way around

[buoyant fog]

it does LOL, too bad I didnt really get many good jokers besides Idol :p and wee too

[lunar zealot]

but generally speaking if you wanna win consistently use pairs

[solid tapir]

need more mercury

in my balala runs

[gaunt folio]

It was the only time in my recent Balatro career that I took a negative skip

[alpine basalt]

bro added wee on there like it was a throwaway smh

[gaunt folio]

And it was really fun

[buoyant fog]

this late in the game it is

[alpine basalt]

negative skips are good for blocking all the shit jokers from the shops, but yeah I never take em

[buoyant fog]

not a lot of 2's in my deck

[solid tapir]

should have made the ante 7 wee pivot

[buoyant fog]

otherwise I'd be weemaxxing

[lunar zealot]

Wee is actually pants

[gaunt folio]

They’re only good for wasting a potential shop, scaling, and Econ

[lunar zealot]

in that you can late pivot and still get value

[gaunt folio]

Unless you’re on anaglyph

[junior jasper]

i had an ante 7 encounter with after deckbuilding into kings and it murdered me

[solid tapir]

this is why we don't face cards

[lunar zealot]

Lol

[junior jasper]

thats like the seocnd time i ever met plant

stupid boss

[graceful arrow]

We always make 9s for the future cloud 9

[solid tapir]

or at least have numbers as a contingency plan

[junior jasper]

but they look so out of place in my view deck

[gaunt folio]

I build towards them more often than not, but usually I always assume the plant is next ante when building

[lunar zealot]

lol?

[solid tapir]

this is why we numbers

[alpine basalt]

hence why i never take them, but I would in theory

[lunar zealot]

if you want to play for aesthetics in a card game

Play

like

[junior jasper]

balatro

[lunar zealot]

magic the gathering

[solid tapir]

I like face cards as much as the white stake player, but I know its not smart to go fully face cards

[lunar zealot]

since who tf plays magic

[cold remnant]

:(

[solid tapir]

straights

[lunar zealot]

No they just collect cards

[junior jasper]

i think they went extinct

[cold remnant]

My banana went extinct

[solid tapir]

3DU725JT

[alpine basalt]

rip nana

[gaunt folio]

I’m probably just the single biggest shoot the moon fan of all time

[alpine basalt]

woah don't just give me your seed like that

[solid tapir]

fair

stm is great

[cold remnant]

🫦

[alpine basalt]

I love making a bunch of steel queens for stm

[gaunt folio]

I see it ante 1 and I’ve decided it’s my permanent build goal cuz it’s fun

[alpine basalt]

just a lot of micromanaging positioning in hand

[alpine basalt]

me too

[junior jasper]

im cavendishing it

oooh yeah

[gaunt folio]

It was the goat of my black stake wins ngl

[buoyant fog]

honestly the negative tag worked out because I have a shit ton of uncommons now

[alpine basalt]

oh speaking of cavendishing it, wanna see a run i had the other day on a random seed?

[buoyant fog]

bb card is going crazy atm

[junior jasper]

yes sir

[alpine basalt]

#🕹・game-discussion message

[gaunt folio]

This was the insane build I had when I beat black deck gold stake (canio came in literally in big blind of ante 7 and was not needed)

[junior jasper]

that was so peak

[alpine basalt]

the ending of that run was peak

[junior jasper]

is it possible to find an eternal cavendish

and like

ankh it

4 times

[tranquil cargo]

no

[gaunt folio]

Both bananas can’t be eternal

[junior jasper]

🙁

[alpine basalt]

making verdant leaf without selling a single joker was the most fun thing i've done in balatro

[tranquil cargo]

but even if you could, self-destruction effects override eternal

[valid abyss]

theoretically yeah

[gaunt folio]

Because their effects clash

[valid abyss]

like theres no problem with this it can happen

[alpine basalt]

that was one of the few times I spammed rare tags and got an invis joker every time I hit one

[cold remnant]

It's really difficult to justify taking a rental at any point

[junior jasper]

they call my banana eternal because it wont go down (i need a doctor)

[valid abyss]

tonight's the night

[gaunt folio]

The problem is that bananas can’t be eternal

[valid abyss]

that i get some

[junior jasper]

doakes is the butcher i swear

[alpine basalt]

especially with sixxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxth sense right there

good god my kb fucked up

[valid abyss]

ohhh yeah

[junior jasper]

sixth sense is so good

[valid abyss]

i forgor

[alpine basalt]

my x key must have dust in it

[junior jasper]

i love sixth sense

[valid abyss]

well you can get 4 invis jonklers

and copy them

[alpine basalt]

#🕹・game-discussion message

[valid abyss]

i saaw

[junior jasper]

4 banana

500 negative gros michel

thats my next run

i'll send a screenshot when i do it

[alpine basalt]

if only I never took that even steven, I could've had 5 cavendishes

peak was almost peaker

best sixth sense I ever got gave me 2 immolates an aura and a cryptd

[alpine basalt]

in that order too

[alpine basalt]

the tarot card as a reaction image was funnier

[junior jasper]

mine game me 2 cryptids when i had perkeo

it was so cool

[valid abyss]

i'm a funny connoisseur please do not educate me on the practice of funny

[cold remnant]

I took 6th sense...

[valid abyss]

top 10 saddest

[alpine basalt]

oh thats tragic

[valid abyss]

2 chips away

[junior jasper]

where did i just get this joker idea

[alpine nest]

Mhm?

[junior jasper]

Pi
if hand contains 3, 1, 4, +irrational chips

[alpine nest]

-# this is a joke right

[alpine basalt]

god that would be computationally intensive depending on how many digits it goes to

[valid abyss]

it has to be a joke

though superposition would uhh

[alpine nest]

Or they're high

[valid abyss]

probably synergize

i dont know this is a really weird idea

[alpine nest]

They have to be high or trolling

They said 1 instead of Ace so like... Idk

[alpine basalt]

imagine a +pi mult and then calculating it *1.5 over and over and over, that would hurt your pc so bad

[valid abyss]

an ace is technically a 1

[alpine nest]

Yeah but all the cards

[valid abyss]

shhh

[alpine nest]

Say Ace

Never 1

[valid abyss]

let them ace

[alpine basalt]

welp. time to give myself the icecream that is white stake plasma

[alpine nest]

🔥.

Honestly if it was any other deck the naneinf grind would kill me

[terse gyro]

just got a hella good run just now

[alpine basalt]

what a start

overstock first voucher too omg

[alpine nest]

Wait you might be cooking

[valid abyss]

just made this

hope this helps

[frank crescent]

Oh cool a natural negative

[alpine basalt]

ok

we might be cooking\

[humble gulch]

I can't believe you got 5 dollars to reroll

[tall sky]

oh. my. god.

jesus christ

[valid abyss]

holy shirt

[lunar zealot]

Skip for red card value

[valid abyss]

sell mystic summit

egg is temperance value

[tall sky]

im doing just fine

[valid abyss]

the plant

[tall sky]

polychrome blueprint my beloved

[tall sky]

not even worried about it

my scoring isn't coming from my cards

[valid abyss]

lies and slander

[valid abyss]

oh ok fair

[tall sky]

photochad isn't even relevant for this run

[valid abyss]

who said it was

[humble gulch]

They're offering me a free win

[tall sky]

okay gg

1160 chips flush five my beloved

[heavy heron]

this would be the first time i’ve ever gotten idol online before ante 8

[bleak blaze]

Love me some flower pot action

[indigo yoke]

chat do we get ts

[tranquil cargo]

yikes, eternal showman

you couldn't make me take that if it was physically stapled to my hand

[indigo yoke]

i took it in the very low hopes of getting 2 blueprints

THIS IS WHY WE GAMBLE

[cold remnant]

Oh we just lose

[tranquil cargo]

boss blinds are like the spanish inquisition: even with 30 days notice, people are all "nobody could've seen this coming!"

[humble gulch]

I got scared

[somber robin]

[junior jasper]

i forgot there was no 1

im so smart

[acoustic kettle]

This could've beeen a gold stake run

[terse gyro]

brooooooo

[junior jasper]

15$ eternal brainstorm

cant think of anything better besides if it were negative

[heady moon]

What do I sell for idol here guys?

[lunar zealot]

Bloodstone

then sell out of oops chad for sock or hack

[heady moon]

I'm running 9s

[lunar zealot]

Lol

[heady moon]

I'm fully specd

[lunar zealot]

but why though

[heady moon]

Found a red seal 9 and cryptid on the same ante so decided to pivot fully into cloud 9

Just got rid of it for Dusk like 2 antes ago

So is it still bloodstone? Lmao @lunar zealot

[lunar zealot]

Idk man

[heady moon]

I'm thinking maybe ditching Chad and running dusk in the long run

[civic moth]

Where do I go from here

[heady moon]

Just go high card and get as many queens as possible

Or pairs

Definitely get that voucher and get your money up

[civic moth]

YES

[cedar fjord]

gg

[civic moth]

Death for queen? Purple seal? Steel?

[frank light]

having issues with playing crypid

it says i have a duplicate version of steammodded installed

anyone know how to fix that?

[pale grotto]

Guys should i buy pareidolia? The next boss is the humble plant

[floral mural]

obviously not aince it doesnt even seem you have one joker that works for it anyways

[hardy fable]

#⚙・modding-general
#1209506514763522108
#💻・modding-dev

[floral mural]

and youd have to sell it on plant

[frank light]

i fixed it thanks anyways

[floral mural]

wait its eternal

no

just no

[pale grotto]

-# but look at my name :(

[floral mural]

dont care

dont take it

[pale grotto]

I beat the plant with a 3oak of glass 8

[floral mural]

(also stencil value is lost :( )

[alpine hollow]

Paradolia is a trap for fools

[pale grotto]

And i am the greatest fool

[alpine hollow]

although this is a joker game, so make of that what you will

[pale grotto]

Guys, photochad is back

[alpine hollow]

i dont see the appeal of photochad

[pale grotto]

Is so atractive

[alpine hollow]

You have a Justice and a Chad, thats basically photochad but beter

Also, the plant will stop photgraph from triggering

[pale grotto]

But i beat already the plant

[floral mural]

i mean the plants gone

[alpine hollow]

nevermind then

[floral mural]

photochad is good but you need a glass number card for like boss blinds

it counters plant

[pale grotto]

Yessss

[twin lantern]

hot take but I feel likephotochad should be nerfed

for two common jokers to carry literally any run feels too easy

[alpine hollow]

its a simple interaction between two jokers

[floral mural]

yeah i agree chad needs a nerf

its way too versatile in general

[twin lantern]

yes

[floral mural]

photochad isnt why the nerf is needed tho

chads just a bit too reliable

[twin lantern]

yes

[alpine hollow]

its a common tho

[floral mural]

2 non conditional retriggers and you only need to draw one good retrigger card? thats like really good

[twin lantern]

I feel like if it retriggered only once would be more balanced

[floral mural]

that small multiplayer rework where its first 2 cards retriggered once would fix it imo since that requires drawing 2 good retrigger cards

[pale grotto]

They buffed from that right?

[primal eagle]

more slots for econ/util jokers

[twin lantern]

idk

[alpine hollow]

theres nt many other retrigger jokers

[floral mural]

the others are all full hand with conditions. you can use chad on any build which uses an onscore effect with no downsides

[primal eagle]

i thought chad is going uncommon in the future?

[floral mural]

uncommon doesnt fix the problem

[primal eagle]

it does? it's not overpowered for an uncommon?

[floral mural]

a strong almost always take being uncommon doesnt stop it being an insta take

[pale grotto]

Why halfie is showing Up every single time? T-T

[floral mural]

you need to change the card a little to make it not always the most reliable. not just make it rarer

[primal eagle]

there are quite a few other uncommons that are like this anyway

[alpine hollow]

Reliability is good though

i dont want another joker that needs D6 to be relaieble

[floral mural]

not oops is what id like

this change is like perfect

now you need to draw 2 good retrigger cards

thats it

[primal eagle]

the thing is there arent that many good effect cards to begin with

like retriggering a mult card twice gives +8 mult so what

[alpine hollow]

glass, lucky, stone

[primal eagle]

glass cards are tricky cuz u want to make more of that card cuz if you are doing glass retriggers you want a high base mult so you are playing on the bigger side of hands

[alpine hollow]

X2 mult is always useful

[pale grotto]

I lost with a tribulett :(

[alpine hollow]

how

[bold hemlock]

guys should i play balatro, havent played since june 6

[primal eagle]

lucky yes kinda
stone... +100 chips a runner can do better

[alpine hollow]

that requires playing straights a lot

[primal eagle]

7 straights

[pale grotto]

Early wall

[primal eagle]

not significantly harder than drawing a stone

[alpine hollow]

that seems significantly harder than drawing a sinlge stone

[pale grotto]

Im sad

[bold hemlock]

guys i forgot the website where you can see all your stats through putting profile in

[alpine hollow]

bbuy joker pack, look for rares or high selling stuff

[thick haven]

Lol

[alpine hollow]

i think thats in the collection or something, theres definetly an option in-game somewhere

[primal eagle]

balatrostats.com

[primal eagle]

that only shows some stats

[alpine hollow]

what additional stats would you need?

[primal eagle]

well uh like

my least used joker?

or exactly how many 3oaks i have played

and my win rate of each deck

[alpine hollow]

why would you need that?

[primal eagle]

technically we dont ''need'' any stats at all

i think they are aware that ingame stats page exists

[alpine hollow]

that they are or arent awar?

[primal eagle]

aka they were indeed looking for those stats you dont ''need''

[pale grotto]

I lost that, in the packs was faceless and eternal drunkard

[alpine hollow]

my apologies

[primal eagle]

also i think this was quite fun to know

(given that when losing we actually lose instead if restarting, cuz restarting doesnt count as a loss therefore messing the stats)

[alpine hollow]

i see your point now

[heady moon]

Made it to ante 17 for the first time in a while

And died immediately after because I thought 2 glass was enough (spoiler alert, it wasn't by very little)

[sudden prairie]

feels real bad passing poly-pyro and a vagabussy in one shop 🙁

[terse gyro]

madness joker, i apologize, i wasn't familiar with your game

[sudden prairie]

my beloved

[terse gyro]

madness actually carried me on two gold stake runs today

[sudden prairie]

Campfire might be the most enjoyable joker to use

I fucking love shopping

[terse gyro]

retail therapy

[full iris]

cursed

[pale grotto]

cursed blessed

[frank light]

crypid mod is so much fun

but jesus christ is it unstable

try not to crash challenge the mod

[sudden prairie]

goodnight sweet prince

what a line up 🥹

[valid abyss]

bawatwo

[valid abyss]

cloud 9 would go hard

oo and you even have $9

[stray barn]

guys what's the best chips joker

[sudden prairie]

there's like twelve 9's in their, and I'd been rolling down for campfire since like ante 3

[sudden prairie]

And literally could not find it

[valid abyss]

start streaming

you get it in your next judgement

its that simple

[sudden prairie]

Wee I guess, maybe square

[valid abyss]

wee

[stray barn]

alright

wait i need to unlock it LMAO

[sudden prairie]

Alright, that's enough [econ]!

[sudden prairie]

Get on that wee grind

[floral mural]

ride the bus reserved parking is a pretty bad combo for later on

guess its good reserved isnt eternal here

(you wanna remove face cards to avoid the chance to be forced into resetting the bus)

[sudden prairie]

but painted deck

I can afford to hold a few n play pairs in the early game I think

maybe I'm wrong idk

[floral mural]

just saying to not get attached to reserved since you wanna destroy face cards

thats all

[sudden prairie]

Well, yeah, destroying face cards is always the end game with parking

I'm more attached to rebate than any of these guys tbh

[frank light]

my score has been calculating for 3 minutes

🥲

its up to e5000

[signal frigate]

Cryptid?

[frank light]

yeah