🕹・game-discussion

[solid tapir]

need burple seals

[jagged valve]

Feels like a chore

[heady narwhal]

cryptid above immolate is crazy

[winter pike]

immolate trance and medium are probably the best imo

[solid tapir]

don't get enough immolates

[nova mantle]

goes crazy tho i got both bp and brainstorm

[cunning glen]

WDYM???

[nova mantle]

15 dollars per card is no joke

[solid tapir]

most of the time I have cryptid in a pack I don't see an immolate next to it

[heady narwhal]

also deja vu as most used seal

[cunning glen]

if anything standered is the worst out of the packs

[winter pike]

nahh

[solid tapir]

I like retrigger effects

[winter pike]

blue seals in those

[solid tapir]

on my hierophant

[jagged valve]

When yall are thinning ur deck, do u usually put ur purple seals on cards of other suits or same as ur trying to favor?

[cunning glen]

i think i do?-

[heady narwhal]

spectral > arcana > buffoon > standard > celestial

[winter pike]

buffoon packs outside ante 1 are probably the worst

[cunning glen]

i forgot about buffoon packs LMAO

[solid tapir]

I put purple on cards Im going to be discarding anyways

[cunning glen]

yea

[jagged valve]

Buffoon pack is fun but don't think I ever got a mega buffoon naturally yet

[rough prairie]

unlocking Merry Andy is such a pain

[jagged valve]

Or I forgot so many runs already

[solid tapir]

if my deck is nearly fixed and I have rebate I will consider putting purple on a card I would normally use

[white zodiac]

refrain from having this mindset to improve in the long run

[solid tapir]

standard packs give me red seal 2's for my wee build

standard packs are great for direction and value

[heady narwhal]

on ante 6 a buffoon pack is a cheap reroll and a celestial pack is very little value imo

[cunning glen]

that was before I remembered buffoon packs exist

[echo yew]

…verdant leaf

[solid tapir]

gold, blue, purple seals

[white zodiac]

plasma white deck, full skip after playing out the first two antes

[solid tapir]

nice

[cunning glen]

verdant leaf yuck

[white zodiac]

what

[solid tapir]

crimson heart worst boss

hate that dude

[jagged valve]

Sorry for posting twice but for a 1 week old player, were these good strats or do I suck??

[cunning glen]

-# and not violet vessel?-

[winter pike]

gold cards too

[cunning glen]

-# or leaf??-

[solid tapir]

violent vessel is my favorite boss blind

I have yet to die to the leaf

[jagged valve]

For first pic that was right before I lost

[winter pike]

or a red seal to make a red seal gold card

[solid tapir]

ye

[white zodiac]

leaf doesn't do anything a majority of the time

[heady narwhal]

perkeo twice in 1 week?

[jagged valve]

This was from today too

[jagged valve]

One day apart

Lol

[solid tapir]

me watching people casually sell a joker for leaf despite all their scoring coming from the jokers

[cunning glen]

Acorn is prob best of the blinds if you dont have blueprint or brainstorm

[solid tapir]

not tough to find blueprint or brainstorm for acorn either

we have hands

its just a bit annoying fs

[cunning glen]

bell tho is mid

[winter pike]

i shant lie i have done this

[cunning glen]

died so many times to bell

[solid tapir]

cerulean bell is not a real boss

[jagged valve]

If I have lots of spare hands I just run a test and see what points what if I memorize I reorganize the jokers

[solid tapir]

lol

[winter pike]

there are no real boss blinds

[unborn cliff]

lets swap flint and bell

[solid tapir]

cerulean bell when pairs

[jagged valve]

Black Deck SUCKSSS

[solid tapir]

lol ante 8 flint

[unborn cliff]

ermmm plant 🤓

[unborn cliff]

lets remove the arm

[jagged valve]

I'm trying to beat it the entire day

[solid tapir]

plant is not a real boss blind either

[jagged valve]

😭😭

[solid tapir]

unless you glaze face cards

[winter pike]

not a real boss blind

[cunning glen]

remove arm, flint, and water

AND leaf

[unborn cliff]

👀

[cunning glen]

AND plant

[jagged valve]

Water needs to be executed

[solid tapir]

you can glaze photochad and still not be a face card glazer

[winter pike]

why dont we just remove boss blinds at this point

[solid tapir]

the plant is not a problem for photochad

[jagged valve]

By firing squad... Well I guess that wouldnt work would it

[solid tapir]

if you built correctly

[winter pike]

me and my justice fr

[heady narwhal]

i mean for the most part these just don't seem very synergistic. supernova is best used with low-value hands like pairs & summit shouldn't be relied on late, mad joker and the trio don't mix (full house is really bad don't do it), etc

[solid tapir]

so true

[jagged valve]

I suck at figuring out synergies tbh

[white zodiac]

we have a joker for that

[solid tapir]

experience will teach you

[solid tapir]

we do

[jagged valve]

Critical thinking skills for Balatro still low

[solid tapir]

the goat himself

[cunning glen]

its the red legendary right?

[solid tapir]

chigoat

[cunning glen]

yep

[winter pike]

this statement has truth to it

[solid tapir]

luchador is also a mention

but only for 1 bb

[heady narwhal]

so true i love loyalty card

[white zodiac]

my fav

[jagged valve]

Any tips for beating white stake Black Deck?

[white zodiac]

vessel denier

[solid tapir]

I'm ass so I don't like playing for loyalty card

[jagged valve]

What should I prioritize

[solid tapir]

balatro player needs to use his brain

[heady narwhal]

save it for later tbh

[winter pike]

idk why but when i ankh or invisible a negative joker it correctly looks non negative but it gives me another joker slot

[heady narwhal]

black deck is really hard

[solid tapir]

money

[jagged valve]

Yeah I haven't been having fun

[trail pier]

omg

[cunning glen]

Hear me out, MULTT

MULT*

[winter pike]

loyalty card is so ass

[jagged valve]

But it seemed the right thing to do to beat it

In order

[white zodiac]

a lot of small optimizations can be better learned on other decks first before bringing them over to black

[jagged valve]

The 5 color decks

[solid tapir]

okay lets not start spouting off heretical statements

[white zodiac]

you're not gonna have a fun time if you wanna play like that as a new player

[cunning glen]

-# thats what I did

no wonder my takes are bad

[solid tapir]

@jagged valve for black deck I usually look for early value generating jokers, or scaling +mult

scaling chips work as well

[jagged valve]

I see

[winter pike]

in what world is that heretical

[heady narwhal]

loyalty card > four fingers

[solid tapir]

also try to conserve as much money as you safely can

[solid tapir]

because loyalty card is loyal

[white zodiac]

this applies to a majority of decks on a more comfortable scale

[solid tapir]

yeh

[jagged valve]

Why is that?

[winter pike]

no, you are loyal to the loyalty card

[heady narwhal]

one of the evil things about black deck is most +mult scalers don't work as well

[winter pike]

[solid tapir]

the xmult will be there for you when you need it 🥀

[white zodiac]

or chip scalers 💔

[solid tapir]

chip scalers on black deck feel terrible fs

my hands...

[winter pike]

i feel like it's just acrobrat but better with 6 hands and otherwise it's just inconsistent

[heady narwhal]

per-hand things scale 33% slower, redcard has to wait an extra ante or so to get online

[jagged valve]

What works then??

[solid tapir]

you just need to plan around it

[solid tapir]

scaling +mult

grimbo was part of my black deck gold stake wins a couple times

even bus

[jagged valve]

Don't think I unlocked that yet

[heady narwhal]

you only need to have it trigger once to get value out of it

it's a pseudo-mr bones

[solid tapir]

grimbo is green joker, some people dk

[white zodiac]

very strict money/decision optimizing from playing enough of the game, learning second alternatives

[winter pike]

if im winning without it each round i feel like i wouldnt need it, unless im winning in two hands each round and wouldnt otherwise beat the boss blind

[jagged valve]

Balatro is so fun, definitely worth its value

[solid tapir]

idk maybe needle

[carmine berry]

does idol work with wild cards/smeared joker?
I.e. card is jack of spades but with smeared club of spades work or does it have to be Exactly that card

[winter pike]

i suppose so

[solid tapir]

yes

[winter pike]

maybe better than i think but id still rarely take it

[white zodiac]

it's mostly a vv emergency card

[solid tapir]

I avoid it myself

loyalty card takes too much brain power for me to work around

[heady narwhal]

it does, at least to the extent that idol normally works

[solid tapir]

I'd rather play pairs

[jagged valve]

Needle or Water before a Directors cut is a death sentence for me

[severe terrace]

Was on my best run yet this morning and i try to continue it right now but game won’t let me skip or choose a spectral card 😢 does anyone know how to fix this?

[jagged valve]

I think I beat Needle already actually

[solid tapir]

just play pairs

the water has nothing on pairs

[jagged valve]

So pairs strat?

[white zodiac]

if that spectral pack came from a skip tag, you've found a silly softlock

[winter pike]

yeah, i dont see much other use for it

[solid tapir]

needle can be problematic for pairs sometimes

[winter pike]

the needle + the water

[heady narwhal]

i think you should wait a few weeks before becoming pairs-pilled i think

[winter pike]

1 hand no discards

[jagged valve]

How do yall decide what type of run to do early on

[white zodiac]

if able, 2 pairs is a decent alternative

[severe terrace]

It did come from a tag

[jagged valve]

The Wet Needle

[heady narwhal]

on low stakes it's best to have fun doing more than one build ever

[solid tapir]

a new player becoming pairs pilled asap will save them from bad takes

[jagged valve]

If Balatro had a Hellish Mode

[willow frost]

rip

[jagged valve]

Next stake

[white zodiac]

at the cost of having fun

[jagged valve]

If there's any coming

[solid tapir]

pairs can be fun guys 🥀

[jagged valve]

Platinum

[solid tapir]

most of my pair runs turn into 4oak or flush five anyways

and FF is always fun

[tranquil cargo]

pairs or not, it's always a mistake to decide what your build is before you've seen the jokers you're dealt

[willow frost]

you know what else can be fun

doing whatever the fuck you want

[solid tapir]

pairs are just safe regardless, so its good to build towards them anyways

[severe terrace]

So the runs just finished?

[heady narwhal]

on gold stake i run pairs if i get a scaling joker (e.g. green joker or runner) or a blue seal early. i only do other builds when absolutely necessary

[white zodiac]

idc about defaulting to one poker hand type if I'm frowning on my way there

[heady narwhal]

pairs are overpowered

[jagged valve]

So like wait until like Ante 3 until deciding on a build?

[white zodiac]

yeah

[carmine berry]

ever since I picked up the game, I have always wanted to get a flush five ace of spades build and I still haven't gotten to do it lol

[solid tapir]

not neccesary

you can have immediate direction in ante 1

lol

it's situational

[willow frost]

that sounds cool gl

[white zodiac]

this varies depending on each shop interaction

[solid tapir]

if I get wee joker ante 1 then I already know what Im doing

[tranquil cargo]

and there will be times where that's the perfect build to go for, like if you pick up arrowhead with plasma deck

[heady narwhal]

also early econ or deckfixing of tarot generation can push me towards running 3oak or similar

but i don't force that like i do for pairs

[jagged valve]

I have made the mistake of buying DNA early and no chip/mult jokers

Earlier

[heady narwhal]

dna is not that good

[solid tapir]

DNA is useless if you dont have anything to copy

[carmine berry]

it never hapens 😔

[solid tapir]

you can make an excuse for DNA if you have holo or some decent card to copy

[fringe crest]

i hate green deck anyone have tips on it for gold stake

[solid tapir]

like blue seal

purple seal

[winter pike]

gold cards

glass even

i would say

perhaps

[carmine berry]

I thought I was playing checkered deck for a min 😭

[solid tapir]

conserve your money, even though you don't earn interest, it is always good to have money for the shops

[heady narwhal]

you could theoretically use it to build for 3/4oak but spending a hand + potential discards to find the desired rank is just not worth it. good for blue/purple/gold seals and gold cards though

[tranquil cargo]

for green deck, you want to invest in scoring and get econ from 1-shotting the blinds (especially if you can do it without discarding)

[jagged valve]

I guess this is how the game works, but when you're going towards a build and it's not certain you'll get the whole synergy pack or something is missing, do you just rely on luck or have a backup plan?

[winter pike]

money is always the answer

[solid tapir]

indeed

greed makes the balala world go round

[heady narwhal]

it's best not to rely on synergies. this is part of why pairs are so powerful

[solid tapir]

yurp

[fringe crest]

i try to keep around 20-30 is that the good amount?

[heady narwhal]

i can't guarantee that i'll get photographed and hanging chad, but it's pretty likely that i get a +mult source, a chips source, and some viable xmult jokers

[solid tapir]

20-25 is good

[winter pike]

yes

[solid tapir]

but don't be afraid to spend down

to pick up stuff that will help you

[jagged valve]

I still don't get the full picture of why pairs are goated for an almost universal run strat

[fringe crest]

yeah so

[solid tapir]

you should know when to conserve and when to spend

[fringe crest]

this advice im greatful for it but its stuff i already know

[solid tapir]

they are easy to draw and build around

[winter pike]

because you can almost always play them

[white zodiac]

for starters in ante 1, learn how to discard for certain 5 card poker hands that one shot small blind and the probability of getting the hand given cards in hand. this aspect is amplified on black deck when you have less hands to afford whiffing early

q high straight
40 chip flush
35 chip fh

[solid tapir]

most of the time in ante 1 r1, it's straight or flush for the one shop

[ripe gull]

easy to build works great with scaling jokers and almost can never get killed by bad drawing while scaling better then high card

[fringe crest]

i think im going to spam reset for an aj start instead

those always win

[solid tapir]

does any 4oak defeat ante 1 bb

[jagged valve]

I always go 75+ chip flush in ante 1 small blind unless straight or better becomes available

[ripe gull]

no

[solid tapir]

high 4oak then

[ripe gull]

big blind is like 4's and boss blind is like 8s

[solid tapir]

alr

[heady narwhal]

• you can play 4 of them each round without deckfixing
  • you can focus deckfixing on getting more value generation like gold cards
• +15 chips per planet is pretty nice
• easy to hold gold cards and blue seals in hand
• a lot of scaling jokers and conditional xmult jokers favor pairs (e.g. you can spend all of your hands scaling green joker, or you can play nonscoring red cards to trigger blackboard)
• most boss blinds can't hurt you

[tranquil otter]

TWO DOUBLE TAGS!!!!

[winter pike]

(60 + 2 * 4) * 7 = 476

[pale wolf]

just watched doc use temperance and then buy a joker

[white zodiac]

yeah: 476

o

[solid tapir]

alright so 2's 4oak wins

[white zodiac]

not something you're searching for

[late helm]

found in the wild

[pale wolf]

lol

[solid tapir]

ofc but if I draw it then its great

[tranquil otter]

double seance would be funny but my blue seal value is getting fucked enough as is

[solid tapir]

for ante 1 bb I'm usually looking to get out in 2 hands maximum

[winter pike]

7's four of a kind is needed for the boss blind

[pale wolf]

yea but not any 4oak any bb

[solid tapir]

just for ante 1

[jagged valve]

Where does the 4 each round come from? Is it guaranteed?

[winter pike]

four hands

[solid tapir]

you have 4 hands

on average

[winter pike]

almost guaranteed

[jagged valve]

Oh

[heady narwhal]

it's not guaranteed but pairs are very easy to draw

[winter pike]

you can not draw a pair but it's quite rare

[lucid plank]

It's extremely janky but I'm gonna beat erratic purple by copying poly diamonds cause i got like 4 poly cards this run with DNA and Holo

[heady narwhal]

i have died at least once to not drawing a pair

[pale wolf]

near enough, especially if ur comparing to any hand except high card

[solid tapir]

the chances aren't high but not zero type shi

[jagged valve]

I thought u were talking abt like algorithmically the game guaranteed 4 pairs per round and I was confused

Not abt hands

[solid tapir]

with discards you are pretty much guranteed 4 pairs

[winter pike]

there is a non zero chance you do not draw a pair

[solid tapir]

this is true

[winter pike]

im getting deja vu from this statement

[white zodiac]

with any of the 3 common hand scalers, 4 pairs is enough to get out of big blind

[solid tapir]

perhaps

[winter pike]

anyway, i make those kinds of statements from time to time

[coral summit]

Oh, eat shit, Balatro.

[dreamy creek]

red seal sounding ahh

[solid tapir]

that is also true

[white zodiac]

for black deck, three 2 pairs

[solid tapir]

the seed likes to troll us sometimes

[pale wolf]

those scalers clean are a godsend

[pale wolf]

[solid tapir]

this is so true

[coral summit]

I’m resetting the run because that’s absurd.

[solid tapir]

L

ngl

[pale wolf]

that's stupid

[winter pike]

L

[solid tapir]

they said obelisk sucks so I'm not surprised

[coral summit]

In what way is this stupid or an L

[solid tapir]

imagine resetting a run because you didn't get the joker you wanted

lol

[winter pike]

as in resetting is an L thing to do

[pale wolf]

ur literally quitting at the slightest not even inconvenience, just something you cant get the instant you see it

[coral summit]

I’m not resetting because I “didn’t get the joker I wanted”

[solid tapir]

that is exactly whats happening here

[lyric shore]

what do you lose by the first joker being good but not affordable

[winter pike]

hold r until ante 1 charm tag into soul

[lyric shore]

open the pack move on

[solid tapir]

smile

[tranquil otter]

I LOVE SEANCE

SEANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jagged valve]

How long did yall feel it took yall to get decent at the game strategizing wise

[winter pike]

im smiling, now what?

[coral summit]

It’s about the principle

I know damn well this run is gonna turn into a mess of trolling

[pale wolf]

4 months

[solid tapir]

winning line up

[solid tapir]

continue to do so because your smile brings light into this dark world of balala

[winter pike]

how lovely

[pale wolf]

uh okay yea each seed has a programmed personality as everyone knows

[jagged valve]

Do yall just play to learn or see tutorials or had a helping hand

[coral summit]

The knowledge that this run is inevitably gonna fuck me over a billion times

“Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me”

[pale wolf]

balatro university

[solid tapir]

watch Dr.Spectred's gold stake lessons

Dr.Spectred taught me that I was ass and I needed to attend balatro university

[coral summit]

Here’s my question to you

Why shouldn’t I reset this

[lyric shore]

if you flip tails once whats the chance for tails after next flip

[scenic mortar]

im actually the best balatro player but most seeds i play are rigged

[winter pike]

because you could win

[solid tapir]

because it's dumb to give up like that

[jagged valve]

I don't wanna say what's that cuz that's definitely a joke but... what's that?

[pale wolf]

for the same reason you started the run in the first place

[winter pike]

sure bud

[pale wolf]

you want to play the game

[solid tapir]

"Oh no I couldn't grab a useless r1 blueprint"

[winter pike]

oi, he wasnt useless

[solid tapir]

it being foil is the only useful thing about it

[pale wolf]

drspectred's youtube channel

[winter pike]

it was foil

[solid tapir]

yes yes

lol

[pale wolf]

he is both the best player and the best teacher

[coral summit]

> blueprint
> useless

Blocked lmao

[white zodiac]

mf immediately died

[heady narwhal]

me when the thing that happens nearly 1% of the time happens

[winter pike]

oop

[solid tapir]

definitely white stake player mentality

[jagged valve]

Ohhh ok is he beginner friendly

[solid tapir]

kekw

[tranquil otter]

ITYGS COMING FUCKONG HOME BABY

WERE GOING ALL THE WAY!!!1

[solid tapir]

great lineup

run winning for sure

[scenic mortar]

yeah most of the time my runs get screwed over by this bug where if you hit 0 hands it ends the game with a loss

[pale wolf]

quite

[winter pike]

the third seance cant give you another spectral

tragedy

[jagged valve]

Do yall ever ankh in later antes

[solid tapir]

Dr.Spectred explains EVERYTHING he does in his gold stake lessons

[coral summit]

Ew he’s saying “kekw”

I do not associate with individuals who use nasty basement-dwelling 4chan terminology

I said blocked as a joke before I have never switched up faster in my life 😭

[tranquil otter]

its ok

[heady narwhal]

as long as you're willing to watch really long videos

[winter pike]

thats an unfortunate bug

[solid tapir]

be prepared for knowledge dump

[white zodiac]

very rarely

[trail pier]

it depends

[jagged valve]

Which I am

[tranquil otter]

fourth seance for good luck tho

[winter pike]

mfw it depends

[jagged valve]

I watch a lot of Roffle's full runs idk how good he is to learn from tho

[pale wolf]

theyre as long as careful gold stake gameplay should be tbh

[coral summit]

Bro if I see dogshit in this pack I’m actually resetting

[jagged valve]

Just to see how he thinks

[solid tapir]

roffle is good for entertainment

but he is not super educational

[pale wolf]

roffle isnt the best example though he himself is a decent player

he plays for content

[violet sparrow]

what should i pick

[coral summit]

The run gets to live another round

[solid tapir]

I used to glaze baron because I watched a lot of roffle content

dark days

[trail pier]

i learned a bit from watching roffle but drspectered is better for that

[solid tapir]

credit card

open buffoon pack

pick w/v then go next

[jagged valve]

Ok I'll get to watching

[cursive lion]

8675309

[jagged valve]

Cya soon

[solid tapir]

enjoy tuppy

[violet sparrow]

ok rocket or chaos?

[solid tapir]

rocket

[pale wolf]

good luck and look at his playlists

[solid tapir]

early chaos isn't bad either

but I like scaling money

[winter pike]

money solves every problem

[solid tapir]

yes

[nova mantle]

the 2 runs ive had with anaglyph are just negative sweep i hope it stays this way

[violet sparrow]

what now?

[trail basin]

how do you even get 14 joker slots lmao

[solid tapir]

you can take shortcut but I am not a fan, can arcana hoping for judgement

[heady narwhal]

credit card is free until you need the slot or you're exactly $1 below getting an extra interest. it's completely useless aside from +$1 temperance and not seeing credit card in shops, but you might as well take it

[solid tapir]

can also roll

[winter pike]

shortcut is good

pack first

in case of hermit

[solid tapir]

I'd be happier if judgement

[winter pike]

perhaps

[silver ridge]

is it worth the risk to go arcana for any money?

[violet sparrow]

we got tower, death or devil

[solid tapir]

hermit is also nice ofc but credit card and rocket

[nova mantle]

i have balatro hacks

[solid tapir]

devil something

[tranquil otter]

LMFAO

wraith

[solid tapir]

it's beautiful fr

[unborn cliff]

here win

[terse gyro]

me when im in a goat competition and my oponnent is hologram

[nova mantle]

wicked work

[heady narwhal]

generally don't take non-spectral packs when below the interest cap

[heady narwhal]

zany joker w

[winter pike]

overstock

[unborn cliff]

voucher

[terse gyro]

zany jokers just chillin there

got the gold sticker for it at the very end

[jagged valve]

Wait DrSpectred has quite a few playlists which should I watch

[violet sparrow]

run died ante 1 due to window

[solid tapir]

gold stake lessons

they are the most educational

and most helpful

[jagged valve]

Even for beginner?

[solid tapir]

yes

[jagged valve]

Cuz I'm at White Stake

[terse gyro]

so true king

[jagged valve]

Alright

[solid tapir]

if you apply gold stake logic to white stake, you just win

lol

[terse gyro]

watching the gold stake lessons actually helped me get better at the game

[white zodiac]

he's very elaborate on his playthroughs

[solid tapir]

I beat white stake playing high card in 7 minutes

[tranquil otter]

GUYS

[jagged valve]

Is the rest not a worthwhile watch?

[unborn cliff]

HOW

[solid tapir]

the rest is worth ofc

[jagged valve]

Like Balatro 101

[tranquil otter]

nah its fine this was planned

[bleak blaze]

WHAT THE FUCK

[solid tapir]

lol

[bleak blaze]

This is the best build I've ever witnessed

[terse gyro]

that is wild

[tranquil otter]

bo

[solid tapir]

boooooooooo

[gusty python]

natural polychrome from soul sheeesh

[bleak blaze]

Yeah you've heard of Baron Mime or Photchad but have you ever heard of SÉANCE⁵

[solid tapir]

it's beautiful

[winter pike]

wild chigoat

[balmy ridge]

bull is so fucking good

[thick haven]

yorick pog

[solid tapir]

bull is nice

[tranquil otter]

its ok guys i knew that hand wouldnt win

[violet sparrow]

should i pick gluttony or is that just flush brainrot messing with me

[balmy ridge]

worst legendary

[winter pike]

i like the way you think

[solid tapir]

take it for safety

[winter pike]

disagree

[solid tapir]

you can take judgement too

[tranquil otter]

my deck is just so unfathomably goated that i knew i could draw not one but TWO straight flushers

[balmy ridge]

id check judgement first but up to u

and buffon

[bleak blaze]

Until you run into the plant with a Baron Mime and then its great

[violet sparrow]

i got sly

[solid tapir]

sly is great

[balmy ridge]

ok so luchador

[solid tapir]

this is bait

fs

[tranquil otter]

peep this shit bro

[balmy ridge]

sort of

[bleak blaze]

Yeah im.about to take iy aren't I?

[balmy ridge]

i guess he's more useful than like canio

but its just so boring in comparison

[heady narwhal]

lmao

[solid tapir]

what is happening to your cards

[tranquil otter]

39 cards and i have like 4-5 of each rank i need for the straight flush

[white zodiac]

[balmy ridge]

yorick the greatest tho

[heady narwhal]

i think it goes yorick > canio > chicot > perkeo >>> triboulet

[tranquil otter]

you mean the x3 and x4?

[solid tapir]

ye

[tranquil otter]

thats cartomancer mod

[violet sparrow]

uh oh

[solid tapir]

ah ic

[tranquil otter]

its just cosmetic/qol

[solid tapir]

gotcha

[tranquil otter]

it means theres 4 exact copies of that card

[winter pike]

i agree with this

[solid tapir]

thas cool

[balmy ridge]

the mod doesnt make sense

the numbers mason, what do they mean?!?!

[solid tapir]

Chicot > Rick > Canio > Perk > Trib

[tranquil otter]

makes hella sense

[winter pike]

how many copies of the card there are

[violet sparrow]

thing that kills club flush builds quick ten o clock

[jagged valve]

Legendary designs feel so pristine

[solid tapir]

rick and canio are close to equal now that I have listened to expert analysis

[white zodiac]

[tranquil otter]

chicot will forever be my least favorite legendary cause i got his ass like four times in my first 7 legendaries

[balmy ridge]

no like there's an x3 above the ace and 10 but there are one of each

[solid tapir]

gold star for me :)

[tranquil otter]

hes not that bad but i hate him

[winter pike]

chigoat was my first legendary on gold stake

[solid tapir]

same

[tranquil otter]

such a zzz game mechanic

nothing to pay attention to

trib is fun

[balmy ridge]

how do u even remember that bru

[solid tapir]

I gold stickered chicot multiple times because that;s all the soul was giving me for a while lol

[balmy ridge]

my memory expires after like 2 days

[tranquil otter]

big number, interesting build

[white zodiac]

i like when I get yorick and then proceed to change absolutely very little of my game plan

[winter pike]

wdym? it's not a hard thing to remember

[tranquil otter]

dude you should get this shit checked

[solid tapir]

yorick just tells me that I don't need to search for xmult

[violet sparrow]

what do i do so i don't die to the club

[white zodiac]

to get rewarded

[tranquil otter]

like thats a concerningly bad memory

[winter pike]

so real

[solid tapir]

banner

[tranquil otter]

like thats not some "haha silly me!" shi thats like dementia bro

[bleak blaze]

Bros genuinely concerned

[amber dragon]

how long did green stake take for you guys because it's taking me forever

[tranquil otter]

omm gas leak in bros home

[white zodiac]

im over a thousand hours in do I get a pass

[bleak blaze]

CO³ detectors are broken

[solid tapir]

like 10 minutes

[tranquil otter]

idk like four minte maybe 3

[white zodiac]

idk

[amber dragon]

i mean to beat it for the first time

[violet sparrow]

found a quick straight, wooped club's ass

[tranquil otter]

Its ok if u struggle when ur new we all did

[amber dragon]

shouldve worded it better

[tranquil otter]

just try more decks

[solid tapir]

10 minutes is an over exaggeration, green stake takes me like 20-25 minutes to beat

[tranquil otter]

unlock the challenges and play those its really good experience

[solid tapir]

I like to spend time thinking

and playing slowly is smart

[tranquil otter]

it took me probably an hour or two to get my first win

pareidolia build <3

[violet sparrow]

what now?

[winter pike]

overstock

[solid tapir]

save money

for overstock

[winter pike]

maybe not yet

[winter pike]

yes

[solid tapir]

glut, sly, and banner is enough

[amber dragon]

i do

[bleak blaze]

Gold Stake runs take 2-3x as long for me compared to other stakes

[amber dragon]

first thing i do is get to uuuuh

25 dollars

[solid tapir]

all my gold stake runs take me minimum 1 hour

[white zodiac]

jesus

[amber dragon]

i always fail at like ante 5-6

[bleak blaze]

Bro is STUDYING

[solid tapir]

not this time I believe

[amber dragon]

because my deck just falls behind and idk how to fix it because i always get unlucky with the deck thinning

[solid tapir]

yep

I play slow slow

[terse gyro]

i think it takes me around 30-45 mins maybe for a gold stake run, not sure

[bleak blaze]

Thats probably why my longest GS streak is 2 :<

[white zodiac]

they can't take that long right

[coral summit]

I’m struggling to manage econ and points simultaneously

[jagged valve]

There should be a localthunk legendary joker that becomes possible to obtain once you succesfully sell 6 copies of a certain joker in a run

[winter pike]

they can

[terse gyro]

honestly, it takes longer for me to overcome purple stake when im trying to get to gold stake

[white zodiac]

my completions average around 30 minutes maybe I play too fast

[coral summit]

Anyway yeah that one run yall told me not to reset? I lost immediately 🖕

[solid tapir]

for me it's everytime

[violet sparrow]

take dna, right?

[winter pike]

erm

[solid tapir]

I sit in the shops for a long time

[bleak blaze]

Don't be mad at us because you can't win

[solid tapir]

consider what hands to play

what to dig for

[amber dragon]

i have 28 dollars should i use wraith

[solid tapir]

etc

[solid tapir]

no

[coral summit]

Or, and get this: if I feel the need to reset, don’t convince me not to

[amber dragon]

alrighty

[winter pike]

did you beat the big blind?

or is that next

[ebon zephyr]

so uh...

i just did this, but steam didn't give me the achievement

[terse gyro]

wraith lowk goated if you have creit card

[winter pike]

win another run

[jagged valve]

Darn my joke flopped 💔

[solid tapir]

take trading card

[violet sparrow]

yes and it has a econ tag

[solid tapir]

DNA is useless here

[fading dome]

win one more run, any deck any stake

[solid tapir]

also should open arcana

[coral summit]

Leave it to Balatro to give me the most useful shit at a time where it can’t affect me positively

[winter pike]

arcana then trading card then next then buy overstock

[winter pike]

then it's not very useful is it

[white zodiac]

yay c9 + planets

[violet sparrow]

fool, devil, or heirophant?

[winter pike]

devil

gold cards are really really good

[white zodiac]

goldilocks

[solid tapir]

what's in the fool

[winter pike]

because money is really really good

[coral summit]

I mean c9 is cool for econ but can I get some GODDAMN mult for a change

[violet sparrow]

judgement

but i took devil

[solid tapir]

can judgement

[white zodiac]

saturn

[solid tapir]

I like judgement there better

[winter pike]

i prefer devil

devil is money :)

[white zodiac]

same

[coral summit]

No saturn

[bleak blaze]

Tragic

[solid tapir]

can't argue with money

[white zodiac]

poopyter

or merc

[solid tapir]

mercury my beloved

[white zodiac]

this really summarized my last three runs

[amber dragon]

is red card any good

[serene forge]

I hate Bloodstone

[solid tapir]

red card is amazing

it's a bit expensive

[serene forge]

no

[wild steppe]

what happens after loyalty card runs out?

[serene forge]

dna is one of the most overrated cards in the game

[solid tapir]

but if you can afford to scale it, it's great

[solid tapir]

it resets

then you do it all over again

[amber dragon]

i meann i always get it and then i never end up utilizing it because i spend my money on rerolls usually

[serene forge]

idk bruh early cloud 9 is an excellent start

[coral summit]

I still personally don’t see the value of pairs

[violet sparrow]

so now what?

[solid tapir]

put money aside to scale red card

[coral summit]

Where mult

[solid tapir]

it will treat you well

[white zodiac]

my right hand man

[wild steppe]

has that been how it always was and i just assumed it would disappear

[serene forge]

it's ante 1

[coral summit]

It is not

[solid tapir]

c9 gives you money, money gives you mult

[coral summit]

Oh you mean it literally currently is ante 1

[solid tapir]

idk what the problem is

[coral summit]

Yeah I need mult

[winter pike]

what else do you hate

[white zodiac]

you're on the first shop relax

[solid tapir]

pretty sure it's been like that

it doesn't Michel

[amber dragon]

speaking of cloud 9

[winter pike]

money

[solid tapir]

c9 for money

[coral summit]

I always lose ante 2 because I have things that give me money but no mult

[violet sparrow]

any one?

[solid tapir]

can take halfsies

[white zodiac]

you just opened a celestial pack as a substitute option

[winter pike]

next i would say

[serene forge]

Baron

[winter pike]

that or half joker but you probably score enough

[solid tapir]

^ this is also valid

[winter pike]

im gonna make a doc for everything you hate

[coral summit]

A hand being a higher level has never saved a multless run before 😭

[white zodiac]

damn no rtb on the first shop? this run is bricked

[coral summit]

It’s not gonna start saving runs now

[serene forge]

its

[solid tapir]

everyone knows it's impossible to win a run with just hand levels chips

[serene forge]

ante

1

[amber dragon]

oh my god

[coral summit]

Like it’s nice to scale yeah but hand levels scale slower than blinds do

[solid tapir]

lmao

[amber dragon]

1 red card 700mil

i will never understand how higher level players work

[winter pike]

yes thats definitely where the score is coming from

[violet sparrow]

pirate or?

[serene forge]

uhh delgrat maybe

[amber dragon]

oh it has 0 mult nvm

[serene forge]

wait no

[amber dragon]

oopsies

[serene forge]

you have trading card

[white zodiac]

a comically large amount of red

[solid tapir]

tbh idm loyalty card here

[winter pike]

whoopsie

[solid tapir]

swash is also nice

should save money for directors cut too

[violet sparrow]

eh mr sly wasn't making the big bucks anywho

[solid tapir]

🥀

[violet sparrow]

investment tag?

[solid tapir]

not important at this stage

you have money

[winter pike]

crazy

[violet sparrow]

oh ok

[solid tapir]

who is fork

[winter pike]

Amelia++ :p

[solid tapir]

ah

lol

[amber dragon]

should i get this with my build orrr

[solid tapir]

yeh makes sense

[amber dragon]

i assume yes but always gonna make sure

[white zodiac]

i didn't get to choose my parents

[somber nebula]

what a choice on start

[coral summit]

What is the purpose of you pinging me with this

[solid tapir]

asking peer opinions is always smart fs

[violet sparrow]

what now?

[white zodiac]

counterargument

[winter pike]

arcana, possibly standard

[coral summit]

…to what

[winter pike]

possibly reroll voucher

[solid tapir]

Arcana fs

[violet sparrow]

magican arcana or tower?

[solid tapir]

if you are on bb then take director's cut as well

[coral summit]

The fact that your specifically curated late-game deck gave you big numbers?

Cool!

I’m struggling to get past Ante 2!

[white zodiac]

this #🕹・game-discussion message

[solid tapir]

Arcana?

[coral summit]

Planets ain’t doing shit to magically win me Ante 2.

[violet sparrow]

devil

[winter pike]

devil

[solid tapir]

magician

[winter pike]

or that

[coral summit]

Especially not one single Mercury LMAO

[winter pike]

i would say both are good

[amber dragon]

should i ever skip blinds for celestial packs

[white zodiac]

one saturn clears the first two antes comfortably

[solid tapir]

I like gambling

[coral summit]

Cool buddy I don’t have Saturn try again.

[nova mantle]

should i take this shiny fellow

[solid tapir]

no

[white zodiac]

well you should've taken jupiter

[solid tapir]

I like card sharp here

[nova mantle]

no

[white zodiac]

your actions are your own

[somber nebula]

credit card in buffon or some shit sticker?

[coral summit]

I didn’t take Mercury

[white zodiac]

make up your mind

[solid tapir]

buffoon go next

[coral summit]

I’m just sick of people acting like Pairs are some magical dumbshit thing

[winter pike]

rarely skip ever, investment tag ante 1 and possibly ante 2 is almost always a take tho

[somber nebula]

chad

[coral summit]

I took the only sensible option

[solid tapir]

this person is insufferable lol

[white zodiac]

well my stats don't lie

[amber dragon]

alright, tysm

[solid tapir]

rare skip is also something to consider sometimes

[white zodiac]

when

[lucid plank]

Hello, erratic? Where diamonds? Lmao

[solid tapir]

idk ante 1 rare skip

it has been worth sometimes

[shell dagger]

sometimes being white stake plasma

[willow frost]

15? wtf

[solid tapir]

hence considering

[amber dragon]

i usually do rare skip on small blind

[white zodiac]

there's not a single rare that gives mult

[shell dagger]

for mild reset naneinf attempts

[tranquil cargo]

ante 1 rare skip is generally bad

[barren wigeon]

perishable egg top 1 joker

[white zodiac]

yk, the thing you need early game

[amber dragon]

first small blind*

[solid tapir]

not saying it's good, just something to consider

[white zodiac]

skipping questions aside

[solid tapir]

depending on the scenario

[violet sparrow]

got the needle coming up and rn shit hasn't been so sweet so

[white zodiac]

im not considering that ever

[barren wigeon]

I rare skip all the time

[solid tapir]

fair

[winter pike]

orbital tag is also sometimes a consideration if it hits the hand youre playing, usually pairs on higher stakes, only early tho since the bonus you get from going to level 4 hand from level 1 is pretty big but drops off pretty bad at higher levels

[barren wigeon]

love the hypothetical burnt

[solid tapir]

pop corn for banner will help

line your loyalty card up

[coral summit]

I mean if you wanna play that game sure

[shell dagger]

castle is really good here, just be careful with loyalty card

[white zodiac]

that was from doing all the streaking attempts on gold

[barren wigeon]

so... why the loyalty card?

[violet sparrow]

advice

[solid tapir]

because xmult

[zinc karma]

Dayum

[winter pike]

needle tbf

[violet sparrow]

mind if i shoot it dead in the bronx

[willow frost]

damnn

[winter pike]

its good into needle

[solid tapir]

take popcorn for banner and make sure loyalty card is active for the needle @violet sparrow

[violet sparrow]

it did it's thing last hand

[barren wigeon]

and not good everywhere else?

[solid tapir]

are you on bb or big blind

[winter pike]

i wouldnt say so, no

[white zodiac]

kept track of it on my about me, doing other stuff after I got burnt out from doing it on my 4th save file so maybe I'll get back to it sometime later

[willow frost]

who winning this one

[violet sparrow]

needle is literally next blind

[white zodiac]

idk

[solid tapir]

you might be cooked

[barren wigeon]

its an empty joker slot for like 6 or 7 hands (this isnt a joke I just forgot the number)

[solid tapir]

this is why we read the boss blind when we enter the next ante

[willow frost]

holy hell

[winter pike]

it's 6

btw

[white zodiac]

or 7

[violet sparrow]

i have director's cut tho

[barren wigeon]

good to know

[solid tapir]

oh then you're fine

reroll

[barren wigeon]

I hope you get the ox

[solid tapir]

lol

[barren wigeon]

and go broke

[willow frost]

my highest gold stake win streak is 2, on different decks

[winter pike]

forgot about that

[willow frost]

i might be the greatest to ever live

[solid tapir]

my highest gold stake streak is 5 thanks to andolths motivation

[barren wigeon]

i lost the best run I've ever had because of the idol

[willow frost]

nice

[amber dragon]

would ankh be any good for me rn or no

[barren wigeon]

it hit 8 of hearts instead of my 60 kings of spades

[white zodiac]

ox appears on ante 6

[solid tapir]

idol is buns fr

[willow frost]

no dont do it

[solid tapir]

lmao

[solid tapir]

no

[winter pike]

probably not

[willow frost]

what could possibly be worth having two of rn lol

[shell dagger]

Double midas mask

[barren wigeon]

no none of your jokers are great

[solid tapir]

double agate lol

[amber dragon]

i was thinking onyx agate maybe

[barren wigeon]

thatd probably be the best choice and still not a good choice

[white zodiac]

speculative vamp 🗣️

[solid tapir]

double agate would be best but not really worth

[coral summit]

I don’t understand how you function with pairs

They don’t score for shit

[solid tapir]

yeah

[winter pike]

not sure if it's worth more than the chips

[terse dock]

Take the medium

[winter pike]

possibly if you are done making face cards gold

[barren wigeon]

gotta have planets

[amber dragon]

i just used the medium

[barren wigeon]

and good jokers

[coral summit]

If I’m ever playing pairs I’m already losing

[white zodiac]

it's things like this you have to think outside of the box for

[willow frost]

idk onyx agate does fine on its own, having two of it isnt much better than your other stuff

[lunar zealot]

scaling +mult and +chips joker

[barren wigeon]

pairs are good because they scale well and you can play a bunch of em

[lunar zealot]

Pairs beat ante 1 and you can snowball that into ante 2

[shell dagger]

Best balance between spammability in an unfixed deck and scaling, there are also a ton of commons that give hand agnostic chips and mult and pairs pair well with them

[violet sparrow]

what now?

[lunar zealot]

then ante 3 then ante 4 then ante 5 etc etc

[solid tapir]

replace banner with banana

[willow frost]

the pairs dont score everything else does

[solid tapir]

you can take lucky car for popcorn

[winter pike]

i love lucky car

[pale wolf]

which antes etc again

[amber dragon]

i should used double agate i just lost the run 💔

[solid tapir]

also arcana first

[terse dock]

Mam

[willow frost]

sometimes the pairs score as well

[winter pike]

noo

rip

[pale wolf]

im not good at math

[terse dock]

I misread popcorn as porn

[shell dagger]

The pairs score with the blue seel

[solid tapir]

😭

[violet sparrow]

chariot priestess of devil?

[solid tapir]

pairs are just the goat

[lunar zealot]

Balatro player moment

[white zodiac]

pairs have a reasonable amount of chip scaling via planets and draw probability to go for it as a default hand. along with the mass amounts of jokers

[lunar zealot]

Devil

[solid tapir]

devil

[white zodiac]

good job

[pale wolf]

blue seals just give you some planet cards which you sell for 1 dolar a round that doesnt seem good to me :^)

[terse dock]

You are more likely to draw a pair than not

[barren wigeon]

pairs synergize with so many jokers as well

crispy joker

the duo

[shell dagger]

I’m a Balatro player, I can’t read or calculate probabilities

[barren wigeon]

uhh

[lunar zealot]

They should make a Mew joker you can only get via events

[barren wigeon]

jack

[solid tapir]

I don't think you guys are going to convince the insufferable person that pairs are good

[barren wigeon]

grimbo

[lunar zealot]

so there's 151 jpkers

[round fox]

this is my first time getting a legendary on the PC version, is this guy good?

[barren wigeon]

fair enough

[white zodiac]

wtf is a 1 in 23

[shell dagger]

0

Basically

[pale wolf]

tchaos theory

[terse dock]

1 in 23

[winter pike]

on lower stakes yeah

[lunar zealot]

Very good on low stakes meh on high stakes

[barren wigeon]

this guy is great

[terse dock]

2 in 46

[white zodiac]

pokermon 👅

[round fox]

okiie dokie

[solid tapir]

pair slander since before the dawn of time, and just complaining about stupid shit lol

[pale wolf]

he's aight

[winter pike]

if it's your first im assuming youre on a lower stake

[barren wigeon]

hes no canio, but hes great

[terse dock]

3 in 69

Oh my god

[white zodiac]

gotcha

[violet sparrow]

now what?

[pale wolf]

local discovers multiples

[terse dock]

3 in 69

[winter pike]

arcana and standard

[shell dagger]

Which looks coolest

[solid tapir]

Arcana first, and what is your scoring looking like

[terse dock]

3 in 69

3 in

[pale wolf]

how

[round fox]

i just bought the game on computer recently since ive been playing on the mobile version for a while so i reset my prog

[pale wolf]

i never saw more than 2

[shell dagger]

4 in 92

[violet sparrow]

as in hands?

[barren wigeon]

why is sbuckler behind your lucky cat

[solid tapir]

score per hand

[pale wolf]

that's cute

[shell dagger]

thansk

[solid tapir]

also this

[willow frost]

just a local, not local anything

just some guy they found

[pale wolf]

4 92 blaze kit

[shell dagger]

local thinker

[terse dock]

John Idea

[solid tapir]

what hand are you playing, and what mult is your swash at @violet sparrow

[shell dagger]

Straight flush WOOO

[solid tapir]

this is a bit rough fr

[coral summit]

Ok so it’s a matter of “it’s only good when you build into it” so I’m just gonna choose not to build into it unless the jokers I find don’t give me a choice

[pale wolf]

the only verifiable claims we could get out of him was headline and that he was just standing there

[terse dock]

Every run is a pair run until it isnt

[solid tapir]

true

[terse dock]

• Ruffle

[lunar zealot]

Yeah like gold stake

[shell dagger]

🤣

[violet sparrow]

yes but it's starting to lean into flushes so

[solid tapir]

told you guys

[lunar zealot]

on gold stake you build pairs 90% of the time because all other hands are unviable

[coral summit]

No?

[lunar zealot]

So good luck with that

[coral summit]

Literally how

[solid tapir]

what mult is your swash at

[willow frost]

might want to check on his feathers

[terse dock]

Brilliant defense

[violet sparrow]

11

[terse dock]

I resign

[amber dragon]

i assume yes, but is hiker any good

[terse gyro]

my glorious king has returned

[shell dagger]

Watch BU winstreaks, or any player who streams win streaks

[willow frost]

what a local though, truly a thinker

[terse dock]

Needs effort but yeah

[solid tapir]

you may be able to afford dropping swash for spaceman

[shell dagger]

pair runs make up 90+% of runs

[lunar zealot]

Green jokee

Ride the bus

Supernova

Red card

[terse dock]

Red Card

Square

[lunar zealot]

then find a chips joker

[winter pike]

with retriggers he can be a good source of chips

[lunar zealot]

Square

[coral summit]

Literally any rare joker ever

[lunar zealot]

Castle

[white zodiac]

we got digital recordings of a certain doctor who spectred all over the place 60ish times

[shell dagger]

Dagger

[willow frost]

my opponents in chess after i take one (1) of their pawns

[terse dock]

Those are all common

[winter pike]

on his own not so much

[pale wolf]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1379214645742796911/1431618992333918342/InShot_20251025_081657583.mp4?ex=69020715&is=6900b595&hm=0c7015edd0434bf7752f685d07db8889a4743172a922f70519d7dd7f3992d142&

[willow frost]

its so annoying lol

[solid tapir]

this is so entertaining to watch

[lunar zealot]

Then find a xmult joker

Hologram

[terse dock]

What elo are you at fuckin

3

[violet sparrow]

fool, sun, or temperance?

[lunar zealot]

Blackboard

find an econ joker

rebate

[white zodiac]

no rare joker gives you on joker flat mult