#🕹・game-discussion
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In green chip and below I would say it’s very good as long as you don’t go skipping every bind
Pretty much last resort typa joker
But after green chip, I don’t see myself picking it up
Having to skip 2 antes for 2x is abysmally bad
The x0.25 mult is really not worth missIng so many shops
Exactly
Not even 2x, you would be getting .5x
I'd pick it up if I skipped one blind for like an investment tag early
I said antes not blinds
I usually just grab it if I have a free slot available
Like in those 4 shops you can definitely find something more than just a 2x
Anything higher then green chip and I don’t see myself picking it up
- money + scaling other jokers
whew... good thing that wasn't VV
The sun is just there to watch as the score burns alive
Last resort? It seems horrible unless you pick it early
I find the +mults more reliable at the start
I used to use it regionally, but after playing for a while. I only use it on decks I haven’t bested yet
Is my lineup good rn?
Swap chaos for Fibonacci, skip to the end and win
What 😭
Which 2 jokers are you missing?
Don't rely on misprint for + mult, so get fib.
It’s good for doing the unlock where you win in 12 rounds
Might be able to pull that off here, right?
With full skips yea
Wait whaaaaaaaaaat
I wasn't even aware of this
I got blueprint in shop, but didn6have money 😭
If you skip every small and big boss blind your double throwbacks will be, uh... x4 each, or x16 together, which is easily enough to win with the chips and flat mult you have
I guess, let me try
This was basically the one time you'd want to take throwback 🙂
I got Fibonacci in shop again, please guide me 🙏
I still need gold stickers on sixth sense and perkeo
Did you skip all the small and large blinds in ante 3 and 4?
I think it might not be possible now
Only for genius
Is K,A,2,3,4 considered a straight?
Or really lucky
No
wraparound straights dont exist
straights are easy enough to make, listen to nobody on reddit or youtube
bar drspectred and roffle on the occasion
Gotta be my easiest run so far
square joker seems super weak
It looks weak but consider mercury is 15 chips per mercury and square is 16 chips per round
and it's easier to play hands than find planets
and and scaling +chips joker are few and far between
allowing you to play largely hand agnostic come time to pivot to straights should you find fpot or order; xoak should you be running cloud 9, obelisk for general obelisk shenanigans
hello
square joker is confusing
I haven't used it but I only saw hate on it before
but now ur all supporting it
people who hate on it lose more runs
i ended up unlocking stone joker 180 hours into the game
My biggest hand yet!
chat
more
yes
THE Greatest natural negative ever 🔥
negative luchador is actually really good
just keep it for temperance until theres one boss that kills you
i was smearing too hard i hope i dont die here
put the 7 first
no its on spade
oh right
you don't have uhh whats it called
high contrast cards
so i thought your clubs were spades
greedddd
wouldve been my 3rd gold stake :C
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Luchador appearing right before the plant

sound warning
Frick you
I haven’t even played a flush 5 yet
I was so close beating gold stake first try
Proof or fake
ur at ante 19 u prob forgot
Yea you right I did
Hello all I have a question about what i should sell for brainstorm (if anything) as well as the order of my jokers
Oh negative showman
they are not ordered correctly in the screenshot I know I just dont want to torch the run by replacing the wrong joker with brainstorm
Sell one idol for brainstorm
Brainstorm is an idol but better, because it can also be a rebate
balance your retriggers and mults, depends on what cards you play
you want balanced with one extra sock if you have uneven number
Holo idol probably
but currently you have an even number with 3 socks and 4 idols
If you have one extra, the retrigger or the xmult doesn't matter
And you want it balanced
Show your deck
does* matter
with polychrome
Poly is a half instance
exactly
Basically a poly count as .5 value
Poly is slightly more than 1/2
Base trigger = 1 trigger
Red seal = 1 trigger
2 sock = 2 trigger
4 total trigger
2 idol = 2 instance
Poly = 0.5 instance
2.5 total instance
So you want to put your 2 brainstorm on idol
so if you have 4 triggers 3 2xmult vs 3 triggers 4 2xmult, all that changes is that you are triggering poly 4 vs 3 times
I have 12 Lucky and 21 glass all poly red seal
I should say, 5 and 5, since thats the situation here
Ah wait if you have glass it change
Base trigger = 1 trigger
Red seal = 1 trigger
2 sock = 2 trigger
4 total trigger
2 idol = 2 instance
Glass = 1 instance
Poly = 0.5 instance
3.5 total instance
So you want to put your 2 brainstorm on idol for 5.5 instance
Instead of putting it on sock for 6 total trigger
Because 4x5.5 > 6x3.5 (22>21)
you first play luckies with all copies on sock and then change 2 to idol and play glass
It doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things
Poly is yes actually 0,5625 instance but eh
If you must plat multiple hands / wants econ, yes
Put brainstorm on rebate to make econ
Then all on sock with lucky for money
Or all on idol for score
And then on idol for glass
thanks boys
that is so beautiful
which ante
oh yea forgot that step
ante 19
small blind
im flying higher than ever before
what do i switch
Photo
not the playing card one? it’s not negative
Oh wait probably HOLOGRAM actually
oh yea lol
BET
You had it next to all of your negatives and I am soooo eepy
whenever I see negatives I just immediately assume everything to the right is also negative
But photo prob goes next, in favor of a rebate if you are still scoring
I took a negative skip
oops, wrong picture
I got a negative baron mime
hard choises here: S & B is offerred, but midas hasn't changed all the cards yet (face cards are changed and planning to remove most of small ones eventually). Also there is Business Card offered in the Shop. Change the Midas here? Faceless or Business card?
Do a shoot the moon build
It’s always sock because golden ticket rules in this position
yea midas goes
Send deck pic
If I were em
Id pivot into a speculative oops build
can you blue print blue print?
if it was for me
yes
i got another one but i don’t have another hanging card so i was wondering if it would just transfer from one blueprint to the other
Business card on 2-pair is better ev if you don’t win in one hand
thats exactly what you wanna do
Otherwise prob hold faceless until ticket
for photomath?
yea
ok thanks
and then next one for chad
all the rest are negatives
and hoping you find antimatter and ectoplasm
but your main goal currently is fixing your deck
well have to make some calculations because i have the Scary Face which gives +30 chips to every card now
I like to do a speculative ice cream build
Red seal glass sock dusk and idol
at this moment KQKQ scores 29,241 and blind is 20k so gotta play smaller ones first
what do i gold stake next i did blue plasma and ghost
black
bet
just get it over with so you can have fun
a tier joker vs d tier joker
Not like this, Jimbo, not like this 😭🙏
PLEASE
I cleared black deck gold stake finally
Is black deck the hardest deck?
Yea
I feel like +1 joker is really good
Yes but -1 hand means -1 dollar every round
-1 hand is really bad
And in the first antes it means you might not even get to use the extra joker slot
-1 hand is like even worse than an extra joker slot js good
a lategame benefit for a massice early downside
i mean if there was a joker that gave +1 hand every round i'd take it all the time
+1 Joker slot is good, with just 1 small caveat.
This doesn't come into play until halfway through a run
it's hardly even a lategame benefit i think
It's a huge benefit
What if...
-3 hands, +3 joker slots
-1 hand makes getting to the point of using a 6th joker even more difficult
But still if you don't reach the point where you can buy 6 good jokers it's pointless
Burglar in the buffoon skip trust
I'm not that experienced, I don't get this 🙏
i mean if your scaling jokers are 25% less effective then you're basically getting 4.5 joker slots for the price of 6 even in the lategame i think
Not ALL scaling jokers scale with hands
This run I just won had campfire, constellation and Jupiter levels
they either scale with hands or they scale with money
you don't have either of those on black deck
I mean you can get more money later if you survive
I had plenty of money by the end of the run
thats every deck if you get excess money tho
it's much harder to get to the point where you have more money on Black Deck, since you often need to spend more agressively early to guarantee scoring
Balatro pop quiz:
What's the highest score you can get with your first hand on red deck white stake without skipping?
the issue with black deck is like purely early game being so much more rough
and with less overall money due to less hands, this is even more difficult
I think royal flush
Which is uhh
1208?
just a royal flush yeah
i mean yeah but also a lot of my black deck runs die in ante 6 or 8 despite lucky early games
on erratic you could get a flush five or flush house idk which is stronger at base
no doubt the same reason. less scoring opportunities and less hands to act as extra discards
Yes 1208
Might be stupid question, but does pack covers tell you what kind of jokers are inside?
black deck isnt fun to me the challange isnt fun
nope
no
Ok, thanks
I think just having a 6th slot makes it fun, regardless of it being a challenge
Try a run see for yourself
black deck is way more fun than plasma and erratic and nebula but it's usually not what i'm looking for when i boot up balatro
Black deck is not hated by everyone it's just hard
I did one run... I lost 😔
It's the only deck I actively seek out for gold stake runs at this point
I like the magic deck
zodiac is my favorite deck
2 hands of two pairs cleared first round which was 30k or something
I want to disappear because I did black deck gold stake but on my phone instead on my main file on pc
😭
What a great start, thanks Jimbo 😍
i feel like rebate's worth more in the long run unless you want to be replacing it in ante 7ish anyways
damn
squoker!!!
What a good way to kill the econ lmao
I might not since I know I'll clear ante 8
I'm fine with staying as is
matador might be fun
And those 2 double tags are going to be my downfalls. I always lose my runs when I get them
wait yeah why did you take two double tags
Hmm? I think it's better to buy him
i'd also take squoker my beloved
when u don't find much xmult
Gambling 🔥
I can get 3 negative jokers if I'm lucky 🤑
one stake left for black deck now
3 negative blueprints
why would you use the doubles on like the third worst tag in the game (exaggeration)
With polychrome
and holographic
you cab't have two editions on a joker
u can have four though
AND FOIL
my square joker is pretty low I think
I've been getting max 2 two pairs per round
yeah 16 chips on square
I probably replace that
play high card first to grow square then
alright
What if balatro was 3D and you could put 3 blueprints in a triangle, so they could copy each other infinitely?
tho at ante 8 maybe you are not gonna get it much above a 100
all of them collectively doing nothing
yeah I do have 2 foil jokers
isn't it better to replace
thanks for the help earlier lads new highscore
Who is the best balala YouTuber to watch?
Omg
nevagtive showman is so fun
3 double tags, what am I doing 😭
$300 from handy tags lmao
I threw the run 🤕
i like dr spectre
I'll check him out!
if you want to get "good" at balatro its dr spectered 100%
managed to gold sticker yorick, brainstorm, wily joker, rough gem (checkered deck main here) and the idol
I am winning so hard rn
Does sticker matter?
Congratulations on finally getting to use the only good red suit
from my naughty behavior I know that
1.) Hex will go onto Blue Joker
2.) Wraith will give me a Trio (Assuming I sell Tb)
3.) Ankh will Duplicate Pants (Assuming I sell tb)
Maybe I go for option three? Idk if any are worth I hate plasma so much
Ankh will duplicate either blue joker or bp
they know this info from save scumminf
this seems like a skip since you unfortunately skipped a lot of rounds already so throwback has good xmult
and double pants isnt better than the xmult
also put pants before the blueprints and copy your throwback
Just skip
you have enough xmult potential to do the pivot
why not hex
what's that
trio could be quite good if you play full houses
no?
idk how big pants are
pants were at like 30 and tb at 1.75 at the time
it was the definitive moment where double bp on tb vs double bp on blue was giving the same score within a thousand
so i forced two skips to be a cool guy so now its better to go pants / blue / bp / bp / tb
because from where i stand
right
you can get trio
and put two blueprints on it
for x27
plasma is going to LOVE it
i think trio would have been better if i didnt already have levels put into uranus and was on ante 5
the question is can you reliably play 3oak or full house
with pants it's not as necessary
it was an untouched deck beforehand
and since you're on plasma you don't care about chips if you go mult
the kicker is i also had a poly brainstorm but it had a timer
oh it was a perishable..
omg i had to full send into throwback but we did it
go team
pants ended at 60 and tb at x3
jesus christ
card sharp has broken my heart so many more times than i feel like hes saved it
Doing an action to see what happens then exiting to menu and re-entering
so it never happened but you know what it does
cloud nine core
I just got the most GODLY mega spectral pack
who says that
I just haven't seen much people use it
shouldve wraith then immolate 💔
Hmm?
it's just a really strong econ engine
it's no rebate
but it's pretty good nonetheless
Unless it was a small pack ❤️🩹
🙂
we do what we have to out here
okay did john balatro got naked for you when you won ante 8
I just assumed it was a big one cause i thought you used ouija
I don't understand
What is immolate and wraith?
the spectral cards
Oh
What is
All aces and then immolate
well if they'd not used ouija it wouldn't be all aces
shouldnt have used ouija in the first place ❤️🩹
ouija is not good at all ;-;
more often than not it's really bad
What does ouija do?
Yea
-1 hand size, makes all cards in your hand the same random rank
Also, does blueprint and brainstorm copy the edition on a joker too?
No
no
Rip
I mean, I did get all aces...
aces are not all that
@obsidian patrol sorry, I mistook names, that is actually not so bad
No jokers are "bad" it's just that some are a lot more situational. But if you have the set up for the niche case of some they are useful. Yes even you Seance
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this guy sent the exact same thing in the hk discord bruh
me when i baron
worth it
True
so many dolla signs
should i buy bloodstone and replace anything?
But it's your only scoring 🙁
Is your goal to beat Ante 8 or what?
i already beat it and used a voucher so i’m still at ante 8
just wanna climb endless
Whats the mult on the cat? technically Bloodstone probs better right?
the kitten is sitting at x15.25 currently
Sell lucky cat
Bloodstone would be 1.5^12 right
yea i should probably play with a scientific calculator around
which is like 120x or w/e
one thing though, the deck fixing isn’t that great yet in terms of suits
120x~ assuming you play 5 face cards and all of them are hearts
Or I guess 129.746337890625 but 🤷
Well Idol is kinda useless now too
If you can survive without cat you could sell it and try to hard pivot to heart face cards
or be safer and sell the Idol for Bloodstone and hope Idol returns later after more deckfixing
okay, wishing myself good luck
i’m taking the riskier route
hmmm
I somehow ignored both
It means your glass wont break 100% of the time
2 dice obviously good for lucky but best option is just selling one for bloodstone. Cat then goes next once you find BP/BS unless you wanna part with Idol
great, ty all
oh quick question, what’s the best joker to copy if BP/BS comes (assuming cat is gone
Obbylisks
You wanna balance your triggers and scoring. So let's assume you play face cards with no red seals and they are all hearts. You'd copy bloodstone because Card + Sock + Chad-ish would be 2+ triggers so copying Bloodstone would be 2 scoring. We'll ignore Idol for now
the thing is
obelisk gives me nothing to survive the first four antes
and whats the point of planning the long term if i can't survive the short term
if i take runner i get something that'll support right now and for the entire run
oh I also forgot Dusk. You have 3.3ish triggers because of that. So you'd copy Bloodstone for sure
(also runner on painted)
My goat
this do be tough
Ok wait. Obelisk is probably the "better" or "correct" choice but how often do you do Straight builds? Be honest. Pick the fun option
Gay builds
i don't think obelisk is the best pick
not by that much anyway
I don't think 🤷 shop 1 runner is fun
No think. Just click.
i think the ante 1 runner is correct, atleast on painted
aaaand since i couldn't find a straight i can't buy the paintbrush
How does one fumble this bad...
i am going to take the rental jimbo chat
i dont have a choice
this is my life now
ooooh seeing double
alright maybe i don't need rental jimbo
does luchador give me my discards back against the water?
I found the answer
Yes
LMAO
this is very funny
GIVE ME A SATURN GAME
JUST GIVE IT TO ME
well I GUESS i can take canio
But they're 2 negative jokersssss
That's AMAZING
True my b
WE GOT THE SATURN CHAT
Uhhhh, what do I pick???
What does this mean?
The correct answer is Soul but the fun answer is Grim
I went soul and got chico 😭
Tears of joy I assume
Grrrr me with my 2 face card jokers 😠 how dare I get a joker which helps me win easier 😠
what do i do to get dusk?
Sell one Chad because 5 > 2
good point good point
It just makes the run boring
FUCK i died because of stupid eye
eye you suck
i'll say it
you're needle but worse
There are literally no stakes
are you kidding me
i mean YES THERE IS REBATE
but what about burnt
also eternal on rebate on painted is uh
idk
hmmmmmmm
eh the Rebate is a Rebate but the Buffoon Pack could be anything. It could even be a Rebate!
(yes it cant be dont ruin my fun)
i would burnt
🙂
Me when I dont look at the full picture (often)
bro e15
i am out of my depth here
sorry im just like blurting this out in chat
what is happening
That's what it's for 🫡
retriggers
got enough money for the TELESCOPE eyaaaaa
Chat, quick question
If I'm using that joker which makes all cards face cards, does the blind that draws all face cards face down make every card be drawn face down?
Yes
yes
Damn, what an evil joker
Which is more brainrot. Buskin+chad+photograph or aj+bloodstone+lusty+oops
should i move blueprint to dusk for retriggers or keep it on bloodstone
Keep on bloodstone
Keep on bloodstone
mkay thank you
Eh your cat is useless right? Whats the mult on it?
14x
copying any of these would be amazing what
im trying my hardest bro im panicking 😔
copy all of them !
🤔 if you win without Cat you could sell it. Bloodstone, Dusk or Blueprint would all be nice Invis targets
Or you'd just hope you find a Brainstorm and sell Cat for Brainstorm
doubling your double would keep cat running
then you sell Chad for Invis or Showman or Idol etc
mkay invis joker it is thank you wise balatrocord users
damn 😭
too early, too early...
Is it ever a good idea to build your strategy around straights?
yeah why not?
Just feels harder to actually play them
This is true. Play whatever you find fun
chat help
It's Ante 12 so let's be honest. You have a 1/5 chance of hitting the 1 legendary which will help you
You can sell Invis and hope for Trib. Which is probs the best play
because if you miss it's +$10
and then just look for that Brainstorm
do you have any legendary gold jokers already
Red Stake so it doesn't matter
I have opened probably over 20 wheels of fortune since I started the game and I have not got it to work even once
oopsies
The next will work trust
heres a secret you can save scum them
Balatrodle spoilers.
What the hell is it??
blue joker
how dumb is it selling chad for this
What's that?
the blue one that gives chips for each card in ur deck
id have a chance duping trib
not crimson heart not crimson heart not crimson heart
Gamble gamble gamble 🤑
Yeah do it. I dare you
What a technical fucking scaling joker
VIOLET VESSEL AAAAAA
as soon as i saw chips and scaling i didnt even need the b lol
How does that relate to wheel of fortune?
Chad is common so if you really want it'll be back soon anyway
i had already moved onto the other guy i was just telling you to save scum
Bloker is technically a scaling joker but its consistently diminishing and dentrimental to your deck if you wanna effectively use it
Like who would ever think of it as a scaling joker 😭
scaling the long way
Holy shit flashbacks to when chat argued nearly every joker was scaling based on these rules
You replied to me by mistake
What does save scum mean?
Yeah lusty joker is a scaling joker if you play more than 5 cards technically
oh my bad i did reply to the wrong guy
exiting to menu as soon as you see WoF says nope and reloading the save
Which Madness will then kill 🙂
INVIS NO NOT THE WRONG ONE
Yep 
before the gamestate logs
i'm right before violet vessel
it won't kill it
Sell it so madness doesnt kill
Skip next two blinds for invis value
So... I can keep trying to make it work?
Yeah I'm gonna need you to cite your sources
no it is static but you can at least get your money back
Oh, I see... thanks!
okay im dead
How I feel when I dont check what ante someone is on when they send a screenshot
Wheels hitting/missing are based on seed. If it misses then save scumming wont help
invis duped oops all 6s
thats my source
Worth the attempt honestly
i cant even send my gif of a cat with a thousand yard stare
Bro just sell the Invis that extra 1x will help trust
out of everything, the idol went for 8 of hearts
1X ISN'T GOING TO SAVE ME IF I CANT DRAW A FUCKING STRAIGHT
Rip
going to
More lucky cat value ig
this chat is MAKING me LOSE my MIND
I am becoming UNHINGED
Negative madness looks magnificent
Do you have red seals
yes
Bro is turning into my bathroom door
5 low straight
Double copy bloodstone
plaeyd it already
also could i risk a bit and sell cat for seltzer to hope for rolling BP?
cool
Yes
couldn't draw another straight
5 hands
3 discards
btw
1 straight
im fine
this is fine
Um selling cat for seltzer seems terrible here
3 scoring x 3 triggers with dusk. You want to balance your triggers and scoring effects
Maybe i could've made it 3.
Eh dont worry about it. Look on the bright side 🙂
Balatrodle
How does that increase odds of getting bp??
see this is why straights are the worst hand in the entire game by far
i got invis again i think im selling perk
Bro is playing one of the most inconsistent hands? 😭
I assume you deckfixed for straights yea?
"yeah i want a club"
if i play pairs (best hand btw) i don't even have to discard!
but then there's the filthy, grimy, disgusting straight
If the glass gets destroyed will idol change?
Bro is crashing out so hard he's starting to re-assemble. Let him cook
no
crawling from the deepest depths of hell
Have you deck fixed enough for a possible idol?
Yeah its over
holding out a friendly hand in the form of high scaling
and once you grab that hand
Constellation my beloved
oh once you do
IT GRABS YOU AND GOES BACK DOWN
AND YOU CAN'T LET GO
IT'S TOO LATE
Put constellation before card sharp
nearly
you're already gone
Does it make a difference?
Geeked
Someone write this all down. It's straight fire
10x3 vs 3x10
Maybe maybe not
anyway time to do another run :)
alright i’ll take orange stake on ante 14
You didn't say you had polychrome
it always ends up like that
I know. That's why I kept pushing lol
grrr
i hate idol who just pick that one singular card out of everything
i think i ssd earlier myb
bit aside, i really dislike straights
if i have the option i'll always go for 4oak instead
What’s the point of them scaling fast if I can’t even play the hand
All g I wasn't in chat then. Doesn't change the copy. It's 4x3 compare to 3x4
o7
Getting a straight run going on blue stake is brutal
May be worth copying dusk more if you're scoring enough to get more possible lucky card triggers
i can't wait to have blue stake reworked man
Was the seed forcing a straight build? 😭
if rounds are safe then i might but im really not fussed by lucky card triggers rn
How did anyone play 5 cards hand before the first update. Not only did you have -1 discards from blue stake but you also had -1 hand size from a different stake
You should be. $20 is a lot of money and you have about 20ish chances to get the hit
Well it's not a lot a lot but it's more than nothing
mkay ill minmax it then
oh nice jimbo with parking
i love this game
thats actually really good
I don't like playing straights but I play them anyway
Guys I need pointers to beat the red deck
You don't have to sorry for backseating
well if it's optimal i play them
Always pick up 8 ball
I'm too optimal play pilled
no youre totally fine im asking you lol
ty for your wisdom
When are straights ever optimal lol
With the dice is more worth than if you didn't have it
When scaling runner
Straight scales super quick
^
If you get the correct jokers straight is broken
But getting the hand is inconsistent
Yeah that’s the issue
But there is jokers that help with that
That's why you eventually want to get out of it
Four fingers and shortcut
in many occasions
They were in ante 8 with straights
like this one
The rare occasion of actually getting good deckfixing before dying
😱
Yeah its ante 1 bro
ragebaiting 💔
Straights arent optimal for winning or going for endless build
Does Jupiter consistently clear ante 1 boss by itself or is it draw dependant
Draw dependent
endless builds are irrelevant
Yeah well you died on ante 8 with a straight build so clearly straights arent consistent enough for high antes
I highly disagree with the first statement. Runner makes that statement unequivocally false
you see
Does a weak level 2 straight hand one shot ante 1?
You are talking about straights being good in the literal first fucking ante
i had no issues until that very last blind
And guess what? You need to clear the first ante to beat the game
Like a 65432 straight or something similar
The moment you use all discards and hands and couldn't get enough straights to win
Depends on ur deck fixing. What did the invis land on?
invis isnt done yet
good thing that didnt happen to me earlier this run right guys ha . haha.ah.haha..
ill sell invis
Leveling up flush doesn’t one shot the boss meanwhile straight does. You are spending 3 dollars for the planet card but you are definitely making that money back from the saved hands
Get as much money as possible and roll for tarots
It’s a relatively cheap way to one shot ante one
i just rerolled another invis immediately
Straights aren't the best hand to play up until ante 8 but they 100% have their use cases. Definitely not a completely useless hand
Yeah that's all fair but I was saying its a inconsistent build to hold for the entire game
I say one point and everyone argues about a different point that has minimal relevance to what I'm saying
Leveling straights gives much more + mult and chips than other planets and jokers that synergies with straights are generally stronger than other jokers
If you make it work straights are amazing
But it IS INCONSISTENT TO MAKE IT WORK
Yeah no shit
Wait until you get deck fixing in order then you can maybe sell bloodstone? Was oops an unfortunate ecto hit
yeahhhh
THATS WHAT I'M TRYING TO FUCKING SAY
Straights having usecases and straights having consistent reliability for you to build them are two different arguments
Most of the time you wont build straights without alot of circumstances coming into place
Its like getting lucky with a royal flush or a strush in ante 1 and saying well I'm gonna build around that hand now
If the game gives you straights, you play straights
Pairs
Pair is the most consistent but you won’t be winning every game with pairs
this is a fictional card game we need to breathe deeply
Ur not always going to get a pair build
Pairs easiest build to force yes. But you won’t always get a pair build
Ur almost never gonna get a reliable straight build
I hear that a lot
what does it mean? U have most chances of pulling a pair?
yea first round straights are fine, theyre capable of 1shotting small blind and 2 shotting the next 2
big blind you only need like a straight and another mediocre hand
No that would be high card. There is just more jokers that work well with pairs
you can always force a pair build
Pairs have some of the most synergistic options while being an easy enough hand to draw consistently
wouldn't that be full house or two pair
Things around pairs are pretty consistent aswell tho. 3oak, 2 pair and if you deck fix around pairs then you can start playing 4oak and 5oak in higher antes. But thats dependent on rng
you can play abandoned deck 
Pairs have alot that you can pivot to before locking in with pairs which is why its the most optimal hand
Yeah when you build around pairs you can usually switch to another hand if that would be more effective
Otherwise just sticking to pairs is usually fine
oh okayy
trousers is a good pair joker too
They are harder to draw. Especially when using jokers that disincentivise discard like grimbo, banner or burglar
Trousers is so broken
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But how do you nerf it
Burglar haters when they see me use my hands as a discard: 
degrat
Degrat is shit
Who is degrat
Can you shush please you're just being annoying at this point
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Delayed gratification
Only usecase for degrat is ante 1 or 2 cuz you have less needs for discards to win
Blue stake ruined it
That's just not true lol
4$ and you cant use discards is terrible bro
Payoff is the same as gold joker but requires you to play high card or pairs
delete gratification has usage but it's pretty terrible
Unfortunately yeah a lot of the discard jokers get nerfed by blue stake
It's not the best I agree but it can be useful in certain situations
It’s literally just a worse gold joker 90% of the time
Degrat is the worst econ joker imo
The humble satellite
I used satellite once. I guess it was fine
You can get more than $4 from satellite pretty fast
You don't always get given golden joker. You're looking at it in a vacuum. This is a game about using what you're given
You'd be lucky to get a refund for buying degrat tbh
Even if a joker has a counterpart that is strictly stronger, you're not guaranteed to get it in a shop
Like golden joker isn't the only argument to be made about degrat you can find any econ joker and get more value from it than degrat
Some jokers are better than others, but you aren't guaranteed to roll into them. Even the nichest jokers have a use case and aren't completely useless
I’d buy degrat for temperance value. Will only ever unironically use it if I have a high card/pair build working
is showman worth anything atp?
No
ty
You would lose a lot of scoring if you sell anything
Would not take it
🙏
I agree. I don't think it's worth playing towards by itself but if U have a build already going it's a nice bump in money generation
Showman requires you to sell a scoring joker. Plus you can still always get sock and buskin
Is there a joker that truly sucks no matter the build? Even something like 8ball can be used if you have a bunch of retriggers
Zany joker maybe? Even then it can be useful early on
I believe most jokers have a use case, even if it's niche
i think delayed gratification does suck no matter the build, just because it's not a detriment doesn't mean it doesn't suck
Hiker is pretty bad
if you try to maximize it by getting Mary Andy and discard vouchers, you'd be better off just using the disc cards to dig for value
stake idea - diamond stake
-1 hand
If blue stake wasn’t enough
hiker pops off with early retriggers and you can still use it throughout a run for longer without retriggers
or it can be -1 handsize
Even worse
I'm sure that would make lots of people very happy. Make black deck every deck
Not using discards is dentrimental lol
You aren't guaranteed to draw those cards though
More often than not they get buried
every atom in my body is screaming no
Kinda balanced imo
drawing one gold card nearly matches delayed gratification, and drawing two outpaces it
of course, that changes when you have more discards but
Between 1 less discard or 1 less hand size they're both pretty mid
i should take abstract and dcut
and then go next
i don't need it
i don't need it
i Definitely don't need it
i don't need it
i don't need it
why are you even considering the baron
the funny
It will be an okay joker whenever blue stake rework comes
Probably
don't tell me you don't do funny runs if you get the opportunity to
i did a bloodstone run a week back
almost lost cuz bloodstone sucks
Because Baron is an incredibly consistent joker that always works
Not recently
I NEED IT
every atom in my body is telling every atom in ur body yes
Ante 2 mime
QHBDFGBJKDGHBJKGWDBSKHJJGF
streak: 0
what in the fuck
Naneinf gold stake
do you have the money for both
They're on the wrong deck
welp
Gag
are you already on the streak or is this the start of one
i don't streak
Pick up ante 1 baron cuz you'll get a mime


clearly 😎
Kid named reroll voucher
You did buy it yes?
You mean director cut?
It’s technically possible
With a perkeo
With an early perkeo + sixth sense
do i ectoplasm? hand size is currently 8
hold the ectoplasm for when you see a joker you need
Don't just use it immediately
You need like 1.3K planet cards to naneinf iirc
Is that even possible to reach?
good call
Can you not be pedantic. You know what I mean
You would crash game before that lol
kid named reroll into psychic. Might as well find retcon first.
You can absolutely get 1.3k planet cards
Well I was thinking of reroll surplus
I think in this case being specific would be more logical than praying people understand what you mean
You’d need to get 11 planet cards every turn as soon as you start the game
I guess it’s possible with enough blueprint and brainstorm
If you have a shit ton of them
wha tthe fuck is happening
there should be a spectral card that turns all of the consumables you're holding negative
this is such a good idea
It makes sense in context. Everyone with an ounce of intelligence would know what I meant
God shut up
Pick up ante 1 photo cuz you'll get a chad
how is this working???????
hail to the King baby
Haven’t played photochad in so long
Burnt jonkler is a crazy pickup
Mime is terrible in ur build
Wait you didn't take the chat earlier
chaf
chad
didn't you want more business card money
i die to plant
You want sock or showman and that's pretty much it
it was perishable lmao
but I figured the Chad would be useful after too
especially when you have Copy Joker

where are my kings.
pickup ante 1 seance because you'll get 4f shortcut smeared
If chads effect was changed so it retriggers the first 2 cards once would it still be too broken as a common?
otherwise i die hard to needle
Certainly one of the builds of all time
wait fuck im dumb i have dcut
I don't think it's too broken as it is now
i KEEP FORGETTING
whats the best you guys have scored in non endless
E30 I think
i got e60 smth one time
