🕹・game-discussion

[acoustic kettle]

-1x mult

[orchid comet]

highest score in negative world record

[valid berry]

thats what negative hologram does duh

balatro kaizo make the negatives reverse effects?

[long oxide]

Anyway I can save myself

[willow frost]

-naneinf no bug

[valid berry]

why cant i microtransact in balatro

[acoustic kettle]

$50 for free negative blueprint

[subtle loom]

oh my god look at my stuoid run

[valid berry]

its perishable though cause its like a powerup in mobile games

[pale prism]

I am playing Balatro while listening to Radiohead b-sides

[subtle loom]

i love erratic deck

underrated imo

[valid berry]

non linear storytelling

[acoustic kettle]

Pay 50 bucks extra to extend the perishable life

[celest jetty]

Pay 100 dollars to unlock an extra permanent joker slot

[willow frost]

i thought the dev was localthunk not ea goddamn

[valid berry]

yeah this is actually the plans for the update

[pure oasis]

chad or S & B better here. Deck half golden cards (21 out of 42)

[valid berry]

egg

[pure oasis]

pfff

[acoustic kettle]

Sb golden ticket is so nasty

[pale wolf]

https://www.playbalatro.com/merch/

[valid berry]

thats a normal transaction

not a microtransaction

[pale wolf]

just wanting to beat ante 8?

[valid berry]

freaking #OWNED!

[pure oasis]

yeah, i guess it is economically +ev here

[pale wolf]

these are micro

[valid berry]

wow i didnt know there was a vampire plush

[valid berry]

what if they werent though

is it such a crime to want a really big pin

[pale wolf]

I wish I could afford these pin sets tbh

[subtle loom]

the bloodstoje run almost died

[pale wolf]

These would go so hard

[valid berry]

i looove madness

[pure oasis]

one full house (lvl 6 beats it easily) and i also have 2 red sealed steel kings in deck to ensure it happens

[gusty sage]

I want jumbo ✊😔

[pale wolf]

i've no doubt that jimbo will be available again in the future

[gusty sage]

Mr thought please I’m begging you

[pale wolf]

mr what

oh

[gusty sage]

😭😭

[valid berry]

is balatro locally sourced

[gusty sage]

Wait wtf there’s a calendar????

[valid berry]

are those bananas real

[scarlet moth]

NEVER ever ever ever have I been so happy

holy shit

[acoustic kettle]

Ante 2 round 2

[scarlet moth]

that did NOT last long

ahahhahahahaah

[violet bear]

Oh wow that abstract jonkler shirt looks nice

[valid berry]

thought process

[violet bear]

Time to spend money 😔

[valid berry]

siiigh throwback could never hold a candle to my goat madness

[violet bear]

Quite literally, it scales at half the speed while eating round value

[tame cobalt]

Chat plasma deck is still kicking my ass

I had double stuntman with square joker and some xmult and it still wasn't enough for purple stake

[acoustic kettle]

The xmult doing nothing

[gusty sage]

Double stuntman it’s crazy bc why is ur hand size like 2 cards 😭😭

[tame cobalt]

Four cards

Just enough for square joker

[tame cobalt]

Yeah the xmult wasn't the important bit

[shell current]

You gotta get out of stuntman if you are doing xmult

[tame cobalt]

Stuntman would never do me wrong

[valid berry]

stuntman did horroble things back in 02

[hasty harness]

i mean ur relying on planet mult then if u have no joker giving mult

[tame cobalt]

Listen man the safety coordinator told him they were blank rounds

[shell current]

Don’t get me wrong stuntman is goated but you need to be able to play 3oak/4oak or have a ton of mercury cards to do the mult pivot

[valid berry]

oh i was talking about the family of 13 he ate

[tame cobalt]

Yeah I'm having trouble with pivoting

[gusty sage]

I still think my biggest flex is that I got bloodstone and oops in the same run

[acoustic kettle]

Hard to pivot when you have 2 stuntmans

[tame cobalt]

We're calling them "people" now?

[valid berry]

thats racist and you know it

[rugged bloom]

2nd Goldstake won

[shell current]

Planet mult + glass is the best way to do the pivot

[tame cobalt]

Nooo it's different

[shell current]

+mult scalers on plasma suuuuuck

[hasty harness]

didnt know we were talking about plasma

my b

[tame cobalt]

I'll keep that in mind about glass cards

This is literally my last deck to gold stake, the change in playstyle is tough

[hasty harness]

good luck i just finished c+ yesterday

plasma was one of the first decks i gold staked

[tame cobalt]

I did yellow first, then red and blue

[valid berry]

i did checkered then ghost and thats all i have

[tame cobalt]

I got black out of the way early just so I didn't hate the game by the end of doing C+

[hasty harness]

if i remember right i did yellow, ghost, plasma, blue, red, black

then i lose track

[tame cobalt]

yeah I don't remember the order much either

[hasty harness]

ik i finished magic deck last tho

[tame cobalt]

I just finished erratic and anaglyph

Normally I like using skips but I was having trouble with anaglyph

Erratic is really nice for oak builds ngl

[coral summit]

Anaglyph is as my first gold stake win as of yesterday

[hasty harness]

opposite for me skips suck but anaglyph made negative skips fun lol

imma play more anaglyph gold stake later to gold sticker more jokers

[gusty sage]

I’m trying on ghost and it’s kicking my ass

[tame cobalt]

Pulling a negative tag is fun yeah

[hasty harness]

just get a mult joker and hex it trust

[tame cobalt]

Ghost is just like, all upsides tbh

[valid berry]

i got the goat of all goated perishables on my ghost gold

[tame cobalt]

Free polychrome makes it a fairly reliable deck to play

[coral summit]

Wonder if I should try erratic

[serene forge]

I hate Bloodstone

[tame cobalt]

The only annoying thing about erratic is figuring out which rank you have the most of when you restart

[acoustic kettle]

Erratic isn't that fun

[gusty sage]

True but I gotta wait bc I gotta find wait a while and then the hex destories the other jokers

[hasty harness]

gold stake run i got earlier 😭

wait nvm

it was orange stake

if i remember right

[tame cobalt]

Nebula is my least favorite besides black deck tbh

[white zodiac]

erratic is more annoying than some other decks having to learn different probabilities each run

[hasty harness]

yeah this was the setup i used to beat gold stake on magic deck aka the last deck i needed to gold stake

[valid berry]

photo clocked out immediately when the job was done and blueprint had like 1 round left

[tame cobalt]

It's a really boring ability and the reduced consumable slots is just super annoying

[north schooner]

If you didn't crop the screenshot, you wouldn't have to remember

[hasty harness]

i got excited 🤫

forgor to get the stake in the photo

[tame cobalt]

Telescope is a nice voucher but I'd rather play a literally blank deck than deal with the reduced consumable slots lmao

It's one of the only decks with a straight downside

[valid berry]

if you dont crop the screenshot you might show your adress that is always located in the scoring window in every balatro game!

[coral summit]

That’s fair, though I feel it can be used to my advantage if I gloss over the deck when the run starts

[hasty harness]

when i was gold staking it i str8 up forgot emperor wouldnt give me 2 consumables like 50% of the time

[tame cobalt]

Yeah priestess and emperor not getting full value sucks

[valid berry]

nebula lowkey seems easy but boring

[hasty harness]

just play pairs

[tame cobalt]

It's just not very fun

[hasty harness]

on all decks!

free wins

:p

[valid berry]

i buy video games to have fun part 2

[white zodiac]

you have deck fixing automatically done for you which is already more benefit than what anaglyph provides on average

[tame cobalt]

It doesn't really encourage a specific playstyle besides maybe working better with in-hand or on-score xmult abilities cuz of the more reliable planet scaling

[hasty harness]

imma go play anaglyph rq

pls give negative skip ante 7

🙏

[tame cobalt]

Honestly just remove the consumable slot downside and it's a fine, if boring, deck

[coral summit]

[valid berry]

anaglyph is the closest to a nothing deck in my opinion

[shell current]

glass is the only reliable on-trigger xmult

[hasty harness]

i feel like its a little to broken then tho

[valid berry]

the only one you can really just ignore the effect on

[hasty harness]

telescope starting is really good

[tame cobalt]

Ancient joker's pretty reliable with enough discards or hand size

[shell current]

it's not better than blue, yellow, abandoned, or zodiac

[tame cobalt]

Not really? Shit like blue deck or ghost give plenty of free extra scoring

[valid berry]

i looove zodiac deeck

[tame cobalt]

Zodiac's fun

[valid berry]

overstock is my favorite voucher

[hasty harness]

true

[tame cobalt]

It's basically just the shopping deck

[valid berry]

what are the easier decks to gold

[tame cobalt]

Yellow and blue and ghost are some of the easiest probably

[valid berry]

im kinda stuck at a crossroads getting the 2 im most familiar with golded

[tame cobalt]

And checkered ig

[valid berry]

ive heard people saying painted and yellow

ive already done checkered and ghost

[tame cobalt]

Painted is annoying

Well it's not like

Hard

[hasty harness]

my stats are slowly healing (screenshots taken 4 days apart)

naninf attempts :/

[tame cobalt]

It's just you need a tight build cuz of the -1 joker slot

[valid berry]

the lower the photgraph goes the more you are absolved of your sins

[hasty harness]

yup lol

[acoustic kettle]

I have more hours in balatarocord than in balatro

[hasty harness]

honestly surprised RTB isnt on there yet

[tame cobalt]

I usually use hanging chad to supplement stuff like lucky cards or onyx agate tbh, not photo

[hasty harness]

i really like bus

[hasty harness]

yeah chad is a really versatile joker

[tame cobalt]

I hope it's not made an uncommon with the next update

[valid berry]

hanging chad is my most used for that

[tame cobalt]

It's nice having a fairly reliable retrigger like that

[valid berry]

arent they nerfing it in general

[tame cobalt]

Ehh

[valid berry]

first 2 once instead of first twice

[hasty harness]

not confirmed

[tame cobalt]

Thunk was considering making it an uncommon

[valid berry]

ah

[violet bear]

The gold seal $9 too, quite incredible

[valid berry]

it doesnt feel like a uncommon

[tame cobalt]

I'd be okay with this

[hasty harness]

thats already a thing in certain stuff like multiplayer balatro but i dont think anything like that is confirmed in the base game

[tame cobalt]

Retriggers don't do much on their own and having a common retrigger joker is nice

[valid berry]

its like most of the commons where it can either do nothing or alot

yeah

[tame cobalt]

Stuff like sock and buskin gives more value usually

There's not really all that many retrigger jokers though tbh

[lost vault]

nya~

[tame cobalt]

It's like, mime, chad, dusk, and buskin

[lost vault]

hack seltzer

[tame cobalt]

Oh yeah

Hack is really fun with fibonacci

[gusty sage]

Fib and Chad is so great

[tame cobalt]

Fib is just a really nice card in general

[gusty sage]

But when I have Chad I almost never sell it I hold that on to deaf life

[valid berry]

fibonacci seltzer

#referenxe

[tame cobalt]

What I'd like to see at some point is a suit related retrigger joker

Like maybe for diamonds

[gusty sage]

It’s funny people love fib in here but like on Reddit no one talks about it

[tame cobalt]

I don't use the subreddit

[violet bear]

Fibonacci ace-5 straight hack build

[valid berry]

they are too busy thinking about how much they looooove love love photochad

[tame cobalt]

Hack doesn't work for aces I don't think

[violet bear]

It doesn’t

[tame cobalt]

Oh

Oh I see what you mean

[violet bear]

You get the 2-3-5 retriggers

[gusty sage]

Ace doesn’t work with hack tho

[violet bear]

Ace and 4 are chilling

[tame cobalt]

Playing two or five oaks is probably best with hack and fib

[gusty sage]

I mean I am a photochad Stan I’m ngl

[violet bear]

Yeah it is but its less funny

[tame cobalt]

Straights are hard to fit into most other builds

They're kinda their own little self contained thing

[violet bear]

Unfortunately yeah, but when you can its the funniest shit

[vernal bay]

Wrong but go off

[tame cobalt]

alright bruh

[gusty sage]

10-ace straights are p easy to get imo

[hasty harness]

if i dont have photochad by ante 2 i reset the run

😈

[tame cobalt]

Alright chat kill this guy

[hasty harness]

worth it for the ragebait

[valid berry]

whats the deal with pairs

[tame cobalt]

They're easy

[hasty harness]

just the most versatile hand

[violet bear]

We’re sending you to the plant’s house

[hasty harness]

and easy to play

[violet bear]

[gusty sage]

People swear by them but leveling them up is annoying

[hasty harness]

glass cards go brrrrr

[violet bear]

Real

[tame cobalt]

Pairs are overused and underhated ngl

[heady spoke]

I got softlocked lol

[hasty harness]

i think i beat all my gold stake runs with pairs other then a select few 💀

[heady spoke]

It won't let me skip

[gusty sage]

I’ve lost so many to pair builds

[hasty harness]

i think like my run history on gold stake is probably

90% pair builds

[tame cobalt]

People shit on photochad and suit builds and whatnot but pairs are the most consistent reliable thing for winning

[hasty harness]

9% high card builds

and 1% ANY OTHER HAND

💀

[hasty harness]

love me a good red card and square joker

[violet bear]

I think i get straight builds going more often than high card somehow

Shortcut loves me

[hasty harness]

disgusting joker 🤨

doesnt work with pairs = bad

trust

[violet bear]

Surely

[valid berry]

i love suit builds cause i love having FUN

[gusty sage]

I don’t have my switch w me but I abuse tf out of flushes and ik that’s a big no no in the community but still

[tame cobalt]

A lot of things in the game actively punish you for using your discards, like banner and delayed grat and the one money skip for unused discards

[hasty harness]

u can still win with flushes they just dont scale well

[valid berry]

theres a reason theres so many suit jokers

[hasty harness]

• harder to draw

[valid berry]

cause their FUN!!!!!!

[gusty sage]

No I know it’s a joke in communities that flush is the worst hand possible 💀

[lament crater]

lovely

[hasty harness]

i hope we remove suits next update

🙏

[tame cobalt]

I think people forget suits aren't just for flushes tbh

[hasty harness]

str8 flush:

i love str8 flush builds

🤑

[tame cobalt]

If I'm using blackboard I don't necessarily want or need to play flushes with it

[valid berry]

flowr pot....

[hasty harness]

blackboard is better with pairs anyway

or high card

[gusty sage]

I got so pissed when I got a royal flush but I had to discard for brainstorm

[valid berry]

how do wildcards work for things like seeing double and flowerpot

[hasty harness]

they work

[tame cobalt]

Yeah, what I mean is people tend to conflate any suit joker for just being used in a lazy flush build

[hasty harness]

yeah if u meet someone who thinks blackboard is only good for flushes they're just bad at the game icl

or new

[unborn cliff]

how many drunks do you guys have

[gusty sage]

It took me longer than I’d like to admit to get hit the road

[valid berry]

how tho

[tame cobalt]

The card can only account for a single unfilled suit. So you still need at least four cards with flower pot, a wild can just fill a suit that's missing from the hand

[hasty harness]

so say u play a diamond and a wild card as a pair right

the wild card would count as a club in that instance

or if u play a wild and a club

the wild would count as a other suit not being a club

and u get ur 2x

[gusty sage]

I hate using wild cards tbh mostly bc the suit blinds

[valid berry]

does blackboard work with wilds

[hasty harness]

yeah

[tame cobalt]

This is also why I think stuff like rough gem is underrated, you can slot it into a build not related to suits by just changing some cards to diamonds for extra econ

[valid berry]

strange

[hasty harness]

fr

beefy castle

[gusty sage]

It just takes up a joker space which is a problem

[tame cobalt]

Because blackboard doesn't care if the card is another suit as well, just as long as it's also a spade or club

[hasty harness]

smeared joker + castle in ante 1 cooked

[violet bear]

Refunds your played hand at floor, great enough

[tame cobalt]

That goes for all econ jokers

[violet bear]

Holy castle supernova space jonkler

[hasty harness]

all econ jokers tend to be stronger then ur avg joker anyway

[tame cobalt]

You'll probably get 4-5 dollars per round from it on average which is about the same as stuff like to the moon or whatever

[coral summit]

Fuck, I feel Burning Joker could REALLY help here, but I’m barely making the requirement. What should I do?

[violet bear]

We’re mercurymaxxing with this one

[hasty harness]

other jokers were hologram and delayed grat

[gusty sage]

Yea but diamond only gives you $1 while other Econ jokers can give u more

[tame cobalt]

It's per diamond card

[violet bear]

We’re definitely mercurymaxxing

[hasty harness]

yeah i was pair lv 26

💀

[tame cobalt]

If you play a five card hand that's diamonds that's 5 dollars from one hand. Even more with retriggers

[gusty sage]

No I know but jokers like mail in rebate and to the moon are so much better

[tame cobalt]

Eh

[gusty sage]

That’s just my opinion

[tame cobalt]

How much is to the moon again? Isn't it just 1 extra dollar per interest?

[gusty sage]

I thought it’s 2?

[coral summit]

Pair is only Level 9 right now. I do have a lot of Blue Seals, but Level 9 on Ante 6 is bad.

[tame cobalt]

Lemme check

Yeah it's only 1 extra dollar per 5 dollars of interest

[gusty sage]

Oh I could’ve sworn it was more

[violet bear]

TTM basically doubles your interest

[tame cobalt]

It seems like more because it's included in the same little grouping as your regular interest

[violet bear]

Easier way

[tame cobalt]

So it'd show as 10 dollars of gained interest when you have 25 dollars

[violet bear]

Incredible

[vernal bay]

EZ PZ

[coral summit]

halp what do

[violet bear]

And scales with interest vouchers which is neat

[tame cobalt]

It's still a good card too don't get me wrong, I just think rough gem deserves more credit than it gets lol

[hasty harness]

ts peak performance

[gusty sage]

Wait I think I was thinking of rocket actually 😭😭

[tame cobalt]

Oh lmao

Tbf rocket is also really good

So is shit like cloud 9

[violet bear]

Would you look at that

Pairs are getting spammed again

[valid berry]

i loove tocket

[hasty harness]

also look at this run i got the other day

[gusty sage]

I like rocket more than rebate tbh

[hasty harness]

pair level 6 on sb ante 2

😭

[tame cobalt]

Rebate is good because it's a common that gives a nice chunk of value, it's guaranteed to be an extra dollar of interest at the end of the round too if you're below 25

[valid berry]

i dont have to use my brain for rocket so its good

[coral summit]

[violet bear]

Rocket and gold cards give you 7000 dollars after dumping your hands to vagabond, incredible stuff

[tame cobalt]

He's got a point

[hasty harness]

vagabond my fav econ joker

[coral summit]

I need to sell something for this to work but Certificate is the only thing I don’t lose the most out of

[violet bear]

Fr fr

[coral summit]

Even though Certificate gives me guaranteed xmult

Should I sell it or not

[tame cobalt]

Certificate is weird

[valid berry]

certificate is my child i love him

dearly

[coral summit]

I have Certificate because I have Hologram

[violet bear]

Sell the pairs +mult imho

[tame cobalt]

Nice way to get some seals but I tend to toss it after a few rounds unless I'm using hologram

[hasty harness]

infinite blue seals for my pair spam

[violet bear]

Or well

[coral summit]

You sure?

[gusty sage]

I barely use certificate if I don’t have hologram

[valid berry]

plus 8 mult

[hasty harness]

sell jolly joker

[coral summit]

Ok if you say so

[unreal iron]

but cert is sooo good :(

[violet bear]

What’s your highest supernova mult

[cosmic sun]

you should, seals are good

[coral summit]

9

Mind you I was barely making it out with 15 (Gros Michel)

[unreal iron]

dude is NOT spamming pairs effectively

[violet bear]

Yeeesh

[hasty harness]

focus on scaling ur pairs

[gusty sage]

Seals are good but for me it’s annoying to manage

[violet bear]

This

[coral summit]

I didn’t HAVE a reason to scale pairs until now

[valid berry]

certificate is great cause if i get it early i have no fucking clue what happens and i somehow always win

[hasty harness]

with what jokers u have u SHOULD have been

💀

u dont want to keep jolly joker for this long

[violet bear]

You always have a reason to scale, and its the game scaling trying to kill you

[cosmic sun]

they probably had too much mult early or smth

[violet bear]

Maybe yeah

[hasty harness]

shoulda put supernova behind hologram then

so they didnt win quicker

[cosmic sun]

not realizing the power of scalers is why they thought they needed extra mult

[tame cobalt]

Cartomancer and astronomer feel pretty weak tbh, I usuallu ditch them after a few rounds

[hasty harness]

guaranteed value gens tho

tbv

*tbf

[tame cobalt]

Yeah i guess

[unreal iron]

both extremely valuable jokers to have

[hasty harness]

also they lack chips considering we dont know what pair level they have

[unreal iron]

i dont like astronomer too much but carto is game changing

[hasty harness]

so burnt joker could help the base chips out

[tame cobalt]

Carto just doesn't give you something you want a lot of the time

[late mango]

ancient joker my beloved

[tame cobalt]

It's one random tarot card every round

Not great

[hasty harness]

my cardo be giving me world cards 90% of the time

[unreal iron]

consumable block

[coral summit]

Have this

What arcana

Planets?

Or Mult

[unreal iron]

and even then if it gives you sooo many suit changers you might as well pivot to flush house for the funny

[hasty harness]

planets but ngl i think u just win anyway

ur on white stake

[unreal iron]

deeeevil the king

[tame cobalt]

They're usually not like, the same suit though

[coral summit]

Fair

[hasty harness]

if u just scale and lv pairs u win

[coral summit]

I am not doing devil

[tame cobalt]

If it was like, the last tarot card you used it'd be way better

[unreal iron]

consumable block so you find the tarots you actually want

[tame cobalt]

Oh yeah

[hasty harness]

okay that would be really broken tho lol

[unreal iron]

guaranteed fools is busted bro

off of carto

[tame cobalt]

Hell yeah

[hasty harness]

just keep fools deaths hermits or temperance

[tame cobalt]

I gotta go chat my phone is about to die

[coral summit]

What a hand

[white zodiac]

not going for money 💔

[nova mantle]

Brosky going broke

[coral summit]

Beat the run

[lost vault]

goot

[terse vale]

i’m tired

[twilit panther]

hehh

[unreal island]

i mean in this specific scenario... kinda??

[hasty harness]

i mean hes not wrong but having spare money + retcon is pretty rare lol

[lost vault]

whut

[unreal island]

still, chicot better than no chicot

[heavy heron]

maybe making my wee massive has a bit more payout than i thought

[terse vale]

I hate being good at balatro because when i’m arguing my point I sound like a fucking killjoy nerd

[hasty harness]

700 chip wee 👀

[unreal island]

maybe you're good at balatro AND you're a killjoy nerd

[heavy heron]

without a chad, i’m surprised myself

[mighty plover]

Oh, this is just evil.

[hasty harness]

credit card in the buffoon

[unreal island]

good +mult joker in the buffoon pack

[lost vault]

people send like a million of these a day

[mighty plover]

Really? Guess I'm never the only one lol.

[unreal island]

there are tons of round 1 shop blueprint seeds

[mighty plover]

I see....

[brisk bluff]

Why is it the red deck when it flipped over

? 💀

[rancid gull]

Enjoy your extra discard

[obsidian patrol]

Thats a joker the invis joker copied

[long oxide]

What order do I do this in

Invis or soul

[pure oasis]

the show must go on, i guess

but who leaves the stage

[rancid gull]

For what, showman?

[pure oasis]

yeah, i guess

[rancid gull]

Probably golden ticket

cause mime will get your golden cards

if you're playing high card

[velvet dust]

what is your modded best points

[tranquil cargo]

or sock

[pure oasis]

or should i wait for the possible blueprint first

[unreal iron]

why do you have socky busky to begin with?

like

you have baron mime no?

[pure oasis]

yeah, i have read sealed steeled kings in deck

[velvet dust]

balatro balatres

[unreal iron]

naneinf (i dont play modded #⚙・modding-general)

[warm kindle]

"chicot is useless when you dont need to worry about boss blinds anyways" is basically what they said

[obsidian patrol]

Socky busky

[rancid gull]

You have more of a chance to get something worthless if you take soul. Invis will likely give you something better

[warm kindle]

which is like never

[pure oasis]

for the money

[velvet dust]

there is a bug if you have 2

[long oxide]

This is the setup

[rancid gull]

LFG

You got the good hit

[warm kindle]

true but getting 1 chicot is already unlikely

[long oxide]

I mean I wonder if I took invis after lol

[warm kindle]

getting 2 means u either need ankh, invis or showman and a second soul

[velvet dust]

even do we are gambling

[rancid gull]

Easily replace the family next

[cyan coral]

I LÖVE BALATRO

[rancid gull]

You are a true gambler

[pure oasis]

me töö

[terse vale]

I don’t know how 2 word this any way else tho

I’m cursed to sound stupid

[unreal island]

"killjoy nerd" and you're just expressing a valid opinion

[terse vale]

idk it feels weird saying things like that in a place where people don’t really touch goldstake

can’t help but feel like i’m sucking the fun out of things idk why

[unreal island]

i think that's a journey you need to embark on yourself, my fwend

🥹

[terse vale]

hmm I seee

[pale wolf]

its wanting to provide useful information and advice while simultaneously not feeling like an authority on the matter

[coral summit]

This is the run where I collect gay rocks.

[long oxide]

Do I take idol?

[pale wolf]

show deck

[rancid gull]

Is your deck all of one card>

[fading cobalt]

Disco rocks look so cool

[pale wolf]

Yes, for once

but get rid of that Spade and club as soon as you can

[rancid gull]

I think it's worth it

Yes

Get rid of those spade and clubs

[long oxide]

Do I ecto

[rancid gull]

turn them into stones

[brisk bluff]

Bruh

[pale wolf]

i thiiink so

[fading cobalt]

You could sell 4oak xmult

Whatever its name is

[pale wolf]

actually yea

4x is negligible now

[rancid gull]

An ecto would be good

[fading cobalt]

Whats your hand size

Currently

[rancid gull]

TRUE

What is it?

[pale wolf]

save the ecto for a blueprint

there's no way that the to-do list was ecto so

[fading cobalt]

Still worth asking

They could've lost handsize by other means

[pale wolf]

guessing 8 or 9 but it doesn't seem relevant to me

[pale wolf]

I guess they could have used Ouija lmfao

[fading cobalt]

Got kings from ouija

[pale wolf]

It's a terrible decision and they're very far into it so I figured not

[fading cobalt]

Yeah good point

Unless they did ecto and it hit to do list then their hand size is probably 7-9 within that range

[pale wolf]

I feel like with that deck you only need five hand size though so even if you Ouija twice in the run you'd be at 6 and be able to ecto

[fading cobalt]

Yep

[rancid gull]

Oujia is like my favorite spectral

I love that mf

[pale wolf]

rough

[fading cobalt]

Thats very interesting

[pale wolf]

It's the worst one by a lot

[fading cobalt]

Of all the spectrals you chose ouija

[orchid comet]

does 4oak count for trousers?

[rancid gull]

There's so many runs where I won because of a Oujia

[fading cobalt]

Personally I love trance

[pale wolf]

nope

Two pair is two pairs of different ranks

[orchid comet]

💔

[rancid gull]

Two pairs doesn't include 4oak. I learned the hard way

[fading cobalt]

Well it makes sense

[long oxide]

Get rid of sock?

[fading cobalt]

4 pair would count as trousers

But you can't play 4pair

[orchid comet]

two 3s and two 3s though 💔

[pale wolf]

I would ecto now

[fading cobalt]

Yeah

[orchid comet]

Yeah

[fading cobalt]

Ecto or sell

Either is fine

[rancid gull]

Yeah you want more retriggers imo

So ecto and get the blueprit

[pale wolf]

why would you get rid of the sock instead of using the ecto

[rancid gull]

and copy suck

sock

[orchid comet]

real

[pale wolf]

The only thing you could possibly be waiting for on the ecto is a blueprint

and there it is

[fading cobalt]

Yeah so sell buskin, use ecto then wait for buskin to come back

[orchid comet]

I hate how the to-do is all the way to the right

[pale wolf]

what

[fading cobalt]

But they dont have good econ for that decision

[pale wolf]

why would you sell sock

[fading cobalt]

Nah I thought they had more money

[orchid comet]

I always keep my econ or support on 2nd with brainstorm so It's closer to move around

[fading cobalt]

I'm just being dumb lol

You wouldnt

[pale wolf]

maybe if it wasn't already foil and you didn't want it negative but you're not going to get rid of sock anyways it's your main retrigger

[orchid comet]

realll

[unreal island]

holy shit dude i might actually have a problem

[long oxide]

Do I risk it

[unreal island]

why is reading so much easier when im listening to drum&bass/breakcore/jungle

[rancid gull]

Because music is fun to listen to lol

while gaming

bro discovered it

[pale wolf]

nope

[fading cobalt]

Rip perishable

[fading cobalt]

Can you give me a playlist of those genres

[fading cobalt]

They said reading not gaming

[unreal island]

nah i just got into it

[fading cobalt]

Stupid

[rancid gull]

Sorry, I'm a gamer, I don't read

[unreal island]

im listening to ultraviolet by usedcvnt rn tho

[unreal island]

had no idea u played undertale

[pale wolf]

You have mostly Red seal Kings so
trib, idol
initial, sock, red seal
you should copy trib twice and move the blueprint to sock

invis doesn't help

[unreal island]

man im reaching that age where i find reading as enjoyable as video games

[rancid gull]

How old are you lmao

[unreal island]

last time i checked i was at least 3

serious answer is like 20

[rancid gull]

I think you just like reading lol

I'm 23

I'm not much of a reader

[pale wolf]

"that age" ah yes

has enjoyed reading since i was able

[orchid comet]

do zi sell onyx

it's doing a bit of scoring tho

[unreal island]

z[i] mentioned?

only math majors can relate

[pure oasis]

"thank you, please come again"

[pale wolf]

nim and neff

[orchid comet]

rocket is at 5 I think

[unreal island]

goodfuckingbye chad! 😭

[pale wolf]

sock

oh yea chad

[unreal island]

and sock

[pale wolf]

I guess you want both of them, blueprint and mime

[ocean yoke]

Balatro

[unreal island]

balatro sexyman obelisk 😍

[pure oasis]

indeed

now i can die if i forget to reroll the horrendous bosses

[unreal island]

psychic

[terse vale]

u gotta get chips

[pure oasis]

the plant, heart-hater etc.

[orchid comet]

I have 4 heirophsnt cards does that count

[fading cobalt]

I hate scoring jokers that rely on playing/holding certain cards cuz I NEVER FIND THOSE CARDS IN MY FUCKING DECK

[terse vale]

[fading cobalt]

2 DISCARDS AND 3 HANDS LATER AND I DIDNT FIND A SINGLE FUCKING QUEEN

[terse vale]

but ya I would sell onyx

[orchid comet]

I did

[orchid comet]

onyx doing nothing compared to rtb and trousers

both at 32

[royal shale]

bets?

[orchid comet]

foil on fist

[royal shale]

[orchid comet]

so sad

[royal shale]

bets? ( )

[fading cobalt]

Dude my rebate luck has been so shit I cant find the card its on at all

And its perishable like cmon man

[summer jay]

@summer jay

[coral summit]

WHEW! Frickin close one

Now onto Green Stake Erratic run!

[unreal iron]

get noped

[royal shale]

bets?

[robust lance]

Nah

[unreal iron]

why do you keep wheeling

theres no point

[royal shale]

Holographic!!

[unreal glacier]

uhhhh do you not like gambling?

[robust lance]

WHAAAAAAT!!!

[unreal glacier]

always rip the wheel

[coral summit]

Any advice? What should I do here?

[royal shale]

its the entire point of this profile, the only tarot I'm allowed to use is Wheel Of Fortune

[woven spire]

isn’t that the whole porpuse of the wheel?

[humble gulch]

Shoot the moon golden sticker

[unreal iron]

gambling this gambling that have you heard of consistency?

[royal shale]

and when I see wheel, I take wheel

[unreal iron]

if thats the case then holy shit

how would you do vagabond

[royal shale]

I wouldn't

lmao.

[royal shale]

if I can't afford wheel or it can't target anything, then I hold R :3

[unreal glacier]

alright man i'm just making a joke 💀 you don't have to go straight for the jugular

[unreal iron]

juggler

[white zodiac]

goo next, fish for 2 pairs

[coral summit]

Ok

[royal shale]

so far on this profile (I've had to reset the profile twice since I autopiloted)

[woven spire]

that’s crazy

[white zodiac]

silly little minigame

[royal shale]

its not as crazy as the other challenge profile I have

[dense raptor]

is anyone else having this issue
i beat black stake twice now past ante 10, but the next stake won’t unlock for me -> playing on mobile

[woven spire]

how much times did you win like that?

[woven spire]

what is it

[royal shale]

with wheel as only tarot? probably like 60 times including the 2 resets

[shell dagger]

bottom decked all my glass 😠

[woven spire]

Man i have THREE wins playing normally 🙏

[fading dome]

Known bug on mobile unfortunately

[coral summit]

I have 4 Kings, one of which is Foil

[dense raptor]

any fix?

[white zodiac]

random mobile issues not syncing up saves

for reference my last 4 runs didn't update my joker gold stickers

[fading cobalt]

Bro I pick up 3 eternals and get fucked so hard

[fading dome]

Not sure. You could try looking through #1200105253559873707 maybe?

[fading cobalt]

I pick up drivers license and can't get it online cuz arcana packs decide to disappear and when they do show up enhancement tarots AREN'T FUCKING IN IT

[woven spire]

don’t listen to me cuz i’m kinda knew but the idol sounds good, baron is a more advanced in run type of joker

[white zodiac]

go next

[white zodiac]

yeah don't listen to this one

[woven spire]

lmao

[shell dagger]

Save up for the voucher

[woven spire]

like i said im kinda new, i prefer getting advice than giving lol

[dense raptor]

ty g

[white zodiac]

you'll just randomly get some from hanging around long enough

[coral summit]

I know what I must do

[woven spire]

ight

[royal shale]

Flushmaxxing:
The only legal Hand is Flush.
-# Can't play a flush and out of discards? Hold R!
The only legal Planet is Jupiter.
Black Hole is banned.

[woven spire]

personally i love flush, but 2k???

wild

[white zodiac]

[royal shale]

thats just the planet

[woven spire]

damn

how many hours have u spent on that profile alone 🙏😭

[royal shale]

uhhhh

probably like, a hundred

early game sucks cuz it's just hoping for a flush high enough to win most of the time

[woven spire]

Honestly i always go for flush in early

[royal shale]

its not something you should force, realistically

[fading cobalt]

Orange stake is when shit gets hard for me

I love when the thing keeping me alive perishes and I'm just fucked

[woven spire]

i get that, but for me it’s the easiest and simplest to get

[royal shale]

just go for the high scoring hands that are most available early game

also it helps you that you can spend hands as discards

I cannot

[fading cobalt]

My survivability gets perished and now I'm next to perish

[woven spire]

didn’t even get there yet

[woven spire]

that’s true

[royal shale]

blue stake+ I only get 2 discards to find 1, potentially 2, flush(es)

[jovial mica]

im so boring

[rancid gull]

Gold stake warrior hand

[royal shale]

oh dw this is my main file

[woven spire]

2 discards is wild

[jovial mica]

LMAO???

how many hours on it i wonder

[woven spire]

high card/ mime combo?

[jovial mica]

based [i love pairs]

[royal shale]

pre-patch gold stake incentivized playing easy to find hands even harder, inflating my high card stat

[jovial mica]

999 just one more..

[rancid gull]

Flush is my highest played hand

[fading cobalt]

I'm a cryptid warrior, I've almost used more cryptids than mercurys

[woven spire]

idk much abt gold stake, makes the game lot more complex

[royal shale]

I've got a few hours in this game

[woven spire]

DAMN

[rancid gull]

I'm at 282 hours lol

I gotta catch up to you

[royal shale]

thats not even counting offline hours or the demo, if we count those it'd be closer to 1300

[jovial mica]

i found 5oak like once

[woven spire]

same

[rancid gull]

You just don't play 5oak often

[woven spire]

that’s like 50 days lol

[royal shale]

lmao

[jovial mica]

my mult card run ruined my tarot stats ngl

[royal shale]

I was unemployed for a summer, what can I say

[woven spire]

my main problem is not knowing where to start fixing the deck

[jovial mica]

yeah

[woven spire]

and how to do it properly ngl

[dire crater]

Is like not being tall enough to get on the roller coaster

[royal shale]

simply don't fix the deck

bloat it with good cards

[jovial mica]

i had 5 kings in a deck the other day and all 5 came so i played it and it was just.. yeah

[royal shale]

play pairs

win

/hj

[rancid gull]

A lot of it is luck tbh, because you need to get lucky with strengths and deaths

[woven spire]

going just for the win seems kinda boring, real win is when u get to exponential numbers

[rancid gull]

and getting good cards of one rank anyways

[jovial mica]

strength and death being my 2 lowest listed tarots 😭

[royal shale]

until you have to wait 5 minutes for your hand to finish scoring

[woven spire]

fr fr

[rancid gull]

It's why I love Oujia a lot

When I'm doing runs

[woven spire]

first time i get to experience that i won’t be sad ngl

[rancid gull]

Often times Oujia is so helpful

If I'm just going to ante 8

[jovial mica]

i killed off lower number pairs so my kings could show up more

[rancid gull]

not above that

[woven spire]

i agree

[royal shale]

I personally reallly don't like Ouija unless I'm in a build that wants low handsize

it just counteracts its own point

[woven spire]

i got soul ONE time and got chicot, that’s my luck

[rancid gull]

I use it as a emergency tool a lot too

Because I tend to level up 4oak

on the side

alongside the main hand I'm playing

which is usually pairs

two pairs

etc

[royal shale]

"potentially (random Rank means it can give you a rank already in hand, reducing its power) make 3oaK/4oaK easier to find"
"make 3oaK/4oaK much harder to find"

is how I read Ouija a good 90% of the time

[rancid gull]

Oujia is actually what won me the jokerless challenge

[woven spire]

jokerless challenge is crazy

[royal shale]

also with anything in-hand Ouija nerfs it, makes it harder to hold blue seal/gold while running pairs

[coral summit]

made it to ante 6 with only 3 jokers (2 of them are the same)

[rancid gull]

I was lucky enough to find the hand vouchers

let me say that

The vouchers counteract it's cost

if you can find them

[somber prawn]

Got this off a natural draw to start an ante. The odds of this have to be insane

[royal shale]

you're spending $10 + potential interest + 1 voucher for 9 cards to be the same rank

[woven spire]

this why balatro university is so good at the game, u HAVE to be a math teacher lmao

[rancid gull]

That is true, but when I needed 4oak, it really helped

I'm not saying it's meta or anything

[stray barn]

hey, what's the best combo to maybe make it to around ante 20??? i really wanna try and get that far into the game but idk where to really start

[royal shale]

I will say, Ouija (In-Hand) is like 2 tiers higher than Ouija (In-Pack) imo

[royal shale]

Perkeo Cryptid Baron Mime

good luck

[vocal rose]

baron mime

[rancid gull]

Antimatter

like 3 copy jokers

Retcon to reroll into serpent

[stray barn]

oh yeah i also kinda suck at like, making my deck one card

or at least idk hgow to do it

[fading cobalt]

I hate orange stake

[royal shale]

thats just RNG

[fading cobalt]

Gold stake isn't what makes it so hard it gets hard at orange stake

[white zodiac]

4*

[rancid gull]

Yeah, the scaling is rough on orange stake

[woven spire]

what does it do?

[white zodiac]

purple*

[fading cobalt]

Your mum

[woven spire]

Tf did my mom do

[fading cobalt]

Difficulty scaling not chip scaling

[royal shale]

Perishables suck because they have only 2 upsides, ever, I think and they're both realllly niche, unlike rental/eternal

[white zodiac]

orange is not a difficult stake lmao

[fading cobalt]

Yes it is

[rancid gull]

Orange is having the full scaling lol

Perishables don't make it hard

it's the aggressive scaling

[fading cobalt]

Full scaling?

[rancid gull]

to beat blinds

[fading cobalt]

You mean purple stake?

[white zodiac]

you're thinking of purple stake

[royal shale]

(The 2 upsides are Perishable Negative Showman allowing you to block Showman without its downside, and Perishable Showman + BBall allowing you to get BBall value without Showman's downside)

[fading cobalt]

I could beat purple stake but now I went to orange stake and keep dying

[rancid gull]

Orange stake applies every affect previously

So you have purple stake scaling

and everything before

while also dealing with perishables now

[woeful dome]

what is a reasonable pants scaling for ante 8 if you got them on ante 1?

[shell dagger]

90

[woeful dome]

nice

[white zodiac]

it's just for stickering food jokers easier and making retroactive jokers have a catch

[royal shale]

it does a lot more than that

[white zodiac]

which is not a real difficulty spike. that belongs to gs

[white zodiac]

those are the only two that I care about

realistically

[fading cobalt]

dies in ante 2/3 cuz the joker they needed to stay alive is perishable

Oh but yeah perishable isn't a difficulty spike

[white zodiac]

most of the low rolls you take are naturally perishable and proactive jokers are immune to this

[fading cobalt]

I must be dreaming this up THAT I KEEP FUCKING DYING CUZ I CANT OUTLIVE PERISHABLE JOKERS BY FINDING A BETTER JOKER BEFORE DYING TO NO SCOTING CUZ OF PERISHABLE

[simple bronze]

Why is throw back considered one of the best scaling jokers?

[fading cobalt]

It isnt what

Who the hell said that

[rancid gull]

I don't think anyone considers it the best scaling

lol

[simple bronze]

ChatGPT says other wise

[fading cobalt]

Yeah well its AI

[coral summit]

Hey chat, question.

[barren wigeon]

yes, the pinnacle of correct information

chatgpt

[coral summit]

Deckfix or money?

[white zodiac]

yo mama

[barren wigeon]

money

[fading cobalt]

Money

[terse dock]

w or l stats

[rancid gull]

Bro is a lucky duck

[barren wigeon]

W

[white zodiac]

fun

[barren wigeon]

only moderately questionable one is erosion which isnt even bad

[rancid gull]

Erosion enjoyer

I enjoy it

[barren wigeon]

good job

[fading cobalt]

[barren wigeon]

I personally hate space jimbo because he never fucking hits for me but that's just a skill issue

[terse dock]

I've had a couple giganuts sixth sense/vagabond runs where erosion was a really good support

[terse dock]

Luck issue

[barren wigeon]

odd timothy???

[terse dock]

Get better luck

[fading cobalt]

I love odd todd

[barren wigeon]

scholar???

[white zodiac]

wdyt

[barren wigeon]

I guess

[fading cobalt]

[barren wigeon]

shoot the moon?

i mean

I guess

[royal shale]

• early-game jokers with perishable can't be carried into mid-game as a baseline for your score
• mid-game jokers, unless they are a true wincon (you win on the spot from them), that might act as a wincon (part of a build where you still need a little more, ex. planets, that gives you a huge boost in score) cannot be brought to the end

Those are the 2 big things imo

[barren wigeon]

but most used?

[fading cobalt]

Are you just gonna question every joker on someones most used?

[barren wigeon]

no

only the questionable ones

such as stm

[royal shale]

STM is good for scaling into late game

[rancid gull]

I love to pair stm with mime

[barren wigeon]

yeah it definitely isnt bad

just wouldn't expect it to be ones most used joker

[royal shale]

I personally prefer Raised Fist but I won't act like STM doesn't have a strong place, especially for a common

[white zodiac]

stm is more of a guilty pleasure

[fading cobalt]

Orange stake is gonna make me crashout

[rancid gull]

8ball is my guilty pleasure

I genuinely love 8ball

[barren wigeon]

I dont feel like stm is useful enough to be #1 if that makes sense

[barren wigeon]

ok zaino

[rancid gull]

Seriously that mf is so fun

[terse dock]

I wish my fib was higher

[royal shale]

Oops! is the real best joker

[rancid gull]

Oops is so fun

with 8 ball too

[barren wigeon]

Oops got me my first gold stake so I cant hate

[rancid gull]

mmm mmm mmm

[coral summit]

Fumbled

[rancid gull]

Yummy

[barren wigeon]

and oops makes bloodstone good

cant hate

[coral summit]

Fuck you Violet Vessel

[royal shale]

Pre-emptive Oops into literally nothing is so fun

[barren wigeon]

this was my mkst used list the last time I checked (I know its very questionable)

[fading cobalt]

I got a 4oak of aces before a 2nd king

What the fuck

[barren wigeon]

the only one I feel is odd is misprint

[rancid gull]

I like to believe that a pre-emptive oops gives me more luck

[barren wigeon]

because

it never hits

[rancid gull]

like more rare jokers

[fading cobalt]

Photochad warrior

[rancid gull]

even though it doesn't do that lmao

[prime valve]

Hmmmm its not that bad.

[barren wigeon]

I actually dont use photochad that much

[fading cobalt]

Tell that to your most used

[trail holly]

who doesnt love hanging chad

[barren wigeon]

mainly because I never get photochad but still

[royal shale]

chad is just goated in general

[barren wigeon]

yeah its hanging chad

[white zodiac]

teaches you how to pivot long term on average that's fine enough for me

[barren wigeon]

the most versatile joker in the game

doc said it himself

chad is always viable

[white zodiac]

rebate*

mmm

[fading cobalt]

And photograph is on your most used aswell

[royal shale]

Cavendish is the most versatile joker :3

[barren wigeon]

endless runs are good with photochad

endless runs go longer

[fading cobalt]

I dont think you know what versatile means

[barren wigeon]

cavendish is very versatile

[rancid gull]

Photo and hanging Chad are my most used

[barren wigeon]

its never bad except for sometimes on plasma deck

[rancid gull]

1667 rounds with Chad

[barren wigeon]

...

[rancid gull]

Bro is a haterrrrr

I’m a gold stake warrior

[barren wigeon]

6....

[royal shale]

Cavendish is a free x3, the only time it can't really fit in is when you're already winning

[barren wigeon]

7.....?

[white zodiac]

?

x mult is going to be your late game pivot most of the time on average anyways

[rancid gull]

[barren wigeon]

sometimes on plasma deck

key word here

sometimes

[royal shale]

if the condition for being bad is that you're doing too good then it doesn't count

[white zodiac]

usually*

it's more than sometimes

[barren wigeon]

so cavendish is usually bad on plasma deck?

[white zodiac]

if you want to consistently deal with late game threats

[white zodiac]

what no

[barren wigeon]

balatro players vs reading

[trail holly]

i love cavendish and i like gros michel so it's a win-win for me

[simple bronze]

I mean chat is pretty accurate these days

[royal shale]

ooh shiny

[barren wigeon]

firstly that isnt chatgpt, secondly that's wrong

[rancid gull]

What about high card with 30 levels?

Better now?

[white zodiac]

when did I ever say x mult wasnt ideal on plasma

[barren wigeon]

when did i ever say xmult wasnt ideal on plasma

[restive plover]

what in the world is this build (canio still at 1x lmao)

[white zodiac]

👅

[barren wigeon]

its never bad

except for SOMETIMES ON PLASMA DECK

im not seeing the disconnect here

[white zodiac]

hold on there's a green light one sec

[royal shale]

hold on another one

[barren wigeon]

TRIB

OR CANIO

[fading cobalt]

Michel goes extinct and I die cuz no mult

[royal shale]

im skipping

lmao

[woeful dome]

Any1 else thinks perishables need some change? Eternals and rentals have upsides, but not perishables

[barren wigeon]

Michael doesn't go extinct

[fading cobalt]

I had 75 dollars and couldn't find an alternative

[barren wigeon]

WHAT THE FUCK

[royal shale]

its just funny that back to back shops had Soul

[fading cobalt]

Nah he goes into witness protection

[barren wigeon]

my Michael never goes extinct

[fading cobalt]

Why not sell baseball

[barren wigeon]

it just stays too long and then I lose

[royal shale]

its worth like 12x

[fading cobalt]

You only have 2 uncommons tho

[royal shale]

I have 3

[barren wigeon]

sell blackboard tf

[royal shale]

and BS

I skipped both souls lmao, its late game

why should I be making this inconsistent

[fading cobalt]

3???

I see 2

Oops and blackboard

Wheres the 3rd

[barren wigeon]

booooring

[white zodiac]

fr

[royal shale]

pants are uncommon