🕹・game-discussion

[obsidian patrol]

It was 6 seconds ago i even realized thats an eye in the middl

[haughty widget]

they should make a joker that if you lose it doxxes you and kills your family

[dire crater]

Ikr

[woven spire]

agree

[haughty widget]

really adds that pressure a roguelike player needs

[hazy agate]

dead cells moment‼️

[woven spire]

they should add the real stake so you can loose all your money

[dire crater]

Finally a good sugestion

[dire crater]

Your balatro copy*

[haughty widget]

they should make balatro but you play it against real people in person for money

wouldnt that be so cool

[hazy agate]

thats called uhhhh not even poker idk what

[dire crater]

at that point just go to the casino

[hazy agate]

thats called playing balatro for money, thats the one

[woven spire]

that would take a long ass time

[dire crater]

Poker holdem

Texas?

[hazy agate]

i wanna lose my money right now‼️

[woven spire]

imagine doing naneinf, getting the cuprier multiplying like crazy

[dire crater]

I just unlocked the royal chief (this is also a cards game)

[hazy agate]

if you get naneinf your opponent should explode

[woven spire]

“Yeah 2.34e34 chips sir”

[hazy agate]

infinite moneys!

[dire crater]

Hold it waiter, i have a hidden banana right here

So i have

1 chip more

[hazy agate]

banana is so goated i love banana

[woven spire]

Cavendish

[dire crater]

gros michael

[woven spire]

Just better.

[hazy agate]

they both 'nanners!

[woven spire]

fair

[dire crater]

I used to think cavendish was bad

[hazy agate]

youre bad

dont insult my banana like that

[dire crater]

"+3 mult? What a scam"

[hazy agate]

68

[woven spire]

take wheel

[hazy agate]

never beaten a game with hack⁉️ fascinating

[dire crater]

Oh no theyre gonna kidnapp wee joker

[hazy agate]

balatrito

[woven spire]

is that sharp?

[dire crater]

Yes

[woven spire]

Balatro balatrez está jugando balatro

[hazy agate]

who ELSE could it possibly be? Pray tell me, Pray tell me

[dire crater]

But way more cuter

And handsome

[woven spire]

the son, same nose.

[dire crater]

[hazy agate]

the

who

[dire crater]

[woven spire]

you gotta be joking

[hazy agate]

idk who that is

sorry

not sorry

[woven spire]

have you played hlm2?

[hazy agate]

?

what?

[woven spire]

Hotline miami 2

[hazy agate]

No?

[woven spire]

yeah this is ragebait.

[hazy agate]

yeah im fucking with you

[tawdry burrow]

Yeah now when I'm not doing checkered

[woven spire]

pivot.

[tawdry burrow]

Flush build on 5 minute city?

(i lost to needle anyway)

[hazy agate]

needle moment

[woven spire]

it’s a joke, don’t

[woven spire]

oh.

[tawdry burrow]

Needle is just bs if you don't one shot the small blind or have ass luck

AKA me

I have shit luck

[hazy agate]

dont say that in a balatro server you will get annihilated

[viral raft]

Tribe suck ahh so don't worry

[hazy agate]

false information‼️

[tired kestrel]

needle ain't any worse than any other blind, you just don't prepare for the needle

grab a chariot or some glass before the needle if you must, roll more agressively

also pairs are just straight up weaker to needle

you gotta account for allat

[hazy agate]

ref he's typing a whole lecture again‼️

[tired kestrel]

yea thats my thing

[dire crater]

You falled like a dumb dumb

Anyways

Errrr

Best common joker

[hazy agate]

chad

[dire crater]

Hanging chad right

thats right

[hazy agate]

uhhh who else competes

square

uh green

abstract is solid tbh early on

banana‼️

[tired kestrel]

Pants

[hazy agate]

also good one

[tired kestrel]

And mail-in rebate

[hazy agate]

ooooo youre right

[dire crater]

Thats a uncommon dude

[dire crater]

Fair

[tired kestrel]

wait it is?

damn i forgot

[dire crater]

Yeah

Theres people who actually uses joker

?

[hazy agate]

oh yeah it is

[dire crater]

like

The original joke

Jimbo

[hazy agate]

yeah?

[dire crater]

Joker

DAMN I HATE THIS KEYBOARD

[hazy agate]

early on it prevents you from wasting too many hands and lets you gather more interest

[tired kestrel]

yea i mean

he's 2 bucks

he's actually pretty good when you need him

and he's the only joker without an extra condition

[hazy agate]

since youre gonna sell him anyway hes 1 dollar

[tired kestrel]

Yea pmuch

[dire crater]

Just a few weeks to december

[haughty widget]

unironically happened to a guy i used to know once

[pale wolf]

@cloud sinew did nobody make a bug report last night from that luchador thing

[nova junco]

I absolutely hate the fact that this run didn't die ante 3

I had no econ and no base mult for the whole 8 antes

[pale wolf]

oh well, turns out it actually has been reported before

A couple times and I think the last time was actually in 2024 so it's been a long time

whatever

[haughty widget]

i miss mf doom man

[calm epoch]

i beat my first black stake run, im happy

everybody gangsta until the coolest daniel appears

[pale wolf]

soon™

[calm epoch]

balatcope

[barren wigeon]

make a delgrat splash video

[oak moat]

Is yorick the worst legendary?

[barren wigeon]

no

trib

[oak moat]

Trib?

[barren wigeon]

most of the time

[oak moat]

Wdym

[barren wigeon]

all of the other 4 legendaries are useful all the time

[oak moat]

Thats right

[barren wigeon]

trib is more dependent on deckfixing

[calm epoch]

trib only works on very specific decks

yea

[oak moat]

Right

[calm epoch]

but like, when he works, he works better than the others imo

[oak moat]

But if you modify your deck trib goes insane

[oak moat]

Yeah

[calm epoch]

high-risk high-reward legendary

[barren wigeon]

probably goes trib, perk, ricky, chicot, canio for me

I like canio

[oak moat]

Canio??

[barren wigeon]

all of the top 3 are interchangeable based on your needs

[oak moat]

Thats the second worst leg

[barren wigeon]

perkeo is definitely worse than canio for gold stake runs

[raw loom]

Bout to win a gold stake run which one of these bums should I sticker ?

[oak moat]

You need to destroy face cards

[barren wigeon]

...yes

and?

[calm epoch]

i've opened 6 souls so far, i got trib 3 times and chicot 3 times i still dunno what the other 3 do (except perkeo, ik that one a lil from runs i've seen online) lmfao

[oak moat]

Like

[calm epoch]

and too lazy to check a all-unlocked profile to see what the other 2 do

[oak moat]

Canio can be good

With trading card

And pareidolia

[nova mantle]

Hanged man?

[barren wigeon]

yorick gives you 1x mult for every 26 discards, canio gives you 1x mult for every destroyed face card

[cloud sinew]

or glass, or hanged man, or...
etc

[oak moat]

Can work

[oak moat]

Yeah

[barren wigeon]

face cards arent the greatest thing ever

you can win a run without them

[cloud sinew]

every 23 discarded cards*

[oak moat]

With hang and photo are so good

[calm epoch]

abandoned deck moment

[oak moat]

Yorick its LIKE and support

[nova mantle]

There's 12 face cards ion think you need more than x12 mult

[oak moat]

Chicot too

[cloud sinew]

photo isn't that great

photo is very mid

[barren wigeon]

photochad isnt as viable as you think it is

[cloud sinew]

it's just that with chad it's quite strong

[oak moat]

Photo is bad without no thing to retrigg

[cloud sinew]

It is

[oak moat]

Wdym

[cloud sinew]

photochad is very viable

[barren wigeon]

photochad isnt the greatest allmighty winning gold stake

its easy to make a run without face cards

[cloud sinew]

?

[barren wigeon]

a lot of jokers synergize with numbers

[shell dagger]

for how easy it is to obtain it is very powerful

[cloud sinew]

that doesn't mean that photochad isn't super viable

[barren wigeon]

fair

[oak moat]

photo and hanging chad are bettrr with crystal or luck cards

[barren wigeon]

but saying losing face cards makes canio bad doesn't make sense

[oak moat]

Anyways

[nova mantle]

Not many times you get canio exactly when you are running photochad
Unless that's all you run...

[oak moat]

Is the idol a Good joker?

[cloud sinew]

if you had lost faces prior to getting canio, then yes it does make sense

[cloud sinew]

No

[barren wigeon]

No.

[oak moat]

Why

[cloud sinew]

even if you get both, it's not a problem

[nova mantle]

Prob one of the worst for gs if not the worst

[oak moat]

Like you need to modify your deck

[barren wigeon]

Requires mass deckfixing.

[cloud sinew]

You don't need to cut all your faces for canio to be viable

[oak moat]

With 1 card

[quartz ember]

think of photograph but orders of magnitude worse

[barren wigeon]

Like huuuge deckfixing

[nova mantle]

Which is not possible in most of the ante 8 runs

[cloud sinew]

which requires making every other card in your deck that card

[oak moat]

It can work with hacker man i thing

[cloud sinew]

??

[oak moat]

Retrigg every 2 and 5

[barren wigeon]

...card sharp?

[barren wigeon]

Hack?

[cloud sinew]

that requires Idol to hit 2-5

[oak moat]

I fotgot the name

[barren wigeon]

retriggers 2 3 4 and 5 but whatever

[oak moat]

That one

[barren wigeon]

and again, idol would need to hit those cards

[quartz ember]

uhh, yea if all your cards are the same 2,3,4 or 5

[oak moat]

Yeah right

[barren wigeon]

and for idol to hit those cards consistently you need huge deckfixing

[oak moat]

Idol is so bad

[barren wigeon]

which you cant normally get ante 1-8

[oak moat]

Right

Idol Isnt easy to play anyways

[nova mantle]

Needs both retriggers and having a single card in the deck it's rarely or never viable

[oak moat]

Yep

[barren wigeon]

you pretty much need sock or chad for it to be viable

and mass deckfixing

not worth it

[oak moat]

What is it the best synergy?

[unique pecan]

I was wondering wouldnt playing On anaglyph to like 7 ante and take negative tag be an easy way to farm stickers on random bad jokers?

[oak moat]

Im balatro

[barren wigeon]

photochad is nice, wee and hack is epic

[oak moat]

I never used wee

It is good?

Is it*

[barren wigeon]

Yes

Very good

[oak moat]

With plasma deck

[barren wigeon]

like probably the best chip joker

[latent egret]

greatest chips joker in terms of winning

[oak moat]

Yeah

[quartz ember]

mr. bones and mr. bones

[north smelt]

MAN

[latent egret]

way less effort than runner

[barren wigeon]

only thing that MIGHT come close is squimbo but wee is better most of the time

[oak moat]

Omg

[barren wigeon]

bye fib

[oak moat]

Sell fib

[north smelt]

Fib saved me

[latent egret]

only runner is close

[unique pecan]

What about 4 copies of stuntsman?

[barren wigeon]

game over

[quartz ember]

mime and blue seal

[unique pecan]

Just play 0 of a kind

[north smelt]

Fib is broken

[barren wigeon]

definitely is not but its good

[oak moat]

This was my best run

Nonseed

[nova mantle]

Biased but bloodstone dice cat for me

[fervent plover]

Well.... Bought it for PC

[barren wigeon]

epic

[latent egret]

squimbo costs lots of hands and makes you draw less cards(so less blue seals

[north smelt]

Odd todd + fib + chad instant win

[oak moat]

How I can do an barón run

I Just dont know

[barren wigeon]

straights are harder to make though

[barren wigeon]

make kings

[oak moat]

I try but is it too hard

Get kings, fix the deck

[quartz ember]

actually bloodstone and dice is objectively the best combo because you make something that does nothing do something which is an inf% increase in usefulness

[oak moat]

Get red seal

[pale wolf]

the thing is that overscoring doesnt win runs, consistency does

[north smelt]

I got to round 8 then done with this

[pale wolf]

on high stakes

aaand chat loaded

[fervent plover]

Just a doubt, y'all usd OBS for rec or something?

[pale wolf]

if i were on pc i would

[oak moat]

Mm prob

I dont have pc

[white zodiac]

consistency i’ll go with cert and hologram

[oak moat]

I mean

I have

But too bad

Useless

I Just play in mob

[acoustic kettle]

Yorick

[fervent plover]

Ur on mob ig?

[pale wolf]

bruh

[barren wigeon]

might be a scholar run

[terse vale]

if…………………………………..

[pale wolf]

theres probably a better screen recorder third party but i jus use this

hi vayn

[barren wigeon]

just scored 4444

epic

[manic talon]

yea, sure, nice photoshop job, we all know mobile screen recording isnt real

also hi

[white zodiac]

i forgot to turn off my sorting algorithm playlist before i fell asleep

[barren wigeon]

Acemaxxing rn

[thick mountain]

Yeah I do for certain runs.

[pale wolf]

can you speak BOGOsort now

[white zodiac]

within 8000 segments

[barren wigeon]

fib would be epic rn

[oak moat]

Best synergy

[pale wolf]

not sure what the alternatives even are, does frapz still exist? bandicam? unregistered hypercam 2?

[oak moat]

Astronomer and constellation

Best synergy

[white zodiac]

i can speak gnomesort

[pale wolf]

say a little

im not familiar

[barren wigeon]

love spjimbo

[polar yacht]

I completed every deck on Gold Stake!
I’m… not sure what to do now…

[pale wolf]

c++

[barren wigeon]

every gold sticker

[polar yacht]

Yeah no thank you

[pale wolf]

or challenge decks if you havent done those yet

[white zodiac]

um

[polar yacht]

All I have left to do is X-Vision and Jokerless

[pale wolf]

[barren wigeon]

its a 4oak run!!!

epic

[pale wolf]

why not? you beat 15 gold runs and you only need like 30-50 more to get c++ probably

runs, not stickers

[north smelt]

Yoooo

Fuck blood stone i hate bloodstone

[fervent plover]

Well... Screenrecorder

[pale wolf]

you'll get better as you play

[polar yacht]

Because I’m not one of those people who is dedicated to 100% games like this

[barren wigeon]

should I take an ante 5 bus?

[white zodiac]

damn

[barren wigeon]

its abandoned deck

[pale wolf]

syre, but if you finished a goal and still want more... theres more game to play

[quartz ember]

you can use zoom and share screen+record 🤔

[polar yacht]

Yeah that’s true

[north smelt]

MAN

[pale wolf]

i dropped off playing a bit when i finished c++ but im back to daily play

[pale wolf]

bye todd?

it cant be better than a 3x

[barren wigeon]

OH MY GOODNESS I ALMOST JUST LOST

squeezed something out

[oak moat]

What should I do now

[north smelt]

It's extremely strong with fib with one x mult

[pale wolf]

what's your hand levels

[oak moat]

O fk

That Isnt the pic

This one

[north smelt]

Todd fib chad with ace just one shot blind

[pale wolf]

todd gives 93 chips which for your flushes is like a 2.5x, You would be better off selling it to copy driver's license, plus you'd get double rebate money and double Chad if you wanted to do that

[barren wigeon]

shouldn't have taken bus

[north smelt]

Todd has polychrome byt oh well

[pale wolf]

ah, fair, maybe closer than i thought tho planet levels will close the gap

[royal shale]

its ante 7, I think Todd is the consistency play ngl

[wooden aspen]

Does dna work on debuff cards

[barren wigeon]

no...?

I think

[north smelt]

Lmao selling todd lost me the blind

Todd scoring is crazy

[pale wolf]

wuuuut

I thought you already went and passed it

sorry 🦓

[blissful bronze]

stuntman sticker 🗣️

[terse vale]

it does

the card’ll be debuffed tho

the new one

[royal shale]

damn...

[pale wolf]

only the best advice for losing runs here

[north smelt]

Yeah fibb todd chad with ace literally one shot blind until ante 8

[royal shale]

yeah I made the assumption that, including the chips that the cards give you in a hand like AA882 (which themselves just about double your total chips here) where it procs 4 times, it's just under 2x but can be better with more A/5/3 or if the cards themselves dont supply as much chips

[pale wolf]

I failed to consider that there are additional cards besides the first one for Todd

That's on me, if it was my game I probably would have analyzed it further than just what I would type in here

[north smelt]

Ante 8 need xmult

[royal shale]

also failed to consider the chips the cards give on your own, which actually would have made your point more valid

[north smelt]

Rip 8 winstreak

Lmao

[pale wolf]

I assumed it was mostly negligible with planet scaling in the future but the immediate scoring drop was the real issue I think

[calm epoch]

i got royal flush in the first small blind lmfao

[pale wolf]

missing an extra 60 to 90 chips is pretty inexcusable

[royal shale]

its ante 7, planet scaling for chips on flushes without a lot of luck would be like, 2-3 more planets/30-45 more chips I figured

[north smelt]

It's missing 7 x 31

Chips

Pretty big

[royal shale]

yeahhhh

[pale wolf]

I have unintentionally trolled the fuck out of you

[manic talon]

stencil runs are so fun

[pale wolf]

did you have rebate

[manic talon]

no just lucky hit

[north smelt]

Stencil run always fun

Stencil is my fav joker ever

[pale wolf]

hey, that's also stencil joker's favorite Joker

Joker stencil bleh

[barren wigeon]

VAGABOND STUNTMAN

HECK YEAH!!!

[coral summit]

….hm.

[vast delta]

this just happened to me:
certificate > purple seal > discard > wheel of fortune > polychrome on certificate

[pale wolf]

expensive bull

$14 bull

[pale wolf]

epic

[barren wigeon]

alright make your soul predictions

[calm epoch]

triboulet

[barren wigeon]

I sure hope not

anything but trib or canio PLEASE

[hoary jay]

Canio

[late basin]

How do I get good at this game?

[barren wigeon]

RICKY

HECK YEAH!!!

[hoary jay]

🥹

[barren wigeon]

balatro university on YouTube

[still siren]

Seems like you can get away with playing flushes more on white stakes then higher stakes . Have to get in a habit to play other hands more.

[late basin]

Thank you

[coarse condor]

chat is it too late to adjust the build for lucky cat?

[hoary jay]

I dont think i could answer honestly

[coarse condor]

oh shit I know I’m about to get some solid advice

damn.

[royal shale]

bets?

[coarse condor]

[calm epoch]

nope

[still siren]

What your guys favorite stake and deck?

[royal shale]

[fervent plover]

What do u guys do when u fail a run?

I failed like 5 times

[royal shale]

hold R

[fervent plover]

Yea, I mean u just restart from start?

[still siren]

Be sure your not spending all your coins quickly in first two ante

[royal shale]

well technically hit "New Run" then select my deck/stake and start a new run but if I know im about to lose I hold R

[hoary jay]

I dont believe this is what they are asking

[still siren]

Playing flushes is not consistent in winning a run right?

[royal shale]

no

[fervent plover]

Man, I might need a guide cause it does not explaining everything at the beginning>ng

[royal shale]

Flushes are not consistent and the exception is Checkered Deck where you can treat Flush Spam like Pair Spam with more Mult per Planet, there are a few builds that make flushes work (mostly Ancient Joker) but like thats it

[still siren]

Thanks I was getting away with flushes on white stakes, Have to start playing g other hands more

[coral summit]

Hrm.

[royal shale]

on white stake you can get away with anything, really

if you want to play for fun and silly stuff, white stake will 100% allow you to

[barren wigeon]

ggssssss

good job ricky

[vast delta]

the dang wall got me 💔
heres the seed though, certificate is in first shop

[still siren]

What your Guys favorite hand to play ?

[barren wigeon]

Pair

actually no

straights

pair is the hand that wins me the most runs

[frank cape]

high card

[barren wigeon]

but I love straights

[barren wigeon]

just won a high card run

[vast delta]

lowkey a full house stan 🔥

[still siren]

For high card, what jokers to.look for?

[barren wigeon]

supernova, grimbo, rtb

spjimbo

[vast delta]

burnt joker and stuntman are two that come to mind

oh yeahh grimbo

[barren wigeon]

burnt joker and stuntman yeah

chad

[royal shale]

squoker

[barren wigeon]

squimbo?

[calm epoch]

i didnt want to lose my money

[royal shale]

square

[barren wigeon]

yes, squimbo

[royal shale]

⬜ oker

uhh but a ton of jokers work with High Card and Pair

more for pair ofc

[calm epoch]

i got 13 vouchers in my run rn lmfao

[royal shale]

Pair is so good cuz it's not only easily spammable, but also since like half the jokers can work with it and its planets scale well

[cloud sinew]

balatro

[royal shale]

true...

[fervent plover]

Guys, does the missprint give rand mult?

[royal shale]

yes

random from like, 0 to 23 iirc

[still siren]

Any tips in finding the joker you need for the hand you’re playing?

[fervent plover]

And does selling card means discard or

[royal shale]

no

[fervent plover]

+1

[royal shale]

discard means discarding cards with the discard button

[fervent plover]

And sell?

[royal shale]

selling cards means like, selling jokers and consumables

[fervent plover]

Ohh...

[royal shale]

have max interest, have a good economy, use it to see more jokers (packs or reroll), and realize that you can't just force most hand types, you need to adapt based on jokers you see

[still siren]

@fervent plover you need t3 types of jokers. Plus chips, mult plus, multi x on top. Thst will help. And joker order too it’s important

[royal shale]

I say most because Pairs has so many synergies that its realistically forcible (alongside blue seal) like half the time

[still siren]

That my problem, not rerolling more

[royal shale]

make sure to have $25 when you end blinds for interest, $5 of interest is at least 1 reroll

[fervent plover]

hmm...

so this confuses me

[still siren]

So at first two ante , save and don’t spend much?

[royal shale]

spend money on things that will keep you alive early or make you more money

[fervent plover]

does this mean it upgrades the flush?

i meant the jupiter card mb

[royal shale]

A spectral card is a type of consumable

if you look in the collection you can see them there

[bright tiger]

Just to follow up on this, I did not take the negative tag, but decided to look after the fact at what I would have gotten. Had I taken the negative voucher, without Showman and with Gold Ticket, Blueprint, Brainstorm, and Troubadour I would have gotten, The Order, Crazy Joker, Swashbuckler (holo), Mad Joker, 8 Ball, Lust Joker (Holo) , Cartomancer, Juggler, Clever Joker, Hanging Chad, Lust Joker (again, so I assume it's unknown), Delayed Gratification (natural Negative), Mime, and Flash Card.

A couple of hits, but I doubt it'd been as good as 11 vouchers eventually.

[white zodiac]

some bosses will dictate how much you’ll have to spend in order to pass through their mini game on top of their scoring threshold

[potent tree]

how's the gamblemaxxing going

[royal shale]

haven't seen a wheel today

[fervent plover]

and what happens if u skip a bind?

[royal shale]

you die

/j

[fervent plover]

wheel?

[potent tree]

you get a tag

[potent tree]

of fortune

[royal shale]

you get a tag and lose the ability to play the blind

[fervent plover]

like is there a benifit of some kind?

[still siren]

What tags are good to look out for?

[royal shale]

almost none of them

Ante 1, Investment Tag or (ON LOW STAKES) Coupon Tag

Ante 2 (ON HIGH STAKES) Top-Up Tag can sometimes be good

[fervent plover]

srry but a tag is for?

[royal shale]

tag gives you a small bonus

[white zodiac]

it’s not free so to speak

[royal shale]

mhm

you lose a shop

you lose money

you lose the chance to do stuff depending on your jokers

[fervent plover]

im confused on what this does. did not activate till now

[bitter rivet]

Ok I’m done, I have to say it. Black deck gold stake is easier than abandoned deck gold stake

[bitter rivet]

Whatever poker hand you played, it basically used a planet card of that hand for you

[fervent plover]

thats a huge con for a small bonus

[bright tiger]

1 in 4 chance rarely translates to it triggering 25% of the time.

[past nebula]

risky skipping but so worth

[midnight tartan]

you level up your played poker hand if you win the 1 in 4

[royal shale]

with a 1 in 4 chance

[coral summit]

just skipped all of ante 5

i have $109 to my name

[still siren]

This game is so amazing , but white stakes got me in bad habits, for the stakes above it, have to try high card or pairs more .

[bitter rivet]

Well yes

[fervent plover]

oh, so increases if a planet card is used?

[bitter rivet]

Obviously

[midnight tartan]

no

it just has a 25% chance of leveling up whatever poker hand you play

[white zodiac]

the game likes you to play more of the game as a means to get used to the pacing of each run

[bitter rivet]

No, it just acts like a planet card 25% of the time. If it activates, it basically levels up whatever hand you played AS IF you used a planet card

[tidal anvil]

👍 , that tends to happen with jokers, since there at a time more jokers than vouchers thus having a harder chance to get something you want. Whereas a good majority of vouchers are useful to any build.

[fervent plover]

i see, what guides do u guys see. most of uk what ur doing

[midnight tartan]

i played a lot of Balatro

[coral summit]

im taking flushes into black stake.

[bitter rivet]

https://balatrowiki.org/

[midnight tartan]

i own this game on everything i have

[white zodiac]

a thousand plus hours of playing

[still siren]

Do you guys grab the joker pack on first play in ante 1?

[midnight tartan]

usually, yeah

if there is one

[bitter rivet]

That’s also where I get my knowledge, but giving him the balatro wiki can’t hurt

[midnight tartan]

half the time it’s bad though

[white zodiac]

outside of checkered and plasma yes

if the shop doesn’t have better guaranteed alternatives

[white zodiac]

it’s guaranteed first shop

[bitter rivet]

Is it guaranteed if you skip?

[midnight tartan]

i also just restart the run if i don’t win the small blind in 1 hand

[bright tiger]

I would have needed a negative DNA for it to be worth it. Hanging Chad is close, but everything is red sealed already. Otherwise I already did two Ectoplasms, so Mime isn't going to have a lot to do.

[royal shale]

the only guide I watched was one I decided to watch to see if it got its facts right and then left a very long comment since it was not that good, otherwise I just learned from playing

[bitter rivet]

Then abandoned deck exists

[midnight tartan]

full houses

play an Ace and 10 full house and you win in 1 hand on Abandoned

[still siren]

What your guys favorite deck and stake?

[tidal anvil]

Blue, white

[midnight tartan]

Ghost deck and white stake because i like making dumb builds

[bitter rivet]

You can’t consistently draw that

[bitter rivet]

Ghost and white

[bitter rivet]

Madness with eternal 8 ball and I played flush five 8s, although you need black stake for that I thought it was funny

[white zodiac]

alternatively, there is balatrowiki.org and Balatro University (docspectred) on youtube with balatro 101 playlist and an assortment of other playlists and videos that could be of useful information. those are usually the two things i recommend for players seeking advice from their own leisure

[midnight tartan]

then you restart the run

[white zodiac]

yes

[midnight tartan]

i need that extra dollar

[bitter rivet]

Usually I get a high straight or flush and I can win with a pair and continue the run, but it’s rough

I beat black deck on gold stake easier than abandoned deck gold stake (I’ve been trying abandoned for 3 months and haven’t gotten it, took me a week for black deck)

[fading cobalt]

Roffle everytime he streams

[tidal anvil]

The thing is you can’t predict if it will be worth it, and to me, risk-reward just isn’t there.

[midnight tartan]

i NEED that extra dollar

you never know when a really good Joker will be in the next shop and costs exactly $10

[bitter rivet]

That’s fair

[fading cobalt]

Only blueprint and brainstorm cost $10

And they aren't a good grab in ante 1

[bitter rivet]

Although blueprint brainstorm aren’t good early game because you don’t have anything to copy

[bitter rivet]

I didn’t think so

[fading cobalt]

If you're on yellow deck then buying them is fine

Or even if you got something worth copying somewhere

Like its not always a bad pickup but at the same time its not advised

[coral summit]

BLUEPRINT SPOTTED.

What do I sell, what do I copy?

[lunar zealot]

Butter dog

[cloud sigil]

i hate black deck so much

[lunar zealot]

what level is your pair

[tidal anvil]

The flush joker

[coral summit]

2!

I’m building flush.

[bitter rivet]

Probably droll joker and copy duo, then cardsharp

[coral summit]

I just didn’t have the ability to pivot to pair this run.

[royal shale]

bets? ( )

[lunar zealot]

Given you have bull i wouldn't remotely be afraid of outright selling droll and pivoting straight to pair

especislly since you're only on black stake

Put acrobat to the left of mystic summit btw

[coral summit]

Pair is level 2…

[tidal anvil]

Then why do you have the duo then?

[lunar zealot]

You're right

but even if flush was levelled

[coral summit]

It was free and I have Wild Cards.

[lunar zealot]

droll is only +10 mult

[bitter rivet]

That should be fine with the duo and card sharp, just make sure to use all of your discards for the mystic summit

[lunar zealot]

playing pairs now gives you the opportunity to proc card sharp 3 times as well

as opposed to flush

[white zodiac]

your scoring is hand agnostic given what your jokers are doing right now
bp covers more than droll

bs*

[coral summit]

What’s bp

[tidal anvil]

Blueprint

[coral summit]

Oh

[white zodiac]

blueprint
copy joker

[bright tiger]

Should I sell the Foil Perkeo for the Invisible Joker?

[pale wolf]

yes

aaand again chat loads

[coral summit]

So, I’m selling Droll?

[bitter rivet]

Only if your willing to sell all of the negatives

[brisk bluff]

Guess what was inside

[brave goblet]

another chicot

[bright tiger]

All of them except the negative golden ticket. I'm trying to ante 39.

[tidal anvil]

Perkeo

[brisk bluff]

Canio

[bitter rivet]

Why keep golden joker? You should be making loads more money with your golden ticket

[fervent plover]

umm.. what are face cards/

[brisk bluff]

🤯

[bitter rivet]

Jacks Queens and kings

[white zodiac]

for future score calculations, whether that would be chips, mult, or xmult, i tried to explain this to someone else who had trouble going through this thought process so i shared my own in the hopes of making it easier to understand when making decisions.

#🕹・game-discussion message

[bright tiger]

It's Negative.

[bitter rivet]

So? If the invisible hits it you’ll be very very sad and likely won’t make it

[midnight tartan]

but what if they never come back again

[bright tiger]

I'd sell it for the Invisible Joker, I said I'd keep the negative Golden TICKET.

[bitter rivet]

Oh that’s my bad, yea keep the golden ticket I thought you were talking about golden joker that’s on me

[fading cobalt]

But what if you die cuz you have no interest and next shop has something worth copying but you're broke

[midnight tartan]

at least i’ll die with a blueprint

[fading cobalt]

White stake moment

[acoustic kettle]

Gloden jlimblo

[fading cobalt]

I was gonna ask would you rather take blueprint and risk dying before finding something worth copying or would you rather wait till next shop and buy something that will keep you alive. But I got my answer

[coral summit]

beat black stake

[fading cobalt]

Huh

[tidal anvil]

Rip

[coral summit]

what

[acoustic kettle]

Just beat the next round with sheer will and determination

[tidal anvil]

Say hello to blue stake

[coral summit]

i said i beat black stake

[tidal anvil]

Yeah, you’ll have to say hello to blue stake

[coral summit]

i was responding to unique

[cloud sigil]

how yall beat black deck gold stake im ginna cry

[acoustic kettle]

Blue stake

More like

Blue ball

[cloud sigil]

wrong

[pale wolf]

consistent play and luck

[cloud sigil]

what if i get shitfaced drunk in a casino

[cloud sigil]

where are my photochads

[bitter rivet]

I can’t figure out abandoned tbh

[atomic trout]

I wonder what invisible will become, any guesses?

[balmy ridge]

walkie talkie + glass joker stickered :D

[cloud sigil]

ride the bus is awesome

[acoustic kettle]

Swashluckber

[balmy ridge]

abandoned is so good

[bitter rivet]

Can’t ever get it early enough

[bitter rivet]

Not in gold stake

[balmy ridge]

btw glass joker is amazing

[acoustic kettle]

Ride the buskin

[cloud sigil]

the handy reroll run button:

[atomic trout]

Hnnnnnn

[balmy ridge]

i got him ante 6 and scaled to 7x by ante 8

[bitter rivet]

That’s what I’ve been doing

[acoustic kettle]

Called it

[cloud sigil]

when i was a baby player and i kept adding enhanced face cards

[pale wolf]

[balmy ridge]

ohhh yeah thats what im talking about

[cloud sigil]

atleast it's not black deck😝

[balmy ridge]

is your phone made by the brand nothing

[cloud sigil]

i'm losing my mind

[pale wolf]

no

[balmy ridge]

mine is and it has the same little buttons at the left

[acoustic kettle]

9

[atomic trout]

That's strange....

[bitter rivet]

I think it’s worth than black deck tbh, only took me a couple days to beat black deck gold stake

[balmy ridge]

WHERE DID HE GO

[balmy ridge]

how dare you

[atomic trout]

He walked the plank 💀

[balmy ridge]

you mean worse?

[robust lance]

Can confirm

[bitter rivet]

Autocorrect

But yes

[cloud sigil]

monkey side eye gif

[balmy ridge]

abandoned is NOT worse than black deck

abandoned is my favorite deck

[cloud sigil]

abandoned deck being my first gold stake,,

fuck this i'm going erratic

[balmy ridge]

take your meds

[atomic trout]

Guess I had the license to kill

[balmy ridge]

actually that reminds me i have to lol

[balmy ridge]

cartas mejoradas

[bitter rivet]

For most of my scoring I go to face cards, which I can’t I’m abandoned.

[cloud sigil]

no you take YOUR meds

[acoustic kettle]

[balmy ridge]

IM DOING IT

[atomic trout]

19 isn't enough

[balmy ridge]

then.... dont?

[bitter rivet]

I’m slowly finding different way to do that, but it’s been a slow process

[balmy ridge]

i like playing straights on abandoned

more consistent with the smaller

[acoustic kettle]

Get scaling +mults

[balmy ridge]

dekc

[acoustic kettle]

General adcixe

[cloud sigil]

me because the lower value number cards are so ugly

[balmy ridge]

i usually go 10 9 8 7 6 or A 2 3 4 5 straights

[acoustic kettle]

Ahit i can 't type for shir

[bitter rivet]

Real

[cloud sigil]

fibonacci:

[balmy ridge]

depending on packs

[restive solstice]

does balatro+ have anything that normal balatro mobile dosnt have

[potent tree]

burnt ante 1 = free win

[pale wolf]

'rtb but its not abandoned :c guess ill take dice'
-this chat

[bitter rivet]

Nope

[acoustic kettle]

Ride the buskin

[balmy ridge]

i always skip bus on abandoned

out of principle

[visual summit]

Hey guys what are your thoughts on (custom) xmult commons

[fervent plover]

how do uk when ur gonna fail?

like what indicates it?

[white zodiac]

depends

[balmy ridge]

when your number is lower than the minimum??

[pale wolf]

in what way

[cloud sigil]

bro cant find it early enough 💔

[tidal anvil]

If I draw trash cards on my final hand

[balmy ridge]

what?

[fervent plover]

such a good set i have

[acoustic kettle]

Dies to like

Everything

[cloud sigil]

airphoenix 💔

[balmy ridge]

tuff ass name

[pale wolf]

you should keep in mind what you score per average hand, peak hand, throwaway hand, and how much your score scales by

[cloud sigil]

bro who said abandoned was worse than black deck

[fervent plover]

yea, but is there a chance limit? like ik im low, but when do ik i fail so i can do ctrl+r?

[balmy ridge]

what zeba said

[cloud sigil]

theyre wrong but we both right about face cards being objectively pretty to score

[atomic trout]

The Needle is evil

[balmy ridge]

just keep in mind roughly how much you score with your hands

[fervent plover]

hmm.. ok. kinda getting closer to understanding the game

[white zodiac]

divide your current score requirements with the amount of hands you have and see where each hand scores given whether you played a throwaway hand or a scoring hand

[pale wolf]

i know some of yall would play the 5oak
the reason i dont is because im unlikely to draw 5oak consistently and its not worth adding planet X to the planet pool, diluting it for the planets i will want later

[acoustic kettle]

I mean 4oak surely clears

So why unlock 5

[lunar zealot]

Fuck 5oak anyway

if you wanted to play 5 cards of the same rank just control yourself

and play flush five

[fervent plover]

guys basically what is a mult?

[solid garden]

good at dying that is

[fervent plover]

like the multiplier one right?

[tidal anvil]

Multiplier

[atomic trout]

What do I do??

[tidal anvil]

It’s the number in the red box

[atomic trout]

Not enough aces

[fervent plover]

hmm....? but most of it is a face card based, which is good to apply

[solid garden]

plant can easily kill you if you run into it

[fervent plover]

plant?

[acoustic kettle]

Also taking on hand scoring usually has a hard cap

[solid garden]

debuffs all face cards

[tidal anvil]

Plant is a boss blind that prevents face cards from scoring and doing anything

[potent tree]

do we do it chat

[solid garden]

so they don't give you the benefits

[dry remnant]

what do i swap

[cloud sigil]

goodbye flush

[white zodiac]

it’s gonna be one of those runs

[dry remnant]

okok

[tidal anvil]

I say the family

[cloud sigil]

it's called the family??

[acoustic kettle]

Ye

[fading cobalt]

Sheer milk and determination

[dry remnant]

now, what do i do here

[fading cobalt]

Blue seal

[acoustic kettle]

Blue sela

[fading cobalt]

Your spelling is not it today 😭

[tidal anvil]

Take Trance, put it on a face card imo

[acoustic kettle]

Ye

[fervent plover]

go fish 🙁

[fading cobalt]

How do you get negative money on white stake

[acoustic kettle]

Why though he runnind trivoublet

[fading cobalt]

I know its the tooth but how was your econ so messed up in ante 5

[tiny harbor]

my mom's first run was better than you

[signal frigate]

You can actually off set the rental with that gold

[fervent plover]

how much was it?

[tidal anvil]

Because he’ll be discarding all the numbered cards and aces.

[tiny harbor]

ante 7, lost at boss
pretty good

[solid garden]

considering this is your first run, not bad, honestly

[pale wolf]

except I'm still eternally broke

[fervent plover]

oh, so ante shows how good the run went. i thght the max dollars one shows

[balmy ridge]

ok

[fervent plover]

not first, lost like 5 times

[acoustic kettle]

You beat ante 8 to win

[lunar zealot]

Bussy

[fervent plover]

and how to get ante?

[solid garden]

oh, I thought it was the first run bc of high score

[tidal anvil]

Beat the boss blind

[tiny harbor]

[solid garden]

double bussy, that is

[balmy ridge]

^p^

[acoustic kettle]

Small blind
Big blind
Boss blind
Up ante

[tired kestrel]

Man when am i gonna get a run like this

[tiny harbor]

you should consider reading what the jokers do

[pale wolf]

just lock in

[balmy ridge]

the ante increases when you beat the current ante boss

[cloud sinew]

BALATRO

[pale wolf]

lilo

[tidal anvil]

That and just playing the game

[cloud sinew]

hi

[tired kestrel]

rigged

[balmy ridge]

hi lilo

[tawny bough]

do i take this? high card run

[acoustic kettle]

Baalraro

[cloud sinew]

hi

[pale wolf]

the luchador bug had been reported a few times in 2024

[balmy ridge]

maybe

[pale wolf]

but not since

[cloud sinew]

woah

[balmy ridge]

maybe not

[fervent plover]

i did, did not get any good ones. the pic i sent, that was the only good ones i got till now

[tidal anvil]

No, imo

[balmy ridge]

what luchador bug?

[tired kestrel]

Hell yea, expecially since certificate prolly has done it's work

[tawny bough]

instead of grimbo?

[pale wolf]

manacle luchador gives 2 cards instead of 1

[fervent plover]

but i beat like 3-4 boss fights till now. so im confused

[acoustic kettle]

Consider saving your money to get interest

[balmy ridge]

mmmm manacle is -1 hand size? wdym gives cards?

[pale wolf]

what does luchador do

[balmy ridge]

disables current boss blind when sold

[tiny harbor]

single time chicot

[tired kestrel]

Most of the jokers in the game are good, that seems unlikely

[pale wolf]

so you should get 1 card back

[balmy ridge]

oh

ok

[pale wolf]

it overfills to 9/8

[tidal anvil]

I’m saying don’t take dusk

[balmy ridge]

1 extra temporary card seems minor

[pale wolf]

its a bug

[balmy ridge]

im a bug

[tawny bough]

yeah and im saying dusk instead of grimbo?

[balmy ridge]

🪲

[acoustic kettle]

Squish the bug

[tawny bough]

or instead of certificate

[tired kestrel]

Luchador op

[balmy ridge]

adopt the bug

fatten the bug

[pale wolf]

probably over certificate if anything

[balmy ridge]

then EAT the bug

to assert dominance over all other bugs

[tiny harbor]

in high card runs you need jokers to replay your unplayed cards, especially mime
and baron for kings of course

[tawny bough]

maybe space?

[tawny bough]

are we looking at the same run lol

[tidal anvil]

Certificate, then

[tiny harbor]

high card baron is the mainstream way to get max score

[hardy fable]

depends, what's your current level

[balmy ridge]

baron builds play high card

[tawny bough]

only 7

[balmy ridge]

kiwi >:(

[tawny bough]

oh wait certificate 100% going

[tawny bough]

yeah ik but so can photo chad 😭

[atomic trout]

Let's play: Invisible Joker?

[hardy fable]

yeah prob cert, don't wanna take the risk of making your deck bigger, sure you cna get blue seals but if you alr have a comfortable amount then ehh

[barren wigeon]

running a straight build

[balmy ridge]

:(

[barren wigeon]

mrbones for emotional support

[tiny harbor]

bad

[balmy ridge]

you mean a gay build?

[tawny bough]

oooooo

[atomic trout]

I know

[balmy ridge]

glass time

[tiny harbor]

remove everything but blueprint, copy it

[tawny bough]

space or grimbo?

[primal orchid]

do i go for nan inf on ante 25 or 26?

[balmy ridge]

modrinth?

[tawny bough]

probably grimbo honestly?

[signal frigate]

You absolutely can do Naneinf here

[signal frigate]

I don't think this helps you actually lmao

[tiny harbor]

modrinth has balatro mods now?

[balmy ridge]

castle is carrying so hard

no modrinth is a minecraft mod launcher

its on ur taskb ar

[tawny bough]

probably not

[tiny harbor]

ik lol

[balmy ridge]

the little green and black circle

[still siren]

Best way to unlock stuntman?

[primal orchid]

its true

[hardy fable]

get good

[atomic trout]

Holy. The Water ain't bad now.

[balmy ridge]

do cool tricks

[tawny bough]

for minecraft

[potent tree]

the plant strikes when you least expect it.

[balmy ridge]

yes

i know

[woven spire]

what hand are u playing

[primal orchid]

will i score before i get all my kings in hand on ante 25?

[tiny harbor]

better than roffle fr

[tawny bough]

high card

its only lvl 7

[still siren]

What is cool trick?

[signal frigate]

Oh wait, I didn't see the ante

[tiny harbor]

take blue seals

[signal frigate]

You can't actually get Serpent here

Shit

[tawny bough]

oh yeah smart

instead of grimbo or space?

[signal frigate]

You can keep both

[tiny harbor]

blue seals on some deck cards

[signal frigate]

They're still decent jokers

[balmy ridge]

do a flip

[pale wolf]

I think space provides The base mult

[woven spire]

space goat.

[pale wolf]

I was going to respond immediately and then something came up at work

[still siren]

?

[latent egret]

woat*

[signal frigate]

Retriggering any Xmult

[tawny bough]

yeah imma get rid of grimbo

[dry remnant]

I'm gonna lose cuz deck fixing just isn't good enough smg

[woven spire]

Name checks out

OBELISK?

[pale wolf]

grimbo doesn't really help with photo Chad besides the polychrome that's already on it

[signal frigate]

You can get to 100mil just by getting Mime and a fuckton of Redseal steels

There's other ways though

[barren wigeon]

okay I have a dilemma

[latent egret]

im a fan on consistency and good jokers

[barren wigeon]

the boss is crimson heart

i have retcon

i cannot beat vv though

should I do it

[woven spire]

i’m a fan of gambling (RNG)

[signal frigate]

Photochad is easier btw

[woven spire]

not bloodstone tho

fucking hate bloodstone

[signal frigate]

What's your deck?

[barren wigeon]

mevermind im not doing it

[signal frigate]

Or build

[balmy ridge]

fd

[woven spire]

d

f

[balmy ridge]

oops

[tidal anvil]

all sixes

[tired kestrel]

yea what is the deal with bloodstone why is it so inconsistant compared to other jokers

[balmy ridge]

heh

[woven spire]

idk he just likes to ragebait

[tired kestrel]

maaan

[woven spire]

has the same probabilities of wheel

[balmy ridge]

chudstone

[dry remnant]

quite a fun seed if u want it

[woven spire]

(none)

[balmy ridge]

no

[tired kestrel]

imma stick to my goat arrowhead

[barren wigeon]

okay I gotta score 67k

[balmy ridge]

bloodstone 1/2 wheel 1/4

[barren wigeon]

lets hope

DID IT

[woven spire]

🥀

[barren wigeon]

straight build win

ggs

[balmy ridge]

of course

[signal frigate]

Either it triggers or it doesn't

[balmy ridge]

the best hand

[barren wigeon]

I agree

[signal frigate]

Scale wise, you can say that and it'd be true

Pairs still kinda slams though

[tawny bough]

LOLOL

[floral mural]

its a joker that doesnt really function without oops. over the course of a run you will hit that low roll sooner or later

and no one wants to rely on a 1 in 2 to even score

[tawny bough]

GO TO HELLLLLLLLL BALATRO

[tiny harbor]

localthunk didn't send a message since nearly 2 months

[floral mural]

its also allergic to the head boss blind

[woven spire]

looks inside
photochad

[signal frigate]

Did you take DNA anyways?

[proper turtle]

would throwback be a good pick instead of flag? throwback is on 2.5 and thats poly flag

[tawny bough]

meow

[tawny bough]

i have loads of blue seals

[signal frigate]

Based

[signal frigate]

That's valid

[tired kestrel]

Ankh the chad trust

[signal frigate]

No, fuck that throwback

[pale wolf]

It's the only chance based on scoring joker

[robust lance]

All in on throwback

[tawny bough]

might have to kill space

[tired kestrel]

Genuinely whatever it hits is not that bad now that i'm looking at it

[pale wolf]

oh besides misprint

[placid cave]

yippe (balatrodle spoiler)

[tawny bough]

valid?

[pale wolf]

oh thanks for the reminder I'll do it right now

[tawny bough]

i have inf blue seals pretty much aswell

[tired kestrel]

It's such a weird decision when almost every joker at least makes sense