🕹・game-discussion

[languid pecan]

oh w you got the c++

[balmy ridge]

YES YES

today

[languid pecan]

what was last sticker

[balmy ridge]

im very happy

[icy hollow]

ok run finished, only got up to e12 gg 🥀 cus i took the early eternal greedy joker

[balmy ridge]

lucky cat!!! it was a fun run

[languid pecan]

HOW DARE YOU

[north schooner]

Might be my record runner

[languid pecan]

make that your last sticker

rough gem was my last one'

[balmy ridge]

.

[icy hollow]

dayum

that was my last one on my first c++ too

wait no

it was my 2nd last

[balmy ridge]

LUCKY CAT IS GOOD i just didnt see it, maybe i should be going for lucky cards more in general

[languid pecan]

lucky is one of my go to enhancements

every single $20 hit is such massive value

now do i sell here...

idk if i live big blind

[balmy ridge]

you should be fine

[languid pecan]

black deck

[balmy ridge]

its just a 5 card hand + 2 pairs

[plucky bridge]

best run yet

[languid pecan]

nvm

[balmy ridge]

lol

what a draw

[languid pecan]

oh man

[balmy ridge]

HERMIE MY GOAT

[languid pecan]

OH I DIDNT REALIZE THE HERMIT

[balmy ridge]

immolate in spectral to buy telescope trust me

[plucky bridge]

I got canio to x13 mult

[bronze linden]

herm spectral stencil

[balmy ridge]

if you feel like it!!

free will ❤️

[potent tree]

golden needle?

ah

big rip.

[balmy ridge]

man jokerless was so fun

i wanna play it again

[alpine basalt]

Thats the best part, you can!

[potent tree]

yeah definitely jokerless was the toughest challenge i had. i'll keep saying it. i just didn't spend that long on golden needle

[balmy ridge]

yeah i probably will later

[potent tree]

drawing into 4oaks was easier than i anticipated

[balmy ridge]

want to get to ante 39 unseeded first

[alpine basalt]

I one-shot golden needle somehow

My last challenge was omelette

Fragile was the most fun

[cosmic maple]

Anyone got advice? I know Trib is what I should be focusing on and I know I don't got a lot for the baron but I just want to make sure

[alpine basalt]

No baron

Or really i’d buy and sell it

[cosmic maple]

But to buy I need to sell, which would be?

[alpine basalt]

Probably bones if your scoring is doing well

I’d buy and sell baron and then take spooky face

[balmy ridge]

bones prob goes

[alpine basalt]

Do you have reroll for plant?

[balmy ridge]

or smiley

[alpine basalt]

Also damn youve skipped alot huh

[cosmic maple]

I know it's bad but i can't stop😭

[cosmic maple]

I don't think so

[alpine basalt]

Maybe dont sell bones then

[frank crescent]

Beat Plasma Deck

[alpine basalt]

Smiley is the one to go in that case

[cosmic maple]

K

[frank crescent]

I got Blueprint on ante 1 and Brainstorm on ante 2 and thought it would be a while until I could make them useful and then I got stuntman

[alpine basalt]

That was like my exact gs setup for plasma, sub in wee for stunt though

[languid pecan]

uh...

that doesnt happen often...

i think i skip but thats a very interesting card

[potent tree]

the 9 of spades for cloud 9 econ obviously.

[balmy ridge]

might be worth

[potent tree]

also every card in that set is a spade if you realize

[balmy ridge]

show deck?

[languid pecan]

mightve been but its too late now

deck

[balmy ridge]

aw snap bang crackle and pop!!

[balmy ridge]

yeah maybe not

you seem to be jacking it

[spare lake]

Erm

[balmy ridge]

oh god

[slow iris]

it's a sign

[proven gulch]

bro

[slow iris]

showman death

[proven gulch]

keep one for leaf

[spare lake]

my anks kept hitting cartomancer 😭

[potent tree]

my space joker just hit twice in a row...

oh no...

[vital grove]

Is bloodstone viable in gold stake? I’m not convinced it is…

[spare lake]

if u can get oops all 6's yes

[slow iris]

no

[vital grove]

Compared to its peers, the other uncommon suit jokers, bloodstone is the worst imo

[lament hornet]

Gold chipping abandoned deck is whipping my ass

[vital grove]

You need a deck of all hearts to make it work. Or hanging Chad plus oops all 6’s, if you’re playing pairs

If it’s just oops all 6’s, then you’re getting about only about 1.5x mult from 2 jokers. Hard to get more than 1 heart per hand reliably

[languid pecan]

o7

[vocal rose]

it’s not viable for gold stake

[languid pecan]

just barely short

[vocal rose]

consistently

[languid pecan]

new deck choose a deck 4 me

[crystal field]

for some reason i cant use incantation or sigil? is it because I have 1 card in hand?

[languid pecan]

disregard

[crystal field]

i would have said red deck

[heavy heron]

tha's.... weird

wow i guess it doesn't let you if you only have 1 card in hand

[crystal field]

i mean id assume thats not right

[vital grove]

I mean, few things are consistently viable in gold stake. But even just compared to the other suit jokers, it seems pretty weak. It’s hard to combo with card triggered x mult, and then throw the 50% odds on top of that…

[crystal field]

i used immolate before this

and have stuntman for 6 hand size

[vital grove]

I’d sooner take 1 in 4 odds of 1.5x per heart in hand. At least then you can combo it with steel cards

[lunar zealot]

what the fuck is this

[alpine hollow]

I love 3iaks

[lunar zealot]

what am i doing

triple rental

[alpine hollow]

That’s horrendous to look at

[lunar zealot]

I KNOW

[alpine hollow]

Midas and rebate won’t offset that

[lunar zealot]

I'M WORKING ON IT

[alpine hollow]

Although astrologer is good at least

[rustic oak]

I think this is a great investment

[proven gulch]

bro

[alpine hollow]

Thats paying money now to gain the same money later

[rustic oak]

Yeah pretty much

[balmy ridge]

i hate space man

[alpine hollow]

Only benefit is by temperance

[rustic oak]

Lose out on $3 each round, to then get back $3 for each round you held it

[alpine hollow]

Me too bud

[rustic oak]

Or swashbuckler

[lunar zealot]

ok i can sell midas now

[proven gulch]

bro

[alpine hollow]

Except you only get the money once you sell it

[proven gulch]

john balatro hates variety

[alpine hollow]

I can tell yiu truly believe in Obelisk enough to take an eternal rental of it

Thats admirable dedication

[potent tree]

ante 1 chicot...this can't possibly end well

[turbid dust]

Hi, does anyone know how to get the achievement for completing a challenge? I've already completed several challenges but I haven't gotten the achievement. Could it be because I'm playing on the mod manager?

[lunar zealot]

16 pairs played

aw yeah

it's pivot time

[alpine hollow]

That could be it

[turbid dust]

i'm asking bc i want to get the platinum

[spare lake]

theres a config setting in the mods area that lets you get achievements with mods

just make sure to disable it if ur using game breaking mods

like cryptid

[turbid dust]

I already activated it and it still didn't give me the achievement

[spare lake]

weird

[turbid dust]

yup

and i don't know what to do

lol

[spare lake]

what mods are you using?

[marsh goblet]

man screw crimson heart

i managed to take a terrible build to ante 8

died to heart

[turbid dust]

i'm just using textures mods

[spare lake]

peak volcaliod deck

but also idk?

[turbid dust]

yup

[spare lake]

maybe try it unmodded?

do any of u mods need updates?

I'm not sure

[turbid dust]

idk lol but i think i'll try unmodded

[balmy ridge]

me as a gay man after pooping:

[spare lake]

lol balagay is so funny

[turbid dust]

but thx for try helping me lol

[balmy ridge]

@turbid dust what do u need help with

perchance i can assist

[spare lake]

welp gl on trying to get that achievement

[spare lake]

stare at the oblisek!

[balmy ridge]

blued print and obbied licks

[crystal field]

alriught thats enough balatro tn

sitting 112/150

[balmy ridge]

NEVER

[slow iris]

FK OFF

[balmy ridge]

if you die in balatro you die in real life

[crystal field]

i got rough gem today thats huge

[balmy ridge]

hey thats like what, $4? $5?

[balmy ridge]

rough gem is pretty good idk

[turbid dust]

I'm trying to get the achievement for winning a challenge, but it's not working, and I think it might be because of Balatro Mod Manager.

[crystal field]

hey thats like what, $6? $7?

[balmy ridge]

i've never

SHUT UIP

<@&1133519078540185692>

[crystal field]

it good but i never take it tbh

[balmy ridge]

are you using steam?

[turbid dust]

but i'll try to play unmodded

[turbid dust]

yes

[balmy ridge]

i have 100% of the steam achievements using the mod manager and i've never had any problems

[lunar zealot]

triple rental btw

i STILL win because obelisk is that good

[balmy ridge]

i know after getting c++ you have to win any run on any stake for it to count

[sly osprey]

🔫 or whatever vonnegut says

[balmy ridge]

might be the same

[crystal field]

obelisk haters in shambles rn

[balmy ridge]

i dont think anyone hates obelisk

[left juniper]

I miss that guy. I hope he's smiling at us from above

[crystal field]

oh there are plenty of new players

[balmy ridge]

hi goober tron

[balmy ridge]

nnyyeehhh doesn't count

[crystal field]

obelisk is a free w

[lunar zealot]

ASNTIMAEETER

[crystal field]

YEP

for zany

[balmy ridge]

brainstorm on red card over obelisk?

[lunar zealot]

my base mult even with planets isn't enough to justify obelisk

[crystal field]

depends on base mult ofc

[balmy ridge]

fairs

[finite echo]

does dusk retrigger held in hand cards?

[delicate tide]

And obelisk

[lunar zealot]

also i cant fuckin be bothered doing math man

[balmy ridge]

2 celestials and reroll money though

[finite echo]

like to pair with baron?

[crystal field]

no

just mime does that

[finite echo]

oh ok ty

[balmy ridge]

dusk says "all played face cards"

so no

[crystal field]

dusk doesnt say all played face cards so

[balmy ridge]

wait

dusk not sock

[crystal field]

it says all cards in last hand of round

ya

[left juniper]

Yeah but Brainstorm copying flat mult is always just less than 2x 🤷

[balmy ridge]

yeah yeah

tomato tomatoe

[crystal field]

uhhhh idk

well one is bad and the other is annoying

[lunar zealot]

is x7.2 on any of these better than +75

i cant do math rn

[balmy ridge]

uhh

[crystal field]

maybe straight

[rustic oak]

Yeah

[balmy ridge]

multiply 6 by 7 divided by the square root of 69 is about 3

[crystal field]

16x7 is kinda big

[lunar zealot]

67?

[balmy ridge]

67?

[left juniper]

If you have xMult higher than 2x just put the xMult far left ezpz

[crystal field]

SIX SEVENN YAAA

[lunar zealot]

fuck it i'll try a high card

[crystal field]

ive played balatro 6 or 7 times

[lunar zealot]

okay this is a high card copying red

[rustic oak]

Do I sell anything to get this? Runner is at 150, constellation is at 1.8, supernova is at 10 for main hand

I’m really kicking myself for picking up the eternal

[balmy ridge]

guilty gear greetel

why did you angrycat me

:(

[lunar zealot]

with obelisk it's like

107k

[crystal field]

gold stickar

[lunar zealot]

but like ocme on man

i hate doing math

[balmy ridge]

@heavy hare i will fight you im super strong and jacked

[rustic oak]

I’m just trying to get my first gold stake win atp

[balmy ridge]

OMG JACK !! POKER REFERENCE

[lunar zealot]

oh right very large blind

i think i actually lose to vessel?

i need another xmult joker

[balmy ridge]

surely not

[lunar zealot]

OH OKAY NEVERMI

[balmy ridge]

u got antimatter its cool

[crystal field]

pray for card shart

[balmy ridge]

lol

[lunar zealot]

it would be so funny

[crystal field]

oh yexz

[left juniper]

Do it

[balmy ridge]

castle ❤️

[heavy hare]

no 😿

[balmy ridge]

good to know brainstormis compatible with luchador

[hazy wedge]

HI GUYS I CAN FINALLY CHAT

[balmy ridge]

makes sensetho cus cmpatible with invis

[lunar zealot]

girl i'm the one who daggers my brainstorm regularly

if i can kill brainstorm i will do it

[heavy hare]

jn what way is that good to know 😭

[crystal field]

poor brainsorm

[heavy hare]

gulp

[rustic oak]

I’m thinking I gotta pass on this but idk

[crystal field]

he only wanted to be the best rare joker

[balmy ridge]

idk

[lunar zealot]

hey chat

[crystal field]

outclassed by dagger it seems

[hazy wedge]

yall are ppl with hundreds of hours on balatro right? (I need tips for the game)

[balmy ridge]

i just like having niche information

[rustic oak]

I wanna make sure I can still sell in case shortcut comes up

[crystal field]

DEW IT

YESSSS

[balmy ridge]

i only have 67 hours

[heavy hare]

homophonic discord user hates bluestorm yuri

[crystal field]

this cat has homophobia in its eyes ❤️

[hazy wedge]

even the balatro discord is brainrotted by 67.....

[lunar zealot]

what a beautiful screenshot bro

[balmy ridge]

what does

[heavy hare]

to be expected

[balmy ridge]

horse emoji even mean

[lunar zealot]

hand stats for good measure

[crystal field]

LOL byeeee

[lunar zealot]

gggg

[crystal field]

dont need bs if u have obelisk

[balmy ridge]

anudew victowy fo da ogss

[potent tree]

do we ecto? (number 2)

[balmy ridge]

no

[lunar zealot]

i had a x8.8 obelisk

LMAOOOOOO

[potent tree]

i have 0 planet levels but lots of square scaling

[crystal field]

uhmmm yea

fuck it

[potent tree]

idk what this run has come to

[balmy ridge]

btw are those custom heart cards

neverseen those

[lunar zealot]

what

[potent tree]

you don't have the friends of jimbo packs?

[lunar zealot]

check customize deck

[balmy ridge]

if you ecto you probably die

[lunar zealot]

hit escape

[balmy ridge]

i use sonic textures

i forgot what the base game ones are

[potent tree]

considering i run hc/pair, i'm fine with it

[crystal field]

wow have some faith

[balmy ridge]

is that base

[potent tree]

this isn't base

[heavy heron]

wait whuh that was my DNA hand though

[potent tree]

this is i believe critical role

[balmy ridge]

fairs, i assumed flushes or straights due to heart abundance/ poly ace respectively

[crystal field]

huge the moon

[potent tree]

nah just a bunch of grims and tarots i guess

plus 5 handsize still allows me to scale the great square jonkler

[crystal field]

hc/pair is the way

[balmy ridge]

the mighty steve minecraft

[crystal field]

lava chicken baybay!

[balmy ridge]

OMG

[crystal field]

square joker gotta be top 5

[balmy ridge]

lu lu lu lavaahhh

hoot chickeen

[serene forge]

I hate Bloodstone

[crystal field]

it looks like a gummy

[potent tree]

also i have level 2 hc and level 1 pair...when i say i run hc/pair

[crystal field]

who needs planet cards when u have the mighty square

[potent tree]

wait what happens if i immolate with only 5 handsize

[lunar zealot]

Bro why do i hate this joker so much LMAOOO

I've killed it twice broooo

[crystal field]

RIP

[balmy ridge]

yuri 💔

[crystal field]

brainstorm kinda unoriginal

it should be $9

[heavy heron]

like, in a blind?

it makes you draw cards

[cosmic sun]

least free bbc run

[potent tree]

oh no...i've pulled stuntman too...and square only has 6 chips less

bye bye stuntman...

[cosmic sun]

No, I didn't forget the hearrt

[crystal field]

r u watching smth in the corner? 😭

[cosmic sun]

nah I just mentally projected a random image onto the screen

[crystal field]

so insane how thats real

[serene forge]

you draw more card

[cosmic maple]

Is Chad good for Trib runs?

[lunar zealot]

do bears shit in the woods

[serene forge]

weakest green joker and blackboard run

[lunar zealot]

Yes chad is good on trib runs

the same way bears shit in the woods

They do

[serene forge]

[lunar zealot]

it's obvious

[lunar zealot]

Have you never heard that saying???

[serene forge]

that move is a brick to the pipi

[cosmic maple]

Dam ok jeez I'm not sure of myself doesn't mean you gotta be rude

[serene forge]

no i havent wtf

[ivory reef]

I don’t see why people don’t use hologram it seems pretty good

[lunar zealot]

I'm not rude

[potent tree]

i should not have ecto'd again

[lunar zealot]

i'm just saying it's literally obvious

[potent tree]

fuck

[lunar zealot]

don't question your gut if it's obvious

[serene forge]

people do use hologram

[cosmic maple]

It sounded very rude

[serene forge]

because its good

[lunar zealot]

Chad retriggers cards and trib is x2 mult when a card is triggered

it's obvious that chad works with trib

[serene forge]

no you idiot

[ivory reef]

Dats da joke

[serene forge]

chad is for photograph only

because

photograph works on the first card

and

hanging chad does too

it's quite obvious really

[acoustic kettle]

Chad is just a good joker

[cosmic maple]

Then what do I drop here?

[acoustic kettle]

Retriggering luckies

[lunar zealot]

fortune teller

[acoustic kettle]

Retriggering glass

[serene forge]

fortune teller

[lunar zealot]

Fym slow

I'll eat you alive fork

[serene forge]

no

[cosmic maple]

K

[serene forge]

only my girlfriend gets to do that

[jagged pier]

Just got a ChiGOAT golden sticker

On an insane seed

[serene forge]

I hate Bloodstone

[jagged pier]

There were barons every other ante and on the eighth there was a nat negative showman

I didn't play the seed fully because my idol decided to choose my only 7 of diamonds

[serene forge]

I hate Baron

[jagged pier]

Congratulations

[blissful cedar]

I need yall to pray for me

Idek what the boss blind is

[languid pecan]

you can check it

right now

[blissful cedar]

Ik but i tapped out to come ask yall to pray for me

[languid pecan]

take the hierophant

[blissful cedar]

I got saturn and Jupiter once and thats literally it

Why would i not gamble on the arcana pack here?

[languid pecan]

what would you get

[vocal rose]

so that you dont lose

[languid pecan]

judgement is the high roll

and on a normal arcana pack that doesnt seem extremely likely

[blissful cedar]

Judgement Chariot Empress all have more value than Hierophant

[vocal rose]

you're stunting your econ severely

[languid pecan]

judgement only

[blissful cedar]

And I also have levels on Flush so if I get a suit card it increases my chances to hit flushes

[languid pecan]

chariot is a low roll

[vocal rose]

you dont have any interest

you're cooked

[languid pecan]

yeah...

[ocean yoke]

biggest shitpost of a run

[blissful cedar]

I cant do anything abt my econ until after I beat the boss blind the 1 dollar isnt a big issue here

[languid pecan]

ante 2 boss without any jokers

youre cooked

[vocal rose]

econ is progressive

it is an issue

[blissful cedar]

Ante 1 grabber with black deck idc im taking that every time

[vocal rose]

the more money you have the more you will get

thats fine

but wasting it on an arcana pack isn't

[languid pecan]

not dying>dying

hierophant is a guarunteed +60 chips on whatever hand you play

chips are important

[blissful cedar]

Ok so you're all saying that i should either 1 dont buy anything and go into ante 2 blue stake boss blind with no jokers no enhancements or i should take 2 chip enhancers over gambling for a joker or even a justice?

[rustic oak]

FIRST GOLD STAKE DUB LETS FUCKIN GOOOOO

[blissful cedar]

Nice

[languid pecan]

youre gonna die regardless but you should take the hierohpant

[blissful cedar]

So much coming here 4 support

[languid pecan]

justice is garbage

[crystal field]

taking it into the round will serve u better than putting a diff enhancement on a random card in the pack

[vocal rose]

you're coming here with a decision set in mind

[languid pecan]

judgement is the only good thing you can get from arcana

and even thats a gamble if it does anything

ante 2 boss

[vocal rose]

just go with what you want if you were dead set on it from the beginning

[slow iris]

baseball card is always a free win

[crystal field]

on black deck survival is errythang tbh

[languid pecan]

maybe a high priestess?

[vocal rose]

you clearly were asking for confirmation rather than advice

[lunar zealot]

DID SOMEONE SAY BASEBALL CARD

I LOVE BBC

I LOVE BBC

[vocal rose]

arcana pack is the worst option here

[vocal rose]

you can easily just not get immediate value (you need) and you can not pull the cards you need (you have no deck fixing)

[slow iris]

egg

[rustic oak]

What deck do I play now

[languid pecan]

black

always black deck

[rustic oak]

No

[languid pecan]

never green deck

[rustic oak]

You can’t hurt me

[slow iris]

ante 1 egg and then i get riff raff and it spawns swash

[languid pecan]

real pain is green deck

[rustic oak]

Interesting

I feel like black is most people’s most difficult

[languid pecan]

difficult yes

[slow iris]

black deck is truly the deck of all time

[languid pecan]

also somewhat fun tho

[rustic oak]

Thinking I might try red and blue deck next

[languid pecan]

its a fun deck to challenge yourself on

[rustic oak]

Keep it simple

[vocal rose]

it's the hardest

[rustic oak]

And then move on to the crazy ones

[vocal rose]

by miles

[twin lantern]

HELP

It's my first gold stake run that's gotten this far

[crystal field]

ur chillin

why all the negatives NOW tho 😔

[cosmic maple]

I hit the plant on my Trib run losing Mr Bones to an earlier boss and now I think there's a way to saving it but I don't see it

[twin lantern]

What the fuck do I sell?

[crystal field]

anaglyph so bait

[floral mural]

so this is always to do list i guess

[twin lantern]

What do I do?

[floral mural]

to do list is currently on straight flush but its also flat mult for early in addition to evon

[crystal field]

nothin

should be good with just joker scoring

if ur concerned sell sly

[cosmic maple]

Canio or blueprint easy

[cosmic sun]

photochad really be conditioning people

[cosmic maple]

Or not sell at all

[twin lantern]

I didn't sell anything and I won

Thanks

[crystal field]

yurrrr

well done

[rustic oak]

Grats to my fellow “just got their first gold stake win”

Just realized my fav scaling mult jokers are both space themed (supernova and constellation)

They need a scaling chip joker to complete the trio

[cosmic maple]

I'll pull this down...

[floral mural]

uhmm

idk what to go for here

now i got cash since to do list is goated

[crystal field]

voucher looks tasty

[rustic oak]

On a similar note, has localthunk ever said anything about plans for xChips jokers? Feels like that would be fun but also guessing they would’ve been added already if there wasn’t an issue

[floral mural]

he said he wont add them since xmult does the same

[rustic oak]

Poly runner mmmmm

[crystal field]

xmult is xchips

[glass creek]

Most of the time I don't use the double tags for anything lol

[rustic oak]

That’s what I figured

[eternal anchor]

xChips would be absolutely broken for Plasma deck

[glass creek]

Either because I forget or I just simply don't need to

[crystal field]

specifically bait for the negative skip sticker strat

[rustic oak]

I mean like yes but also sometimes your mult is already really high and you wanna boost your chips

[rustic oak]

But with the math it would work out the same wouldn’t it

Idk it’s 1 am here I can’t do the math rn

[cosmic maple]

🙂

[crystal field]

x2 mult and x2 chips would increase ur score by the same amount

[serene forge]

there will never be xchips

mult was intended to be the only multiplier for chips

[rustic oak]

Okay so yeah

[eternal anchor]

every time someone mentions xChips I think of Plasma deck

That is the only time where both aren't the same

[languid pecan]

xchips is like only useful for plasma isnt it

[serene forge]

xchips as a concept also completely breaks the intent of plasma deck

[languid pecan]

well

[crystal field]

(15x2)x1=15x(2x1)

xchips is xmult

[languid pecan]

xchips is mult

[crystal field]

…

[serene forge]

but not for plasma

[rustic oak]

Well all this to say

[serene forge]

you are right though

[eternal anchor]

chips is xmult

[rustic oak]

We still need a space themed chips joker

[crystal field]

if your high card is 15x1

[eternal anchor]

[serene forge]

space joker

[rustic oak]

That doesn’t count

[crystal field]

no matter which side you x2 its the same lol

[serene forge]

uhh

uhhhhhh

[rustic oak]

I mean yes

[serene forge]

still space joker

selling it adds +4 to bull

[rustic oak]

But like I wanna run (space chips) + supernova + constellation

For maximum spaciness

[crystal field]

actually space man is a good answer to that

[rustic oak]

Could even just be a variant of constellation but chips instead of xmult

Yeah spaceman definitely does add chips and is super on brand and I love it but it’s not the saaaame yknow

Ideally could run spaceman with that trio I mentioned

[potent tree]

pro tip: never ankh a rocket without having good mult beforehand

[rustic oak]

And then astronomer or rocket

Probably another one I’m forgetting

[eternal anchor]

Satellite

[crystal field]

also i count obelisk as being part of that space series

[rustic oak]

Thank you

[rustic oak]

Interesting

[potent tree]

i get the reference

[lavish gazelle]

Odd

[crystal field]

it has to do with poker hands and also is kinda like astronomy coded

ancient astronomy

[potent tree]

2001

[languid pecan]

Adds 1/4 of a planet card's chips to this joker whenever using a planet card

[crystal field]

arent obelisks for space stuff

or like star measuring

[potent tree]

obelisks can be used as gravestones

or obelisk the tormentor from yugioh

[eternal anchor]

actually sounds nice

[rustic oak]

Yoooo that’s fire

Much better than “add x chips for each planet card”

[potent tree]

chip based planet joker pretty interesting

[crystal field]

planet cards are chip based planet jokers

[potent tree]

we need cash based xmult joker tho

[glass creek]

My friend told me to play balatro on their computer and then they proceed to start the game full skipping to the ante 1 boss blind on black deck 💔

[rustic oak]

If you’re playing high card or pair, makes you have to decide between leveling up your hand or getting more chips on the joker

[glass creek]

Still managed to win, though

Somehow

[eternal anchor]

was there an investment tag somewhere?

[glass creek]

Sadly not

[languid pecan]

only worth either double investment or double tag investment

[lavish gazelle]

I mean as long as you have something that scales anything should win white stake lmao

[rustic oak]

If I had the art skills I’d make a joker concept

Could be a shooting star maybe? Feels like there’s not a lot of design space left in the space theme, but that seems interesting

[languid pecan]

W

[heavy hare]

MAY GUILTY GEAR

[rustic oak]

2/5 of the plant card’s chips, cause they’re all divisible by 5 so that avoids any rounding issues

Or just 1/5 for simplicity

Maybe I mock this up idk

Thank you 8++ Ball Rat for that specific idea

I will credit you if I make this and post it anywhere

I’m going to bed now

[languid pecan]

ya

feel free

[rose gust]

BLUE JOKER

MY CHILD

[lofty mist]

Had a goated run

[lunar zealot]

so close

[hazy wedge]

hello everyone

I request support on how strats

[lyric shore]

for what

[hazy wedge]

joker combos

[lyric shore]

mult and chips

[languid pecan]

a mult joker and a xmult joker

a mult joker and a chip joker

[hazy wedge]

I had a pretty good run with two holograms and a throwback with a certificate and popcorn but sadly that was only on red stake 😭

I still have yet to unlock a leg joker sadly

[proper flame]

Im going to fucking CRASH OUT AAAAAAAAAGH!

I have 10 king of diamonds and I drew every card EXCEPT THOSE

This was easily my best chance to beat black stakes for the first time too

[languid pecan]

how many cards in your deck

[proper flame]

around 45

I genuinely think that 85% of my non-drawn cards were the ones i needed desperately

[languid pecan]

o7

[hazy wedge]

doing a run on green stake hex dex rn

[fallen patrol]

unlucky

[hazy wedge]

how many hours do all of you have in balatro

[proper flame]

42 currently

[hazy wedge]

maybe I should stick to getting support from my hundred of hours brother and brothers gf

[fallen patrol]

insane seed start

we're winning this one right chat?

[violet bear]

The eye:

[lunar zealot]

this fucking emperor oh my god

it's ante 1

[fallen patrol]

green joker my beloved

[lunar zealot]

WHAT THE FUCK

WHAT THE FUCK

WJAT TJE FICL

[fallen patrol]

use the fool for emperoro instead of hermit you'll get another hermit and fool trust me

it always workds

[fallen patrol]

you win these

[violet bear]

Well gg, i had the exact same start some time ago and got hit by ante 5 eye lmao

[violet bear]

Do it

Its time

Pareidolia next

[lunar zealot]

x3 mult already

[floral mural]

id love to take trading card but this is throwing on black deck

so either the 2 pair chips joker or the pack

ill go for the pack

[pine swift]

Hurts so bad 😭😭😭

[alpine hollow]

that could have been The Run

it pains me to see that image

[past locust]

Should i get the brainstorm for my x3 holo?

[coral hill]

The final thing i have to do to 100% this game

[warm niche]

YEAHHHHHH

[weak relic]

Mhm

[gloomy swallow]

Rating jokers ive got the gold sticker on based on how much they helped achieving completionist+

[gloomy swallow]

Forgot to bring down wee joker a tier

[lunar zealot]

good fucking lord

LUMPGZ1T

ante 1 midas mask vampire

[gloomy swallow]

I gold staked with vampire but i dont have midas mask gold sticker yet

iused it the way it was intended on that run

[lunar zealot]

you get hiero petro too

[gloomy swallow]

sigma

[lunar zealot]

and then oops with lots of wheels

what a stupid run

ante 4 plant too just so you don't ever lose to anything

[gloomy swallow]

Wanna see a stupid run

this is a stupid run

The run i gold staked blue deck with

i just realized the extra card on ante 8 was a perishable negative juggler lmfao

I won by playing as gathering as many hands as possible and playing as many hands as stupidly possible

321 cards played

a mere 19 discarded

lmfao

[coral hill]

I fucking hate STRAIGHTS SO MUCH

[hollow temple]

Dude I’m softlocked 😭

[manic talon]

Tall balatro

[coral hill]

I yearn for portrait balatro

[fallen patrol]

do flush house it's unironically so good for that challenge

[coral hill]

I do not like straights

Least favorite hand

[fallen patrol]

that's good straights are a different hand

[heady narwhal]

i think 4oak is easier at least for later antes

[manic talon]

You can go flush jokerless if you lock in

[coral hill]

I was pretty close too

Ante 7

[heady narwhal]

jokerless shops give you infinite deckfixing if you have the econ

[heady narwhal]

i think on my winning run i played straights and pivoted into 4oak

[coral hill]

Straights are the horses of Balatro

One hit ko blinds easily but if it breaks a leg (not giving you the damn card) you’re dead

[gloomy swallow]

How can you hate them brah

i tolerate straights, they are viable

[gloomy swallow]

then get more handsize

[fallen patrol]

i decided to run jokerless again in solidarity and instantly got a $20 hit on a lucky card

[heady narwhal]

that's not an easy thing to do

there's less than a 50% chance of seeing paintbrush on any given run

imo the key strategy with straights is to play as few rounds as possible while relying on them

[gloomy swallow]

straights arent easy to do to begin with but they further push deck fixing and thinking about what straight you wanna go for

most likely a royal ladder but atill

[heady narwhal]

ante 7 pivot for a scoring boost! fullskip perishable the order! etc

idk if i'd fullskip perishable the order

[gloomy swallow]

have you personally considered other cards that benefit off straights

such as shortcut or runner

[heady narwhal]

runner: pairs joker
shortcut: pairs joker

[gloomy swallow]

wdym pairs joker

wtf

[coral hill]

I can’t jonkler my way out of this

[heady narwhal]

runner is a pairs joker because it works well with pair builds (scaling chips are hand-agnostic and therefore very nice with other scaling things). shortcut is a pairs joker because it turns straight builds into pair builds by making the hand much more reliable to draw multiple times per round

acrobat and madness are straights jokers

and loyalty card

[gloomy swallow]

So runner and shortcut arent straight jokers because they get rid of the struggles a straight deck normally poses

riiiight

[heady narwhal]

they basically make the build not straights

[coral hill]

The fact that there are two jokers dedicated to actually making straights easier to play

[gloomy swallow]

It is straights tho the game literally says it 😭

[heady narwhal]

i'm not scaling saturn when i have runner, and i'm not worried about things like the mouth and bell when i have shortcut

[gloomy swallow]

what if you want more pre-scoring mult

for scoring cards

[heady narwhal]

999% of the time i'm using scaling +mult

[gloomy swallow]

or scaling xmult

[heady narwhal]

scoring xmult is usually very bad

especially the jokers

[gloomy swallow]

Nawww

it can be good

trust

[heady narwhal]

insert "meet potential joker" image here

[gloomy swallow]

Dawg

fucking cavendish

[fallen patrol]

i love my pair build

[heady narwhal]

?

[coral hill]

I want to like straights

[heady narwhal]

i'm talking about like the idol and bloodstone and baron

[gloomy swallow]

ooh

But wait dawg those are even better if you buld towards them?

just not built for something like straights

[manic talon]

Every joker is pairs or straight
Trio is a pair joker, Family is a straight joker

[heady narwhal]

not really. they can score a bajillion points but i'm more concerned about winning

most runs don't have enough econ to get baron or idol to work, and even when you have the build set up you have to defend yourself against bosses

[gloomy swallow]

your next line is gonna be "despite beneficiating off straights, runner is pairs joker"

[heady narwhal]

bloodstone will kill you on its own, no boss blinds needed

[manic talon]

No cuz they already said it before

[gloomy swallow]

dawg schlawg

I jsut dont get why that is the case

if you have a scaling joker you wanna scale it further

[manic talon]

Diminishing returns

[heady narwhal]

if i'm playing a straights build (i.e. relying on straights to score points), runner isn't going to help me because saturn scales crazy fast

[manic talon]

Once any chip joker gets to like stuntman levels you really dont get that much from scaling it more

[heady narwhal]

it'll be like +50% score

[gloomy swallow]

trust me

[manic talon]

Also saturn gives 30 chips already

[gloomy swallow]

you CAN get more out of it

specially in something like casual plasma

[heady narwhal]

if i'm playing a pairs build, i can scale runner once or twice per round (since i'm usually underscoring anyways) and it can serve as my primary chips source

[manic talon]

I mean You can do anything playing casually

[gloomy swallow]

wee joker carried the whole run i gold staked plasma with and a perishable brainstorm clutched it

[coral hill]

I found the -2 jonkler slots worse than the no money from small + big blinds

[heady narwhal]

i love cruelty

(challenge)

[coral hill]

I sold a blue print for the ramen

[manic talon]

Also plasma is an outlier where you are forced to go full chips or full mult

[coral hill]

Because square + bus + ramen gives you everything you need to win a white stake level boss

[heady narwhal]

they should make a challenge where you have 6 joker slots but only 3 hands per round

[gloomy swallow]

and even where you are not going for plasma having a balanced number of chips and xMult can have a huger impact

[manic talon]

Yea 250 chips, thats balance

[gloomy swallow]

cause 10x1000 aint the same as 100x500

[manic talon]

You dont need that much more

[gloomy swallow]

why stop there tho

[lunar zealot]

ello ello chat

[gloomy swallow]

u can get it to double that for a basic 2x 🔥

[lunar zealot]

how we doin

[coral hill]

Tldr chat is debating about straights because i got salty from jokerless

[heady narwhal]

it costs money to scale your jokers, and it costs money to reroll for xmult

[lunar zealot]

straights are fine

probably 2nd best hand in the game

[heady narwhal]

at some point, rerolling for xmult is more bang for your buck

[gloomy swallow]

i wouldnt put them that high but fuck yeah thats the spirit

[heady narwhal]

i'd put them below 3oak personally but i'm biased

[lunar zealot]

ehhh 3oak is also fine

just why play 3oak when 4oak is stronger and 2oak is more consistent

it's in a weird spot

much better than fhouse though i'll give it that

[heady narwhal]

i think it's got a nice niche

[lunar zealot]

i suppose

it has nice planet scaling

[manic talon]

To double that you need to scale it 250 chips more, just get an actual X2 mult

[lunar zealot]

and trio is a good joker

[lunar zealot]

pair > straight > high card >= two pair

[heady narwhal]

that being where you get some nice deckfixing but no guarantee of getting some absurdly good deckfixing

[lunar zealot]

really

if blue stake got reworked today there would honestly be genuine debate of straights vs pairs

and i would really like that

[heady narwhal]

besides, 3 card hand means you aren't harmed as much by boss blinds & you can dig for value more easily

[gloomy swallow]

wait where are flushes

da fuq

[lunar zealot]

flushes aren't great

synergies are few and far between and flush is both weak to boss blinds and weak to ante scaling

[gloomy swallow]

I get that flushes as a hand are mid but there are so many jokers that beneficiate off suits and flushes it has potential

[heady narwhal]

i don't value high card and 2 pair that highly. in a vacuum they're better than most other hands but i think in the context of pairs existing there's less reason to build into them actively than some of the more out there handtypes like straights and oak

[lunar zealot]

it's fine but outclassed

[manic talon]

also has a personal vendetta against flush

[lunar zealot]

neither do i

the only reason i have two pair up this high to begin with is that it scales pants

that's really its only niche

[manic talon]

2 pair is only in consideration if you see pants

[lunar zealot]

but pants is so good i have to consider it

[heady narwhal]

what about flowerpot my beloved

[lunar zealot]

flower pot is a straight joker

[heady narwhal]

true!

[manic talon]

Flower pot is a pair joker if you have splash

[heady narwhal]

i think in very rare cases it works as a handtype-agnostic joker

[lunar zealot]

insane thing to say

i respect it

[fallen patrol]

SHOWMAN I LOVE YOU

[lunar zealot]

blowman

[gloomy swallow]

id like to object

[heady narwhal]

like if you don't need planets and it's your only xmult then you can just random bullshit go and sometimes get the x3

[fallen patrol]

flower pot is a flush joker

in the same way that ancient joker is a flush joker

you build towards wild cards

[heady narwhal]

wild cards are actively harmful for flowerpot

[gloomy swallow]

it might be a week or so old but it still shows i like em

[heady narwhal]

because of a bug

[lunar zealot]

my best hand is not 1 billion i just got naneinf so it reset

[manic talon]

Weaksauce

[fallen patrol]

what's the bug, they work as expected for me

[gloomy swallow]

this is mine en

[lunar zealot]

oh my god photo is so close to leaving my top 10

nature is healing ❤️

AKLNFSDLNKFS LMFAOOOOOOOOOO NO BRAINSTORM????

NO BRAINSTORM IN SIGHT

[heady narwhal]

debuff bosses make it so that wildcards count as no suit, not even their original suit, for flowerpot

[lunar zealot]

ACTUALLY BEAUTIFUL

[fallen patrol]

earth is healing

[gloomy swallow]

Ante 20 best hand 1k Million?

huh?

[lunar zealot]

i got naneinf so my score reset

[heady narwhal]

vs regular cards count towards flowerpot even when debuffed

[fallen patrol]

that's not a bug, i think that makes sense

[heady narwhal]

vs regular cards count towards flowerpot even when debuffed

[gloomy swallow]

damn

[lunar zealot]

and i have no real reason to go endless again lol

it fucked up my stats irreparably

[gloomy swallow]

58k wtf

[fallen patrol]

that's the part that feels like a bug

[gloomy swallow]

so many fucking hexes

[manic talon]

I have a 42 win streak on checkered gold stake

[lunar zealot]

do you not play ghost deck

[heady narwhal]

it's intentionally coded and worded to do that second part

if it doesn't do the second part then it sucks ass

[gloomy swallow]

I did gold stake it but like wtf

[heady narwhal]

since you die to like 6 boss blinds

[heady narwhal]

in addition to the ones thag kill 5 card hands

[manic talon]

literally changed how flower pot works because it was completely unplayable against any suit boss blind

It used to do that btw

[deft panther]

Anybody got any tips for beating a run in 12 rounds or fewer?

[lunar zealot]

ermmm

hm

[lyric shore]

skip 12

[heady narwhal]

it's basically purple stake but evil

[lunar zealot]

plasma deck or something

you get to play 4 rounds of non boss blinds

so use them wiselyt

[deft panther]

Alright

[lunar zealot]

chipsmaxxing can work but vv kills you

[heady narwhal]

i did anaglyph

[lunar zealot]

anaglyph is fine too

[heady narwhal]

i don't like plasma

[lunar zealot]

im ngl i cheesed my merry andy run with aj

[heady narwhal]

i think on white stake you can sort of rely on getting crazy good jokers to carry a run

stickers don't exist

[manic talon]

Been so long i just forgot how i did it

[lunar zealot]

what the fuck am i doing actually

[fallen patrol]

this is locked in

[heady narwhal]

i think they should change every stake addition to stickers

[lunar zealot]

oh my god

[fallen patrol]

that's fair

[manic talon]

Nerf every pack for a 1.5x

[manic talon]

Put the stickers in the middle so it covers up the art then also add a sticker that makes the joker name and effect hidden

[fallen patrol]

rate the lineup

[lunar zealot]

single worst judgement hit of all time

asked to leave

i have to keep it for gift card sadly

i need another xmult joker

[fallen patrol]

believe in the dream and pivot to high card

[lunar zealot]

welp ask and you receive

bro get the fuck out of here

nobody wants you

[obsidian patrol]

I want u baron

[lunar zealot]

holy shit

fuck it

christ

ante 1 with a bad start btw

my only econ this whole run was gold cards and temperanci

<- ignore the certificate marble joker i had for the entire run

and even then they were rental so like

[pure oasis]

i guess the Invisible Joker is a good investment here?

[lunar zealot]

it's fine

best hit here is blueprint

and burnt goes here

[proper turtle]

Holy... obelisk is so gooooodd

[lunar zealot]

fuckin 4 horsemen ass my god

which one is which though

constellation is prolly death

[pure oasis]

yeah, that i was figuring too that Burnt leaves the show

[lunar zealot]

famine could be obelisk

though then again constellation is very feast or famine

if you have the econ to feed it it's strong

death is probably blackboard it's the most versatile one here

war is obelisk it's the highest scaling

and then pestilence is

just hologram lmao idk

[pure oasis]

Damn, i have red sealed poly-steel kings inn deck, rare

also some golden ones

only thing i an missing is a Ret Con though Director's Cut can save me from the Plant

[pure oasis]

BTW, do i need the Ectoplasm still? Hesitating to let it go

[lunar zealot]

what's your hand size

do you think you can survive up until ante 24 while duping

you need to be able to dupe cards and then have enough money to always reroll for serpent

and then find burglar

[proper turtle]

Actually survived that lmao, obelisk is x7, holo is x6.5, constellation is x3.1

[pure oasis]

8 cards right now

[pure oasis]

not sure, high card is level 49 now i try to raise it two levels per round if possible

got some blue sealed cards in deck also

[foggy quarry]

Wait are you just trying to go high antes or what’s the goal for the run

[pure oasis]

on of those is a King

[pure oasis]

who, me?

[foggy quarry]

Yeah

[pure oasis]

yes, I am aiming to high antes

[foggy quarry]

Wait is that a nat negative baron

[pure oasis]

i had baron and mime at tabke while i got my first ectoplasm from the Arcane Pack

[foggy quarry]

Niceeee

[pure oasis]

well had otther Jokers too, but those were obiously sold faster than light

ty

[foggy quarry]

Too bad the blueprint has foil for ecto hits

[jagged cliff]

so you ecto'd and it landed on baron?

[pure oasis]

got the Omen Blobe early game so have had some good Spectrals

[foggy quarry]

That’s so nice I always struggle the most with ectos on my run over anything, even my vouchers are more consistent

[pure oasis]

yeah, that was unfortunate, but didn't look at the gift horse's mouth

[foggy quarry]

Fs, honestly probably won’t affect the run since you already got ecto

[pure oasis]

yes, it was 50/50, either the Mime or the Baron because i sold rest of jokers before

[foggy quarry]

Ohhhh you got it super early!

[jagged cliff]

ahh, okay. 'cause you thumb up'd the question if your baron was nat negative

but it wasn't

[proper turtle]

Fun run

[tiny nexus]

Guys I'm cooking

[pure oasis]

yeah, and my first joker was the Midas so all face cards were soon golden

[foggy quarry]

High scores across the score is so nice

[jagged cliff]

bro is zooming

[foggy quarry]

Midas is honestly my favorite stat nowadays

[pure oasis]

ah, sry

[jagged cliff]

free money

[tiny nexus]

2 hand size 😎

[jagged cliff]

no worries, was just confused. 'Cause if that was a nat neg Baron, you can reach pretty far

[foggy quarry]

Yeah that’s why I had to ask

[pure oasis]

didn't recognize word "nat" in that sentence, and it is hard to read this chat anyway beacuse i had eye surgery at summer.

[jagged cliff]

it happens

[foggy quarry]

I’ve been grinding my first naneinf so my eyes lit up lol

[jagged cliff]

fr 😭

After 300+ hours I still never succeeded 💔 I keep fumbling

[manic talon]

Summer? Its already almost winter wdym the recovery is that long

[foggy quarry]

I honestly just got mine like two days ago, got a crimson bean glitch so I just got lucky

I fumbled SOO MANY tho, so many of them should’ve won

[pure oasis]

yeah, me too. Seems to be long learning process and mistakes are easy to do

[unreal iron]

yummy

[violet bear]

at last its done (C isn't real)

[pure oasis]

forget to check the Boss once and game over

[unreal iron]

any xmult and its over

[jagged cliff]

I could've gone really far once, I had the bean glitch and it hit TWICE, but the literal boss after was the plant and I had nothing to reroll and my deck was build for baron mime 💔

[foggy quarry]

ME TOO

I lost my first two bean glitches like two weeks ago 😭

[pure oasis]

had good Hanging Chad-Photo - transition to Baron-Mime because already had made enough red sealed Kings in deck and boosted the High card high enough

[jagged cliff]

getting the bean glitch:
Fumbling right after:

[pure oasis]

and when the Mime came with the Golden Ticket -> $$$

[foggy quarry]

Those starts are so fun

[pure oasis]

yeah, i think there was also another cash joker haning around but forgot which one it was. I bet on the Business Card or Parking

[plucky bridge]

hanging chad is so good

[pure oasis]

indeed

[plucky bridge]

I just discovered the power of that and photograph, got me my newest high score

[pure oasis]

it is so versatile because it can also bring cash with lucky cards

[plucky bridge]

as they say, number go up

[manic talon]

Chad is also just a good joker in general

[plucky bridge]

almost got 2 billion chips

[jagged cliff]

Chad

[plucky bridge]

not sure how I'm gonna get any better than that, but, that's the fun of it

[foggy quarry]

You’ll get there way quicker than you think, I started scoring way past the billions relatively quickly after first getting there

[plucky bridge]

just a few more xmults and I'll be in the e range

[foggy quarry]

100%

[plucky bridge]

I was going with steel cards before, but now I like glass builds

[jagged cliff]

but what about stone card builds

[plucky bridge]

I have yet to try those, but I do like the idea of that

[pure oasis]

omg, it is a home run