🕹・game-discussion

[prime valve]

1×0=1? Alright

[idle haven]

we laughing at u

[barren wigeon]

we laughing AT you

[clear mulch]

i am i am a jolly individual and laugh 24/7 at everything

[crystal field]

nuh uh

[idle haven]

😭😭

[fervent wolf]

Combine it with golden ticket with gold seals and its op with retriggers

[hallow zenith]

Bro does not have ball knowledge

[crystal field]

uhhh none of the jokers give x0 mult

[hallow zenith]

✌️✌️

[idle haven]

who is this guy

[barren wigeon]

stencil with max jokers

[idle haven]

why is he talking to me

[hallow zenith]

Chat I'm new idk shit about balatro 😔

[barren wigeon]

oh that gives x1

[fair flower]

I might go hunting for that deck, cause it seems fun as hell

[idle haven]

we can tell

[barren wigeon]

x0 would give you...0

[idle haven]

i need a negative mult joker already so i can go into negative scoring

[prime valve]

Copy nothing get nothing.

[crystal field]

thats x1

[fervent wolf]

6/5 jokers with stencil or typecast with stencil is 0x

[crystal field]

yea

[barren wigeon]

just said that lock in

[crystal field]

im slow 😢

[barren wigeon]

happens to the best of us

[idle haven]

i forgot how long i've been latroing tbh

[placid swift]

i honestly wish it would be -1x

[crystal field]

i enjoy balatro in a slow and slothenly way

[bleak seal]

i found the unenhanced aces guy

[barren wigeon]

I copy unenhanced cards sometimes

[crystal field]

holy shit

[barren wigeon]

if im playing a 4 or 5 build sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do

[fair flower]

Lmao

[fervent wolf]

It fr is, I find bootstraps experimental and fun to play around with, it also serves as a "watch your money and econ" warning to me, it's honestly a good joker if you go into depth with it

[clear mulch]

im playing high card, is it good to take driver's license and sell trio? i lose the polychrome tho

[crystal field]

“just copy aces” literally one of the worst ranks to copy what

[barren wigeon]

son. you have 4 enhanced cards.

[clear mulch]

trio not doing anything

[barren wigeon]

do not LOOK in the driver's licenses direction

[idle haven]

dude

[bleak seal]

why are you playing highcard if you have trio

[barren wigeon]

and is drivers license???

[placid swift]

i remember getting called out for dnaing red sticker steel cards what the fuck is this

[fair flower]

Damn I always looked at bootstraps as just a worse swashbuckler, I might have to give it another chance

[idle haven]

worst message ever?

[clear mulch]

i already got a lot of levels on high card and got that from judgement

[barren wigeon]

you good bruh just take the 1.5x mult

[bleak seal]

dna is good if you have red seal steels whaat

[rocky helm]

wsg yall

[barren wigeon]

dont touch that drivers license young buck

[latent egret]

just put the high card in the bag

[bleak seal]

polychrome is still better than nothing

[idle haven]

theres a serverwide divorce happening rn

[placid swift]

eyy

[idle haven]

we're all arguing

[bleak seal]

is your highcard level 9

[clear mulch]

level 10

[barren wigeon]

bah😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭son im crine 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 he think he a Mario level 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 talm bout some bah😭😭😭😭😭

[bleak seal]

what level is highcard

[clear mulch]

😎

[rocky helm]

i remember when i was part of one;; but like whats happening

[fervent wolf]

I once had bootstraps and the shop gave me seed money and next ante money tree, top tier run

[bleak seal]

put 1 level into 3oak and your scoring more

[idle haven]

theres a piece of glass in my arm does this mean i can multiply myself

[barren wigeon]

yeah but you might break

[idle haven]

people asking dumb questions

[rocky helm]

like hwat

[clear mulch]

🥺

[idle haven]

👀👀👀👀

[idle haven]

like that

[rocky helm]

bro tenna

[clear mulch]

stop being so M;EAAN!! 😢

[idle haven]

i wasnt talking about you but if you wanna be included go ahead

diddyblud

🤣🤣

[barren wigeon]

stop being such a dumb stupid little poopy idiot

[idle haven]

i am losing it

[clear mulch]

buddyblud skibidi ohio sigma 😎 😎

[barren wigeon]

eva ist das diddenbludden?

[rocky helm]

the censors will kill you

[idle haven]

yeah yeah bro massachusetts or whatever

[crystal field]

is poly pants it

[idle haven]

😅

[placid swift]

guys yall know where i can find a bridge

[clear mulch]

polybridges

[rocky helm]

first buffoon what do i take

[bleak seal]

play 3oak i beg you its so much better 😭 legit one level in venus and your scoring more

[prime valve]

Build of nonsense my favourite.

[clear mulch]

trading card

[crystal field]

trading card

[placid swift]

peak game btw

[rocky helm]

ok

[heady narwhal]

bootstraps is very bad in 99% of cases

[clear mulch]

miao

mraow

[heady narwhal]

can be fun to build around if you get it to work

[clear mulch]

🐱

[rocky helm]

but like what should i build ot

i can start snipping off 3s because 2s have a chance to be weed

[crystal field]

if I have poly pants do i need the red card too or should I save mony

[bleak seal]

lying i love to see it

[fair flower]

But the 1% is what I'm looking for

[prime valve]

Should I ask why ? Nah its alright.

But im not going to do the same.

[heady narwhal]

why not splash

[rocky helm]

time to snip off the 3s

[clear mulch]

oh right

[heady narwhal]

banner is already chips

[rocky helm]

jimbo should i snip off 3s

[prime valve]

Good point

[clear mulch]

im not thinking correctly im kinda

yea

[placid swift]

am i a criminal for using hanged man on aces first and then 2s

[bleak seal]

the amount of times i have been forced into grimbo banner delayed gratification at the start of my runs pmo i want new gold stickers

[prime valve]

Should get some sleep.

[heady narwhal]

i think either is fine. rebate will almost certainly get you to $25 before it perishes

[clear mulch]

mmmhh maybe

[rocky helm]

too late i alr took trading card. but what should i snip off

[prime valve]

Not maybe but surely.

[heady narwhal]

face cards

[fervent wolf]

I often get that one percent: bull, to the moon, and bbc along with erosion + immolate gives bootstraps a well deserved placed in the lineup

[rocky helm]

i didnt draw any

[clear mulch]

heh... i got driver license to 17.... heh..............

[placid swift]

to the moon and then the WHAT

[serene forge]

I hate Bloodstone

[rocky helm]

what

[bleak seal]

british broadcasting channel!

[rocky helm]

baseball card

[clear mulch]

i mean 17 enhanced cards

[heady narwhal]

in that case i'd cut lower cards and maybe prefer hearts/diamonds

[prime valve]

Instead of?

[rocky helm]

yeah i should kill 3s

[clear mulch]

the trio with polychrome which i shouldnt have sold

[heady narwhal]

prefer to cut hearts/diamonds

[bleak seal]

my first high score that i was actually proud of came from him so i can never hate the guy

got e17 i think it was

[heady narwhal]

the other ones are blackboard compatible

[rocky helm]

yeah i killed 3h

[placid swift]

i have never used blackboard once, is it that good?

[prime valve]

Yeah that was mistake. I would have sold splash but you got this I hope.

[crystal field]

its x3

[bleak seal]

yes

[clear mulch]

card sharp is here to save the unsavable

[crystal field]

with a pretty easy condition

[heady narwhal]

it's the best conditional xmult

[placid swift]

only clubs and spades in hand

wait

[crystal field]

yes

[serene forge]

yes

[prime valve]

You got card sharp ?? The run is saved.

[clear mulch]

id say card sharp is better in some cases

[prime valve]

Yeah it is.

[clear mulch]

mmhh

idk

[bleak seal]

"I love making bad decisions"

[placid swift]

does that mean only clubs and spades PLAYED or in hand (affected by mime)

[heady narwhal]

i wouldn't. i don't want to die at random to 2 bosses

[fervent wolf]

Imo it should be able to be retriggered by mime as it's "held in hand"

[serene forge]

carp sharp is a tiny bit overrated

imo

[clear mulch]

you are completely right

[heady narwhal]

blackboard is pretty much entirely invulnerable to bosses

[bleak seal]

idt ive ever had it with mime so lowkey idk

[serene forge]

in hand

[clear mulch]

blackboard also gets buffed by the manacle

[serene forge]

not affected by mime

[crystal field]

had countered by eye and needo but otherwise its really good

[serene forge]

it just checks your held cards

[heady narwhal]

i kind of hate cardsharp because it makes for boring runs

[placid swift]

bro got hit by a chess blunder 😭😭

[crystal field]

id say its accurately rated

[idle haven]

is this good for ante 1

[prime valve]

No why?

[clear mulch]

dude you're dead next ante

[heady narwhal]

baron
no

[idle haven]

just curious

[placid swift]

least broken cryptid run

[idle haven]

this isnt cryptid diddyblud

[prime valve]

Sell the baron and its alright

[rocky helm]

the censors will kill you

[serene forge]

average cryptid run

[hasty harness]

no i dont seem 5 8 balls

just hold R bro

[idle haven]

i'll tell yall if i win

[idle haven]

im saying bro

[placid swift]

how the fuck did you get - not a number???

[clear mulch]

it was me i did it

[heady narwhal]

why is there a transparent king+ace of spades

[serene forge]

good question

[idle haven]

they're scared

[sleek valley]

Okay, kidding aside, why the 8 ball?

[fair flower]

There's a good chance your game can crash from that much polychromes lol

[idle haven]

why not the 8 ball

[idle haven]

im surprised my pc is running this

[placid swift]

for the 1 tarot card every 3 antes

[prime valve]

Hopes and prayers.

[clear mulch]

galdur has such nice animations

i just stay in the menus for minutes sometimes cause of them

[rocky helm]

i like playing around with the stakes

[placid swift]

what is galdur, if its a mod idk cuz im on mobile

[rocky helm]

mod that helps set up runs faster

[clear mulch]

yesss i love the little sounds they make it tickles my brain

[crystal field]

the tooth just disrespected me so hard im gna kms fmsbl

😿

[placid swift]

k thx

[rocky helm]

fmsbl?

[placid swift]

fuck does fmsbl mean

[frail solstice]

does anyone here play balatro

[fervent wolf]

Nah

[clear mulch]

??? whats that

[placid swift]

fuck my shitty X life?

[eternal anchor]

Should I get Lucky Cat or keep Perkeo? (I want to gold sticker Invis)

[placid swift]

sell eg

[clear mulch]

egg

wait nvm u have

[fervent wolf]

Yo what is that,a game? If so where to get it

[idle haven]

ok i won

[hasty harness]

i think he might need egg to live

[clear mulch]

itch

[eternal anchor]

Eggbuckler run. Selling Egg will straight out kill me

[sleek valley]

When his deck presumably is all kings and no 8s?

[frail solstice]

balatro is more of a way of living

[clear mulch]

yes i realised after

[hasty harness]

id sell perkeo for a x mult option but idk if id do it for cat

since u dont have retriggers

etc

[placid swift]

i mean, his name says he is a 8ball enjoyer

[fair flower]

No naninf 🥺

[fervent wolf]

Believe me ik

[idle haven]

im geniuenly surprised too

[placid swift]

is that john balatro

[hasty harness]

put chad and photo together

[placid swift]

also how would showman work here?

[rocky helm]

should ip lay some cryptid

[fair flower]

I want that how do I get that? do I need to steal it? I wanna steal it? Give me your cards

[hasty harness]

looks inside

[rocky helm]

photo isnt square

[fiery nymph]

cut that photo to square

[fervent wolf]

Seller was not tryna do all that 💔

[fiery nymph]

but peak anyways

[eternal anchor]

Half Joker lookin like

[placid swift]

neither was square joker till it was updated

[fervent wolf]

Yes

Actually

[rocky helm]

ik

[fair flower]

Just cut him up with some scissors

[fiery nymph]

hes a full joker now

[rocky helm]

guys should i do cryptid

[fair flower]

Do what with cryptid?

[fiery nymph]

+20 mult when you play 4 or more cards

[fervent wolf]

It would not work at all 💔

[placid swift]

idk never played cryptid looks fun

[hasty harness]

out of context:

[rocky helm]

i can play it and send some screenshots, but just like no one please say to do that inthe mods server :)

[terse vale]

i’d just take a bite out of it

or rip it

can uou

[placid swift]

guys how do i hide an approx. 60kg chicken?

[terse vale]

idk what these ones are made of

[rocky helm]

why are my cards so merry🥀 🙏

[eternal anchor]

I took the cat anyway

[fair flower]

Eat it duh

[hasty harness]

fair enough

[placid swift]

just wait till you find m

[hasty harness]

perkeo also was $10 sell value tho

thats why i was a little hesitant

[idle haven]

ok i think i won

[fervent wolf]

Peak synergy?

[rocky helm]

?

[clear mulch]

perfect

[placid swift]

merry andy with burglar hell nah

[idle haven]

im in love

[clear mulch]

is this the best start ever

[fair flower]

We're making it out of ante 0 with this one

[placid swift]

1 tarot every 7 rounds

[idle haven]

absolutely

[rocky helm]

k guys time to cryptid

[fair flower]

Now you just need the Willy Joker

[clear mulch]

yes yes i got one hierophant

so good!!!

[idle haven]

wish me luck

[crystal field]

fuck my stupid baka life

[placid swift]

kinda late but thx

[crystal field]

im gaming

[placid swift]

guys i think he MIGHT win

[rocky helm]

"heh...baka!~~~" ahh acronym

[idle haven]

probably

[clear mulch]

stop lying to them

[placid swift]

good gaming mate

[crystal field]

oiii oi oi

[clear mulch]

b- baka..! s- stop mocking us t- tsunderes....

[hasty harness]

the humble plant on the boss blind:

[idle haven]

retcon

[fervent wolf]

We making it to Nan with this build?

[rocky helm]

guys should i do the most chaotic cryptid deck

[fiery nymph]

pou-

[clear mulch]

one trillion canvases and 1 jimbo

[heady narwhal]

the ever-helpful ouija:

[placid swift]

i remember someone calling vagabond one of the worst jokers in the game, but when i use it its really good, have i been baited?

[clear mulch]

yes

[heady narwhal]

vagabond is one of the best jokers in the game

[rocky helm]

ok i got iterum (tretrigger every card, every card gives x2) so we are going to have a lot of fun

[heady narwhal]

r/balatro doesn't like it because it doesn't get killed by the plant

[hasty harness]

vagabond best econ joker

[clear mulch]

why is everybody hyperfixated on face cards builds 😢

[placid swift]

get the earthmover joker aswell hes my favorite in terms of design

[clear mulch]

especially on the subreddit

[fervent wolf]

Rebate better

[rough prairie]

I dislike Vagabond because it makes you want to do away with the whole money management part of a roguelike

[eternal anchor]

ffs

[rocky helm]

is this enough ante 1

[willow frost]

you still have to manage it, just in the opposite way

[placid swift]

so joever

[idle haven]

i rhink i won

[clear mulch]

no

[prime valve]

Yeah been baited really bad.

[placid swift]

get benjamin too pls (earthmover)

[eternal anchor]

unless I were to sell Invis - forgoing the gold sticker - and hope it doesn't copy Space Joker

[fair flower]

Not modded btw

[eternal anchor]

of course it fucking copied Space Joker goddammit

[placid swift]

lmfao

[willow frost]

195x0 is 0, cooked

[hasty harness]

being able to get out of vagabond and fix ur econ is a skill tho

[fiery nymph]

i dont think you have enough xmult

[hasty harness]

or just get bailed out by a temperance

😄

[fair flower]

Now you can roll nothing times two!

[rocky helm]

what does he look lie

[idle haven]

ultrakill mentioned

[placid swift]

he is an exotic and is black and white, also a machine with a long girrafe like neck

[placid swift]

my beloved

[clear mulch]

i hate 8ball even more now

[idle haven]

screw you

[clear mulch]

in the enemies to lovers kind of way

[idle haven]

[rocky helm]

he doesnt exist

[clear mulch]

hi plant

[placid swift]

the plant jumpscare

[idle haven]

scary

[clear mulch]

unphased

😎

[idle haven]

so tuff twin

[clear mulch]

ya

but dont you dare say boo

[idle haven]

boo

[clear mulch]

blocked

too scary

[idle haven]

aw shucks

[fair flower]

GET AWAY FROM ME. I TOLD YOU I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY, I'LL GET IT BY NEXT THURSDAY, JUST PLEASE DON'T HURT MY PHOTOCHAD

[idle haven]

💔

[clear mulch]

i hate photochad with passion

[fair flower]

Why?

[clear mulch]

idk i hate it and i spit on it and

cus im so tuff

[clear mulch]

like the minecraft block

[fair flower]

Man I regret buying balatro on my phone, I could have so many mods by now

[idle haven]

i hate you

[clear mulch]

ok

[placid swift]

im stupid hes a rare (its light up the night btw)

[fair flower]

Toxic yaoi?

[heady narwhal]

i wouldn't mind it if they weren't fixating on the wrong ones

like. stm and htr are good, midas is good, parking is good, faceless is good
but it's alwaus just baron mime photochad triboulet etc

[idle haven]

dawg

[fair flower]

What

Oh right

[idle haven]

[placid swift]

i think he might like misprint

true tho

[idle haven]

mayb

[tawdry ice]

Odd card to like to that extent.

[clear mulch]

it gets to the point where its just always the same runs

[fair flower]

[idle haven]

are these stats peak

[tawdry ice]

This is also what mine looked like after going naneinf.

[heady narwhal]

you aren't a real endless mode gamer unless you have mr bones as your most used joker

[idle haven]

i tried

[idle haven]

diddyblud

[tawdry ice]

You were close.

I overshot by a crazy amount when I did my naneinf.

[placid swift]

you should make the hieroglyph 8008 for the funny

[tawdry ice]

e1156, I believe.

[heady narwhal]

i think this is the main problem with endless

[idle haven]

mayb

[heady narwhal]

there's basically no build variety

[clear mulch]

how have i used the others ones this low

[tawdry ice]

You either go flush fives or you go baron high card.

[heady narwhal]

ante 8 gold stake is like 80% pairs but at least i'm not using the exact same jokers and exact same deck every time

[idle haven]

someone likes their cryptids

[placid swift]

trans soul

based

[clear mulch]

its a lesbian flag

[fair flower]

Those are the ones that make the most ding noises and make my brain feel funny

[placid swift]

oh fuck

[clear mulch]

but you got the right spirit 🥹

[placid swift]

im stupid

[heady narwhal]

parking and stm make tons of ding noises

[tranquil oyster]

endless / naneinf is like speedrunning, there's only one strategy because the game simply isn't balanced around it.

[fair flower]

What's stm again?

[tawdry ice]

Looks like it really has been a while since I last talked here. I don't recognize anyone now.

[tawdry ice]

Shoot the moon.

[heady narwhal]

hit the road

[clear mulch]

im just now noticing how held in hand card effects are the strongest

[placid swift]

ride the bus

[heady narwhal]

they're very good on pair runs and they're also very good in endless

[rocky helm]

i got a pointer

and um

i copied it

and now i have 35 of them

so time to go crazy

[placid swift]

did u get light up the night

[latent egret]

#⚙・modding-general 🤓

[rocky helm]

so thats what ur talking about

[rocky helm]

bro

[rocky helm]

but as a matter of fact idid

[fair flower]

Ohh shoot the moon. I love that card

[placid swift]

cool

[crystal field]

im going 100% goober mode

[tranquil oyster]

held in hand effects are mostly just better than "when played effect". steel cards just take one tarot, the played equivalent (polychrome) requires hitting the rarest outcome with a ghost card.

[latent egret]

1/2827462726 chance in reality

[tawdry ice]

Real.

[latent egret]

they’re more consistent

[placid swift]

...seed?

[latent egret]

but to retrigger steel you only have mime

[placid swift]

(after u win)

[latent egret]

while to retrigger poly you have 4/5 jokers

[clear mulch]

also (disregarding retriggers) you can only have up to 5 polychrome cards being played

[idle haven]

so how do the stickers work like do you need to win on the last round with the joker for it to gain the sticker or do you just have to have had it some time throughout the run

[placid swift]

yeah steel is much better than poly

[clear mulch]

last round

[latent egret]

beat the boss with it

[tranquil cargo]

you need to have it at the end of the ante 8 boss blind

[tranquil oyster]

tbf, once you hit 6 polychrome cards you already deckfixed to a point where the game is over anyway

[idle haven]

thanks

[placid swift]

"completed"

[tranquil cargo]

after checking for stuff like gros michel breaking or popcorn running out

[heady narwhal]

glass is more mult, has a better synergy joker, and has an additional upside of deck thinning

[idle haven]

i honestly never knew since i had cards with like white sticker that i never use

[latent egret]

meh, you get it more often but having a poly is more often a win condition

[placid swift]

why not both lmao

[clear mulch]

why not any of them

[latent egret]

cause glass is better with large hands

[placid swift]

(when you can that is)

[clear mulch]

and play tarotless

[latent egret]

which make steel worse

[rocky helm]

its time

[clear mulch]

ante 0, 75k requirement

[placid swift]

i honestly dont get challenges that limit or remove certain mechanics of the game

[summer solstice]

I DID IT

I FINALLY DID IY

IT

IM SO PROUD OF MYSELF

[placid swift]

like tarotless, jokerless, ench.less

[fair flower]

Chicot?

[rocky helm]

yes

[clear mulch]

yeah thats what i mean, why do you want the player to see less content of your game??

[summer solstice]

idk havent opened it

[latent egret]

trib

[summer solstice]

ITS TRIB

[placid swift]

discardless?

[summer solstice]

HE PREFIRED IT

[latent egret]

called it

[fair flower]

Niceeeee

[summer solstice]

yessss

my first ever trib

[clear mulch]

thats called blue stake

[fair flower]

Is that your first legendary?

[latent egret]

insert steph curry making 3 from the moon gif

[rocky helm]

this will take a while

[mental ruin]

i love wraith

[placid swift]

anyways i gotta go sleep theres school tmrw

[heady narwhal]

new challenge concept:

• start with eternal rtb and eternal pareidolia
• played cards become permanently debuffed after hand is scored

[placid swift]

gn everyone

[latent egret]

very interesting

[rocky helm]

ts is not a challenge 🙏🥀

[fair flower]

No. No. No. No. No. No

[rocky helm]

"here, lose"ahh challenge

[clear mulch]

Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.

[latent egret]

maybe make it have only 1-2 open joker slots and its a good challenge

[fair flower]

Lmao true

[heady narwhal]

start with eternal rtb and two eternal copies of pareidolia

[latent egret]

you can play flushes early then switch to scaling rtb once you got enough debuffed cards

[tranquil oyster]

new challenge concept: jimbo steps out of the screen and punches you in the balls

[fair flower]

Yes please

[clear mulch]

yes it seems very fun

i wanna try playing it

[latent egret]

wouldn’t be that hard to mod

[clear mulch]

yeah ofc its just a table anyways

[latent egret]

use the red seals challenge as a base

[eternal anchor]

Crimson Heart is incoming

[clear mulch]

what should be the name

[eternal anchor]

I should probably take Burglar even if it'll devalue Stencil

[summer solstice]

nah my first was canio I think

wait no is was yorick

[fair flower]

Both are good

[rocky helm]

its still going

[clear mulch]

istg everytime i get canio there are NO hanged man NO immolates NO trading cards NO glass cards

[eternal anchor]

NO

[clear mulch]

yes

[fair flower]

Same, but when you finally get that trading card and blueprint it starts to feel like heaven.

[clear mulch]

ive been locked out of heaven for too long

[fair flower]

Yo I love that song

[latent egret]

makes you score 25% less

so yeah defo worth

[summer solstice]

is this good?

I just got photo

[white zodiac]

when money solves rng hindrance

[eternal anchor]

yes let's go!!

[fair flower]

Yeah it's pretty good, maybe a better multiplier tho

[summer solstice]

like what?

Im really bad I just play for fun

[eternal anchor]

No gold stickers this time but at least I upgraded Antimatter from red to gold lol
Stickers on vouchers only possible with mods

[summer solstice]

I scored 100 mil in one hand lets gooo

[fair flower]

Hmmmm maybe a scaling multiplier like hologram (but that's only good to get in early game) or Cavendish if possible

[tranquil oyster]

this should carry you to the end of the game ez

[rocky helm]

time to play some gd while the thing calculates

[clear mulch]

👍

[tranquil oyster]

even if this was ante 1 i wouldnt switch any joker in there for hologram

[summer solstice]

should I sell my smiley face for ancient joker?

[tranquil oyster]

no, don't sell any joker you have for the rest of the game.

[rocky helm]

yes

[heady narwhal]

probably not since you're not running flushes presumably

what level is your hand

[rocky helm]

yeah but what if they can just swith

[summer solstice]

I'm running full house

[summer solstice]

2...

[heady narwhal]

that would be silly because they need to play a lot of kings and queens

[fair flower]

Yeah nah don't buy ancient then

[summer solstice]

ok

[clear mulch]

thanks Ankh

[heady narwhal]

in that case smiley is pretty nice

[summer solstice]

this is one of my best runs

[tranquil oyster]

just focus on tarot cards for now. this setup is ideal.

[summer solstice]

my best run was e13 on my phone

[tranquil oyster]

(unless you try to go infinite ofc, i'm talking about ante 8)

[heady narwhal]

smiley on photochad/trib runs is about equivalent to +10 base mult

[crystal field]

wow flush on gold stake is silly as hell. kinda sad I had to sell my wily 😿

[heady narwhal]

so around x2.5 here

[fair flower]

Economy so bad people have to start selling their willies 😔

[heady narwhal]

throwback world record

[crystal field]

throwback doing nothing btw

[crystal field]

i was hoping for a nat negative so i could keep wily

[fair flower]

Like always

[clear mulch]

why did you sell wily if you didnt skip

[summer solstice]

my boss blind is cerulean bell, is this bad?

[fair flower]

That's the easiest boss blind to win

[crystal field]

depepnds on ur hand type

[summer solstice]

nvm it selected my queen we're chill

[clear mulch]

id argue amber acorn is easier

[summer solstice]

guys I did it

[tranquil oyster]

would be acorn, bell can be extremely annoying if you're running straights

[crystal field]

i am now 131/150

[heady narwhal]

i really wish the finishers that weren't vessel/heart were more threatening

[crystal field]

thanks tribe for actually not being shit this time

[fair flower]

I was gonna try and make a counter argument, but I can't, acorn is too laughably easy

[crystal field]

if 5 card hands were viable they would be (except acorn lmfao)

[summer solstice]

should I deja vu my polychrome queen or jst a normal king

[prime valve]

What are you building towards?

[clear mulch]

queen

if you want kings just use a strenght on the queen later

[summer solstice]

idk what should I build for

[prime valve]

If you dont know then do like Eva already said.

Queen skittles and red seal sounds good.

[frail oriole]

Thanks, not that I wanted Dagger before this.....

[clear mulch]

ok i keep either start scaling rtb too early or too late

[idle haven]

i wanna play cryptid but im too lazy to set it up

[heady narwhal]

i'd just new run and play the next stake up but otherwise you'd probably want to work towards flive i think?

[frail oriole]

Do I sac Smiley for Dagger here

[prime valve]

Must be really lazzy

[idle haven]

yeah i am

[fervent wolf]

Space guy leaves?

[heady narwhal]

and just try to get copies and retriggers and such

[idle haven]

too much effort

[sacred trench]

Just beat Golf Stake Magic Deck, just wanted to let y'all know that Mail in was the sold joker that made the econ work

[clear mulch]

space guy leaves

[idle haven]

should i try it out chat

[fervent wolf]

Rip spoker

[white zodiac]

[heady narwhal]

spoker is probably one of my top 5 favorite jokers

[frail oriole]

Guys I need help

[crystal field]

shit like this makes me wanna do balatro edits or something stupid like that

[summer solstice]

I JUST PULLED A NATURAL NEGATIVE IDOL

[frail oriole]

Do I sell Smiley Or SnB for dagger or do nothing

[sacred trench]

Flushes for the win

[clear mulch]

yes

[prime valve]

This is the run?

I think so it is.

[summer solstice]

im gonna screw it up tho I just know it

im so bad

[frail oriole]

please guys i need your help im so close to beating purple stake

[opal delta]

dagger wouldnt be much help here since it cant break an eternal egg

[frail oriole]

I have Crimson Heart

[clear mulch]

be pro

and beat it

thats how i do it usually

[frail oriole]

doesnt it get the bonus without breaking the egg

[prime valve]

No.

[frail oriole]

....

my eternal egg.

for nothing

[opal delta]

dagger is supposed to destroy a joker and gain twice its sell value as +mult

[crystal field]

has to kill and then doubles sell value of killed joker as mult

[crystal field]

it prob carried ur econ

[opal delta]

and its eternal so you cant kill the egg

[crystal field]

thats how it looks to me

[frail oriole]

it doesnt do anything except temperance

which i maybe got 1 of

[clear mulch]

@heady narwhal you are a monster this challenge is hell

thank you for creating this

[tiny jetty]

Yes

[sacred trench]

Flushes are my most played hand

[summer solstice]

I rlly wanna risk this wraith

[sacred trench]

Most

Reliable hand

[tiny jetty]

same

[summer solstice]

I already won

[clear mulch]

its a bp trust me

[sacred trench]

With PhotoChad being my list used jokers

[summer solstice]

ima risk it for the smiley

[clear mulch]

how much money do you have

[summer solstice]

baron....

[summer solstice]

3...

[sacred trench]

I think I won 6 out of the 10 gold stake wins I have so far

With PhotoChad

[prime valve]

Then sell it

[summer solstice]

its better then nothing right?

shouldnt I sell it later?

when I find something good

[frail oriole]

ok lets go bois

thank god

IM AT ORANGE

[summer solstice]

if you had photo that wouldve been crayz

[idle haven]

six seven

[clear mulch]

dude what

[frail oriole]

you have no idea how big this is for me

[idle haven]

gane forgot

[clear mulch]

i started a new run it persists

[frail oriole]

ive been hardstuck on purple stake for 10 days

[summer solstice]

im proud

[idle haven]

balatro confused

[fervent wolf]

Any bets in what invis will hit?

[summer solstice]

bro if my idol would hit

[heady narwhal]

four fingers

[idle haven]

8 ball

[frail oriole]

shortcut

[fervent wolf]

Please don't let it be four fingers or shortcut

[idle haven]

let it be 8 ball

[clear mulch]

we did it

[fervent wolf]

Of COURSE

[frail oriole]

lesbian soul

[clear mulch]

omfg yes canio

[heady narwhal]

negative four fingers + four fingers = 0 fingers (straights and flushes can be made with 0 cards, i.e. every hand is a straight flush)

[summer solstice]

ggs to my best run yet

[fervent wolf]

I wish

[clear mulch]

its the yuri that's inside of me

[fair flower]

When did you get negative idol?

[summer solstice]

like ante 10

it just couldnt hit

[fair flower]

Yeah you need insane deck fixing to make idol actually viable

[summer solstice]

crazy lucky pull tho

[fair flower]

Pause.

[clear mulch]

what

[fair flower]

Nvm

[fair flower]

Canio gonna go crazy here

[shell harness]

I feel like this is good white steak telescope

[clear mulch]

in fact it is

[shell harness]

No seed

Lotta rerolls tho

[clear mulch]

except for the debuffed cards

i cant find enhancers to remove the debuffs 😢

[fair flower]

Damn, well you could probably clutch it up if you scale canio hard enough

[clear mulch]

oh its at

x23

how

[fair flower]

Oh damn that's more than enough to win a gold steak, let alone a white stake

[clear mulch]

and as usual the rtb given by the challenge is 100% useless

[fair flower]

It's the magic school bus meant for emotional support

[clear mulch]

no its meant to remove a joker slot

i hate the guy

OFC

OFC INVISIBLE COPIES IT

[fair flower]

LMAOOO

[clear mulch]

dude

blueprint

[white zodiac]

nothing is a challenge without bans in place

[clear mulch]

but i have to sell my trading card 😢

[fair flower]

I don't see a problem here

[clear mulch]

care to elaborate?

[white zodiac]

no

[clear mulch]

i see

have a nice day

[shell harness]

Found a mime and lost the splash what do I sell for mime

Mind u I don't have a full deck o Queens yet

[small gorge]

yooooo +0 that red card is crazy high

[clear mulch]

pain

ecto

we are so back

laptop crashed

ok...

[swift tundra]

I want to know what your 4oak level was at

[dark topaz]

erratic gold stake
pretty good start i think

[white zodiac]

somewhere in the high 30s

[swift tundra]

erratic gold stake is so cursed, found that to be way harder than black deck

[tranquil cargo]

how?

[swift tundra]

I'm on a new profile and gold staked black deck in a single session

I don't know, that's why I say cursed, it just took me forver to do erratic the first go around

[white zodiac]

but have you tried doing c++ only with that deck

[tranquil cargo]

were you forgetting to look at the deck before discarding?

[swift tundra]

no, and lol that doesn't sound like something one casually "tries"

[white zodiac]

oop

[swift tundra]

😑

[white zodiac]

currently casually trying

well

havent played in two days

[dark topaz]

I lost to the mouth

[swift tundra]

I think I would go about erratic deck much differently this time around

I feel like it encourages overthinking when less thinking is better

[tranquil oyster]

erratic deck is just an effectless deck you can't run straights with

[white zodiac]

the default general game plan is more or less the same with more style for alternative poker hands

[deft panther]

I don't understand this

[mortal nimbus]

no room to take brainstorm

or are you talking about the rtb parei

[deft panther]

They have eternal paredoleia and two eternal ride the bus

I understand having paredoleia with Canio but doesn't that mean the two RtBs can't ever build mult

[mortal nimbus]

yeah, they probably got rtb early, then duped it. then randomly got canio, then found parei when they had sufficient base mult.

[vocal rose]

I'd say im doing it "casually"

[mortal nimbus]

not an unreasonable pivot when you get handed canio (with a blueprint)

[deft panther]

But RtB loses its mult when you play a face card doesn't it

[mortal nimbus]

yeah, that's why I mentioned base mult

[eternal anchor]

when you SCORE a face card

[swift tundra]

I guess I meant more in the time investment, not that you can't do it in a relaxed manner

[mortal nimbus]

hand level

[mortal nimbus]

parei is present

all scored cards are face cards

[deft panther]

And he can't sell either parei or the RtBs

[mortal nimbus]

rtb is now just a dead slot, but with that much xmult that can very easily scale, it doesn't really matter

[deft panther]

It can't scale though

He has eternal parei

[mortal nimbus]

canio can scale

xmult

that can scale

[deft panther]

I guess

I guess if the hand level is high enough all you'll really need is the xMult then right

[worldly edge]

[mortal nimbus]

yeah, that's the consideration to make, where your scoring comes from

[worldly edge]

This is from the video from Bean on 0.9.2i btw

[mortal nimbus]

🫡 to pre-nerf square joker

[worldly edge]

Square Joker as a rectangle, goes by 5 chips is insane

[fiery nymph]

wait a minute...

[worldly edge]

it's also uncommon

[deft panther]

I always saw the square joker look like that in videos and assumed people modded it to be the same shape as the other cards because it bothered them

[white zodiac]

time investment wise it's been more or less the same as doing c+ & ++

[swift tundra]

nice, has it felt rewarding so far?

[white zodiac]

makes streaking other decks a whole lot different

I'll say

[worldly edge]

This is 0.9.2i vs 1.0.1o in terms of everything

Looks like thunk by this point had mostly everything aside from some effects and art (I'll be looking at the end of the video to see what's different)

Cavendish had a 1/10 chance of destruction, dang

[latent egret]

pessimistic andy

[worldly edge]

What the heck is this!?

[worldly edge]

Okay is neat

It looks like it's the same layout

HOLD UP

FOUND A CUT DECK

[fiery nymph]

we finally got the side profile we all wanted

[bleak blaze]

Straight Madness

Had a Poly Madness and Shortcut by ante 3

[gloomy marsh]

if a joker gets debuffed do i get the gold sticker or no

[dark topaz]

i think yes

[worldly edge]

I won't show the effect, go watch the vid/vod from Bean but...

"Mr Krabs, I have an Idea"

[novel moss]

Oh dang. Hate to say it but skipping is probably the best option.

[tender hill]

HOW DO I COME BACK FROM THIS

[nova mantle]

would yall pick fib here? im running 4oak's with aces

[tender hill]

This run is so ass bruh

[languid heron]

Whats castle and bus at?

[tender hill]

I need to stop playing like a dumbass

[nova mantle]

bus at 39, castle's 84

i ended up picking it regardless since i need the gold sticker

[shell dagger]

if i just wanted to win then i wouldnt have picked fib

[nova mantle]

4 NEW stickers against violet vessel!, it was def a close one but im glad i got it

[nova mantle]

no retriggers def diminished its contribution, but eh, it fitted into the build

[willow frost]

what du heeeeeellllllllll

[novel moss]

Made it 👍

[nova mantle]

n 🔥

[dark cairn]

i think 8 ball might be my new favourite joker

[willow frost]

if you were playing bloodstone wouldnt selling giftcard have been fine

[terse vale]

why am I not punished

[novel moss]

Wanted the gold sticker for it

[willow frost]

oh right sorry

what legendaries do you not have stickered (if any)

[novel moss]

Chicot is the only one left and I had already passed the heart debuff boss.

[willow frost]

its a thing i guess

yeah i guess you made the right choice

no point selling swash if bloodstone might fail

[dark cairn]

i hate how the game keeps taunting me with triboulet still not being discovered every time i boot it up

i've found perkeo once chicot once yorick 4 times and canio 3 times

but when i was doing challenge runs triboulet appeared constantly (because it doesnt count for completion in a challenge)

[shell dagger]

no it didn’t, with 4oak you shouldn’t even need 1 +mult joker let alone 2

[cosmic maple]

First ever proper abandoned deck run and I'm not sure what I'm doing but it works ig. Need advice

[prime valve]

Hello Nat :)

How are you doing ? And also look what I got its worth 600k but I died with it after 5 minutes.

[dark cairn]

question about soul and black hole: is it a 0.3% chance per pack to appear? or 0.3% chance per card in the pack?

[prime valve]

Per pack

[dark cairn]

so same odds for a normal booster pack as for a jumbo/mega?

[prime valve]

Yeah

[dark cairn]

lame

[eternal anchor]

Gold sticker on the grand motherfuckest of motherfuckers BBLLOOOODDSSTTOONNEE

[prime valve]

No wait I looked it up and its per card 3:1000. Each card in pack, my bad.

[eternal anchor]

It was one of my first orange stickers too

[cosmic maple]

Bump, quite a slow day today

[placid cedar]

i am trying naneinf, should i pick now the showman?

i even have red sealed polichrome kings

[slate lance]

Hii

[slate lance]

Im doing good hbu?
Dude u need to stop losing stuff wth 😭

[prime valve]

3 dudes threw like 6 nades at me and I was last man standing in my team.

[twin lantern]

actually not that hard huh

[prime valve]

So ummm yes

[prime valve]

What deck was it?

[barren wigeon]

dawg

[slate lance]

Honestly i dont even bother with those types of games

[prime valve]

Or challenge

[twin lantern]

jokerless

aces/tens

[prime valve]

Man I didnt saw it first alright?

[barren wigeon]

still dont get how the fuck doc did jokerless black deck gold stake

[cosmic maple]

Bump

[prime valve]

Im going to bed my brain is fried.

[twin lantern]

some stuff is core like telescope directors cut i think

or just luck

[eternal anchor]

Mr. Bones is the 💀 emoji of Balatro

[barren wigeon]

doc doesn't have luck

pure skill

[prime valve]

Only game I enjoy now. I stopped playing ps4 so yeah.

[deft panther]

Can Black Hole spectral cards only appear in the planet packs or can they appear in the spectral packs too? I've only seen them in the planet packs

[barren wigeon]

both soul and black hole can appear in spectral packs

[prime valve]

Also in spectral

[barren wigeon]

theres a seed out there where if you use showman you'll get 3 souls in an arcana pack

we havent figured out which one yet but theres one

[eternal anchor]

If it's not a mega arcana pack, what good is that for?

[barren wigeon]

nothing

but its cool

[vocal rose]

coolness

[cosmic maple]

Bump again

[vocal rose]

um

just go to the next stake

thats my advice

[cosmic maple]

Why?

[vocal rose]

because theres nothing else to achieve and you'll hit a wall very quickly

you've won already

[cosmic maple]

:/

[vocal rose]

very little endless potential on abandoned

which doesn't matter since endless means nothing

[cosmic maple]

I always try to go as far as I can just so see if I can

[fair flower]

How do I actually make idol useful? I really wanna try to make an idol deck, but I suck at deck thinning.

[vocal rose]

you dont

[fair flower]

B-but it seems so fun 🥺

[cosmic maple]

If you can't deck thin it's ass

[vocal rose]

in a normal ante 8 run you wont be able to in general

[compact gazelle]

you dont unless you run endless mode (which is cringe after the first few times)

[tired kestrel]

Hanging chad and a deck thats less than 32 cards

[compact gazelle]

don't bother with idol it's like if trib and aj had a baby and it was trash

[cosmic maple]

aj?

[compact gazelle]

ancient joker

[jagged valve]

Give me a deck to play in until I beat the next stake I have to beat

[cosmic maple]

Black gold

[compact gazelle]

trib asks for ranks and gives you xmult aj asks for suits and gives you xmult and idol just HAS to be a prick about the whole thing and asks for both

[jagged valve]

I'm not there yet

[cosmic maple]

Black in gen then

Highest stake you can

[compact gazelle]

anaglyph

[jagged valve]

Ill do those then

[cosmic maple]

:)

[fair flower]

I know it's trash, but I am trying to find uses for cards I absolutely hate to play (Super position, To do list, Idol) so I don't end up constantly making the same face deck over and over

[compact gazelle]

oo i can respect that
don't bother with idol though it's genuinely unbuildable in normal runs

todolist is early game econ jumpstart

[alpine basalt]

Superposition is excellent for tarot gen

[jagged valve]

Also give me a build to try to do

Poker hand build

[alpine basalt]

Especially early game

[compact gazelle]

superposition is surprisingly... not all that bad
it has its place in low straight hack or fib builds, and it's like a better 8ball if you have shortcut and just a little bit of thinning

[fair flower]

I'm not saying these jokers are bad I just don't like playing them a whole lot

[compact gazelle]

i formally challenge you to make a seance build
they're so fun probably the best experience balatro has to offer

[fair flower]

But I gotta learn to take advantage of literally any card I can to optimize my builds

[jagged valve]

So straight flush

[compact gazelle]

yes :3

[jagged valve]

Alright

Easier in checkered but I'll do it in black

[fair flower]

So just a trib deck with extra steps?

[signal frigate]

Trib only asks for 2 ranks and it doesn't have to be only 1 while Idol is picky about it

[compact gazelle]

a lot of the commons that don't seem to have a great purpose are perfectly reasonable picks early game

[barren wigeon]

Idol sucks

not even the best joker for its niche

[void briar]

what is then

[pastel perch]

balarto 🥀

[compact gazelle]

hmm...
xmult on card triggers, that benefits seriously from deck thinning and has a massive potential score ceiling but struggles to get off the ground sometimes and can get absolutely ruined by some boss blinds...?

[void briar]

that wasnt my question though

[fair flower]

All roads lead to Baron 😔

[pale wolf]

there should be a pokemon ranger mod for balatro

[fair flower]

Pokemon ranger?

[pale wolf]

yes

the game where you draw loops around pokemon

real

[fair flower]

How would that fit into balatro?

[pale wolf]

it would be the boss blind

[fair flower]

That would be pretty funny ngl

[terse dock]

Hello Bala

[fair flower]

He didn't finish the jingling and wiggling his dough, now the brownies are gonna be shit

[compact gazelle]

but it was.
the best joker for idol's niche is trib

[terse dock]

the best joker for idol's niche is the sell button

[void briar]

hack wee build pivot?

but yeah ig ur right there

[haughty creek]

Guys, what should I do in this situation? Should I buy this joker, and if so, what should I replace it with? And why? I'm a beginner.

I'm playing Flush Five with glass red kings and with red seals

[void briar]

baseball card trust

[haughty creek]

baseball joker is negative

[void briar]

i was joking

[willow frost]

oooh blueprint

also replace it with photo

[haughty creek]

Replace the photo with a face retrigger joker and put a blueprint on it? Is that right?

[willow frost]

ignore that

[coarse silo]

https://www.reddit.com/r/balatro/comments/1p4t23z/i_got_my_first_gold_stake_win/

absolute bonkers build

[willow frost]

its annoying youre using bloodstone because it doesnt always work

[cursive prairie]

gg guys

[vocal rose]

okay

if you want more scoring

do you think you should pick it up?

[foggy dome]

I can't believe I'm going to die to a straight

My flush levels are worth nothing

Oh nvm i lived im stupid

[hidden lance]

its so satisfying

[cosmic maple]

Omelette run idk what to take here

[hidden lance]

thats funny

[white zodiac]

I got pissed off at his campfire/consumable optimizing decisions from yesterday's vid

is this one any better

[alpine halo]

ante one with abandoned deck second shop, do i take a rental spaceman?

[shell dagger]

Speculative mime runs are fun

So hopefully it’s a good watch

[shell dagger]

I would probably aim to play a straight which won’t win the big blind, sell it if spaceman doesn’t hit, or win with the level 2 straight in which case I would’ve been fine with a Saturn in place of spaceman (both cost $3)

[final briar]

getting close to finishing C++ now - the final 8 remaining are:
Madness
Vagabond
Cloud Nine
Bull
The Order
Troubadour
Yorick
Chicot

[lunar zealot]

oof

[alpine halo]

madness and throwback are great together

[lunar zealot]

2 legendaries

[lunar zealot]

no

[alpine halo]

since youre skiping with madness wouldnt they be good tg?

unless i

[lunar zealot]

literally two of the most antisynergistic jokers possible

[alpine halo]

just dont know how to play madness

[shell dagger]

you aren’t skipping with madness

[lunar zealot]

madness gains xmult on blind select

[alpine halo]

fuck youre right

i forgot

[lunar zealot]

and throwback gains xmult on blind skip

[alpine halo]

ignore me

[final briar]

it still irks me that I had a run where I had to sell Chicot to make Joker Stencil deal more damage - all because I was careless and overestimated my scoring

[eager lynx]

chat i opened my ante 1 shop 1 buffoon and got a blueprint

should i take the investment tag

its gold stake

[final briar]

which deck?

[eager lynx]

red deck, never beat gold stake before

[final briar]

i would take the investment tag - you can usually beat the boss blind without extra scoring help on ante 1, and the extra discard of red deck helps

[jagged valve]

We are family ass pack

In rainbow order too

[final briar]

unless the boss blind is -1 hand size, then maybe don't risk it

[minor portal]

you interrupted their ritual to summon wrath

[bleak seal]

💔

[pale wolf]

not sure, i havent been watching them fully recently

[white zodiac]

real

[pale wolf]

anyways

[white zodiac]

I don't feel like playing baltro today

[minor portal]

reroll credit card aj

[vocal rose]

snooze start

[pale wolf]

decision points

[vocal rose]

spectral into riff

[crystal field]

save for clearance sale maybe

[woven spire]

i need a trusted adult, i cant make decisions for myself

what do i sell? im playing fulls

[pale wolf]

thanks riff raff

[crystal field]

fulls as in homes