🕹・game-discussion

[dark cairn]

like link embeds

[jade arch]

that + lvl 9 straight

[quick solar]

oh i see

[dark cairn]

read please, i was on anaglyph deck

sorry i just dont have much patience left after that whole ordeal

[proven walrus]

aight i should drop the 4x yorick than as hologram is 7.5 abd polychrome

[dark cairn]

imagine if a joker could have all 4 editions on it at once

[wicked warren]

should i take the andy for serpent

[dark cairn]

would prob still be less op than perkeo

[wicked warren]

i’m scoring more than enough

just wondering

[unborn cliff]

polychrome negative foil holographic perishable rental delayed gratification

[dark cairn]

maybe the reason i had so much irritation with anaglyph deck gold stake was because i just came off doing ghost deck gold stake so that messed with my expectations or whatever

[distant vault]

Ghost deck my love

[dark cairn]

since ghost deck was literally free

[tranquil otter]

perkeo is only really OP for like endless type shenanigans, in gold stake hes just really good instead

[dark cairn]

i think cryptid mod does that and it looks awful

on its extra stakes i mean

[unborn cliff]

just give me a red seal already balatro

wrong colors

[distant vault]

Party bus

[dark cairn]

anyway here was my winning run (hoping this embed works) https://medal.tv/games/balatro/clips/lBQWZ2vUeTqSQgbII?invite=cr-MSxBb0ssMzg1MjQ0MTcy&v=60

ok good

dont ask why i took an eternal merry andy with green joker, i was being stupid

i was tempted to restart after i realized what i had done but im glad i kept playing

what i needed was a break which i am now going to take

[distant vault]

I hate green joker

[dark cairn]

but because i had such a good start i wanted to keep playing

[unborn cliff]

why are you wrong

[dark cairn]

ante 1 stuntman is like crazy

[distant vault]

Wrong about what

[unborn cliff]

green joker

why do you hate a great joker

[distant vault]

I dislike using him

[final bough]

just give me something for once

[dark cairn]

my personal favourite scaling mult joker is supernova 👍

[distant vault]

Same

[dark cairn]

because i feel like its the least gimmicky

[distant vault]

Or flash card

[dark cairn]

nope i hate flash card too expensive

id rather use red card

[distant vault]

I love flash card

Red card gives max +6 a shop

Flash can go on

[dark cairn]

flash card costs way more to give +6 on average unless you have both reroll vouchers

and you're more incentivized to open booster packs than reroll in the early game

[abstract rivet]

Or good econ like having egg or gift card

Where temperance can skyrocket your reroll amounts

[distant vault]

Flash has never been a problem on my econ

I use red more tho

[dark cairn]

i want to like flash card dont get me wrong

[cloud sinew]

flash is tied to your econ though

[dark cairn]

but i just usually can't make it work

[distant vault]

No way

Really

???

[dark cairn]

red card isn't a burden usually because opening booster packs is something you're usually going to do anyway

[proven walrus]

worth it? makes baron mime weaker but 1 more joker is very nice

[cloud sinew]

your statement is contradictary to flash card's scaling, which is why i mentioned it.
don't be such an ass

[distant vault]

Yeah I like red card

[proven walrus]

seems worth it

[dark cairn]

rerolling is something you usually do if you either are above the interest cap by a fair amount and/or you absolutely have to to survive

[distant vault]

What statement is contradictory

[cloud sinew]

this one

[distant vault]

Why?

[cloud sinew]

the worse your econ is the worse your flash scaling will be*, the better your econ is the better your flash scaling will be

[distant vault]

Ok I've never had problems with it tho

So???

[dark cairn]

i just realized i was 1 away from the funny number of high cards played

[distant vault]

Red card and flash my goats

[dark cairn]

each of the scaling mult jokers have situations where they are and aren't useful

for instance im not really a fan of ride the bus but on abandoned deck its freaking crazy strong

[distant vault]

True

[cloud sinew]

its not that much stronger on abandoned than on other decks

bus is pretty strong across the board

[distant vault]

[cloud sinew]

in my 900 or so hours ive only ever been "forced" to reset ride the bus once, every other time was entirely a skill issue

[dark cairn]

if you have low hand size or are playing harder to make hands it can be a problem
on abandoned deck you never have any reason not to take it

[distant vault]

Yup

[dark cairn]

really i just dont like the idea of playing 1 face card resetting everything

id like it more if it was just a flat reduction like grimbo

[unborn cliff]

alright bro

anything but the perkeo

sock

i guess bro

[cloud sinew]

if you have low handsize from Merry Andy youre fine because of the discards, if you have low handsize from stuntman youre fine because youre going to be playing high card & you have discards

[serene forge]

I hate Bloodstone

[distant vault]

I love perkeo

[polar talon]

After 85 years I completed a game with the black deck

[serene forge]

in an ideal world this would happen

[distant vault]

Congrats

[dark cairn]

i dont think ive met someone who doesn't at least dislike bloodstone lol

[serene forge]

go look at reddit for a few minutes

@hybrid tendon

[dark cairn]

id rather keep my braincells

[hybrid tendon]

[cloud sinew]

you must not talk to many balatro players then

[dark cairn]

most of the time i see it mentioned here or mentioned by content creators its shit talking it

theres literally a regular who named themselves "I HATE BLOODSTONE"

[distant vault]

Pairs

[polar talon]

Now I can continue my streak of inexperienced players using the checkered deck.

[distant vault]

Same bro

[unborn cliff]

blueprint is the best joker in balatro it carried me to ante 19

[polar talon]

[distant vault]

What about brainstorm

[unborn cliff]

brainstorm sucks

roffle said it himself

too much thinking

[distant vault]

True

[unborn cliff]

also blueprint is foil so its better

obviously

[distant vault]

Brainstorm has better art

[vale wharf]

Girlatro
Source: Pixiv
Artist: eouhs

[vale wharf]

I think the point of brainstorm is to teach the player about joker order whilst being an S tier card

[unreal island]

imagine if instead of balatro it was girlatro and nothing changed

[vale wharf]

Girls 💞

[unborn cliff]

triboulet..................

[vale wharf]

yorick.....................

[distant vault]

O

[unborn cliff]

if i see one person say perkeo im shooting them on sight

I know what you are.

[distant vault]

[vale wharf]

Idk why the artist drew her like that 😭

[brazen island]

canio...

[unborn cliff]

because perkeo is a twink obviously

[cloud sinew]

i wouldnt say it's S tier

[unborn cliff]

so they had to translate that into looking like a child for some reason

[distant vault]

🤣

[vale wharf]

It is, imagine having bull or stuntman. And it doesn't copy the negative effects from cards like stuntman or some others. I GUESS it could be high A tier

[unborn cliff]

brainstorm is s tier because it can copy s tier jokers'

which also makes it f tier

brainstorm is schrödinger's joker

[cloud sinew]

copying those jokers is never going to be better than a 2x unless youre on plasma

[polar talon]

Why do many people say that Green Joker is a bad wild card? In my opinion, you just have to play easy hands or wild cards that synergize with it.

[cloud sinew]

"wild card"?

[distant vault]

Green joker some ass

[vale wharf]

Doubling chips is essentially doubling score if you have only one good chip source. And if you have just one, it's usually strong as hell, right?

[brazen island]

wdym by wild card

[unborn cliff]

simply play pairs

win

[acoustic kettle]

Grimbo and bad doesn't belong in the same sentence

[polar talon]

My translator isn't helping 🗣️🔥❗

[unborn cliff]

how many gold stake wins do you have

[wicked warren]

my first naneinf!!

[cloud sinew]

brainstorm fails at providing as much score as just another xmult if you're copying xmult with +mult on the board

[molten thicket]

green joker so boring

[distant vault]

I don't know why

[unborn cliff]

spades are a sexier suit why did you play diamonds

[wicked warren]

the goad was scary

[unborn cliff]

no player who has beaten a gold stake run dislikes green joker 👀

[unborn cliff]

hearts

[distant vault]

Im c++...

[unborn cliff]

clubs and diamonds are so ugly

[unborn cliff]

dont pmo

[cloud sinew]

diamonds are the suit you want to go for in endless because of rough gem. bloodstone, agate, arrowhead, blackboard, seeing double, etc... arent considerations at all

[vale wharf]

Rude

[wicked warren]

opposite of checkered deck

idk

[distant vault]

Yup

[lone pulsar]

I like clubs but yea diamonds are sometimes ugly unless you think of them as golden

[unborn cliff]

ah yes 2 dollars on a baron mime build

[wicked warren]

i played this run like a week ago and haven’t played since

[unborn cliff]

i get it if you're playing 5 cards

[cloud sinew]

which is better than any of the other jokers that are suit specific, in endless.

[wicked warren]

so like that was just my deck

[unborn cliff]

but you're doing baron mime

just pivot to spades man

[cloud sinew]

for what benefit

besides cosmetic

[unborn cliff]

less ugly than diamonds

[cloud sinew]

i dont think you can read

[unborn cliff]

also negative blackboard obviously

[wicked warren]

kinda hard when i had like 50 of each suit when i started again

[vale wharf]

Can LT please just remove the rng on bloodstone? 😭
Make it a guaranteed 1.2x per heart

[cloud sinew]

which makes basically no difference. 1/3 of an e vs econ

[molten thicket]

yeah but hearts have the best card art

[unborn cliff]

2 dollars

[lone pulsar]

I got that yesterday Balatro really wanted me to play photochad (ofc won it)

[distant vault]

Nah please buff rough gem first

That shit ass

[unborn cliff]

yes.. yes...

[molten thicket]

that would make it boring

[final bough]

ive come to the realization that i might actually just hate this game

[cloud sinew]

yk retriggers exist right, also in a baron mime build youll also typically have burglar which means econ per hand x a lot of hands

[unborn cliff]

bloodstone is boring now because it kills you

[unborn cliff]

just get parking instead of gem on brime builds

[vale wharf]

Come on, onyx is literally just the same as gluttonous joker, but +7 instead of +3
And bloodstone is bad because of the rng

[cloud sinew]

sure, im just meaning because of negatives. negative blackboard etc matter much less than a negative rough gem would

[unborn cliff]

neither of them matter though so who cares

[serene forge]

"high score"

[molten thicket]

yeah the upgraded suit jokers are kinda weak

[polar talon]

Balatro players after buying a wildcard (they didn't read its effect):

[twin lantern]

hi hih hiihihihi hi

[cloud sinew]

arrowhead and agate are very good; theyre fine, rough gem is servicable but does need a buff, and bloodstone kills you

[shell dagger]

Another madness carry

[serene forge]

what effect it does nothing

[polar talon]

Seed ?🗣️🔥❗

[unborn cliff]

looks inside
only finds support jokers for the rest of the run

[molten thicket]

except arrowhead i love arrowhead

[distant vault]

Hi

[twin lantern]

hello!!!!

im yumi

[distant vault]

Madness the goat

Hello yumi

[unborn cliff]

we all hate you yumi

[twin lantern]

<3333

:<

[unborn cliff]

-# just kidding yumie

[twin lantern]

nvm im leaving

bye srver

[cloud sinew]

i dont think it's translating correctly. you keep saying "wild card" but that means something else. that's what the "all suits" enhancement is.

[unborn cliff]

im sorry i didnt mean it

[cloud sinew]

already gone

[distant vault]

Nooo

[vale wharf]

If it's a diamond flush, you get +$2 extra

[cloud sinew]

?

[serene forge]

I hate Bloodstone

[cloud sinew]

you get $5 from a diamond flush with gem

[unborn cliff]

🔫

[distant vault]

Rough gem some ass

[unborn cliff]

5 dollars is so bad

let me guess hologram is bad too huh

[distant vault]

I want more

[serene forge]

see you in 3 days i guess

[unborn cliff]

campfire sucks

[distant vault]

More money!!!!

[unborn cliff]

just like christ

[distant vault]

Campfire sucks

[polar talon]

I'm going to kill Google Translate

[serene forge]

@hybrid tendon deploy

[distant vault]

The fuck

[molten thicket]

it works sometimes

[unborn cliff]

i was making fun of ricky

i loooooove campfire

[molten thicket]

oh

[serene forge]

en passant was available but you chose to sac your sack

[hybrid tendon]

yes honey~ 🫡

[shell dagger]

ihate campfire

[serene forge]

[distant vault]

New move en pessant just dropped??

Holy hell

[hybrid tendon]

[unborn cliff]

you balatro players and your gayness

[serene forge]

yeah you didnt take en passant so you got a brick to the pipi

[serene forge]

youre just jealous arent you

[unborn cliff]

in pissant

[distant vault]

[hybrid tendon]

yes :p

[unborn cliff]

🤫

[distant vault]

En pessant may not be the correct move

[serene forge]

en passant is forced

learn the rules

[polar talon]

Nose ingles jaja lol

[distant vault]

En pessant is overrated

[honest dawn]

Jaja

[distant vault]

Get that shit outta here

[serene forge]

fuck you

[molten thicket]

burned at the stake

[distant vault]

Damn

The fuck

[serene forge]

please

[dire crater]

wow

[distant vault]

[dire crater]

me robaste la imagen maldito isaac

[molten thicket]

why

[distant vault]

Quien es isaac

[honest dawn]

El juego

[serene forge]

what are we even talking about tbh

[distant vault]

No vale ese juego

[molten thicket]

hit game balatro

[dire crater]

why what

[distant vault]

Tiralo.

[hybrid tendon]

injecting you

[serene forge]

yea i know that but what else

[dire crater]

bazinga

[serene forge]

please

[distant vault]

Ponte a jugar isaac.

[dire crater]

no

mojon supremo

[honest dawn]

Isaac es juegazo pero no tengo PC

[distant vault]

No sirve

[honest dawn]

Soy pobre

[dire crater]

me lo pase una vez y ya me aburri pq no habia mas que jugar

[honest dawn]

Como latinoamericano promedio XD

[hybrid tendon]

isaac in balatro

[distant vault]

Balatro es mejor

[serene forge]

I hate Bloodstone

[molten thicket]

isaac is in balatro

[serene forge]

celeste

[distant vault]

Balatro esta mejor!!

[honest dawn]

Si

Igual me baje el vampire survivor

Creo que es

El que hicieron colab con balatro

Está bueno

[molten thicket]

celeste climbs madeline mountain

[honest dawn]

Pero balatro es balatro

[distant vault]

El balatro esta perro

[crystal field]

when will celest climb the mystic summit from balatro

[polar talon]

Lo balatro sale caro

[dire crater]

nooooooooo en serio

[twin lantern]

YO GUYS

[distant vault]

Esta perisimo

[twin lantern]

What card should i get

[dire crater]

perisiimo

a job

[twin lantern]

judgement gives me mime btw

[honest dawn]

Balatro balatrez

[twin lantern]

ur funny man

[molten thicket]

how do you know

[polar talon]

Sufrirás la ira del green Joker por tus acciones

[serene forge]

I love Green Jonkler

[twin lantern]

alt f4 before saving

space jonkler my goat

[serene forge]

lovers

[molten thicket]

ew

[twin lantern]

lovers the what

[serene forge]

the 8

[distant vault]

Mfers can't accept that green joker is ass

🤣

[twin lantern]

am hate green jonkler

but am love space jonkler

[crystal field]

bffr

[distant vault]

?

[honest dawn]

Spacejoker It's very good

[twin lantern]

BRO WHAT

[honest dawn]

It's underrated

[crystal field]

yes

[distant vault]

Bro

[twin lantern]

AT LEAST GET SMILEY FACE AND PARADEOLIA

[crystal field]

but green joker is goated

[polar talon]

The green wild card is key

[honest dawn]

But Green Joker is also very good; they're two different things, I don't know why I'm comparing them haha

[twin lantern]

pareidolia*

[distant vault]

Shit is NOT GOOD

[crystal field]

[honest dawn]

Green Joker can be used as your "multi" base

[serene forge]

neither is your mama OOOHHHHH

[molten thicket]

the baiting is crazy

[twin lantern]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

SIKE YOU GOT THE WRONG NUMBER
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[distant vault]

Not even on white stake

[twin lantern]

yo should i get mime

[honest dawn]

Space Joker, on the other hand, is used to level up planets; if you want, it can be an economy Joker.

[twin lantern]

guys

should i get mime

[distant vault]

🖕

[crystal field]

im saying youre a certified white stake gamer

[serene forge]

burger is an Econ Joker

[polar talon]

Lo siento niño,balatro no puede esperar

[twin lantern]

dude ur so easy to ragebait

[distant vault]

What's wrong with white stake

[molten thicket]

burger is so goated

[distant vault]

Totally

[crystal field]

nothing but its no wonder u cant put respect on the grimbo

[twin lantern]

ur pfp tuff tho

anywayz SHOULD I GET MIME

[honest dawn]

Niño,te pusiste en el camino así que te tengo que descartar para conseguir 1.5 de xmulti

[molten thicket]

also who uses flash card

[molten thicket]

no why

[crystal field]

me

[honest dawn]

🥹

[twin lantern]

just askin

[vocal rose]

yes

[twin lantern]

ill hanged man em all then

[distant vault]

Hes up there

[molten thicket]

why though

[crystal field]

flatmult good

[twin lantern]

is this tuff for first day

[vale wharf]

I was playing some darts, and... dartboards really look like chips

Coincidence?!

[molten thicket]

better flatmult out there

[dire crater]

ya perdi

its all isaacs fault

]fpnm[pme'

[distant vault]

Muy mal

[crystal field]

and so what happens when the only flatmult option is jj

[dire crater]

ESA ES MI FRASE

[molten thicket]

also why is it uncommon

[dire crater]

NO ME LA ROBES

[crystal field]

higher ceiling

[molten thicket]

run

[distant vault]

Flash card my love

[vale wharf]

@crystal field balatou

[honest dawn]

Opinions on my statistics

[polar talon]

Green Joker

[honest dawn]

No bueno jajaj

[crystal field]

balaterpitou??

[molten thicket]

why do the kneecaps look like the big toenail

[twin lantern]

time to get wraith

[vale wharf]

Her kneecaps are just like that, they're her most defining feature

[crystal field]

thats how the chimera ants are

they have chitinous exoskeletion

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/inconsistently-heinous/images/f/f8/NeferPitou.webp/revision/latest?cb=20250604195209

[polar talon]

Soy jugador de "color" como no puedo ser un fracasado

[vale wharf]

Why no beuno 🥺

[crystal field]

also technically i think pitou is a boy or atleast non binary pitou is refered to as a man in the show lmfao

[vale wharf]

Balatermiku

[crystal field]

OMAIGAH??

[vale wharf]

I'm going to ignore that, along with 99% of people
Pitou will always be a girl in my heart

[terse dock]

the microphone smells of beer

[crystal field]

yeah it dont really matter

pitou is an ant 🐜

[polar talon]

😭

[analog mulch]

No Blank?

[crystal field]

i think technically the worker and soldier ants are females irl

[vale wharf]

I want HISOKA BALATRO

[crystal field]

Bungee Gum (Rare)
Draws your last enhanced card to hand at the start of round

[distant vault]

🤣

[crystal field]

changed to rare

[vale wharf]

Hey, that's good!

Sure about rare, though?

Sounds uncommon

[crystal field]

thats seems on par with DNA type ability

[vale wharf]

Yeah, but it only draws

It doesn't create

[shell dagger]

enhance a blue seal

[crystal field]

basically if you make a gold card in the last booster pack ur guaranteed to draw it until u make another enhanced card

[shell dagger]

now it always appears

that’s cracked

[distant vault]

IQ 9000

[vale wharf]

Wait, I don't get it

[crystal field]

just like hisoka

[vale wharf]

How will it always appear?

[distant vault]

Because the card is enhanced

[crystal field]

whatever the last card you enhanced is, it will be drawn to hand at the start of each round

[distant vault]

The joker draws last enhanced card

[crystal field]

also to be fair

i thought of that on the fly

[vale wharf]

OHHHHHH

[crystal field]

not saying its a good idea at all

[distant vault]

RT95 is sneaky

[vale wharf]

Ok, that's a rare card for sure

[distant vault]

New boss blind idea: all jokers debuffed until you play a straight flush

[crystal field]

thats horrible

😭 😭

thats worse than vessel omm

[distant vault]

🔥 🔥 🔥

Shits fire

[crystal field]

whats the worst boss blind

or maybe a better question whats ur least favorite boss blind

[distant vault]

Depends

But

Usually its vessel

[crystal field]

for the finishers

hmm

[distant vault]

It doesn't seem on par with the other bosses

Its by far the most annoying

For me

[crystal field]

crimson heart is more annoying than vessel

[shell dagger]

Crimson

[crystal field]

vessel is either u can or cant

[honest dawn]

Oh Miku

[distant vault]

Crimson still has wiggle room tho with the rng.

Vessel does not

Its just a brick wall

[crystal field]

imo the rng is what makes crimson so ass

but in terms of normal boss blinds lowkey

i be getting mad asf when I see the ox on my pair runs

[distant vault]

But the run can be going so well and then vessel appears and fucks your shit up

[vale wharf]

Miker

[crystal field]

thats true

I always take reroll

for this specific reason

honorable mention midgame the eye is miserable

[distant vault]

Me too

[crystal field]

the eye with cardsharp

gutwrenching

[distant vault]

I just wish vessel was more interesting instead of just hey now the score required is really big!!

The rest are at least interesting

[crystal field]

nah cuz the others dont do anything

verdant leaf is bad on occasion

the bell and acorn are just

💀

[distant vault]

Bell can be bad with straights and flushes

I've died to acorn

[crystal field]

i dont be playing flushes

[distant vault]

[crystal field]

straights eh

yeah

similar to verdant leaf ig

acorn so underpowered

[distant vault]

Acorn is usually not a problem

[crystal field]

i like that drspectred doesnt usually grab one of the jokers

that should probably not be a feature so acorn isnt so cheeseable

it would be interesting if acorn flipped all your cards

[distant vault]

Thats why I've died to it

I forgot to do that

The one hand it costs you to figure out which are which can get you killed

[crystal field]

yea

on pair runs especially

but its so cheeseable

either I have 1 xmult i hold to the right or 1 flatmult i hold to the left and its done

every so often i have a blueprint or smth and then acorn is mildly more annoying

[distant vault]

Yup

Verdant is never a problem either

[crystal field]

if your score comes from scoring cards then u died ante 4 anyway

[distant vault]

Yup

[pale wolf]

this magic deck game wasnt so bad after all i guess
came back to it

[woven spire]

i hate it but i like it

[unborn cliff]

he did it again

[woven spire]

idk what to do here

[lyric shore]

reroll

[pale wolf]

good replacement for perishable spaceman

oop

bye 8ball

[pale wolf]

WAIT JUDGEMENT MADE DNA

[vale wharf]

Is it per-kay-oh or per-key-oh?

[pale wolf]

most goated shop of all time???

[pale wolf]

per KE (kay) oh

[vale wharf]

Ohkeo

[patent prairie]

both of my other scaling xmults are over 3x

shouldd i just leave it

[vale wharf]

I'm playing on a knife's edge, will the dagger destroying a card count as selling one?

[mortal nimbus]

no

different mechanic

[analog mulch]

Game. Stop. With. The. Perishables.

THIS IS THE FOURTH PERISHABLE BP/BS IVE FOUND

[cosmic oak]

vintage davinci blueprints crumbling to dust

[vale wharf]

Woohoo, 6 challenges done!

[vale wharf]

Can someone help?

I didn't understand the part about 0 slots

[half plover]

After First Blind, First Shop, First Challenge, bro, I really love this game 🙏

[cosmic ember]

i think its your stuck with the jokers you have

[mortal nimbus]

it effectively makes it so you can't buy jokers after that point

[vale wharf]

Oh

Yikes

[cosmic ember]

thats not too bad

just get lucky early

[vale wharf]

I need scalers

Econ

[cosmic ember]

i believe if you get negative jokers after the "lock" you can still get them tho

so negative blind skips could be good

[vale wharf]

Yippee

And antimatter tag?

[cosmic ember]

no

that would up your joker count to one

bassically making your joker limit 0 makes it so you keep your existing jokers, but you would have a "limit" of 0 (so if you had no jokers you couldnt buy any more)

i believe

[mortal nimbus]

you can't take negative jokers if you have more jokers than you have joker slots

[cosmic ember]

oh fr?

[half plover]

I swear to god this was the Joker that i really wanted to get a gold stake sticker on it bro

[mortal nimbus]

so at 6/5 jokers, or at 4/0 jokers, you can't take more negatives

[cosmic ember]

oh cause its +1 joker slot youre right

i always forget they arent just not a slot

[mortal nimbus]

negative jokers still take up space, they normally just add more. If you have more jokers than slots, then there is no point where you have enough space

[minor portal]

Have five negative jokers

problem solved

[cosmic ember]

i mean if you had 0 jokers you could still get a negative lol

[half plover]

Now lets get some double tags and a negative tag let's goooo

[serene forge]

I hate Bloodstone

[simple stream]

yo

[minor portal]

You would need to skip four double tags and find a negative tag before ante 4

[cosmic ember]

i love bloodstone

[simple stream]

whats the chance I reach naninf?

[minor portal]

which is possible I guess

[cosmic ember]

pretty high

[simple stream]

ill have 10 kings and 6 barons

on my second hand

[serene forge]

0

you needed a perkeo 10 antes ago

[half plover]

Bro why the reaction was from "very gay lasbian hornet" 💔🥀

[simple stream]

:(

[cosmic ember]

nah trust he got that

[serene forge]

also for future reference

double ecto is bad

too much handsize loss

ectoing a dna is also very bad

[pale wolf]

i won

[simple stream]

I got unlucky hitting dna but now dna is good

[serene forge]

that's why you sell the dna first

[pale wolf]

but i played slow so i technically lost my daily streak

but idc

[simple stream]

nah cuz first king gives me 11/5 hand and then I play a second king and have them all copying baron the second time

[serene forge]

that's not the point

the point is that you wasted ecto on something you're not keeping the whole run

[simple stream]

its like +5 hand size ... basically better than the -2

[minor portal]

you need maybe one or two more kings to nan inf I think

[simple stream]

why not?

aside from the bad boss blind that gives me NEEDLE

[serene forge]

you don't even have a mine with this setup is the thing

[simple stream]

I can get one

lose 1 bp for a mine

[serene forge]

ok then what

where are you going to fit burglar

[simple stream]

true

[wintry ice]

you need 4 blueprints to naneinf with 1 ecto

[pale wolf]

😳

just had an incredibly easy groker lobotomy run

it was so lobotomy i had to switch from pairs to high card

[crystal field]

those are my favorite lowkey

[pale wolf]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1379214645742796911/1444556550906576906/InShot_20251130_000826490.mp4?ex=692d23a0&is=692bd220&hm=d6773542d05fe7bad96b8f168497f7a857db623944a69a31e057194d8c8a7011&

big ol deck

Chad is always so good smh

i lov him

[wicked sable]

chad goes with anything

[supple veldt]

lol

[vale wharf]

Bullstraps is so good

[plain mirage]

what do u think about shiny rock

for some reason this is probably my first time coming across it

ive never imagined a 5 shiny rock high card hand

[calm turtle]

This is maybe the luckiest and unluckiest I’ve ever been

Those were back to back rounds by the way

[crystal field]

always take shiny rock

[slow iris]

i'm failing to see the unlucky part

[calm turtle]

“Played kings and queens score 2x mult”

“This joker gains 1x mult when a face card is destroyed”

[slow iris]

yeah just destroy jacks or something

[calm turtle]

Oh there you go

[calm turtle]

Here’s the unlucky part

[hardy fable]

it's white stake you'll survive

[plain mirage]

6$ is the unlucky part man

[hardy fable]

also why did you reroll at 11 dollars

manage your econ better

[simple stream]

waittt I have a question

what would happen if you get a negative invisible joker from shop and hatched it?

[hardy fable]

6/5

can't buy negatives

[simple stream]

so if it hatches I will still get the joker from it but I just wont be able to get another negative again?

[hardy fable]

yes

[simple stream]

hmm

[calm turtle]

Ankh trib?

[simple stream]

could be worth if I saw that situation

[vale wharf]

Man, this is just stupid
Fuck the violet vessel

I MADE IT

LET'S GOOOOO

What's this 😭
These challenges are so bullstraps based

[potent tree]

i just rolled cav in shop and then wheel hit poly on it 😩

[vale wharf]

You must be so elated ☺️

[potent tree]

not when i haven't found one of the jokers i need to find

[vale wharf]

And which one is that?

[potent tree]

stone and dusk

[vale wharf]

Y'all, do I continue with the trio or get burnt?

[calm turtle]

I might get all the infinity stones this run

[vale wharf]

Fat chance 😂

[potent tree]

the fact you've already made this many purchases is...concerning to say the least. i'd say get burnt anyway and pray you find a 3oak to discard and level up

[vale wharf]

Literally just 4 purchases 😭

And one of them was seed money, so I HAD to

I need to get my brain checked

[green hinge]

Gimme the seed

[placid ridge]

Unfathomably easy win on Fragile challenge deck. I'll give seed once I finish the endless run. Glass Joker was an arcana pull I believe.

[simple stream]

none of the 4 invis jokers I found were negative

but I can give u the seed

wait how to I find it?

[tardy sluice]

Rate the joker lineup

[green hinge]

End screen, when you lose

So when you lose send it and ping me

[plain mirage]

the smallest deck of ante 2 (31 cards)

[simple stream]

holdup gimme like 35 secpmds

[green hinge]

It’s fine no rush

[simple stream]

no im dying this run

I reached the end

@green hinge

V5TBBZDW

[placid ridge]

TPTURPU5

aww, you can't actually use seeds with the challenge decks? Obviously it wouldn't count as winning the challenge but c'mon

[pale wolf]

yea challenge decks are a lil wonky

[placid ridge]

I get trying to avoid players assuming they can use a seed to complete a challenge, but surely there's some reasonable design choice one could make. Maybe having to specify wanting to do a seeded run before even selecting a deck (normal or challenge). And some clear disclaimer about seeded runs not counting for certain things.

[green hinge]

Ty

[distant vault]

I hate bull

Shits ass

[tranquil cargo]

bull is amazing

[distant vault]

[tranquil cargo]

it gives so many chips (conditional on a strong econ)

[distant vault]

I don't need econ

Econ is for chumps

[final bough]

photophotochad

[manic zealot]

[calm turtle]

Ok, so

I just found out the hard way that ancient joker can hit suits you don’t have

[manic zealot]

ouch

yeah

not super reliable on checkered

[vale wharf]

Balatro challenge idea: all bosses disabled from ante 1-7
Ante 8 has every boss enabled

[karmic jetty]

Another 4 stickers done toward C++ woo

Including stone joker

[distant vault]

Bro wtf

Is that challenge

The eye and the mouth :

The needle :

[manic zealot]

good shit

[calm turtle]

I picked it up and it hit spades and thought, “oh so it’ll just hit spades and hearts”

It in fact did not hit just spades and hearts

[distant vault]

All cards debuffed

[manic zealot]

idk how I knew, but I just had a feeling you were on checkered

cuz I had the same problem before

[distant vault]

Guys new boss blind idea, opposite of the water, The Air: Start round with zero hands

[vale wharf]

😭 what

[distant vault]

Am I cooking or

🔥

[uncut matrix]

isnt that just the needle

cuz 0 hands would become 1 hand

[distant vault]

The needle has 1 hand

[plain mirage]

0 = 1

[uncut matrix]

yea but you cant get 0 hands so when you do it just becomes 1

[distant vault]

Im dead

[uncut matrix]

if you do the golden needle challenge and get heiroglyph you get 0 hands

[plain mirage]

does it turn into 1 hand

[uncut matrix]

yes

thats my point

[distant vault]

So how come when I reach zero hands I lose

[uncut matrix]

cuz you didnt start with 0

[vale wharf]

Horrible money management, but I think we'll be just fine

[vale wharf]

Is this doable or nah?

[uncut matrix]

i mean you have everything covered so i think ur good

i did that challenge with squimbo and grimbo by ante 2 so i didnt need to buy much

[plain mirage]

i dont think any combination of boss guarantees kill

[distant vault]

Ok, the air: start with normal hands, then it turns into zero

[uncut matrix]

you should not be a game designer

[distant vault]

Im cookin

[manic zealot]

you must really like the number 0

[potent tree]

once again stone joker hides its face...damn it

[distant vault]

Boss idea number 2 : draw no cards to hand at start of round

[unreal iron]

stone joker and?

[distant vault]

🔥 🔥 🔥

Shit is fire

[vale shale]

Blow man.

[potent tree]

dusk appears more often but i'm not too concerned with that one atm

[uncut matrix]

ayo

[plain mirage]

i think spawning a stone after the start of the round can counter it

[vale shale]

Take 1 soul and high priestess

[plain mirage]

mogged by stone joker

[vale wharf]

Inflation wasn't too bad ngl

Everything is so expensive holy shit

[plain mirage]

real life challenge

[analog mulch]

GIVE IT UP FOR NUMBER FIVE

[north schooner]

oh no, did I just soft lock my game?

[plain mirage]

flush five wins shop here

[north schooner]

ok no, Next fixed it

[distant vault]

Uh

[north schooner]

oh geez what do I do now? I assume it's too late to farm plutos for observatory? Try to get a cryptid somehow???

no sixes left tho

[analog mulch]

Deadge, if y'all want the seed there you are

Fucking Perishables.

Why

Do

They

Exist

[north schooner]

bc orange stake

[analog mulch]

[plain mirage]

also did u guys see the guy on reddit that got super close to e308 and his highest score stat rounded to naneinf that was cool

[analog mulch]

Honestly whoever thought about making perishables negative once they expire is a genius

[vale wharf]

Does vampire remove editions and/or seals?

[analog mulch]

Only enhancements

Seals and editions stay

God that would make vampire even worse lmao

[unreal iron]

free temperance value?

😭

[analog mulch]

That, And the jokers don't appear for the rest of the run(unless showman or you sell them)

[unreal iron]

i dont like that as a change

makes gold stake marginally easier imo

[plain mirage]

sticker farming

[analog mulch]

That works too

[unreal iron]

removes half the challenge of c++ :3

[plain mirage]

i would 100% be against the change if we're talking about actually getting it to the game

[unreal iron]

im just not a fan of the change

yeah in concept it sounds cool but this is the last thing i want in the game

[plain mirage]

its just easier balatro update

[analog mulch]

Sure rentals have the downside of the fee, but they have the upside of feeding campfire, getting jokers you couldn't at their normal price, AND let you use certain things like hallucination/chaos for free

[wind jolt]

Nonsense

As someone who has only won a single gold stake run, I don’t think it changes anything

[unreal iron]

it kinda does tho?

[plain mirage]

just makes perishable an investment

[unreal iron]

COMPLETELY FREE temperance value + easy stickers?

[analog mulch]

Perishable is just a downside, A FUCKING ANNOYING ONE AT THAT

[unreal iron]

yeah perishable is a bummer to find

but a big skill expression of gold stake is managing your perishables if you find a lot of them early

so you can "pivot" into something better in 5 rounds

[analog mulch]

Or just die

[unreal iron]

well, dont die

reincarnate

[dark cairn]

perishables becoming negative would be way too easy

[torpid veldt]

i love steel

[dark cairn]

theres a reason ectoplasm costs hand size and nat negatives are 1/333

[unreal iron]

exactly its just not a good change

[analog mulch]

It's either that, or change the -1 discard from blue

[plain mirage]

the game is perfect as of now

[plain mirage]

its getting changed in the upcoming update

[unreal iron]

that is going to be reworked so pair lobotomy isnt too prelevant

[final bough]

alright its starting to scare me a little bit just how often im getting photochad

[unreal iron]

and you can finally reliably play straights again

[dark cairn]

it is fun that you can take advantage of jokers being eternal or perishable in certain circumstances, such as eternals + madness, or rentals only costing $1 for campfire and stuff like that, but yeah

[final bough]

this is like 3 runs in 1 hour ive gotten it

[analog mulch]

Ik, there's also a mod that rebalances blue orange and gold

[unreal iron]

when the 2 common jokers seem to be very common in my run:

[dark cairn]

all i see blue stake revamp doing is making me more likely to play flushes and use castle
i usually don't play straights because i don't really know how to build into them aside from "use a lot of hanged men and get as much hand size/discards/blue seals as possible"

[plain mirage]

do u know how to use those hanged mens tho

straight is crazyyy good

[unreal iron]

straights need a decent hand size and hanging SPECIFIC cards

[dark cairn]

ive had a plethora of runs where i tried to play straights even before blue stake and died cause i failed to draw it

[dark cairn]

hang the outside cards and keep the middle cards

[unreal iron]

you go A K Q J and 5 4 3 2

[plain mirage]

yeah pretty much

[analog mulch]

It makes blue have Perishables, orange have rentals, and gold now increases interest threshold to $6 per, and requires you to beat Ante 9 to win.

[unreal iron]

you usually go for 10-6 or J-7

[dark cairn]

theres only 2 straights that use an ace, king, or 2, but theres 5 that use a 10, 9, 8, 7, 6

[unreal iron]

depends on what you get most of the time

[vale wharf]

Idk who to pick, stu or holo

[plain mirage]

my mahjong player ass treats it like a 2 sided wait

[unreal iron]

i personally like mixing it up if i dont get more of a specific rank, like Q-6

if i have the hand size its fine

[dark cairn]

the problem is just that i dont trust my luck to give me the 1 remaining card i need

the only times i was able to successfully build into straights were on red deck (occasionally) and abandoned deck (also occasionally)

[unreal iron]

whats the challenge

[analog mulch]

Thank you Bloodstone. Very cool.

[unreal iron]

you have 2 great xmult jokers already

[dark cairn]

what hand are you playing toward

[vale wharf]

Vampire challenge, bram poker

[unreal iron]

the one with illusion?

[vale wharf]

None yet

[unreal iron]

you might just take holo

[formal crater]

do yall play with contrast cards

[vale wharf]

No, it's the one with both the magician hat vouchers

[dark cairn]

so illusion

[unreal iron]

yes, illusion

[plain mirage]

i think majority plays with contrast cards

[dark cairn]

take hologram

[vale wharf]

Oh sorry lol

[unreal iron]

holo for sure

[torpid veldt]

no

[unreal iron]

high contrast yes

[vale wharf]

I'm not sure, though, because I already have two xmult, but no good chip source

[unreal iron]

true

[formal crater]

i can't play with contrast cards. it looks weird and i have to think to make flushes

[unreal iron]

you could take stuntman

[analog mulch]

I ACCIDENTALLY CLICKED ON THE CHALLENGE AND THIS IS THE START I GET?

[unreal iron]

itll be hard to draw for xmult tho

[unreal iron]

yeah win

[vale wharf]

You fuckin' lucky duck

[plain mirage]

the point of contrast cards is to not think to make flushes u'll get used to it or u can do whatever u want

[formal crater]

im getting the balatro playing cards and mat

[floral mural]

moon or square uhmm

leaning towards stm

[manic zealot]

square man

[formal crater]

suare

[plain mirage]

i'd take stm

[unreal iron]

early +mult?

[formal crater]

square

[unreal iron]

its still ante 1

both seem very valid

stm gives direction too

[potent tree]

decisions decisions...what do we do?

[manic zealot]

I would say shoot the moon if you were later on but I think square is better now cuz you're in ante 1

[manic zealot]

hmm

[torpid veldt]

moon

[unreal iron]

you need +mult early on

[manic zealot]

sell marble for it

[unreal iron]

again, both valid picks

but if you wanna get through ante 2 without spending too much or anything at all it might be stm

[potent tree]

that's my likely pick. i've 1 round left before it perishes and holo already at x5, though planets are slightly lacking (pairs are level 4, hc level 2)

groker at +95 currently

[plain mirage]

groker 😭

[potent tree]

oh right grimbo

i used to call it groker

but everyone nowadays calls it grimbo

[floral mural]

took that since square needs a little more support to gurramyee that early survival

[unreal iron]

cool

[final bough]

whos playing tricks on me

[potent tree]

chat if i pick up supernova it will be +90 mult for hc...but grimbo has already hit 100 so nah lmao

there i go again, reverting to my old manners.

[plain mirage]

ever since the grimbo revolution he's never been the same

[unreal iron]

its funny how all the scaling +mult jokers cant be perishable EXCEPT supernova

that always weirded me out so much like

supernova is in the same category as grimbo, rtb and pants

[final bough]

i think it would be fun if every joker cant be perishable how about that that would be fun i HATE PERISHABLE

[unreal iron]

skill issue ngl

[potent tree]

sigh...invis picked chad.

[torpid veldt]

what if all of your jokers were perishable

[unreal iron]

glass time

2^5

[final bough]

cool thank you

[plain mirage]

painted/abandoned deck would be meta if all joker is perishable i think

[unreal iron]

anything remotely fixed can be really good yeah

its basically jokerless in a way

except you can still benefit from jokers albeit for a short time owo

[floral mural]

its because its retroactive

[potent tree]

i found a second invis in shop...but i'm gonna beat ante 8 boss before i get to that...

[floral mural]

retroactive scalers are somewhat worse because their effect doesnt have to start at zero and thus perishable is fine

[plain mirage]

fortune teller:

any other examples?

ive never thought abt it

[torpid veldt]

endless

[obsidian patrol]

Aint nobody playing endless

[blissful crane]

This game sucks

[final bough]

i hate having fun

[potent tree]

CHAT IT APPEARED

[blissful crane]

stone joker rarer than perkeo istg

[final bough]

i literally forgot that joker existed

[potent tree]

yee fuckin haw

[torpid veldt]

legendaries don't want you to know about this infinite chips trick

[potent tree]

now, the hunt for dusk...is in session.

[distant vault]

[floral mural]

steel supernova and throwback. while the first 2 i said here are good throwback being retroactive does nothing as its terrible

[final bough]

ive gotten triboulet like 5 times total and not once have i won a run with him

[torpid veldt]

[distant vault]

[zinc willow]

Steele joker is highly underrated, but I think its because I've seen it like twice in non seeded runs

[plain mirage]

alr what abt glass jonkler?

[torpid veldt]

i love steel joker

[distant vault]

Ass

[unreal iron]

LFG!!!!

[obsidian patrol]

Underrated

[floral mural]

steel joker is a fine joker

[final bough]

glass jorker got me my #1 best run so i like it a lot

[unreal iron]

steel joker needs a lot of steel cards

[floral mural]

its a good joker but it scales on a glass breaking while its held not retroactively

[potent tree]

steel is definitely one of the better xmults honestly

[zinc willow]

Glass joker is only worth if you have perkeo, Death or similar copying function on tap atleast for me

[unreal iron]

but then again if you have tons of steel steel joker doesnt really matter all too much

[final bough]

really???????????

[torpid veldt]

i need a lot of steel cards

[blissful crane]

what does RB mean in the names

[distant vault]

I need a lot of cards

[unreal iron]

its like +0.2

[obsidian patrol]

No you dont you need gold cards

[unreal iron]

yes

[floral mural]

i find its below average but its helpful way more than throwback ever is

[torpid veldt]

roblox

[unreal iron]

TRUE

[floral mural]

youre not actively sabotaging a run to scale it

[final bough]

Really Bad

[distant vault]

Pairs are my goat

[obsidian patrol]

I mean you take whatever xmult is given to you unless its throwback

[blissful crane]

oh word

[floral mural]

steel joker is honestly best as a final touch on a steel card run anyways. since youd make a lot of steel regardless if its a good idea

[final bough]

throwback is cool bc i skip a lot even though i shouldnt and its also really good if you can copy it

[unreal iron]

1.25 off the ante 1 investment tag truuust

[zinc willow]

I mean, I've run glass joker with tribulet, perkeo, and the copy deer (dont @ me im tired), in the slot. But I also had broken dice. So it was kind of a NEED in that one.

[floral mural]

steel joker being underwhelming isnt false but im never that mad seeing it

[unreal iron]

im mad when i see lucky cat and i have like 1 lucky card

total

or when i have too many and suddenly they dont trigger anymore

[torpid veldt]

broken dice? like oops! all 1s?

[floral mural]

you take random steels a lot less than lucky is basically what happens with me

[distant vault]

How's the streak 🔥

[unreal iron]

1 win woooo

[final bough]

i managed to get e20 something with blueprint brainstorm glass and dna and thats really all i needed

[plain mirage]

you're 33% away from pb u gotta get it

[distant vault]

Im on fire

[final bough]

and buskin actually that was important

[unreal iron]

painted

more consistent

[distant vault]

Painted

Green deck some ass

[torpid veldt]

green deck some crazy management

[unreal iron]

green deck lowkey hits when you have a good setup that one shots literally everything

[zinc willow]

I havmt gotten past black 🙁

[tame sluice]

Word

[final bough]

ive only done gold stake on ghost and yellow bc i hate gold

[zinc willow]

I have em up locked but, gold and purple are probably gonna be an out of question for me when it comes to non seeded

[unreal iron]

the ever so humble burglar:

[distant vault]

Gold stake sucks so bad

[torpid veldt]

me when i buy seed money on green deck

[plain mirage]

wait until u get to 10 streak and piss ur pants every run its fire

[zinc willow]

Rocket is always my go to for cash. Maybe im just a newbie. But it works

[unreal iron]

rocket can be good when you pick it up early on

like an ante 1 rocket can absolutely carry

[distant vault]

Square joker is good when you get it from riff raff and sell it for $$ 🔥

[zinc willow]

Even at ante 3 (weird I always seem to get it there when I get it) its not a bad deal

[unreal iron]

get a load of this guy

dude hasnt hit a single squimbo grimbo run

these 2 are a couple atp

[torpid veldt]

infinite chips glitch

[idle haven]

all roads lead to

[final bough]

having 2 polychome throwbacks won me ghost deck gold stake

peak

[unreal iron]

=/= good joker btw

:3

[torpid veldt]

in 8 rounds?

[final bough]

i played 8 rounds that run