🕹・game-discussion

[cloud sinew]

increasing the probability of everything changes nothing, that's why

[pale wolf]

it doesn't have a chance of missing

[tough ruin]

Oh right

[cloud sinew]

Hone & Glow Up should increase Wheel of Fortune odds though :3

[ripe gull]

no you dont

[north spindle]

like compared to other spectrals the effect is just
theres effectively no downside whatsoever

[tough ruin]

You technically only need a stuntman for gold stake, maybe even a bull

At least on plasma

[buoyant ridge]

and why cant the game have a deck with only red seal lucky kings ?

[cloud sinew]

thats true of deja vu, trance, talisman and medium as well

[north spindle]

like the only thing aura does negstively is prevent you from using it on the same card again which, if youre not savescumming, is random in the same exact way

[pale wolf]

sigil, immo, cryptid,

[tough ruin]

That’s a cryptid ahh deck

[cloud sinew]

those have very immediate downsides, they're just usually worth it despite that

[north spindle]

you cant have more than one seal on the same card

[pale wolf]

"the effect is the downside"

[tough ruin]

There is a way with mods to make it so it works but I’d have no idea

[north spindle]

sigil could make red suits for bb (why are you taking sigil in this case)

[cloud sinew]

which is even less of a downside than aura given you said before that "like the only thing aura does negstively is prevent you from using it on the same card again".

[north spindle]

immo, maybe you drew all 3 of ur blue seals idk

[buoyant ridge]

is it ture that to be as good as dr spectred you need to have a PHD in maths ?

[pale wolf]

yeah you can actually replace seals that you don't want

[north spindle]

cryptid basically doesnt tho ig

[pale wolf]

I've done this exactly once

[cloud sinew]

no.

drspectred has even said that his math degree basically doesnt matter for Balatro

[north spindle]

the difference is that skipping over talisman on a card to later use trance is a choice that effects you
skipping over aura on a card just to use aura on that card later does nothing unless you savescum

[ripe gull]

idt ive done it outside endless

[cloud sinew]

what...

they both do nothing

[pale wolf]

I think I used it to put a blue seal on a purple seal editioned card

cuz i got burglar

[ripe gull]

fair

it is sometimes used in endless ig

cuz u want purple seals sometimes

so u replace red with it

but thats only if u do rebate

which already isnt great

[cloud sinew]

i replaced a gold seal steel with a blue seal because i had a death in my consumable slots

[pale wolf]

steels a good candidate yea

[north spindle]

even replacing seals my point stands
like you could have put the talisman on something else instead originally
i mean it is probably a stretch tho lol

[ripe gull]

or raised fist maybe

[pale wolf]

I don't think I understand the difference

[ripe gull]

u want higher cards to be blue seal instead of lower

[pale wolf]

phased wrist

[serene forge]

I hate Bloodstone

[ripe gull]

agreed

hold up i might still have the screenshot

[pale wolf]

[cloud sinew]

you could have put aura on a card and then scored more and saved you money from hands, etc.
there is a downside to using it and not using it, it's just not direct

[north spindle]

maybe my reason is bad then...

[cloud sinew]

i believe so

[serene forge]

NO

[ripe gull]

i hate bloodstone

[north spindle]

i mean im starting from the feeling of "aura feels weird" and trying to figure out why

[pale wolf]

fork you probably increase bloodstone mentions and relevance by 10%

[ripe gull]

dont ask what the other collection is

ok i hate random tag i dont know of

[serene forge]

belgian waffle did it better

[brazen loom]

Should I brainstorm Chad or triboulet

[serene forge]

that's good more people should know tha it sux

[ripe gull]

its on this profile

[north spindle]

show tags i want to see if i remember it

[cloud sinew]

"Wait, does your PhD in mathematics like really help with Balatro?" - Ludwig
"Not at all" - drspectred

[ripe gull]

well ik which it is

[pale wolf]

which one 👀

[ripe gull]

coupon

just never hit it ig

[pale wolf]

whaaa

[ripe gull]

have you seen the profile stats

[buoyant ridge]

calculating probabilites and every possible outcome to this game XD

[ripe gull]

i cant exactly skip most of the time

even if coupon is actually decent

[pale wolf]

ik I just cant believe you took every other one

[ripe gull]

well

prob for madness perishable or like AJ

[pale wolf]

[cloud sinew]

woe, negative drspectred upon ye

[pale wolf]

outdated

[ripe gull]

i still remember people trying to argue with me that you shouldnt skip with madness if u get a good joker late

[pale wolf]

he got eye surgery

[ripe gull]

i do not remember who or why though

[pale wolf]

and thats why 😎

[serene forge]

I hate Smiley Face

[dire crater]

is this deck good

[ripe gull]

no

you are going to get cooked by plant

[serene forge]

take the certificate and it will be 50% good 50% bad

[slate lance]

Guys how do u get friends

[north spindle]

i mean if they buy dcut

[serene forge]

bribery

[dire crater]

the queen. the king, and "DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD I DONT WANT TO BE A KING, i want to be a dj"

[north spindle]

its still not great but you cam actually patch that vulnerability

[slate lance]

😭 im too broke to bribe them

[north spindle]

overall baron/stm seems incredibly sketch

[serene forge]

I love Shoot the Moon

[dire crater]

sketch?

[red thistle]

They just kinda spawn in your life and you don't question it.

[ripe gull]

[north spindle]

i mean baron is sketchy already but stm is like one of the hardest pre-baron mult sources to use for it probably

[serene forge]

stm is just baron if it was remotely usable

[tough ruin]

Omg, I’m on my second unseeded run since last chatting, and it!s insane. I’ll give seed when done as I haven’t seen, but I basically took rare skip and got brainstorm. Opened buffoon for blueprint. Then got strength, which I used on 2 aces. Look at where I’m at on round 2.

[serene forge]

has the same weaknesses but will actually do something most of the game

[ripe gull]

less weakness iirc

dont ask me why

but i remember there was some dicussion a long while back about it

[north spindle]

iffy, suspect, risky, etc

[gritty bramble]

whats is attualy version on balatro my balatro is 1.0.1

[serene forge]

i guess similar weaknesses is a better way to say it

dies to plant, needs hc level, etc

[indigo laurel]

I have seed money so im making bank each blind so idk is it chad that should go?

[dire crater]

mmmmmmmmmmmmm\

[slate lance]

Seems like my ones are bugged 😭

[blissful field]

Just got the game, sup

[slate lance]

They aint spawnin

[pale wolf]

congratulations

[tough ruin]

I guess it’s a wee run now. (I can have 7 twos rn)

[north spindle]

stm can totally do pairs ime

[dire crater]

i really nee it to be a baron

or shoot

[pale wolf]

???

take the gold seal

[dire crater]

gold seal sucks

[red thistle]

Do you have school, a workplace or somewhere that you go to regularly?

[dire crater]

money is for weaklings

[tough ruin]

You tell em

[slate lance]

Yeah college

[tough ruin]

This is a toughie, do I take the bean for 5 of a kind build?

[pale wolf]

• loads into the first blind select screen* oh, looks like an obelisk run

[serene forge]

kill bloodstone

[gusty magnet]

i didnt know pairs were this good

this run was so fun too

[serene forge]

no

lusty

you need mult

[red thistle]

Then it's pretty trivial, do your thing or be expressive and talk with people you think are nice.

[gritty bramble]

What is the current version of Balatro? Mine is 1.01 Full — is it the most up-to-date version

[pale wolf]

there's a letter there too

also why do you have to ask, it should automatically update

[red thistle]

If no one approaches you first you may try your shot and if it doesn't work then try again.

[dire crater]

look i got 2 barons

and another deja vu

[serene forge]

here win

[gritty bramble]

I just wanted to know the version, that's all. Could you answer me? please

[pale wolf]

no, I don't want to

[tough ruin]

This is DEFINITELY a wee run.

[north spindle]

good luck finding it lol

[dire crater]

cryptid hell yeah

[upbeat abyss]

hello

im kinda new to this game

[slate lance]

Ykw dont worry ab it 😭

[upbeat abyss]

i beat 3 decks

[slate lance]

Haii

[north spindle]

ur actually arguably better off w hack actually? bc foil

[gritty bramble]

please

[north spindle]

and ability to start econifying etc

[upbeat abyss]

i see ppl getting super high mult with high card how do i do that

[north spindle]

with luckys

[upbeat abyss]

i usually go for flush

[north spindle]

and gold seals

[red thistle]

Suit yourself i guess.

[upbeat abyss]

i also dont rlly know what to buy or use usually

[north spindle]

wdym by super high

[upbeat abyss]

like they do a round with 1 high card thats it

[north spindle]

are you talking abt the endless stuff where numbers go into scientific notation
or just like a few hundred or whatever

[upbeat abyss]

few hundred i guess

i wanna beat every deck

im on the green one

[red thistle]

High chips and high mult and high xmult followed by a high level highcard.

[north spindle]

oh in that case
scaling jokers and xmult jokers

[slate lance]

I just dont want to vent in balatro game discussion lol

[tough ruin]

It actually happened.

[upbeat abyss]

how do u get all that

[slate lance]

Also suit?

Hell yeah I'll suit myself

[red thistle]

From the shop silly.

[upbeat abyss]

ye but

what do i buy

[red thistle]

Scaling jokers.

[pale wolf]

wow

[north spindle]

by scaling mult
it means things like green joker

[pale wolf]

thats. unlikely

[upbeat abyss]

oh

[pale wolf]

some would say fortunate

[upbeat abyss]

like the one that gains mult when you skip a pack?

[north spindle]

that one's also one of the best in class

[slate lance]

Spare trousers is better lowkey

[north spindle]

i mean the important thing really is that you want to be accruing value over time usually

[slate lance]

Two pair is just slightly harder than pair

[supple spruce]

What do i even do here. dagger at 148 swash at 128

[upbeat abyss]

what tarot cards and spectral cards and standard cards do i buy too

[indigo laurel]

How do u guys usually build around yorick

[upbeat abyss]

i usually domt buy anything

[serene forge]

bye seas

swish

[serene forge]

discard

[north spindle]

trousers is a reason i said "one of the best in class" lol

[pale wolf]

instantly punished to the highest possible degree

[serene forge]

i disagree

[serene forge]

if only this was dna instead or something

[north spindle]

best rare tag

[serene forge]

then you could put it on reddit for free upvotes

[latent egret]

you actually dont build around yorick and that makes him great

[supple spruce]

Swash would scale faster tho right

[buoyant ridge]

the problem with this game is i neither find anything strong with X multl mostly one glass card on plasma to carry me one run but breaks, game is unbalanced af

[latent egret]

just play like he aint there

[red thistle]

Alright chat what deck are we decking now.

[pale wolf]

there we go

[serene forge]

nebula

[red thistle]

Blocked.

[serene forge]

you had 48 dollars

[indigo laurel]

No face cards

[buoyant ridge]

btw why is no one playing plasma on gold stake ? is it really that worse ?

[latent egret]

pair is a tedious deck, but you need some more base mult or + mult

[red thistle]

It's unfun and bad.

[serene forge]

[indigo laurel]

How come

[serene forge]

I hate Plasma Deck

[buoyant ridge]

i agree, either you find something ultra strong like wee or hiker with blueprint or it just sucks

[indigo laurel]

Plasma deck so boring istg

[serene forge]

plasma is unique in a bad way

[red thistle]

Fuck hiker.

Fucking trashiest chips in the game.

[north spindle]

hiker is so cool when it works tho

[serene forge]

hiker is bad because it adds another level of micro for like +20 chips on a few cards

[white zodiac]

second worst deck in the game in terms of consistency

[buoyant ridge]

hiker is only good in plasma with chad and blueprint + brainstorm

[white zodiac]

or abandoned

[dire crater]

oh shit

[north spindle]

hiker chad and a small enough deck is already good

[pale wolf]

i like an eternal astroboner tbh

[north spindle]

you dont need bp/bs

[serene forge]

surely you'll be ok

[white zodiac]

or without context

[buoyant ridge]

yeah true, the plasma ruins so many potentially good runs because of bad mult building early

[north spindle]

hiker+retrigger+small deck is actually just where its at imo

[white zodiac]

no mult building*

[opal delta]

hi

[serene forge]

chronos

[slate lance]

This is what canonically happens when u buy a lucky cat

[pale wolf]

this is looking like an interesting game

[serene forge]

i want some chronos

and estrogen

[white zodiac]

how did this happen

[pale wolf]

investment tag into heiroglyph

[white zodiac]

[pale wolf]

who needs hands when I have astronomer and blue seal

[red thistle]

Become a yakuza member
fall deep into debt
your boss turns you into a pop idol performing an hrt in Thailand so you can pay off the debt
stonks

Oh yeah you get like several levels of depression along the way but who cares.

[pale wolf]

who needs discards when

this seed is ante -1 able

right?

[serene forge]

perform a what now

[white zodiac]

[pale wolf]

wait no

it was 2 and 3 not 1 and 2

[gritty bramble]

Is there any website where I can, for example, enter a seed to help me get infinite score? I am using the seed PHQ8P93R.

[hybrid tendon]

an hrt smh

(what does that even mean)

[pale wolf]

eternal rental certificate is probably a little too silly huh

[opal delta]

theyre transitioning?

[pale wolf]

look guys I'm doing a therapy

[serene forge]

perform a hit road, the

[pale wolf]

ive been therapized now! thats the end of it!

[white zodiac]

they didn't teach me this in the ed class

[pale wolf]

ed edd and eddie

[opal delta]

I have the opportunity to do a blood donation but im scared 😭

[pale wolf]

for money

[hybrid tendon]

truee

[manic zealot]

getting 1st shop ancient + telescope was pretty sick

[white zodiac]

i get allergy shots every week so it's like whatever for me

[hybrid tendon]

purgatory theory

[shell dagger]

A decision indeed

Leaning towards bus

[shell dagger]

Eye protection VS econ

[opal delta]

wdym

[opal delta]

estrogen

[jade arch]

What do you think of this strategy?

[red thistle]

Using strength tarot AGAIN:

[pale wolf]

money

[slate lance]

I need a strength card irl 💔

Or death

[opal delta]

for what

[pale wolf]

for blood...

[red thistle]

For honor.

[pale wolf]

riff raff working to give the least value possible

[opal delta]

mankind is dead
blood is fuel
hell is full

[pale wolf]

why thank you riff raff your job is over

[tough ruin]

UW4YKHEA is the seed. I found a hack on ante 7 but it was too late.

[pale wolf]

@lunar zealot

and the banana died

[indigo laurel]

Most random run idek knew what was i building to the double yorick carried

[pale wolf]

what a run

[slate lance]

Is upgrading my winning hand by 9 levels worth it on anaglyph

I got 2 double tags and that came up

[pale wolf]

sometimes

[slate lance]

I'll go for it

Rn one of my main + is a banana so

Thats pretty risky

As it may dissapear

[white zodiac]

that makes sense

[shell dagger]

buying rocket paid off

i think I would’ve lost if I took bus

[raven slate]

Just had a cavendish die

[pale wolf]

burnt + telescope

[silent quiver]

Horse of infinite reaction

[pale wolf]

• astronomer

• blue seals

[shell dagger]

planet

[pale wolf]

I guess I need space man

[mystic bramble]

Wheel of fortune is peak

[warm plume]

just got through black deck blue stake with burnt + bs + telescope 🙏

[wintry ice]

videogame

[mystic bramble]

I keep losing on green stake lol

I’m ass

[pale wolf]

hahaha

[shell dagger]

is it even a good obbylisk

[mystic bramble]

Cogito ero sum

[pale wolf]

its usable

[wintry ice]

do i go into 4oak over straights if i have 6 8s

[pale wolf]

13stack

[shell dagger]

im not taking that obelisk

[pale wolf]

y

[shell dagger]

pair too good

no chips joker

[dire crater]

fucking finally

[pale wolf]

hmm

true

[shell dagger]

yes

4oa goat

[wintry ice]

even with superpos?

[pale wolf]

I wasn't going to take it anyways but i did think it was correct to take it

but yea prob not

[sacred trench]

Gold Stake Blue Deck

[manic zealot]

photochad ftw

[sacred trench]

I think I have have won most Gold stake with Photochad

[manic zealot]

they're my most played jokers over the course of my time playing the game

[sacred trench]

Straight this is the first time I use them in Gold State

[pale wolf]

the seed doesnt have hangman

[manic zealot]

getting a straight build consistent on gold stake can be tough

[manic zealot]

damn

[dire crater]

my best run so far

[sacred trench]

Oh yeah, but I had too with Scholar and raise fist

I am super happy I got Raised Fist on Gold Stake tho, it was my only top joker I didn't have in Gold Stake

Well second to last

[twin lantern]

hiiiiiiiii

[shell dagger]

ok

[twin lantern]

heloo!!!!

[pale wolf]

so I would have beat vv this whole time, I was worrying about nothing 😎

[slate lance]

GOD DAMN IT

WHY CAN I NOT FIND

A SINGLE FUCKING X MULT

FOR 7 WHOLE ANTES

LITERALLY THE ONLY X MULT I SAW WQS IDOL

FUCKING IDOL

[shell dagger]

no money probably

how many rerolls did u do

[slate lance]

Quite a fucking bit

[shell dagger]

number

[slate lance]

Idk

[silent quiver]

Play the jokers thunk gives u

[slate lance]

Does it give u it

[manic zealot]

here's mine

[shell dagger]

when you die or win yes

[slate lance]

I TRIED HELIEVE ME

[slate lance]

I didjt see tuen

[slate lance]

I had 2 wees a brainstorm and a holo crazy joker

Oh AND q chad

I just didnt get through it

Maybe i might be trying to go for non stickered jokers too heavily

[twin lantern]

hi! hi!! hi!! hiih hi!! h!!!

[pale wolf]

so no glass

[slate lance]

No glass

Sis glass will make my cards break

I dont want that

I mean

[pale wolf]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1379214645742796911/1446280463302922441/screen-20251204-182010.mp4?ex=69336925&is=693217a5&hm=124f7c17f61d78ae8bc413549a8b1f70e180d2fbd5f3c2c03b8749cf87d8e384&
this felt weird to end recording without showing any scaling but i won

[slate lance]

I dont want that on the cards that i use

[pale wolf]

?

[stark karma]

castle is okay

[pale wolf]

That seems like circular logic

[slate lance]

If im playing 2's glass will eqsily break my 2's

[pale wolf]

if you put glass on the card then you'll want to use it but you don't want to use it because then it'll break

so don't win with a 2?

[slate lance]

Its a gamble

[pale wolf]

You don't have to use it if you're winning anyways

You just save it for later

[shell dagger]

if you make a glass card you want to copy it, if you have a 2 you want to copy it

[manic zealot]

good win 👍

[shell dagger]

might as well make them the same card

that’s 1 less card to copy

[slate lance]

Honestly how do yall deck fix so easily in high stakes

Like i try to get as many tarots and standards as possible

[shell dagger]

money

[slate lance]

But it doesnt always give me nice cards

[slate lance]

Ecen with money

[shell dagger]

more money!

[slate lance]

I end up getting nothing but suit taeots

[lost vault]

thats deckfixing

[slate lance]

Quite hard on ur average goldstake

[slate lance]

Not the kind i want when i aint playing flushes

[shell dagger]

average gold stake run spams pairs and doesnt deckfix

[lost vault]

trye

[pale wolf]

did you know its called painted because you can draw more

[lost vault]

err

painting isnt drawing

[slate lance]

Paint sucks

[lost vault]

you sucks

[pale wolf]

it can be

[slate lance]

Ok like

How would u make a good walkie talkie run

Per say

[slate lance]

Nuh uh

[humble gulch]

FINALLY

[shell dagger]

i wouldn’t

walkie talkie is just what gets me to interest cap

[eternal estuary]

in gold stake? walkie talkie isn't usually something you want to hold until endgame unless it's like poly

[shell dagger]

then i can get other better jokers

[slate lance]

What if i wanna goldstake it

Im trying to make shitty jokers work

For gold sticker

[shell dagger]

4oak 10s then

idk

it’s not that deep

[eternal estuary]

ghost hex it or have a run with a lot of deck modification

[slate lance]

Thats so hard to get going tho? U need rlly good tarots

[slate lance]

Im on anaglyph 😭

[eternal estuary]

or have a super strong run and find it last shop

[white zodiac]

it's good enough as a mail hary a2-3 scoring emergency even as eternal

[shell dagger]

yeah that’s why most runs do pairs and ignore stuff like walkie talkie after ante 3

[slate lance]

So should i not even be doing a walkie talkie run and just try to get it in like late ante if i have a spare spit

[shell dagger]

like you’re doing a self imposed challenge on top of the most time consuming achievement in the game and then noting that it is hard

[slate lance]

Spot

[eternal estuary]

is walkie one of your last jokers for C++ or is it just an example?

[shell dagger]

it’s definitely the easier way to sticker it

[slate lance]

An example im only halfway through

Less than actual

Im at like 63

[slate lance]

Ig maybe ive been doing shit wrong then 😭

[eternal estuary]

then I would definitely try and get strong runs off the ground first

especially on anaglyph

[distant vault]

Steel joker rules

[slate lance]

Yeah that makes sense ty

[humble gulch]

All stickers

[distant vault]

Congrats

[slate lance]

Hell yrah

[distant vault]

Welcome to c++

[humble gulch]

[distant vault]

[verbal holly]

i was so close to the quintuple madness:(

[unborn cliff]

liar... wheres your achievement...

smh my head

[eternal estuary]

with so many gold stickers to get you're always going to find something last ante, you can bias to unstickered jokers a bit but don't overdo it. keeping something like matador from ante 1 to 8 is very close to -1 joker slot

[humble gulch]

Challenges

[verbal holly]

SNYNQB4Z

seed if anyone wants it, ghost deck, on purple+

[white zodiac]

most of the stickers usually just revolve around rolling shops on the last ante rather than picking mediocre jokers up for the entire run.

[eternal estuary]

this is the issue where you need to do win one more run probably

[humble gulch]

And also

[unborn cliff]

mot played hand: high card

[distant vault]

Damn, high card

[unborn cliff]

wow

[distant vault]

Yes guys im bad

[shell dagger]

Hi card

[humble gulch]

I also could've reached ante 39 with three more plutos 💔

[distant vault]

Time to poly skip on ghost

[shell dagger]

NOOO

[distant vault]

My games aren't optimal

But they're cool 😎

[verbal holly]

I'm such an ancient joker truther

[humble gulch]

I wonder how many people have C++

[shell dagger]

loads

at least 1

[distant vault]

I think they all have it in their name here

Except me

[tranquil cargo]

apparently this many

[distant vault]

I can make bad plays now and not feel bad

[limpid sedge]

Hmm. Should I get smiley face

[distant vault]

Depends how youre scoring

[limpid sedge]

Pretty well

[distant vault]

Do you think you need it

[limpid sedge]

...not really

[distant vault]

Then probably not

[limpid sedge]

Yeah fair enough

[blissful fog]

Alotta flushes

[unborn cliff]

aj is my favorite free win

[robust lance]

Ancient joker the goat

[unborn cliff]

truth nuke

[robust lance]

Dude could be in one of those edits and he’d fit straight in

[unborn cliff]

nah he'd be pretty flushed

[robust lance]

But what about… both!?

[vocal warren]

getting blueprint on my high card run is AMAZING

[unborn cliff]

why he gotta be perishable tho

[robust lance]

The fbi catches his ass

And then the cia… well you know what the cia does.

[vocal warren]

running from the fbi and the cia man

[unborn cliff]

the cia by hit band glass beach

[stark karma]

hologram would have really liked this build

4 decks left what should I do

[slate lance]

Ig so

Even still holy shit idk why but

Im not playing well at all

I keep fucking losing

Im just gonna take a break and hope it fixes it

Fml

I won like 3 goldstakes the day i beat c+ (exclusing my c+ win)

And now ive been playing for a bit and i havent been able to win a single one

Altho i had a good start when i changed from anaglyph to ghost

But i lost mid ante

Im gonna go play hitman and like continue balatro tmrw or Saturday

[nova mantle]

Sounds like you're burnt out

[white zodiac]

i normally play in short bursts nowadays

[slate lance]

It may be so

And the more i lose the more it fuels my frustration which makes me play worse

[low fog]

Bro

[white zodiac]

there's too many good things to do outside to streamline all my thinking efforts on one game

[nova mantle]

Happens, play another game or do something else entirely

[slate lance]

Ive been playing for the last like 2 - 3 hours today but i also played a lot yesterday and stuff

[robust lance]

Midas

[white zodiac]

I don't go that crazy lol

[stark karma]

huh??

[slate lance]

Ew grass touching

[robust lance]

Gotcha :3

[white zodiac]

I used to but it's usually more fun when you're not in a hurry

[nova mantle]

I played something else for like a week after the nebula gold stake cause of how absolutely ASS it was 😭

[slate lance]

Yeah I'll do that

[slate lance]

Lmfao

[robust lance]

You GOTTA do Anaglyph (idk my reading comprehension is poor so I can’t see what it’s at)

[slate lance]

The most ass for me qas plasma cause it changed my playstyle completely

[white zodiac]

like the time I got my second to last sticker and my last sticker for c++ on my 5th account was like a week

[nova mantle]

That's the issue then 😭 play nother game

[white zodiac]

yeah that's about plasma

[pale wolf]

🦓

[slate lance]

You play too little

I also get obsessed easily

Ive gained 271 h and i bought balatro like 2 or 3 months ago

[nova mantle]

Plasma was not that bad but tbf it was the second one I did so I may not remember it as bad as I should

[pale wolf]

wtf

[white zodiac]

i got burnt out at one point when I was doing whatever nonsense thats in my about me

[white zodiac]

twins

[nova mantle]

Wicked play time

[slate lance]

How much do u have!?

[robust lance]

I bought it a week after release and only have 250 hours 🔥 🔥 🔥

[pale wolf]

I've like 188

[slate lance]

Yah, ive had obsessions on different games too
Lethal company i had 1000 hours
Marvel rivals 800

[white zodiac]

for me around a thousand but ive also played for 2 years almost

[slate lance]

Wtf and u have c++

Ur lying right

[pale wolf]

??

[nova mantle]

I've got 214 but that's with the countless times I've left the game open while I go do something else

[pale wolf]

You at least have C+ right

[robust lance]

No zebra just time manipulated

[slate lance]

I have c+ yes

[robust lance]

My zebra did that

[slate lance]

63/150 for c++

Ive also done rule bender or wtv the do all challenges thing is

[white zodiac]

hey you got the more impressive achievement out of the way

[pale wolf]

from first to last gold sticker took me 69 hours of gameplay

[white zodiac]

ok

[vale shale]

Ofccc ofccc.

[slate lance]

Ok maybe i just suck ass or smt 😭

God damn

[nova mantle]

That's probably the reason lmao, I haven't even unlocked all the challenges

[slate lance]

The thing is i did all the callenges in only a couple days 🥲

Challenges

[pale wolf]

i still havent done jokerless and I don't really care to either

[white zodiac]

most of them aren't really challenges considering white stake and some rng

that's cool

[pale wolf]

jokerless is the only thing before 100% for me

[nova mantle]

I do 1 challenge once a week if I'm lucky, but that's because some of the challenges ain't sound fun and I don't wanna do em out of laziness 😭

[slate lance]

Yeah the ones i only struggled on were the raise prices by 1
Golden needle
And jokerless

Cruelty wasnt cruel to me at all

[pale wolf]

cruelty is ez

[white zodiac]

yea

[pale wolf]

tbh i didnt struggle on inflation from what i remember but i never replayed it either

i have replayed cruelty

[white zodiac]

I've only played challenges once

[slate lance]

Thats fair, imo most fun was the monolith one

Idk how the hell yall have c++ at such little hours

[white zodiac]

you're a real one

[upbeat abyss]

is this joker any good

[slate lance]

YES

YES IT IS

[heady narwhal]

one of the best

[upbeat abyss]

im at the start

[nova mantle]

Monolith ain't even a challenge it's a joyride 😭

[pale wolf]

depends

[slate lance]

Lmao yeah especially for me bc i got a stone joker

[nova mantle]

Best hand scaling mult spotted ❤️‍🩹

[upbeat abyss]

and should i buy a buffon pack or arcana pack

[pale wolf]

just take the bus

[upbeat abyss]

i have 4 more $

[pale wolf]

That's all you need

[slate lance]

Spare trousers exists yk

[nova mantle]

Girl I got a DAMN HOLO 😭 that thing was mad easy

[white zodiac]

buy an uncrop button

[twin lantern]

hiii

[steel chasm]

Nice

[pale wolf]

spare trousers is sad with an early blackboard

[limpid sedge]

Okay. What do I replace for showman here? I'm getting the feeling I'm going to need him if I want to keep this run going past next ante

[upbeat abyss]

why should i screenshot the whole screen

[slate lance]

God damn

[pale wolf]

pareidolia???

[white zodiac]

more information

[nova mantle]

Eh, it's good if you're running obelisk and you wanna set double pair as your most played

[slate lance]

Imagine a holo with dna stone joker certificate and a blueprint

[nova mantle]

Wouldn't call it the best tho

[pale wolf]

parei is doing quite literally nothing here

[limpid sedge]

Chrue..

[upbeat abyss]

its round 1

[steel chasm]

Bruh the ace I need is the last card in deck lma

[slate lance]

Marble not stone

Mb

[nova mantle]

I'll always stick with my lovely rtb

[limpid sedge]

I low-key forgot I didn't have the faceless for econ anymore

[slate lance]

Areu insulting two pair as a winning hand :[

[white zodiac]

still not enough information

[pale wolf]

The fact that you had to take extra time to say that is the reason why you don't crop

[twin lantern]

how many cards please

[upbeat abyss]

for ride the bus if i play a face card does the multiplier reset

[pale wolf]

yea it does

[upbeat abyss]

dang

[pale wolf]

good intuition

[upbeat abyss]

so no playing face cards then

[pale wolf]

You can use a high card Ace to throw away face cards, or throw them as dead cards in a pair

they just can't score

[white zodiac]

new players don't know the value in what little information is given to them and crops it away for no reason except to hurt themselves when wanting to be offered advice

[upbeat abyss]

ok

[nova mantle]

Goddamn mobile discord be making me @ the wrong people

[limpid sedge]

Thanks showman. Really helpful

[slate lance]

Rtb is good but it makes u sacrifice more than spare trousers asks for imo

[upbeat abyss]

im going for flushes without face cards then

[slate lance]

Plus trousers is more mult on average

[crisp bane]

chat am i the best driver of 2025

[nova mantle]

Rtb is js too good for me 😭

[pale wolf]

rtb scales slower and has more limitations

[slate lance]

Ig maybe

I did have a nice gold stake with it

[nova mantle]

Love trousers regardless

[white zodiac]

pants technically has an initial failure rate

[pale wolf]

notably you cant use midas

[slate lance]

Rtb can too

[pale wolf]

rtb resetting is a skill issue

[slate lance]

No it can be a luck issue

[pale wolf]

no

[slate lance]

U dont control what cards u roll

[upbeat abyss]

what happens if i use the fool when i have no planet or tarot cards used

[white zodiac]

rtb in an all face card in hand and no discards is a far rarer event than not hitting a 2 pair

[pale wolf]

very rarely

[slate lance]

Nothing

[upbeat abyss]

ok

[slate lance]

U canr even use it

[upbeat abyss]

im gonna buy a celestial pack

[slate lance]

It wouldnt let u

[white zodiac]

statically stating

[nova mantle]

Rtb condition is more of a attention span test
If you play rtb you should be playing pairs anyway so you can avoid being affected by drawing too many face cards

[white zodiac]

which translates in game for like streaks or black deck or whatever

[nova mantle]

Either that or deleting the fc

[upbeat abyss]

which do i buy

[slate lance]

Yeah but if u hit that rarer event ur whole mult resets
If u dont hit a two pair once it basically just skips a potential 2+

[upbeat abyss]

two pair?

[slate lance]

Leveling.up pair is good if ur doing rtb

[upbeat abyss]

ok

so mercury

[slate lance]

Yeah

[nova mantle]

Id say pair for consistency

[upbeat abyss]

im not gonna buy the standard pack bc i wanna keep my money

to get the interest

[white zodiac]

that event rarely ever happens. never in my 1000+ hours have I had to inevitably reset my bus

[slate lance]

Ive had to 😭

[upbeat abyss]

must play 5 cards

[nova mantle]

I don't like trousers as much as I should because I feel like the second I get it I cannot draw any two pair without discarding

[slate lance]

Also wtf U HAVE 1000 HOURS

[nova mantle]

Maybe a luck issue on my side

[upbeat abyss]

if i use face cards that dont score do i lose my mult

[slate lance]

Discarding isnt tjat much of an issue

[white zodiac]

def more I lost count

[pale wolf]

this was a recent thing lars posted about rtb forced resetting without having discards

[slate lance]

No

[upbeat abyss]

ok

[slate lance]

Just make sure they dont score

[abstract rivet]

Stone your faces when u have rtb

Chips are especially good with flat mult

[upbeat abyss]

ok

[nova mantle]

It's annoying tho ;((

[upbeat abyss]

idkh ow to do that but ok

[nova mantle]

Coz I lose value if I also got rebate or something like that

[pale wolf]

its the tower tarot card

if you mean putting stone on face cards

[upbeat abyss]

do i get this one? it seems good but situational

[shell dagger]

You don’t need it

bus can be all of your +mult

[slate lance]

Yeah but the thing is failing once or twice with spare trousers isnt bad
If u get rtb ur leaving ur win to luck maybe especially with bosses like -1 handsize and cant play same hand

[upbeat abyss]

then do i buy a pack?

[shell dagger]

i would buy buffoon

[pale wolf]

it is really not that hard to avoid

[upbeat abyss]

ok

[slate lance]

It still will happen

[upbeat abyss]

these both look good

[slate lance]

Once or twice

Im gonna go play hitman tho

Get my mind off balatro

Cya chat

[shell dagger]

once or twice maybe in 1000 hours

[upbeat abyss]

these both seem good

[shell dagger]

that’s like

cav dying odds

[white zodiac]

or 0 👅

I've had cav die more times than bus resets total

[pale wolf]

well you have to play the run as if cav is about to die since it could at any second!!

[white zodiac]

well

[steel chasm]

Violet vessel I hate you

[shell dagger]

i haven’t had a bus reset in 500 hours probably

that’s only cos I don’t know how many hours i have

[nova mantle]

I think you don't got many jokers unlocked yet, maybe you should play the game at your own pace and discover some of the joker's then ask for tips when you get on things like high stake runs
Not trying to be mean, but you don't gotta play perfectly if you're just starting

[upbeat abyss]

ok lol

im just trying to get the basics of what i should be going for

[pale wolf]

i forget you guys have like 5x the hours over me

[white zodiac]

I'd like to think 5 c++ profiles and a horrible streaking arc would round up to 1k+ hours

[pale wolf]

thats too much balatro

[white zodiac]

I forget you're only a few months in

[pale wolf]

kinda sorta

[shell dagger]

basics: get to $25 and stay above it asap, aim for 1 scoring joker each ante

[upbeat abyss]

ill get the planet one because you guys said i already have enough +mult

[crisp bane]

guys do i need more xmult

[upbeat abyss]

what does a scoring joker mean

[nova mantle]

This

[shell dagger]

a joker that gives score

[crisp bane]

i dont think i have enough xmult jokers

[pale wolf]

i joined the server feb but was still unlocking the game

[upbeat abyss]

dont all of them give score?

[shell dagger]

no

some give money

or hand size

[crisp bane]

or tarots

or spectrals

[nova mantle]

Some give you money or tarot cards or miscellaneous things

[upbeat abyss]

so by ante 5 my hand should be full?

[crisp bane]

or dupe or destroy a card

[upbeat abyss]

joker hand

[pale wolf]

not necessarily but yea

[shell dagger]

it’s a rough guideline

[white zodiac]

i don't remember why I joined

[upbeat abyss]

ok

[white zodiac]

or how

[pale wolf]

me neither

0 clue

It's like the lotus hotel

[shell dagger]

i joined april 2024 but wasn’t that active and so left

i remember vayn and nobody else

[white zodiac]

aliensrock introduced me to the game

[upbeat abyss]

dang bro lucky hand

[white zodiac]

the rest was history

[pale wolf]

my friends made me play it

i won

the rest is history

[upbeat abyss]

flush with no face cards from the start

[shell dagger]

holy chopped unc

[pale wolf]

i always forget this game has been out a lot longer than it was on my radar

[white zodiac]

normally for hand mult scalers you wanna use all of your hands

[upbeat abyss]

since i have the constellation should i buy all planet cards i see

or is it not worth to buy all

[shell dagger]

if it doesn’t put you below $25 sure

[upbeat abyss]

i got 15 dollas

[pale wolf]

stay

[upbeat abyss]

ok

[pale wolf]

hi lars

[ruby maple]

On black stake I made it all the way to ante 6 using only level one flush, I’m finally getting Jupiters now

[upbeat abyss]

what are foil, holographic, and polychrome cards

the voucher says they appear 2x more often

[pale wolf]

there are descriptions of almost everything in the game in the pause menu under collection

[alpine basalt]

I had a business class I didn't want to pay attention in the start of this semester, balatro was on sale for like 5 bucks, the rest is history

[shell dagger]

why do people take classes they don’t care about 🥀

[nova mantle]

What if there was a positive joker modifier that made jokers occupy 2 slots

[pale wolf]

la credit

[alpine basalt]

required for a minor of mine

[white zodiac]

oh yeah i bought it for five bucks too

[crisp bane]

guys do i go down the funny route and copy drivers license or be optimal and take baron (i have red stamp steel kings)

[shell dagger]

that stinks

[pale wolf]

i bought full price

[nova mantle]

Maybe they're in between classes that they do want to go to

[alpine basalt]

yeah more specifically its a prereq to a class thats required for a minor of mine

[pale wolf]

only once though :3

[alpine basalt]

my schedule is so lopsided lmao, I'm in senior level math courses and freshman level business courses

[nova mantle]

Balatro is worth the full price tho

[desert quiver]

Question, has negative playing cards ever been discussed?

[shell dagger]

i bought 2 times full price

[shell dagger]

yes

[shell dagger]

what math courses

[pale wolf]

yes, i think thunk doesnt like em

[nova mantle]

+1 deck slot ✅

[pale wolf]

personally i like the idea and dont think it would be op or anything, just neat like most natural negatives

[white zodiac]

+1 hand size :3

[crisp bane]

the issue is death

[pale wolf]

yea +1 hand size while in hand, easy, simple

[pale wolf]

negative is never transferable

why would playing cards be any different

[crisp bane]

oh well in that case

[white zodiac]

negative editions can never be copied and are always removed

[crisp bane]

yeah that makes sense

[alpine basalt]

modern algebra and combinatorics

[pale wolf]

make it a spectral as well

[shell dagger]

fun fun fun

[pale wolf]

for negative steels

or blue seeels

[alpine basalt]

not even a math major tbh i'm just taking math courses cause I enjoy them

[tranquil cargo]

negative playing cards can be copied

I've deathed them before in cryptid mod

[shell dagger]

my dissertation is essentially a mix of both of those

[pale wolf]

that's a mod

[alpine basalt]

oh whats it on?

[upbeat abyss]

this is gonna be really good if i buy it right

[shell dagger]

representation theory of the symmetric group

[pale wolf]

once you buy it 10 times throughout many runs

[nova mantle]

They're saying if it were to be implemented in the base game they should NOT be able to be copied

So they could be balanced

[upbeat abyss]

wait 10 times throughout all of my runs?

[nova mantle]

Cuz DNA and baron would be a wicked combo 😭

[alpine basalt]

sounds interesting

[nova mantle]

Instant naneinf

[pale wolf]

yea, its the first tier to another voucher but you need to unlock the second voucher first by buying blank 10 times.

[upbeat abyss]

ok

buying it then

[pale wolf]

it's worth just for completionist sake

[upbeat abyss]

i got a level 5 pair already

[heavy heron]

god i hate my job

i’d rather be playing balatro

[nova mantle]

It comes in handy when the tier 2 does come around before ante 8 cuz it's a free sticker

[alpine basalt]

tbh if I had no worries about money i'd prolly want to become a math professor, but I can make more elsewhere and get my grad school paid for, so that will prolly not happen

[nova mantle]

Love when that happens

[alpine basalt]

man reopening into the middle of a run is so disorienting for me

like i've completely forgotten what I was doing in this run

[white zodiac]

balatro is more friendly for returning games compared to like slay the spire

[wintry ice]

do i just stop using superpos now

[white zodiac]

uhh

[wintry ice]

and also take banana

[upbeat abyss]

what do spectral cards do

[pale wolf]

ugh i wouldn't like to do that on those then

cuz i hate it in balatro tbh

[wintry ice]

they're like tarots but more polarising in a way

[nova mantle]

I once shot my mult into oblivion cuz I played a face card with rtb 💔

[upbeat abyss]

so is it worth buying a pack?

jumbo

[white zodiac]

i remember enough of what happened since the jokers and event information is there. wish boss blind history was implemented

[alpine basalt]

I just R-keyed the run I was on prolly coulda won it but I didn't want to try and figure out what the hell I was doing

[wintry ice]

the chance of a blue seal or immolate is very good

[white zodiac]

for sts you’re not given much outside of your deck lmao

[upbeat abyss]

theres also a joker that if i sell disables the boss but my jokers are full can i sell it without it going there

[wintry ice]

but i'm not entirely sure if opening them below 25$ would be a great idea yet

[upbeat abyss]

ok

[left juniper]

The Moon makes me so mad 😠 I just wanna shoot it

[upbeat abyss]

is it worth getting rid of any of these

[alpine basalt]

jesus

[white zodiac]

oh my heavens

[alpine basalt]

probably dna

[pale wolf]

🤪 😳 🤪

[royal shale]

You can’t sell it and have it proc before the boss, you can technically sell it early for the money/spcace

[upbeat abyss]

why dna

[pale wolf]

streak:2 gimme

[wintry ice]

um

okay

[upbeat abyss]

i go for pair its good for that right?

[alpine basalt]

what card are you copying?

[white zodiac]

do you have the 8 letter code

[alpine basalt]

ggs

[pale wolf]

i take lots of screenshots so I remember

[upbeat abyss]

ones where i already have a pair of

[left juniper]

The run is still going but give me a sec

[white zodiac]

generally yes

[royal shale]

Only if you have a good target

[upbeat abyss]

or dose it really matter what i copy if i go for pair

so best is ace?

[alpine basalt]

if you're playing pairs it doesn't matter, i'd use it for if you're copying like seals

[wintry ice]

dna is only worth taking if you have a high value card

like a blue seal or whatever

[upbeat abyss]

ok

im gonna buy the spectral pack then

[royal shale]

Or hologram :3

[wintry ice]

yea

essentially just don't make a bunch of cards if you don't need to

[pale wolf]

what is this seed

[upbeat abyss]

does the arm permanently decrease

[wintry ice]

yeah

[upbeat abyss]

dang

[wintry ice]

it sucks

[pale wolf]

wouldve been a cool plasma run

[upbeat abyss]

it decreased by 2 levels my pair

[white zodiac]

wrong deck

oh

[pale wolf]

what do you want, black?

[white zodiac]

yeah

[pale wolf]

lol

[left juniper]

7JZVEDC8

[wintry ice]

egs mulch

[terse vale]

I like my coffee how I like my deck

[upbeat abyss]

good thing i have space joker to upgrade my hands

[fervent wolf]

Hi chat

[upbeat abyss]

hello

[wintry ice]

guh

this is definitely one of the more inconvenient things about this deck

[white zodiac]

mhm

[proper bronze]

good morning

[shell dagger]

You already got a troubadour and grabber

[past crag]

I miss idol

[terse vale]

spaceman looking tasty

[proper bronze]

playing isaac and balatro at the same time

[wintry ice]

well bye parking i guess

okay my pairs do barely enough against the wall

[alpine basalt]

the greed paid off (I wouldn't make if I had to play a high card)

[wintry ice]

actually no i have 5 hands

they do more than enough

[upbeat abyss]

bro

i got playing a pair sets money to 0

im going for pairs

[pale wolf]

"only one thing would make me drop rebate here"
opens pack

[upbeat abyss]

also should i use dna for steel cards

[white zodiac]

if you have hand agnostic scoring you can dance around other poker hands

[upbeat abyss]

whats hand agnostic scoring

[white zodiac]

on score jokers that can score regardless of what poker hand you’re playing

[wintry ice]

hand independent

[white zodiac]

basically score that’s not locked behind planets or poker hand specific jokers

[upbeat abyss]

ye i got that

i dont have any hand specific jokers

[white zodiac]

what’s your chip source

[merry wren]

what can i sell for dna i can’t beat the next blind

[upbeat abyss]

dont have a joker for chips

dang

[white zodiac]

gonna assume your chips are from planets

[upbeat abyss]

yes

[wintry ice]

i guess i could sell trading card for blackboard and skip once

do i try that

[fervent wolf]

The local store or Utz factory usually sells them but sometimes they have them at restaurants

[white zodiac]

you can always spend down to zero before entering boss blind

[wintry ice]

hey weeb (japanese username)

[tranquil cargo]

sell perkeo, you don't need it with the method you're using

[white zodiac]

yeah sure why not

[upbeat abyss]

dang it i lost

[white zodiac]

oh

[merry wren]

i was thinking of duping plutos for naneinf

[upbeat abyss]

rip

[merry wren]

but i have no observatory 😭

[plucky shuttle]

way too late in the run for naninf potential

[upbeat abyss]

i was so close

7th ante

[merry wren]

i see

thank you

[tranquil cargo]

even with observatory, perkeo copying planets isn't enough to naneinf

[white zodiac]

i skipped twice to preserve stencil and carp sharp before

[merry wren]

but i have the baron too

doing e37 rn. but i doubt i’d be able to scale faster than the blinds

[wintry ice]

my square got foiled in time for a temperance

[white zodiac]

there are more convenient non legendary naneinf methods

[tranquil cargo]

you're on the right track, you have several key jokers: baron, mime, blueprint, brainstorm, and dna

[merry wren]

negative joker stencil is my favourite method

[tranquil cargo]

now all you need are another blueprint, a third blueprint (or brainstorm), retcon, and burglar after ante 24

[white zodiac]

#🕹・game-discussion message

[merry wren]

ah yes i can’t believe i forgot about that lol

thank you a lot :)

[pale wolf]

it's..
beautiful

[white zodiac]

prob my only unseeded gs naneinf attempt i’ve done on a whim

[tough ruin]

Get golden ticket now

[wintry ice]

why does the mult part of lucky cards feel like a downside

[pale wolf]

I'm not so sure

[merry wren]

midas touched your standard pack

[wintry ice]

well then

[white zodiac]

prevents you from farming hands potentially

[pale wolf]

it is, keeps you from farming them

wtf

[wintry ice]

yeah and like

whuh

[tranquil cargo]

lucky cat would never scale without it

[wintry ice]

i'll likely not take brainstorm because it messes with joker positioning

the

[fervent wolf]

Freddy Function bear and multiply Mangle

[white zodiac]

he’s back

[tranquil cargo]

peak consumerism

[wintry ice]

welp

it's more tarots

[tranquil cargo]

they're selling you something you don't need at outrageous prices and convincing you it's a good deal

[pale wolf]

pompeii starts playing

[white zodiac]

rip potential x27 mult

[white zodiac]

hey i just had one of these runs

[wintry ice]

no way

potential mult

[white zodiac]

the potential

[alpine basalt]

its always the orange stake ones that do this to me. never the golds.

[wintry ice]

what is that creature

[white zodiac]

patrice