🕹・game-discussion

[manic zealot]

baseball can totally make that work

plus you've got decent econ so you can afford it

[hard mantle]

okay uh

[primal stirrup]

Damn

[hard mantle]

wow

[primal stirrup]

If you lose this run, it’s gotta be from cosmic intervention or smth

[manic zealot]

amazing pickup if you've got the money but it is expensive

[hard mantle]

i sold my zany joker and the one that gives mult if you have no discards

[hard mantle]

or my cosmic skill issue

[primal stirrup]

This was not taken into consideration

My fault og

[hard mantle]

it just gave me zany joker back lmfao

[primal stirrup]

It’s a sign

[manic zealot]

happened to me many times lmao

[hard mantle]

three of a kind run

i guess

[manic zealot]

happens to me a lot with judgement tarots

[primal stirrup]

Now you better have moved that zany or else

[hard mantle]

i did dw

[manic zealot]

o7 to this run

[primal stirrup]

o7

[hard mantle]

im gonna make every single card a 6

[primal stirrup]

How dare you

[manic zealot]

finds a 6th sense in the next shop

[hard mantle]

i dont know if i even have that unlocked

[slow epoch]

Uncommon has appeared
Do I drop golden for the certificate?

[hard mantle]

if i have to only play three of a kind, every god damn card will be 666

[manic zealot]

yeah I would

you could get a blue seal

[primal stirrup]

You said it’s a pair build right? I 100% would

[restive egret]

Started playing about 4 days ago. got this crazy Xmult setup that led me to my first W

[manic zealot]

would help a ton with pairs

[manic zealot]

amazing!

[hard mantle]

i think rngesus herself is watching this run

what the fuck is this pull

[manic zealot]

but after enough rounds I would sell it so you don't over-bloat your deck

[primal stirrup]

That’s awesome!!

[primal stirrup]

The Lord will be striking down your pc

I say grace before popping every hermit

[manic zealot]

that would be a funny joker idea

[ornate orchid]

baseball, huh

[manic zealot]

yeah baseball is an amazing joker

[restive egret]

Never managed to reach above ante 5 before, but now a random One pair is scoring like 3.5mil

[hard mantle]

Impish Joker
6 mult if you have exactly 3 6's in a hand

or just call it Imp

[manic zealot]

it would have to be better than that lmao

[primal stirrup]

X666 mult if you play 3 6’s

[manic zealot]

lmao

[primal stirrup]

This is what we call balance

[manic zealot]

sets your gpu on fire if you score exactly 3 6s

[hard mantle]

if you score exactly 3 6's in a hand, x6 mult

[primal stirrup]

Idk I like x666

[hard mantle]

PEAK

[manic zealot]

hmm it's better

[primal stirrup]

It’s at least 3 more x mult

[hard mantle]

i can get rid of riff raff now i think

[manic zealot]

perfect replacement for zany or riff raff

[primal stirrup]

Holy peak

[manic zealot]

yep

[hard mantle]

i found my zany replacement

[brazen island]

I’d sell zany and misprint and keep letting riff raff generate some value

[slow epoch]

Damn
Lost the run to somehow not getting a pair after 2 discards

[hard mantle]

or i could get rid of misprint actually

the consistent value is worth it....

[manic zealot]

yeah keeping riff raff is also viable

it's also an econ joker

[primal stirrup]

The world was against you on this run

That’s rough

[manic zealot]

I hate when that happens

[hard mantle]

i dont know who i made happy but

[manic zealot]

I once couldn't draw even 1 of the 4 jacks through like 30+ cards in my deck it was crazy

[manic zealot]

the better play would've probably been to sell zany as well and keep riff raff but this still works

[primal stirrup]

Dude you ever had like 40 of the same card in your deck, yet your idol hits the one card you haven’t been able to remove

Actually the worst

[manic zealot]

yes!

it killed a good endless run

[primal stirrup]

Same

[hard mantle]

three of an ace run it is

[primal stirrup]

Traumatising stuff

[manic zealot]

idol was almost online and it hit one of my only non kings

[hard mantle]

huh, noted

[manic zealot]

that works (:

[primal stirrup]

Rest in peace unholy run

Holy once more

[manic zealot]

holy peak

[hard mantle]

my high card senses. they are SCREAMING.

[manic zealot]

still go pair frfr

trust

[primal stirrup]

In pairs we trust

[hard mantle]

i guess sell zany joker and go high card 5ever?

[manic zealot]

sell zany and stick with pairs

after enough levels up you can sell half joker

[hard mantle]

fair i guess, i do have enough setup for consistent pairs

[manic zealot]

ya

[restive egret]

Burglar with the green cards gave me enough money to buy packs+planets to feed my Xmults. Having enough levels in every hand made it so that even weaker hands can have very high base numbers. Also got negative jokers for the first time, which boosted my baseball Card

[manic zealot]

that's awesome

discovering cool synergies like that was what made me fall in love with balatro

[restive egret]

yeah, it's such an out of the box feedback loop

[hard mantle]

chat

[manic zealot]

sell half joker for it I think

the holographic boosts you a bit so it won't be a bad hit to your score

[hard mantle]

im trusting yall

[manic zealot]

ya trust

[hard mantle]

i almost restarted this run too chat

[primal stirrup]

Had a blueprint and a burglar earlier today with a ride the bus. Wasn’t able to find any x mult, but was barely enough to scrape a win with the money from extra hands and the bus scaling

[manic zealot]

you're getting really good luck in shops

[hard mantle]

guess this tells me forever to uh

never restart runs LOL

[manic zealot]

dude those wins where you BARELY make it are my favorite ones

[primal stirrup]

The run in question

It was strange

[restive egret]

Ooh, I just unlocked the blueprint after beating the Verdant chip. Is it good?

[manic zealot]

best in the game

easily

[restive egret]

goddang

[manic zealot]

it copies any joker you want

it's broken

[primal stirrup]

It’ll bring a tear to your eyes everytime it’s in shop

[primal stirrup]

We were scraping by bro trust

[manic zealot]

and getting that SCALING

[primal stirrup]

Oh yeah, I’m sure there have been fatter busses but by the end of ante 8, that’s the fattest I’ve seen

[hard mantle]

oh whoops

uh, forgot to discard a pair first and discarded a high card </3

[primal stirrup]

It’s alright, shouldn’t be game losing

[manic zealot]

bus is so good early on, I just kill all my face cards when i see a hanged man

[primal stirrup]

Hopefully

[manic zealot]

I still do this a lot by accident, you should be fine

[hard mantle]

my high card scored higher than my pair </3

[primal stirrup]

I should kill them sooner but I hold onto the hope of a face card pivot

[hard mantle]

(the pair didnt have the extra steel card and wasnt a bonus card)

[primal stirrup]

I feel like a peasant playing numbered cards

[manic zealot]

pair is still more worth it because more jokers synergize with pairs

and it's easy to scale pairs with burnt joker

because of that alone I would probably rate burnt joker as top 10 best jokers for gold stake

[hard mantle]

i keep scaling fuckin high card </3

[manic zealot]

take your time, don't play so fast

[hard mantle]

hallucination just gave me insane value

i started with like $12

[bold crane]

Guys

[manic zealot]

ya

[hard mantle]

do i get showman now

[bold crane]

In your opinion

[manic zealot]

ehh you could I guess?

[bold crane]

What the best suit

[hard mantle]

okay im not taking that risk

[hard mantle]

clubs

[acoustic kettle]

Spades

[manic zealot]

clubs or spades because of blackboard

[bold crane]

Oh ok tuff

[manic zealot]

replied to the wrong message lmao

[bold crane]

I like heart

Because cool

[manic zealot]

all the suits are great don't get me wrong

diamonds deserves more attention because rough gem isn't bad econ

[bold crane]

I like heart also cus among us

[manic zealot]

ok that's valid

[bold crane]

I also like whatever suit has slay the spire

I forgeted

[obsidian patrol]

crazy how rough gem onyx agate and arrowhead are all leagues better than bloodstone

[bold crane]

What’s you’re address I wanna sign you up for Scientology

[obsidian patrol]

😭 ?

[bold crane]

Nah I don’t dislike you twin

[slow iris]

cavendish better

[bold crane]

You js wrong

Best card gotta be matador

[obsidian patrol]

the humble mail n rebate

[manic zealot]

matador just made me like $60 yesterday so I won't be slandering matador any time soon

[barren wigeon]

love is everywhere

if you want it there

[hard mantle]

gros michel died

i have a polychrome scary face in my deck replacing it until i find something better (IE: the cavendish)

[manic zealot]

how's your pair leveling going

[hard mantle]

at level 12

[manic zealot]

fantastic

you have a perfect setup

just don't forget to read the boss blinds at the start of each ante

[bold crane]

Random ass question

[manic zealot]

in case you encounter a bad one

[bold crane]

Cuz like I have the balatro on my phone

Can I transfer that save to the computer

[manic zealot]

to pc?

no you can't

[bold crane]

I hate this

[manic zealot]

it's a priority for localthunk to make that possible in a future update but we can't do it yet

[primal stirrup]

Yeah, it sucks, hopefully it’ll be changed somewhat soon

[manic zealot]

yeah

[primal stirrup]

Though I’ve just accepted it and my mobile is for my actual progress and steam is purely for modded now

[manic zealot]

dude same kinda

[bold crane]

I would love this game even more if I could have one save across multiple devices

[manic zealot]

I just took it as a challenge to do c++ on both mobile and pc

[primal stirrup]

Oh yeah it would be sweet for sure

[primal stirrup]

Crazy crazy man

I respect it

[bold crane]

I got crazy far on my phone

[manic zealot]

that's awesome

I honestly kind of prefer how it plays on the phone

[manic zealot]

holy peak

what's your constellation at

[hard mantle]

i thought this run was a loss at first...

[hard mantle]

2.4x

[manic zealot]

amazing

[primal stirrup]

Many a time have I attempted to drag to buy and sell on PC

[manic zealot]

yep no run is an automatic reset

[bold crane]

i LOVE cavendish

[exotic orchid]

Save sync is in the roadmap. But doubt it will ever be implemented.

[bold crane]

What

[primal stirrup]

Oh hell yeah

We going places

[hard mantle]

instead of sleeping like i planned, im playing endless mode

[primal stirrup]

Instead of sleeping like I planned, I’m invested in your endless mode

[low hornet]

I think I am addicted to this game now

[manic zealot]

you'll probably get to ante 10, possibly 11

[bold crane]

Fr

[primal stirrup]

Scheduled to wake up for work in 7 minutes chat

[manic zealot]

you've been converted to our cult

[manic zealot]

just imagine you're playing balatro in your mind and you'll be done with your shift in no time

[low hornet]

The tag I have on makes this more funnier

[manic zealot]

LMAO

[primal stirrup]

With the work I do, I’m actually able to play Balatro at work

[manic zealot]

I didn't even notice that

[manic zealot]

holy based

[hard mantle]

i have to start playing steel cards

[bold crane]

It’s the mult cult

[manic zealot]

steel joker would be an amazing pickup for you now

[primal stirrup]

I am very privileged to have the job I do, it’s chill aa hell

[low hornet]

Aw

[bold crane]

AAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!

[primal stirrup]

Dang this is going crazy

What’s the cloud 9 at?

[manic zealot]

oh good question

[primal stirrup]

Sorry, I’ll censor the j word next time

[exotic orchid]

You can play on pc using bluestacks. That syncs with phone. Kinda.

[bold crane]

Thanks ghost guy

[manic zealot]

I forget that you can scale cloud nine sorta

[primal stirrup]

He was forced to use bluestacks

[hard mantle]

shockingly only 9

[primal stirrup]

Still not bad

[manic zealot]

you basically turned your cloud nine into a rocket

[hard mantle]

i have not gotten nearly enough arcana packs

[manic zealot]

cloud rocket

[primal stirrup]

An early rocket, my beloved

[manic zealot]

so good

[hard mantle]

if cavendish gets destroyed this run is over chat

[exotic orchid]

The catch is. It doesn't sync the current game. But once you win/lose a game it gets synced.

[manic zealot]

that has happened to me before

[primal stirrup]

This is why in purple seals we trust

[bold crane]

Good enough

[hard mantle]

do i sell hallucination for this

[manic zealot]

yes

[primal stirrup]

Yes

[manic zealot]

holy luck man

[primal stirrup]

Unlucky

[manic zealot]

still crazy luck

[bold crane]

Worst one😭

[primal stirrup]

Happens everytime

[hard mantle]

i already can reroll boss blinds....

[manic zealot]

yeah for that stage in the run it's the worst hit tho

[hard mantle]

i dont need this....

[manic zealot]

hey, it's worth $10!

[hard mantle]

ill keep it in hand until i find something better

[manic zealot]

the temperance value!

[primal stirrup]

Go buy yourself smth nice

[manic zealot]

maybe you'll find hallucination again

no harm no foul

[primal stirrup]

(The hallucination was never seen again)

[manic zealot]

it was a hallucination all along

[primal stirrup]

They started taking their meds

[manic zealot]

their normal pills

[primal stirrup]

Dream is that you

[hard mantle]

i have actually been off my meds for months now

not my fault walgreens decided to play keep away </3

[manic zealot]

balatro is helping with that it's all good

[primal stirrup]

Dream spotted in beast land in Saudi Arabia is a real and true statement

[hard mantle]

i can actually put constellation after cavendish now

so peak

[manic zealot]

I forgot that was a natural polychrome

[hard mantle]

found the chicot replacement

[manic zealot]

it doesn't actually matter since they're both xmult (but it matters to my autism brain)

[primal stirrup]

This

[manic zealot]

this is perfect

[primal stirrup]

I thought it mattered at first. Even when I learned it didn’t, it still matters to me

[primal stirrup]

Actually baller

[tacit oasis]

That’s a sexy joker lineup ngl lmfao

[manic zealot]

yep! I need them to be in order, which is why taking the brainstorm lowkey hurts because I can't OCD my joker lineup anymore

[primal stirrup]

In before the cavendish decides to die

[exotic orchid]

I would keep chicot.

[primal stirrup]

But hey, 10 bucks is 10 bucks

[manic zealot]

they can reroll bosses so they don't need it

[hard mantle]

man i really regret selling chicot now!

[manic zealot]

SYNERGY!!!

[exotic orchid]

Ah ok.

[bold crane]

Chico is like 10 sell value

[hard mantle]

swashbuckler + egg = dear god in heaven

[bold crane]

It’s like 10 or 20

[hard mantle]

i was being extremely sarcastic

[primal stirrup]

10 buckaroos

[bold crane]

It’s like 6 or 7

I’m so funny

[manic zealot]

crickets

[bold crane]

Oooohhh tough crowd

Tough crowd

[manic zealot]

lmao

[bold crane]

Why did the skeleton cross the road

[hard mantle]

ladies, it's been an honor

[primal stirrup]

I have to lock in when I hear kids making 6 7 jokes

I can’t be a 22 year old man laughing at that

[manic zealot]

rip

o7

[primal stirrup]

o7

Was a pleasure my fellow ladies

[bold crane]

Ladies

[manic zealot]

helluva run, lady friends

[hard mantle]

heres the seed if yall want to experience some of absurd luck i experienced this run

like holy shit what the fuck was my luck

[bold crane]

What about the gentleman

[hard mantle]

this isnt about them

[bold crane]

Actually matter of fact

[primal stirrup]

What’s that?

[bold crane]

Every guy I know who plays this game ends up transitioning

I think I may be next

[hard mantle]

death card

[bold crane]

Nah twin

[manic zealot]

this game just helps you realize your true self

[bold crane]

Being a girl would lowkey be fun asl

[hard mantle]

[bold crane]

You’re next

[manic zealot]

oh boy

[hard mantle]

does she know?

[bold crane]

Who

[primal stirrup]

When you strength a Jack

Estrogen

[toxic wolf]

oh i can’t post the stupid meme of that

[manic zealot]

yeah unfortunate

[primal stirrup]

I tried

Didn’t work

[bold crane]

If you strength a queen it’s testosterone

[hard mantle]

joker card: estrogen
any time you make a queen, add a copy of that card

[hard mantle]

joker card: testosterone
any time you make a king, add a copy of that card

[bold crane]

This would be good

[hard mantle]

trust me i tried to post a gif as well </3

[primal stirrup]

The egg is cracking

I fear there isn’t much time left

[bold crane]

Fear?

[primal stirrup]

I’m afraid there is a non 0% chance my gf is trying to force fem me

[toxic wolf]

it’s okay i had my trans awakening before becoming a gambling addict so clearly i’m fine

[hard mantle]

let her

[bold crane]

Am I not in on smth

[exotic orchid]

Stuntman always ends up in funny runs.

[hard mantle]

same!

[bold crane]

Why am I an egg

I’m confused

[primal stirrup]

Sorry I’ve been down the questioning gender road, I’m pretty sure of myself now

Though that won’t stop her from trying

[bold crane]

I don’t add sell value to other jokers

And I don’t taste well scrambled

[primal stirrup]

But you do add +3 estrogen at the end of round

[bold crane]

Me?

[toxic wolf]

Uh, basically, egg is a baby trans person who hasn't come out yet, and an egg cracking is the realization you're trans.

[primal stirrup]

In due time

[bold crane]

[hard mantle]

(egg is a term for a trans person in denial)

[toxic wolf]

[bold crane]

Ok

[hard mantle]

[toxic wolf]

Does that actually work in game with swashbuckler?

[hard mantle]

if you put a blueprint and a brainstorm together it should make a card called "bluestorm" that copies the joker above it
(the joke is that it doesnt fucking do anything)

[bold crane]

Discord pmo

[hard mantle]

uhhhh idk :3

[slow epoch]

Brainprint

[green meteor]

It does not

[bold crane]

Is it gay to like have a crush on your best friend

[hard mantle]

whats their pronouns / gender

[primal stirrup]

Oh honey that’s called yaoi

[bold crane]

Yes

I love yaoi

[toxic wolf]

I should check if there's a list of incompatible jokers with blueprint and brainstorm

[slow epoch]

Gay or aro

[primal stirrup]

Yaoi is straight don’t worry

[bold crane]

Yaoi irl

[bold crane]

Alright

So tuff

[green meteor]

It’s actually heteronormative

[hard mantle]

aromantic gang

[bold crane]

Fact sauce

[slow epoch]

it’s not gay with socks on

[bold crane]

I have them dawgs out tho

[primal stirrup]

It’s not gay if it’s gold stake

[green meteor]

me

[toxic wolf]

I am disappointed in the fact that oops all 6s is not blueprint-able

[primal eagle]

ankhable is enough

[bold crane]

Oh true

[hard mantle]

joker idea: yaoi
x20 mult if your deck is only kings
joker idea: yuri
x20 mult if your deck is only queens

[bold crane]

What rarity

[green meteor]

yenbi for jacks

[hard mantle]

common

[slow epoch]

Trans egg:
when you sell it, turn every queen in your hand into a king

[hard mantle]

you get the idea

[bold crane]

I feel like uncommon

[bold crane]

Or the other way around

[toxic wolf]

a few incredibly lucky ouijas and hanged man

[hard mantle]

Gender Bender
Turn all scored kings into queens, and all scored queens into kings

[slow epoch]

Yeah, but mechanically turning kings into queens doesn’t feel great
Feels like a downgrade

[hard mantle]

truly

[bold crane]

In what way

[exotic orchid]

Feels like alot of people are using mods in the game now. I want to do those insane modded runs once i get c++. That will be my retirement.

[bold crane]

Besides baron

[slow epoch]

Honestly, I’m not sure

[toxic wolf]

I am terrified of c++

[primal stirrup]

I fear I’m far too lazy to ever go for C++

[slow epoch]

It’s just that k>q>j in my head

[exotic orchid]

Its not bad. Just insanely slow lol. I play on and off. It will probably take me a year at this rate.

[hard mantle]

Joker Idea: Dynamite
Destroys entire hand when sold

[toxic wolf]

I got the game a week ago and I feel like I want to do the crazy stuff.

[bold crane]

Fair

[slow epoch]

-# anaglyph juggle tag

[toxic wolf]

Joker idea: Cataclysm

When sold Give entire hand foil/holo/polychrome, set money to -20

[hard mantle]

joker idea: plague
turns any joker that borders it into a plague card on blind. new joker carries editions over
x# mult per plague card
$0 sell value

[primal stirrup]

Joker idea: The Gambler
1/100 chance to win the run upon purchase
99/100 chance to die in real life instead

[hard mantle]

amazing

[toxic wolf]

It was either set money to -20 or set ante to 8

[hard mantle]

Joker Idea: RNGESUS
Rare
completely randomizes your deck, jokers, and consumables on blind select
everything is weighted equally, so you're as equally likely to get 5 chicots as you are 5 jokers

[toxic wolf]

5 space joker
no proc

[primal stirrup]

When I find you, you damn space man

[hard mantle]

Joker idea: Time Machine
randomizes your ante from 1-20 on sell
passing the ante sets your ante to 0

[primal stirrup]

You’ll get what’s coming to you

[toxic wolf]

I believe space joker is simply a joke installed into the game to make us believe it might actually proc

[primal stirrup]

Clocking in to w*rk in 7 minutes

[hard mantle]

Joker idea: Apollo 13
destroys any space joker in hand on blind select
adds # of destroyed space jokers to multiplier
currently x1

[slow epoch]

Joker idea: Double Negative
Rare
+2 joker slots

[hard mantle]

Joker edition: Positive
-1 joker slot

[toxic wolf]

I like the idea of this essentially being a completely blank negative joker.

[hard mantle]

go ahead, take the Positive Cavendish

[toxic wolf]

The jolly positive hanging chad walking into the store:

[hard mantle]

Joker Idea: Highlander
If scored hand is a high card, destroy all non scored cards and add .1x mult per destroyed card

[hard mantle]

true !

[cloud sinew]

things like this are why mods are never balanced

[hard mantle]

alright then
Joker idea: Mod
x10983987439873986987682674384673298432879e08697643987329872 multiplier

common rarity

[toxic wolf]

Left with one singular red seal polychrome glass ace in your deck and a maxed out highlander... it breaks. Sucks 2 suck.

[primal stirrup]

The joker art is either a stereotypical Scottish man or homelander, no in between

[hard mantle]

...stereotypical scottish homelander

[primal stirrup]

I don’t like you

I’ve decided

[hard mantle]

genuinely, would be funny

[primal stirrup]

Burning that image into my head

[hard mantle]

LMFAO

[primal stirrup]

Homelander, proudly sipping on his bottle of milk, tucking in his kilt

[hard mantle]

fuckin scribblenaughts sounding card

[silk cobalt]

Pic should be the Highlands corned beef brand can

[primal stirrup]

Gartick phone nightmare creation

[toxic wolf]

I wonder if you can actually lose Balatro by destroying everything in your deck.

[primal stirrup]

You can

[sly bolt]

hello chat I'm pretty new to the game, how do I unlock the scribbled joker?

[primal stirrup]

You lose if you have no cards in your deck left

[hard mantle]

i mean i saw someone lose because they had like 4 stuntmen and had a negative hand size

[toxic wolf]

Obviously you mean he is tucking his kilt, but he can also be trans and tucking

[hard mantle]

TRANSGENDER
STEREOTYPICAL
SCOTTISH
HOMELANDER

[primal stirrup]

Funnily enough, I was thinking of the latter when I said that

[toxic wolf]

The scribbled joker? You mean the one that looks like it's on a piece of dirty paper?

[sly bolt]

idk

[jagged valve]

Wait guys whats better 4 mimes and 2 barons or 4 barons and 2 mimes or vise versa?

[sly bolt]

it looks like a tissue with scribbles on it

[toxic wolf]

this fella, yeah, that's discarding a royal flush

[sly bolt]

THAT ONE

I want that one

[hard mantle]

photochad

[toxic wolf]

recommend just playing with checkered deck on white stake and trying to discard it

[sly bolt]

checkered is boring

[primal stirrup]

Yurp

[jagged valve]

Do u play PVZ too

[flint dust]

it is called Hit the road :)

[hard mantle]

really? neat

[primal stirrup]

You can just end the run after unlocking it

[hard mantle]

no

[toxic wolf]

i mean it's kinda boring but honestly it's consistent

[exotic orchid]

Have a suit changer card while going into a blind. Should be able to get pretty easily.

[sly bolt]

no I know what hit the road is

hit the road is fun to use

[hard mantle]

last deck i gotta white stake: checkered deck

[jagged valve]

😭 wait what does the popcap in ur name mean

[toxic wolf]

i promise you that this will not be a difficult task

[sly bolt]

chuzzle deluxe is a game by popcap released in 2005

[hard mantle]

THE GREATEST GAME OF ALL TIME

[flint dust]

ez

[jagged valve]

Oh of course

[formal abyss]

by consistent is more like it takes like 5 minutes to unlock brainstorm in checkered

[sly bolt]

nah tbh it has to be insaniquarium

[hard mantle]

(the games actually pretty basic but it has really cute creatures)

[jagged valve]

Is someone qualified to help me

[toxic wolf]

oh i meant the deck itself is consistent in runs but yes that too

[primal stirrup]

Yall ever played dust: an Elysian tale back in the day

[hard mantle]

okay so i can post video files but not gifs

[jagged valve]

I hate you my volume was so high and I have AirPods in

[hard mantle]

skill issue

[toxic wolf]

Do you have mostly kings? If so, barons. Do you want all effects in your hands to proc twice, like steel cards etc? Mimes. I think mimes are overall more consistent.

[hard mantle]

mime + baron

[primal stirrup]

I was once in an uber with my volume on full. My buddy sent me a voice message, which I assumed to be safe. My uber driver had to listen to my buddy repeatedly saying 6 7 in a silly voice

[hard mantle]

mime, baron + deck full of steel card red seal kings

[jagged valve]

Yeah thats me

😎

White stake tho 😔

baron shop 1

[hard mantle]

[jagged valve]

Bc I have 2 blueprint 1 brainstorm 2 mime and 1 baron

[jagged valve]

[toxic wolf]

that's absolutely nutty

[hard mantle]

[mossy finch]

eternal + madness 🔥

[jagged valve]

[primal stirrup]

Ggs

[jagged valve]

Oh iy was js a random emoji

I have that one cassette voucher

[hard mantle]

madness should have a special effect where if you have two madness cards they both destroy eachother

[jagged valve]

To create insanity

🔥

[hard mantle]

true

[slow iris]

i love the plant

such a free boss blind

[toxic wolf]

She on my until I

[hard mantle]

i dont know why that reminded me of needy streamer overload

[formal abyss]

gros michel to cavendish but make it doomed yaoi

[jagged valve]

oh

[quartz ember]

simply 3 barons and 3 mimes

[jagged valve]

Ok thats fire

[toxic wolf]

The true fear of any balatro player is the plant on a pareidolia run

[hardy fable]

nah
on my till i

[primal stirrup]

I hope your 2026 is very yaoiful and yuriful

[toxic wolf]

Wheel of Fortune is the actual gambling aspect of Balatro.

[hard mantle]

she on my till i

[hardy fable]

it's not gambling if you know it will never hit

[toxic wolf]

it will hit every time if i believe hard enough

[hard mantle]

im going to play poker with my friends on saturday :3

gay transgender cuddling + poker

omg its balatro irl

[slow iris]

not a fear of mine

[hard mantle]

what does the plant even do

[toxic wolf]

"where are my jokers i need my jimbo"

[toxic wolf]

disable all face cards

[exotic orchid]

I once played poker with some friends. No one paid up lol.

[hard mantle]

oh

[toxic wolf]

are you simply superior to us mere mortals and refuse to do face card builds

[exotic orchid]

I won good amount of money too.

[slow iris]

that and i never take pareidolia

[quartz ember]

you fail to realize you dont need pareidolia to have face cards in the deck

[hard mantle]

actual joker idea time:
Devil Joker
Uncommon
if hand is three of a kind and only contains sixes, add all six's in deck to multiplier

[quartz ember]

Devil jimbo

[primal stirrup]

Hack for my 5’s flush 5 build? ❌

Paradeolia + sock: ✔️

[exotic orchid]

On face card builds always make bunch of glass numbers for this reason.

[hard mantle]

a joker idea based on my irl experiences
Joker: Lava Lamp
if 5 hands are played in a single round, x20 multiplier

(lava lamps take awhile to heat up but theyre SO COOL)

[exotic orchid]

x20 is too much

For vanilla atleast

[hard mantle]

its not enough

x40

(dont take any of my joker ideas seriously)

[exotic orchid]

Lol

I should learn how to make jokers. I have tons of ideas. I will make my own balatro sequel. Balala.

I saw some guides on the mods channel.

[hard mantle]

Calatro

or Bbalatro

[exotic orchid]

That's how stuttering jimbo says it.

[primal stirrup]

Me and my buddy were spitballing ideas for a jojos Balatro mod for a good 2 hours straight

[exotic orchid]

Oooo. Has potential. Stand can be a unique mechanic

Like more focus on held in hand cards.

[hard mantle]

jokers based off all the characters

[primal stirrup]

Was thinking more along the lines of stands being unlocked and evolving in the same way jokers work in pokermon

[hard mantle]

Joseph is the splash equivilant cause his whole thing is Random Bullshit Go

god i love joseph, i should watch some more jojos before bed tonight

[primal stirrup]

Just say you can’t understand Joseph’s genius

It’s only random if you’re stupid

[hard mantle]

oh no he's genius

but he's also stupid as fuck and kind of just does things as he goes

[primal stirrup]

It takes a genius to understand that he can just pull planes out of his ass. That’s just part of his stand, he just didn’t know it

[hard mantle]

honestly he should not have gotten hermit purple

it would have been way more fitting for him to get a stand that epitomizes his gambler ass mindset

[primal stirrup]

Nah, he was heavily out gambled by Jotaro and both D’arby’s

[hard mantle]

true, but if jotaro wasnt the main character joseph would have won that ez

[primal stirrup]

You raise a good point

[marsh dove]

I love bbc

[hard mantle]

pardon

[marsh dove]

Baseball card

[primal stirrup]

Why are you flashing me your bbc

[marsh dove]

Flash card is also in the image but he could’ve been any scaling mult

[hard mantle]

ah. i thought you were talking about the British Broadcasting Corporation and was wondering why you would love anything british

[marsh dove]

The British Broadcasting Corporation carried

[primal stirrup]

I’ll just let myself out

Sorry

[hard mantle]

noooooooooo

im sorry

[primal stirrup]

Sorry for being British chat

[mossy finch]

what do i do

[primal stirrup]

My fault I’ll try to be better

[marsh dove]

Yeah your bad ngl

[hollow ferry]

nothing?

[marsh dove]

You certainly don’t sell madness for blueprint

[hollow ferry]

why would you do something

[marsh dove]

Maybe check that celestial pack tho 👍

[hollow ferry]

you already have a decent build

[mossy finch]

alright

bet

[primal stirrup]

I said I was sorry :(

[primal stirrup]

You’d hate to see a verdant leaf coming

[hard mantle]

i took melatonin 2 hours ago

i might be dumb chat

i have to run to my college tomorrow to take out a loan for next semester bleh

[turbid lynx]

BALATRO has Nope!

Billions must +4 MULT

[primal stirrup]

You just tanked that shit

[hard mantle]

i do play tanks usually

so it checks out

well. tanks or wizards

[marsh dove]

Melatonin helps u fall asleep but if u just keep using phone or whatever it kinda won’t

[hard mantle]

tbf i did forget to actually lay down LMFAO

[marsh dove]

U do gotta sleep to sleep

[marsh dove]

A big part of sleeping is the part where you sleep

[hard mantle]

i dont have a specific time i need to be there but i do want to try and get there b4 noon

that way i can get my other errands done before therapy

[primal stirrup]

Real

Back when I used to play overwatch at least

That game may be alive but it’s dead in my heart

[hard mantle]

im just a skaven yes-yes

[fair flower]

Fun build tbh

[primal stirrup]

Mf who didn’t go to sleep surprised when they dint sleep

[deft sandal]

only scoring i need is the runner

[primal stirrup]

Excuse me?

[hard mantle]

warhammer

these freaks

[fair flower]

If I get ecto or anti matter what should I add? I'm thinking campfire or hit the road jack

[primal stirrup]

I love rats

[hard mantle]

same, theyre my fave animal

[primal stirrup]

Jimbo should do wonders

[fair flower]

If I get Nat neg Jimbo I'm taking him to hell and back with me

[primal stirrup]

What if you just get a Nat jimbo

You’d simply abandon the poor fellow?

[fair flower]

Sacrifices must be made to achieve greatness

[primal stirrup]

You’re a monster…

Is this how they felt about Oppenheimer

[fair flower]

Probably

Although what I'm doing is obviously way worse

[primal stirrup]

I’d agree

But as far as other jokers go, I suppose that also depends on your deck right

Not sure how helpful hit the road will be if you’re intent on killing them jacks too

[fair flower]

Well the antes are catching up to me and I need any scoring I can get

[primal stirrup]

Except for the humble jimbo apparently

[fair flower]

Yes.

[deft sandal]

Another straight flush run btw

[primal stirrup]

Truly beautiful

[deft sandal]

and the only scoring joker is runner

rare wheel of fortune W

Seance is so good

[signal frigate]

Someone say Warhammer?

[signal frigate]

RATKIN

[exotic orchid]

This mod is fun

Its from balatro university

[formal abyss]

tried running htr on erratic (got like 13 jacks by ante 4) and the water comes on smh

[deft sandal]

what a great straight flush build

[exotic orchid]

Oof bad luck. Managed to clear?

[exotic orchid]

Anyone knows more mods like this. Vanilla friendly

[silk cobalt]

Not too bad for a flush build (ofc it's checkered deck, it's almost always a flush build XD)

[deft sandal]

checkered deck is always a flush/straight flush/flush five build

[shell dagger]

Or pairs

[hard mantle]

high card

[quartz ember]

or flush house

[deft sandal]

ehh, pairs or highcard is best with blackboard

flush house is great

[primal stirrup]

I’ve heard the paper mod is vanilla friendly, though I don’t know much about it. Might be worth a look

[exotic orchid]

Cool will look it up. Wish some mods added vouchers too

[shell dagger]

sure but that’s not the mindset that most runs should have

[hard mantle]

highcard has crazy scaling

[deft sandal]

i mean, in every runs, you just take what you're given and try to beat the game

[cloud sinew]

it's more about the wording of "always"

[faint linden]

I actually call it "The Wheel of Nope"

[primal stirrup]

[deft sandal]

what a deck

can always pivot it into a flush 5 build

[cloud sinew]

TBF you're in endless

that's basically always a possibility

[deft sandal]

I feel like I cant take the idol

I dont have levels in flush 5

and I cant play a flush 5 to unlock it

[cloud sinew]

? why not

[deft sandal]

then i cant play a straight flush to win the blind

[cloud sinew]

do you not win with a flush five? If you're not winning with a flush five now then you absolutely need to take idol

[deft sandal]

I only have 5 cards of each

maybe i should sell the driver license and try to pivot

but idol without retriggers is not that great

I should find a hack first

[cloud sinew]

x32 is better than x3

[deft sandal]

so I started a new run, and guess it's time to grow my wee

[dapper zenith]

Bro, where do I even put this blueprint

please help

[deft sandal]

what ur cat at

[dapper zenith]

Oh my god its my cat come from the game to assist me

2.5

I feed youw ell I promise

[twin lantern]

Will Balatro ever update

[deft sandal]

put it on sock for bloodstone trigger

[quartz ember]

put on bloodstone if you need extra score, put it on sock if you dont

[dapper zenith]

oooh

smart

[deft sandal]

or put on bloodstone\

either one

[dapper zenith]

because sock trigger all the cards

I may be goofy ont he math on this one

but I do think

sockl makes more sense now that you say it

since it helps trigger both heart and cat

where as heart won't help trigger cat

[deft sandal]

yea, if you want to scale the cat, then put it on sock

[dapper zenith]

it went from 2.5 to 4

yum

[deft sandal]

the cat getting chunky :3

[dapper zenith]

I got ecto

then got idol

we oging places

now I just need a way to protect mysel from bosses

I GOT MY FIRST E

[deft sandal]

nice

[dapper zenith]

me when tha plant

OOOF

all heart cards are debugffed....

[dapper zenith]

LUCHADOR

SWEET SWEET LUCHADOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOR

MY BAAAABYYYYYYY

the idol was not meant for me it seems../..

[quartz ember]

well its better than oops for score

though then cat wont grow as much which is sad

[dapper zenith]

I need luchador for thee boss

I only have king of hearts and the boss is hearts debuffed

[deft sandal]

I'm just growing that wee

[dapper zenith]

les gooo

big small

[simple jacinth]

gm chat

[deft sandal]

520 chips on ante 5

well fuck

The Wall

[dapper zenith]

THE WEEEEEEEEEEEE

[deft sandal]

the strongest boss blind: the wall

[dapper zenith]

THE WAAALLLLLLL

YOU CAN'T KNOCK IT DOWN

[deft sandal]

Why did I take this

[dapper zenith]

SUFFER

[deft sandal]

I forgor I am in abandoned

literally faceless

[dapper zenith]

you're biuilt different

find them in standard packs and get to work

[deft sandal]

I'd rather just restart the run

i just dont care anymore. I took a Polychrome skip and got a 8 ball

guess I'm doing flush five Eights of heart run

[unreal iron]

8 ball my fucking goat

[silk hull]

I can't believe this is the run I finally cleared gold nebula

[distant vault]

Hello

[distant vault]

Good run

[idle haven]

Balatrelo balatra

[silk hull]

Ngl I got the green joker first then card sharp and when I saw an ankh I sold out of whatever I had for the 50/50 hoping it'd hit card sharp but I guess the green dupe worked

I think it's fun when your first buffoon pack rolls an eternal but only when it's something useful

When my first pack is an eternal seance and rental 8ball I'm just gonna reset

[pale wolf]

That doesn't really work for streaking

[latent egret]

well well well

[distant vault]

Um is this a good start

[shadow shore]

Invisible joker is just as implies in the name

Cant find that shit

[simple jacinth]

or if you're me, you take antimatter and roll past it not realizing you have a free slot

It's invisible to you

[shadow shore]

I need to unlock it

[cosmic harbor]

should i take chad and hope for photo?

i dont think ill be able to clear next ante

[tropic umbra]

let me see deck

you have bp and bs so copying swashbuckler will be much better than bull

300 chips vs like a lotta mult

let me calculate

15 mult

actually

[exotic orchid]

You have money why don't you re roll a bit. Also think you are better off copying the swash. Unless you have like no planet cards. I am assuming you are playing pairs

[tropic umbra]

bull might be better

idk

wait hols on

forgot to factor in the fact it's being copied

yeah 45 mult is probably better than 300 chips

[quartz ember]

(also def take the death card)

[cunning osprey]

crazy

[exotic orchid]

Buy the chad and the death. Copy a glass card. Might be able to clear then.

[tropic umbra]

this assumes that there is a glass card

[exotic orchid]

Ye

I always have atleast one for emergencies.

[quartz ember]

*always when you can find one

[tropic umbra]

found this cool way to mark what stakes I've beaten

[exotic orchid]

Was there supposed to be a pic?

Oh you mean your name.

[tropic umbra]

yeah

i doubt im even going to get c

because of petroglyph

[quartz ember]

wdym petroglyph is ok

[tropic umbra]

the requirement is reach ante 12

that's reeeeeeaaaalllly hard

[quartz ember]

which is easy

[tropic umbra]

i didn't even reach it on aleeb

[quartz ember]

money, planet levels, and retrigger glass

[hardy fable]

atleast it's not ante 13

13 is the huge spike on score right

[tropic umbra]

no it's 12

[hardy fable]

so it's reach not beat

Just use me

[quartz ember]

idk but plasma deck exists

[hardy fable]

I have been ignoring it for too long by playing peglin

[tropic umbra]

2x base blind

thats to balance it

[hardy fable]

time to beat gold stake black deck

[quartz ember]

oh nooo

whatever am I going to do when the blind size goes from 20 bil to 40 bil

[tropic umbra]

plasma deck ante 12 really isn't too much easier than any other deck ante 12

[vale shale]

I was the knight in shining armor.

[hardy fable]

dang, was?

[tropic umbra]

ive never reached e's

im not the grand balatro master

some people here are just average

[quartz ember]

then you gotta change your strat

[hardy fable]

Just be a doctor instead

[hardy fable]

oh right, this D:

[tiny temple]

Hello all, just getting into the game and am not at all good at it yet but am finding the high card (or just generally joker focused) strategy to be very effective and seemingly something that is effective through high stakes? Am I wrong to worry that the game is going to start feeling pretty repetitive?

[tropic umbra]

to what

baron mime double perkeo level 571 high card

the only real strategy here

[pale wolf]

high card strat?

[quartz ember]

to get as much money early game as you can

[pale wolf]

you mean baron mime? because baron mime is NOT consistent strat for high stakes gameplay

[tiny temple]

Focusing on very easy to obtain hands and getting nearly all points from jokers for consistency (is my understanding)

[hardy fable]

yes the game will start being repetitive, you'll probably do flushes/pair build most of the time as it is more consistent than other builds

[fair flower]

Fun run. I messed up dusk at the end

[quartz ember]

you might be overestimating ante 12 reqs

[fair flower]

Cool Goldcrest pfp

[tropic umbra]

I tried that and people said it was bad

it seems like rerolling gets too expensive

[quartz ember]

yes its bad for gold stake

[pale wolf]

i mean, pairs is the meta at the moment and getting points from joker scoring rather than on-card scoring is just how consistency works

[tropic umbra]

I cap out at like 200 ante 8

i just need to reach ante 12

[quartz ember]

but you are not supposed ante 12 on gold stake

[tropic umbra]

I've done it one time

on my switch

[tiny temple]

Yeah I guess high card vs pair is similar ideas. But yeah ok!

[tropic umbra]

which had a battery issue and is now a safety hazard

[tiny temple]

Still enjoying it just anticipating how much variety there will be in my runs.

[tropic umbra]

it was double bloodstone oops hack and another one

[pale wolf]

pairs is about the same as high card, except that you have twice the card effects, more compatible jokers, and more planet scaling

you can simply choose not to play the optimal strat if you get bored though

[tiny temple]

I may just be missing knowledge but why more planet scaling?

Oh just that each planet scales more, I got it

[pale wolf]

more chips per planet level

[shell dagger]

on plasma if you have 5.8x more mult than chips then it is easier than normal decks, to reach ante 12 you realistically are gonna have way more than that ratio of mult to chips

[tiny temple]

I'm only on the 3rd stake so far from bored haha

[pale wolf]

A lot of the nuance in this game isnt just in the blinds, shopping is a full phase in its own right
the order of taking things, which consumables to keep/use for blocking options and making packs better, etc

the comparison of how your scoring will change %wise

[tiny temple]

I also haven't even dabbled in skipping blinds. Feels so unoptimal for scaling but I'm sure there is way more nuance than that in reality.

Can you elaborate on blocking? Do consumables you hold not show up in packs?

[tropic umbra]

I'm not that good

[pale wolf]

skipping is almost always pretty terrible, your intuition is generally right

and yes, duplicate jokers and consumables cannot appear without the Showman joker

[pliant jewel]

technically you can also get duplicate planet cards with telescope

[pale wolf]

so you can improve your packs by holding consumables, waiting to sell jokers, rerolling shop so there's that type of card in shop slots

[quartz ember]

well the thing is getting a big score is much easier than say gold staking, so you just gotta play more and get good and eventually you will get there. It will be far from the last thing you accomplish in this game

[pale wolf]

well, you wouldn't worry about blocking options for the pack in that case lol

its guaranteed

[tiny temple]

Sorry what do you mean by that TYPE of card in shop slots. Can you influence what card type shows up?

[pale wolf]

whatever the pack is

[shell dagger]

if you have a buffoon pack then whatever jokers in the shop won’t appear in the pack

[pale wolf]

like if there's a planet pack, ideally given enough money you reroll shop so there's an undesireable planet in the shop slots blocking what's in the pack

[shell dagger]

more noticeable with planet packs

[pliant jewel]

for example, if there are 3 (unwanted) planet cards in the shop slots, celestial packs wont have those 3 planets inside them, making the pack more likely to have the planet you want

[tiny temple]

Interesting. Good to know, thank you!

[pliant jewel]

you are right that high card/pair is optimal in high stakes though

[pale wolf]

i dont think high card is that good tbh

i'd rather go 2pair and straight than high card and i dont think its just bc pair is the same thing but better

[tropic umbra]

I'm worried that if I grind on lower stakes then I'll forget how to play on the harder ones

[shell dagger]

you won’t

[clever cypress]

mods, make this man sell his pareidolia or however it's spelled only to the find the best face card jokers in the next shop

[pale wolf]

@tiny temple generally only ante 1 investment tag is a must-take, the rest of the skip tags are either useless to very situational because the loss of an entire blind and shop is massive

[tiny temple]

That's kind of a bummer to effectively cut off sooo much of the space of the game

[pale wolf]

why would i have pareidolia in the first place if i didnt have a good face card joker

you've implied i already made a huge mistake prior

[clever cypress]

idk you had one and then you find another one

know what

[pale wolf]

🦓

[clever cypress]

mods, put a plant in this man's pareidolia run

[pale wolf]

i'll do you one better

[clever cypress]

mods, make all his jokers rentals

[pale wolf]

the best play i've ever made

[pliant jewel]

well it wasn't really intentional, and the upcoming content update likely will change that

[clever cypress]

literally why

[pale wolf]

there's nothing stopping you from playing any build you want really, besides greater chance of losing

[shell dagger]

Secret op strategy

[pale wolf]

the only unusable hands are really straight flush

[tiny temple]

Ooh no idea there was an update coming!! Is it hitting android? Have the game on both but doing android now

[clever cypress]

who decided that

checkered deck

[tiny temple]

Totally fair

[clever cypress]

hand joker

[shadow shore]

why do i like oops all 6 so much when this is all the synergies it has

[clever cypress]

-the spectral thingy

[pale wolf]

no confirmed date, it was going to happen 2025 and then got delayed with no new timeframe

but we are pretty sure blue stake will be changed, which is the source of a lot of high stakes variety loss

[tiny temple]

I also have to eventually do lots of blinds skips in order to do some unlocks right?

[clever cypress]

wheel of fortune

[pale wolf]

along with a few other things like matador

[clever cypress]

pareidolia gold mask vampire when

[pale wolf]

yea, wee and merry andy have mandatory skipping requisites

you can get them both at the same time though (i think?)

[shadow shore]

I once shot myself in the foot with wheel of fortune cuz everything was foil and poly i couldn't use ectopalsm making me lose out on eternal blueprint

[pliant jewel]

and you need to skip each skip tag for them to be recorded in the collection as well

so

[gloomy swallow]

Two more gold staked! 18 remain!

[pale wolf]

ooh yea but you usually get that done while trying to do andy lol

you lose a lot skipping so muc

[tiny temple]

I'm planning to play through ~4 stakes before I start going out of my way for unlocks

[gloomy swallow]

Current progress

[pale wolf]

i dont really think the order of progression matters that much, although i focused on unlocking decks first and then the rest of the collection

[acoustic kettle]

Can't believe bus is still down there

When bus is just a better grimbo

[clever cypress]

balatro fans when your favourite joker is blueprint and not the "ancient ballsack" joker that was added for 2 seconds to the game on a late night and then immediately removed and had any proof of it ever existing deleted

[gloomy swallow]

Bus hasn't done a lot for me, tho I have a bit of a bias and prefer green joker every single time

ITS JUST LESS PUNISHING

[tiny temple]

Yeah I just enjoy doing artificial runs for unlocks less than just trying to win so I'm delaying it

[gloomy swallow]

AND LETS YOU GET AWAY WITH MORE

[pale wolf]

btw if you didnt know, C is completionist, filling out your collection
C+ is completionist+, all decks gold staked
and c++ is all jokers gold stickered

[shadow shore]

how is baseball joker instant win

[gloomy swallow]

baseball joker has helped me a shit ton of times kid you not

[acoustic kettle]

You're never forced to play a face card

[gloomy swallow]

scales massively

[pale wolf]

except using your discards effectively early game lol

[tiny temple]

Gold stickered feels so crazy to me, I have to imagine you are grabbing a lot of them very very late in the run just to have them count, no?

[clever cypress]

know what else is massive

[shadow shore]

was messing with mods to see how oops all 6 worked when there were mutliple and i rolled upon natural negative 8 ball

[pliant jewel]

having uncommons is not that difficult of a requirement for xmult

[acoustic kettle]

Not always

[gloomy swallow]

believe me, when you are out of discards, either you have an ace in your hand or you have -[N face cards in ur hand] hand size

[acoustic kettle]

You can still play a non scoring face

[pale wolf]

a lot of the jokers end up stickering as tag-alongs where they dont contrubute to scoring yea

[gloomy swallow]

Other times you can have them from the start, like I just did with envious joker and misprint

[gloomy swallow]

only if you have an ace or a pair

[tiny temple]

Just doesn't seem very fun to me although I do see how getting a run strong enough to be able to have something tag along is fun

[shell dagger]

being in a situation where you are forced to reset bus is so rare

[gloomy swallow]

and if you don't it punishes you a LOT

And it's not even xMult

unlike obelisk

[acoustic kettle]

All my time playing balatro i have never faced a scenario where i'm forced to reset bus

[gloomy swallow]

I've faced that scenario thrice

[pliant jewel]

idk ive only reset bus because im a dumbass and forgot that it existed

[gloomy swallow]

never again

[shadow shore]

ive never seen baseball joker as instawin card

[acoustic kettle]

I reset bus like once or twice because i'm dumb

But never really forced

[pale wolf]

so these are the jokers that didnt contribute specifically to their sticker run for scoring, i would say like 75% of these were used in later runs and just coincidentally didnt help on their run

for my c++ specifically

[gloomy swallow]

I still remember this fucking stupid run

[shadow shore]

i thought it was the computer languages

[gloomy swallow]

it was stupid and shouldn't have worked anyday but it just did and I won with it

[pale wolf]

generally the first page hand jokers and some particularly bad uncommons/rares are tagalongs

[acoustic kettle]

Ice cream saved my first plasma gold stake

I love ice cream

[gloomy swallow]

I had to take polychrome tags just to get xMult for free because my debt was so fucking massive

[acoustic kettle]

Core memory

[pale wolf]

my point being, you can use the vast majority of jokers usefully during stickering and you dont need to feel like you just play the same few OP builds over and over stickering a few useless jokers every time

my average sticker run had like 3.5 stickers

[tiny temple]

I will never be good enough to accomplish this lol

[shadow shore]

anything that increases chances of getting mroe negatives ?

[pale wolf]

its not a measure of skill tbh

its just time

[pliant jewel]

i kinda like c++ because i like having a sense of progression and trying to win with as few jokers as possible is a fun challenge in of itself

[acoustic kettle]

You can photochad all the way to c++

It's just a matter of time

[gloomy swallow]

Mine has around 2 I think? I don't really count them but if you know how to diversify when it comes to strategy (or simply come across the right things at the right time) you will know how to make it work)

[pale wolf]

you dont have to though and its not the most efficient way if you care about total run attempts

er, @acoustic kettle

[acoustic kettle]

[gloomy swallow]

I like c++ too but not because it's restrictive, but because of that sense of progression and achieving

[pale wolf]

c++ was fun for me because it made me use jokers i normally would never use just to win

[pliant jewel]

yeah you could say I like seeing Number Go Up

[pale wolf]

i think the point of c++ achievement is to actually use the jokers 😭 so i liked doing that

just having a different png along with my photochad seems boring

[acoustic kettle]

True