🕹・game-discussion

[heavy heron]

wanna be a hanged man

[lost vault]

.-.

[nova mantle]

Yk balala servers dead when people start flirting in the main channels 😭 💔

[lost vault]

qwq

[heavy heron]

LOOLEJFOEOFJF

ain’t nobody flirting

wait until you see the very gay lesbian ones

[lost vault]

he wants me so bad

[heavy heron]

i really don’t

you’re like uhhh

[lost vault]

ukwim

[heavy heron]

what’s that

[lost vault]

you know what i mean

[fickle mesa]

you know what i mean

[heavy heron]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh

sorry i’m a balatro player i cant put 2 and 2 together

[lost vault]

:p

[potent tree]

2 + 2 = fish

[nova mantle]

Miss the times when we were a proper country and we would yell at people who liked bloodstone

[potent tree]

people yell at me for hating abandoned deck

i guess that's close enough?

[nova mantle]

Justified

[potent tree]

i've taken a 1 month break from the game just because abandoned gold stake took away most of my sanity

[lost vault]

abandoned is a good deck thou

[potent tree]

i heard someone was going to attempt checkered without playing a single flush

[heavy heron]

wait what’s wrong w abandoned

isn’t it good

[quartz ember]

bro what do you mean abandoned deck is like easy

[potent tree]

see, people yell at me

[heavy heron]

no i mean like

don’t you like having a 40 card deck

🤤

[lost vault]

yes

[heavy heron]

i know we say the bigger the better but

[potent tree]

if i have to play abandoned i'm looking for wee every time

[heavy heron]

not in balatro

[lost vault]

grrrp

[lost vault]

-# really depends theres such thing as too big

[heavy heron]

woah woahhh

[nova mantle]

The craving is so bad bruh 😭

[potent tree]

big hands achievement

[heavy heron]

LOOLLLLLL

[potent tree]

and/or certificate/marble hologram

[nova mantle]

Good to keep some good ol' traditions ❤️‍🩹

[lost vault]

im like a forbidden fruit
get it
cuz im gay

[bleak hemlock]

🔥

[potent tree]

oh i thought you couldn't swim

[heavy heron]

don’t show the very gay lesbian hornet

[lost vault]

no thats devil fruit

[nova mantle]

You should get a feline of some sorts in there

[bleak hemlock]

:mrow?

[lost vault]

miaau

[heavy heron]

that’s skink’s line

there you go

[potent tree]

mondays. (garfield)

[heavy heron]

isnt it tu

oh ok

[potent tree]

it is chewsday innit

[bleak hemlock]

when every joker is a rental lol

[heavy heron]

$6 profit❤️

[lost vault]

qwq

[heavy heron]

inflation in balatro is real

[lost vault]

i dont use wee vry much

[heavy heron]

ironic

[lost vault]

how .-.

[potent tree]

it's a challenge in fact

[heavy heron]

oh that’s true actually

[lost vault]

brah qwq

[bleak hemlock]

my deck is so small

[lost vault]

unrelated my arm hair is gonna drive me mad

why am i a man

ururisodo

[lost vault]

yeah

[heavy heron]

good thing shaving exists

[lost vault]

it does

:3

[heavy heron]

just immolate your hair

[foggy yew]

Madness God tier

[lost vault]

idk abtbthat

[heavy heron]

hanging chad just for the ride

[foggy yew]

Just for lucky card farming

[nova mantle]

I'm tryna play another deck chat what do I go for

Just no black no nebula no plasma

[potent tree]

i'd say ghost but that's my c++ pilled brain

go anaglyph.

[nova mantle]

Aighty

[potent tree]

get voucher tags

and buy them all in ante 12 or wherever

[tender bone]

thats how i got the 400$ achievement

[nova mantle]

I have only played ghost or abandoned for all my grind

[potent tree]

abandoned is realistically the best way to get family gold stickered

[nova mantle]

My hex usage has skyrocketed above all other spectrals

[tender bone]

whats family?

[potent tree]

that's how it worked for me as well

[potent tree]

x4 mult if hand has a 4oak

[nova mantle]

And the order

Straights shine on there

[potent tree]

order can be more easily managed because it doesn't require as much deckfixing

but yea they are easier on abandoned

[tender bone]

sorry idk what oak is either 😭

[potent tree]

4 of a kind

[tender bone]

oh okay

[potent tree]

also applies to 3oak or 5oak

some people call pair 2oak but that's just a waste of time

and if you call high card 1oak...

[tender bone]

1oak is crazy

[potent tree]

also i unfortunately realize that while 5oak has slightly better scaling than 4oak the latter is more consistent

however 5oak would be the best way to scale a wee

[nova mantle]

Everything deckfixing related is easier on abandoned
One strength on a certain rank is normally enough to get consistent 4oaks

[potent tree]

that one erratic seed:

[nova mantle]

Oops! All 10's

[potent tree]

of spades at that

[neon mural]

Another Gold Stake run, another run where I see no non-gold stickers :))))))

[potent tree]

i was once in your situation. specifically when searching for dusk

but this save, dusk was my first gold sticker in the sequence

[neon mural]

I got 4 left and hunting them has been awful

Ive gotten a ton of hikers but not in good builds

and basically havent seen the other 3

[lost vault]

miaau

[potent tree]

just pick up hiker in a reroll at like ante 8

[pale wolf]

you can make hiker a big scoring source with chad

[potent tree]

as much as i appreciate it it's just not worth unless you're in plasma

[neon mural]

yeah every time I get ante 8 with a good build I roll like 15+ times and dont hit anything

[woven spire]

worth if im playing aces?

i have 5 tho lol

[tender bone]

i dont think so

[potent tree]

what level is your flush

[nova mantle]

This stage of c++ is (un)funny asf

[pale wolf]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1379214645742796911/1386674120711868498/screen-20250623-074504.mp4?ex=695e47e9&is=695cf669&hm=e6467b9407c1c657c659792b9936311b63760a054f0bb5500513f7802fdd0f9d& its better to use the jokers you need to sticker rather than hope you see them in 1/20th the time frame at the end of a run

[potent tree]

i get the feeling if you play abandoned pareidolia will show up

[pale wolf]

you aren't 20 times less likely to win with the bad jokers

[woven spire]

4

[potent tree]

yeah take chad over crafty

flush should have been at least level 9 or 10 by now

yes i know you're playing plasma. but if you copy chad you're getting 100 chips from the first ace alone

[nova mantle]

How can I do this when one of my jokers left is cola 💔

[potent tree]

crafty only gives 80 chips

[woven spire]

ik😔

[pale wolf]

lol

[woven spire]

ight thx

[lost vault]

bbc 🤤

[potent tree]

cola was probably in my last 30?

[lost vault]

remember all uncommons give bbc value

[neon mural]

u guys think I have enough econ jokers

[lost vault]

:3

[nova mantle]

Like im finna get BBC and cola at the same time 😭

[pale wolf]

you can copy it with brainstorm and then sell brainstorm for a double tag

[nova mantle]

It's wicked out here

[lost vault]

praying fur u 🙏

[fickle mesa]

my last joker was one of the most unusable in the game though

bloodstone

[pale wolf]

@cloud sinew i just thought of another reason to want to be able to have the buy/sell buttons on mobile consistently

[nova mantle]

Iirc I'm missing
Cola
The order
To the moon
Rough gem
Glass joker

[pale wolf]

selling blueprint for diet cola value is very hard on mobile

[nova mantle]

Glass joker will probably be the last I can't be bothered to pick up glass cards

[potent tree]

same but stone for me

[neon mural]

nah but if you get stone + Marble its free

[fickle mesa]

tbh

[potent tree]

true

[fickle mesa]

stone + marble is such overkill

[foggy yew]

I'm missing:
Droll joker
Crazy joker
Steel joker
Seance
Obelisk
Cola
Smeared
Troubadour
Family

Only

[fickle mesa]

all u need is marble joker and u have a perfectly suitable chips scaler already

[nova mantle]

Thank you

[fickle mesa]

i guess in the context of c++ing its the best u can ask for

[nova mantle]

If you could pray for an glass joker to appear that would be mad nice

[potent tree]

wow i didn't know crimson heart, the eye, the hook, the ox and the arm turned cards into gold cards

[shell dagger]

Needle up

[pale wolf]

wheres this one?

[calm furnace]

depends when it shows up

[pale wolf]

@calm furnace

[calm furnace]

whats this one

[pale wolf]

idk i just have the picture

[calm furnace]

looks like a cookie

[potent tree]

wait they forgot small blind and big blind

[pale wolf]

small and big blind are in free

[calm furnace]

and they are not bosses

[pale wolf]

neither is acorn

its just a snack

for the end of your journey

[potent tree]

even crimson heart isn't the devil honestly

i lost to amber acorn recently

[calm furnace]

its the only boss joker that can genuinely hurt

[potent tree]

but bean/juggler bug

[stark karma]

The wall is free?

[calm furnace]

crimson knows what joker to disable

[stark karma]

Tell me you play white stake without telling me you play white stake

[potent tree]

what if it disabled golden joker

or showman

[calm furnace]

why would i ever have showman

[potent tree]

hold up.

[neon mural]

This is gonna be one of those runs where I cant find another non gold sticker isnt it

HAHA REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY ALWAYS WORKS

[potent tree]

@calm furnace this is why you should have showman

[neon mural]

im gonna get greedy and look for another one

[potent tree]

ayy nice. you're sacking business card i guess?

[calm furnace]

who needs showman when ankh and invis exist

[neon mural]

nah cats only 1.25

[potent tree]

ahh

[glad sequoia]

Lol triple hologram

[woven spire]

double rare skip tag for the clutch

[glad sequoia]

Love me some burnt with a copy joker

[woven spire]

fr now

[potent tree]

pairmax time

[calm furnace]

nah straights time

[neon mural]

Illegal negative bean

[woven spire]

gotta love it

[willow frost]

no exponentiation in balatro sorry

[glad sequoia]

Free af win

[serene forge]

I hate Bloodstone

[neon mural]

I have so many econ jokers lmao

[glad sequoia]

Dang 5 baseball card hits, really nice

[neon mural]

yeah shame im already outscaled by Ante 11

lmao and Judgement just gave me a Brainstorm

[woven spire]

mayyybe

[potent tree]

told ya

[woven spire]

this what i have

ofc photochad lmao

might be dead here

[wintry ice]

first run in a week is going well

paintbrush on a runner build my beloved

[neon mural]

Who needs flat mult?

[wintry ice]

looks inside

bruh

[wintry ice]

ig i might aswell because of chad

[brave goblet]

double chips

[woven spire]

Just lost bcs DNA and the ndlee

[wintry ice]

welp

[woven spire]

im dumb.

[neon mural]

I only need 3 cat triggers to pass Cavendish and I have a red seal lucky, Im thinking I keep cat right

• Chad

[wintry ice]

i feel like selling wee when i can

because i already have runner

but chad massively boosts it so

it's a tough choice

ight then

[gloomy marsh]

ankh photo, ankh stencil, or none? just looking for a fun endless run (i dont have experience with endless white stake runs)

[lost vault]

"fun" and "endless" are contradictory

[neon mural]

I just rerolled a hiker cause I was rolling too fast FUCK

[wintry ice]

none

just take the spectral pack

[gloomy marsh]

dang

[gloomy marsh]

sure thing

[wintry ice]

holy

this run is crazy

[lost vault]

.^.

imo

[wintry ice]

is this worth selling chad for

probably not with all my lucky cards

[wicked moat]

Bruh, my Gros Michel just went extinct after beating the round 8 boss in gold stake and it didn't give me the gold sticker. What a ripoff

[woven spire]

basically giving emotional support

[wintry ice]

i might end up needing mime and chad for xmult

i should have pivoted to straights holy

yeah that works

bye red card

bad timing

[ancient gyro]

welp

[wintry ice]

lol

lmao???

[unreal iron]

does this go naneinf?

[wintry ice]

no

[ancient gyro]

if you believe in love

[unreal iron]

😔

[wintry ice]

where were you 3 antes ago

[ancient gyro]

synergy

🗣️

[wintry ice]

well that was a crazy run

trading card + cert goes hard

[zenith sentinel]

I blundered

[zenith sentinel]

I see

[valid ether]

Why does the brainstorm look like a mime?

[zenith sentinel]

Still blundered

[valid ether]

Is it a brainstorm?

I have never seen this

[royal ore]

mod

[zenith sentinel]

Got 9 cash drops, no mult drops

[valid ether]

Right. Thought so

[woven spire]

thats a good first shop

[bitter perch]

What do I need to win this run

[nova mantle]

uhh

[woven spire]

pplanet levels

[nova mantle]

ai generated certainly

[bitter perch]

Should I go flush 5?

[wintry ice]

4oak is good enough

[fickle mesa]

awww i was hoping to see the full deck :(

[wintry ice]

i didn't restart

hold on

[fickle mesa]

YEAHHH

[wintry ice]

me when i land in a zoo or something

[dire knot]

no credit card in da buffoon pack (DWENRSI1)

[wintry ice]

what was in the buffoon pack

[dire knot]

delayed gratification and a baseball card

[wintry ice]

still a decent start atleast

[dire knot]

ik

[fickle mesa]

i had a run like that semi recently it gives u a combination of a lot of uncommon, powerful cards with a tiny deck that u almost never see elsewhere

[bitter perch]

Stonks

[modern panther]

THE GOD COMBO

Screw Photochad, have Green Ramen

Sorry, got a bit excited

Green Bus Ramen?

[celest spade]

do people still go crazy over photochad?

i mean it’s a good combo but surely there’s other very good combos right?

[modern panther]

Hear me out...there's a jolly in the shop... and the Ramen is at 1.88x

[modern panther]

Not me anymore. I used to get it 9/10 runs

[celest spade]

wow

either insanely lucky or just goated at getting econ

[naive cove]

I finally did it, black deck gold stake completed

[modern panther]

Insanely lucky

[naive cove]

Fuck black deck

[modern panther]

I'm still trying to do blue stake TwT

That's what I'm on rn

[bitter perch]

Errrrr

[naive cove]

Idk why but the completionist+ achievement isn’t popping up

I did all the decks on gold stake

[modern panther]

What platform?

[naive cove]

iPhone

[modern panther]

Try reloading. I use Android, so this may not be an issue with yours, but I know that on Luck Be a Landlord, my achievements would sometimes not update until I reloaded, whence I would immediately get all of them. Again, this might just be an Android problem, or a LBaL problem, but it's worth a shot

[mortal nimbus]

Win another run on any deck and stake

The achievement check is misplaced

[naive cove]

Huh

[modern panther]

Or that X3

[mortal nimbus]

Effectively, the game checks for the gold stake completion before you actually get granted the gold stake completion

Winning another run with redo this check

[manic zealot]

Fuck the plant

[modern panther]

IN THE CALCULATOR WE TRUST!

[unreal iron]

why is blue seal steel called a zoolander

[modern panther]

Do i gamba on the Raffle in place of the bus, or pop the pack?

[celest spade]

hmm you already have green, so you could try the raffle. though since you need chips i think it’s safer to open the standard pack for a blue seal

[heady narwhal]

don't buy anything here i think

need to build up money

[celest spade]

oh wait you have $5

yeah don’t buy anything

[modern panther]

I meant the planet pack

[celest spade]

i wouldn’t

[modern panther]

Raffle creates econ and potential scoring, and I just had to reset my bus.

[celest spade]

raffle econ isn’t great and the scoring is up to random chance

[modern panther]

Or I can take Face over bus

[celest spade]

depends on how well you’re doing

[modern panther]

Which is much safer, beats the goad, and negates the need to play around faces

[celest spade]

if you need it take face. but if you can survive without face don’t take it

personally if you have green bus and ramen i’d say go next

[modern panther]

This was with Green at 6

And bus reset

No levels in any hand

[dark cairn]

is this a madness moment?

[fickle mesa]

the movie zoolander has a character named blue steel i think

[bitter perch]

NOOOOO

Gimme ectoplasm

Pls

I beg

[heady narwhal]

this doesn't seem particularly important

you probably already beat vv without it

[modern panther]

Very glad I took it

Raffle, get out!

You might have made Black deck my first win, but I know better

[fickle mesa]

actually eternal riff raff is very strong early, although you probably dont need it here

[modern panther]

I HIT THE POLY!

My first poly aura in i don't know how long

Wow... Capt. Hook is a bitch. Just took 2 flat and .04 x mult off of me

[bitter perch]

But I want it...

[modern panther]

... I can't afford to take it...

Maybe over bonkler, since I have clearance, but

[tranquil steppe]

Chad is calling your name

[dark cairn]

already at gold stake on green deck

atp idk if im just getting lucky or what but this is infinitely easier than i expected

[thick junco]

Alright who do I sell

[manic zealot]

mad joker

[thick junco]

I don't have mad joker

[manic zealot]

oh then the one that's on the far right

forgot the name

[tall sky]

this is certainly a start

[thick junco]

Oh nvm you were right it's called Mad Joker

[manic zealot]

oh ok

[thick junco]

I got it onfused with the other two pair one

[serene forge]

I hate Bloodstone

[thick junco]

Nice

Now my save is sycned with my iPad save

[manic zealot]

epic

[thick junco]

now time to beat the green stake which I haven't done

[manic zealot]

my obelisk is eating well

[tall sky]

didnt hit the straight

ghost deck is on timeout

[dim ingot]

Stared at this for a bit before realizing that Perishable actually doesn’t change anything here, XD

[modern panther]

My Android save is far ahead of my PC save, and last time I used debug tools, I accidentally gave myself Completionist without unlocking Andrew legit. So, not doing that again

[atomic trout]

I like how the mouth can be the hardest boss.

And the Eye

And the Needle

[cloud sinew]

and serpent

[terse ridge]

Why is this so tempting

[atomic trout]

Cerulean Bell when you have a straight run

[ancient gyro]

and manacle

[modern panther]

Nah, the Pillar is harder( I'm sorry)

[atomic trout]

Do it

[atomic trout]

Too many Flushes? 🤣

[cloud sinew]

Mouth can be the hardest for a particular run though, every boss blind can

[atomic trout]

You can still win with Debuffed cards

The Verdant Leaf is the easiest when you have so many mult jokers

And planet scaling

[modern panther]

The Pillar into the Mouth is the hardest boss blind, actually.
-# very sorry...

[cold sorrel]

i think Joe is the hardest boss

[atomic trout]

The Mouth because I can't read

[modern panther]

I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WORKS

[cloud sinew]

text format fail x2

[atomic trout]

What doesn't?

Balatro makes sense when you can read

[modern panther]

x5, actually

[atomic trout]

This game is deeper than I thought

[modern panther]

Finally got it.
-# just needed a new line...

[ancient gyro]

between hook and manacle on a1 which boss do you think is harder on average

[cold sorrel]

uhh joe

[modern panther]

I don't struggle with either

[cloud sinew]

hook

[ancient gyro]

you have 3-4 hands and no jokers to work with

worst case

[shell dagger]

hook is just brutal

[cloud sinew]

then you must not play the game we're talking about

[modern panther]

Hook, because you lose cards to work with instead of having less to work with at a time

[hardy fable]

hook, I swear it's sentient

[ancient gyro]

interesting

[manic talon]

Hook will discard your blue seal if its in your hand

[wintry ice]

hook sounds like the worse of the two when you're using like crafty joker and need a flush

[manic talon]

but ante 1 Manacle is harder

[ancient gyro]

trying to figure out which one kills me more on average or should in practice

[manic talon]

imagine if theres a stat for that

[ancient gyro]

yeah

[cloud sinew]

sadly it's not tracked rn

[hoary mesa]

what sould i do ??

[plush stone]

insane invis

(i didnt see 4 fingers was immortal)

[manic talon]

idol chad REAL

[ancient gyro]

like would I rather see less of my deck and having worse discarding power or lose a lot more cards

[bitter perch]

The one blind that only allows you to play 5 card hands and you forget anyways and screw up your best cards

[plush stone]

unfortunately spade deck :(

[hardy fable]

this?

[bitter perch]

Idk

[ancient gyro]

well i singled out hook and manacle cause those are deemed to be the worst two bosses in ante 1

[hardy fable]

know your bb's smh

[fervent quarry]

Is Steel Joker the only joker that is/can be enhanced with an enhancement that's normally only seen on playing cards? (That is to say steel card.)

[manic talon]

losing to psychic is like losing chess to a dog

[wary crypt]

Don’t mind my build

[manic talon]

glass joker

[bitter perch]

Have u considered I play high and just play for fun 😭😭

Chill bro

[manic talon]

evil and fucked up gold stake run

[ancient gyro]

tasting candy for the first time

[manic talon]

no wonder youre losing chess to a dog, youre playing high lmao

[ancient gyro]

address me

[thick junco]

Why yo game so saturated

[modern panther]

Or I just do.

[bitter perch]

Yeah, way more fun that way, I go through like 100 runs in a night just fucking around getting greedy

[thick junco]

Also what does gold stake do

[cloud sinew]

wild actually

[ancient gyro]

i cant imagine stone losing

[cloud sinew]

thats white stake

[modern panther]

I'll do it again

[ancient gyro]

gs with streaks

[manic talon]

get on my level 100% winrate stone joker

[thick junco]

What does gold stake do.

[manic talon]

rental jokers will appear in shop, and all the previous stake stuff

[ancient gyro]

-1 discard, rentals, perishables, eternals, higher scores

[cloud sinew]

rental jokers can appear (30% chance)
rental jokers cost $1, and then $3 at the end of every round

[hoary mesa]

someone help my pls , what should i do buy paradolia for abstract?? pls help!

[thick junco]

Sell the first one for paradolia

[fervent quarry]

Don't think I've discovered glass joker. Does it actually have a 1 in 4 chance of being destroyed, or is that more of a gag, seeing that jokers are not played? (Actually, I realize I'm not 100% sure whether glass cards can break when they're not played.)

[manic talon]

no

[manic talon]

it scales when your glass breaks

[hoary mesa]

ok thanks am new to the game

[fervent quarry]

I mean based on the fact that also has the glass card enhancement on the card itself.

[cloud sinew]

every probability in the game is being 100% honest. I have checked all of them

oh wait you meant

[fervent quarry]

My impression is that glass cards can only break when played/scored.

[cloud sinew]

glass joker itself, no. it can't be destroyed by itself. only things that normally destroy jokers can destroy glass joker

[manic talon]

well steel joker counts for every steel in deck, not just steels in your hand, so its not exactly a steel card either, honestly i really dont get your first question

[bitter perch]

Eternal riff Raff op

[simple jacinth]

chat, it's time for seppuku%

[fervent quarry]

Steel Joker is a steel card, and has the little popup that says 1.5X when it stays in hand. (Like any steel card.) So I would think it would give an automatic 1.5X since jokers always "stay in hand", if the descrition is consistent.

[fervent quarry]

Not talking about the effect of the card itself, only the supposed enhancement.

[manic talon]

steel joker, doesnt do that? huh?

[manic talon]

The steel card thing on the left is reminder text

because steel cards are mentioned in the description

[fervent quarry]

OH!

It was just me being stupid then.

[modern panther]

Goofball
-# (affectionate)

[plush stone]

lvl 74 flush (ignore double 4 fingers)

[manic talon]

its the same for any other joker that relates to Enhancements, stone, cat, midas, etc

its just reminder text so new players would know what those yellow texts refer to

[plush stone]

its like explaining what the card does

[fervent quarry]

Yeah. It was wishful thinking. Balatro is the kind of game to pull something like that where one card has a property that no other card has. So I wanted it to be true. 🙂

[bitter perch]

Should I take this on blue stake....

[modern panther]

Gotta love Invis/Ankh with eternals, amirite?

[bitter perch]

[manic talon]

what holo+cert does to a run

[fervent wolf]

Two now

[bitter perch]

Anyone? 😔

[manic talon]

yes

[bitter perch]

Too late, AI already told me not to

[modern panther]

Oh, that hurts...

[bitter perch]

Took Jimbo instead

Saved by a lucky 9

[fringe robin]

hello chat

[simple jacinth]

actually managed to get to ante 7 with only 6 two pairs played

[bitter perch]

Chat what is this luck for ante 2...

[modern panther]

Always rocket early. It's the best econ joker (besides Rebate) you can take at this point, imo

[simple jacinth]

rocket early is great

as long as you play nice and frugal early on

[bitter perch]

Would've been good to know

[ancient gyro]

it reminds me of her

[modern panther]

Sowwy I didn't make it earlier

[ancient gyro]

r u fr 💔

[plush stone]

yeah (didnt see that it was eternal, i wouldnt get it otherwise)

[tranquil steppe]

HoloCert!!!!

[modern panther]

Hmm...

[cyan sparrow]

glass cards are totally weird

sometimes, they break when you use them 😮

[modern panther]

Okay, serious consideration here

[cyan sparrow]

🤯

[modern panther]

This looks suspiciously like an Obelisk run...

[ancient gyro]

he tryna copy my flow

[cloud sinew]

pair and high card at most played...

[ancient gyro]

bar for bar

[modern panther]

I'll just reset here...

[ripe oriole]

Thank god I'm single 🙏

[modern panther]

Fucking nat negative perishable brainstorm

[ancient gyro]

worst option on the list even without any tags

[shell dagger]

qué

[ancient gyro]

erm mods

ok

[atomic trout]

Who should I choose??

I usually like money

[ancient gyro]

that Instagram link

[ripe oriole]

Poly showman seems fun

[atomic trout]

An accident

[ripe oriole]

Both are ass in reality

[ancient gyro]

one of them isn't

[floral mural]

to the moons a fine econ joker

[bitter perch]

All good, run is still going well

[floral mural]

showmans irredeemable tho i agree

[simple jacinth]

this was obelisk/throwback/pants, I got WAY too ballsy

[atomic trout]

So many choices

[simple jacinth]

Throwback showed up and I was like "right, we turbo to the end now on 6 two pairs played"

[frank grove]

you hexed a showman?

[floral mural]

showman and idol are like part of the very very small bunch of jokers thag are worthless in gold stake

[ancient gyro]

not the first time I tempted fate

[simple jacinth]

lies and slander

they're capital F Fun

[floral mural]

neither are fun

in gold stake at leasg

[simple jacinth]

Depends what you're optimizing for

[floral mural]

id rather have functional xmult and a non detrimental joker thank you

[simple jacinth]

do you want a guaranteed win? Then yeah, they're not particularly fun

[ancient gyro]

you have to die a million times to understand the feeling of fun

[cloud sinew]

winning

[simple jacinth]

But do you want to tempt fate and have a chance at an infinitely sillier run?

[manic talon]

LOST MY 30 STREAK NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, imagine losing to amber acorn, pair sucks

[simple jacinth]

Like, say I'd won that obelisk/pants/throwback run on such a tiny number of hands played

[floral mural]

idol is gambling on gold stake and not in the "hehe wheel" type deal

[ripe oriole]

Are we seriously saying showman is as bad as idol on gold stake ? 😭

[modern panther]

ShInY rOcK1!1!

[ocean lily]

should i take idol, its on 7 of spades

[cloud sinew]

showman is worse :3

[floral mural]

youre correct its worse because its actively detrimental

doing nothing versus doing worse than nothing

[ocean lily]

but showman can give u anything, even another showman

[floral mural]

showman is probably the worst joker imo

[ocean lily]

the humble 8 ball

[ripe oriole]

"showman doesn't add to your score directly so it's bad"

[cloud sinew]

I've had showman be worth taking 4 times in 1000 hours of playing non-endless

[cloud sinew]

that just is not the argument at all

[ocean lily]

anyone

[cloud sinew]

the argument is that it makes the shop and packs worse

[floral mural]

like idol and barons lowest points are doing nothing. doing actively detrimental effects via pack shenanigans is terrible

[cloud sinew]

as it prevents you from blocking things from appearing

[bitter perch]

Showman.... He's the goat

[floral mural]

in gold stake dupe jokers arent common enough to make showman more than a very bad gimmick

[frank grove]

unless you're specifically looking for like shoot the moon or something really common

[bitter perch]

Eh it's only blue stake

[simple jacinth]

showman makes packs with single options worse, and it makes shops worse if the dupe you're seeing isn't what you want

[floral mural]

it can also prevent in pack blocking like the one time i took showman on white stake and got 4 suns in a tarot pack

[bitter perch]

I wasn't looking for anything but found a duplicate driver's license, tbh an extra Chad or photo may be better but whtvr

[frank grove]

yeah you would win without any of that anyway probably

[quick umbra]

got myself a nice hand i'd say

[pale wolf]

yes

worse

[simple jacinth]

people give showman so much flak

[frank grove]

UGLY

[ocean lily]

pls help me, im so close to finialy winning on green stake abandoned deck, and i dont think i can beat the violet vessle with curent build

[cloud sinew]

deservedly

[frank grove]

why does poly flower pot look SO horrible??

[pale wolf]

showman is one of the only jokers that actively harms your run

[simple jacinth]

flak they don't give invisible

[modern panther]

Speculative Oops, anybody?

[pale wolf]

invis is winmore

showman is wonmore

[floral mural]

invisible is fun and doesnt act detrimental for using it

[quick umbra]

doesn't look too bad on my end idk

[cloud sinew]

especially given that among the jokers that "actively harm your run" the most, no other joker comes anywhere close to showman.
parei is 2nd probably, followed by madness and then splash (ish)

[frank grove]

hmm

[cloud sinew]

not speculative, you have hallucination

[quick umbra]

hmm ?

[ancient gyro]

showman makes consumable packs worse given you're limited to two at most per round while shop requires a huge dispense of money to actually reap the rewards on average, where it would just do harm initially

[modern panther]

I'm salivating...

[ocean lily]

pls someone help)))):::

[frank grove]

maybe its that it just looks bad when not hovered idk

[floral mural]

showman isnt even the fun wacky. its just terrible

[quick umbra]

nah it's cause i got my own texture pack on lol take a look

[ancient gyro]

it requires a ton of money on average to compensate for the downside*

[frank grove]

ohhh i see

[ancient gyro]

don't have to worry about it luckily

[quick umbra]

thoughts on it lol ?

[bitter perch]

This doesn't feel worth it...

[modern panther]

Blooper looks good

[ancient gyro]

depends what you're replying on

[modern panther]

Also, pairs?

[frank grove]

its nice! i like flower pot with the outline/shadow a lot actually

[quick umbra]

no YOU look good

[lusty flax]

a little bit of this a little bit of that ha build

[quick umbra]

shadow ?

[modern panther]

Play pairs, play pairs, PLAY PAIRS

[ancient gyro]

squimbo nova is about as 2oak pilled as it gets

[modern panther]

That's not even my score cap

[frank grove]

idk its hard to tell from your ss

[ancient gyro]

that's unfortunate

[quick umbra]

🎮🍐🎮🍐🎮🍐

[modern panther]

This hurts me physically

[ancient gyro]

o gold card

[modern panther]

I have killed all my 2s

[modern panther]

Fair...

Can never have too much gold

[ancient gyro]

yeah

[bitter perch]

Goated skip tag 🗣️ 🔥

[cursive lion]

+4 mult is +4 mult

take it for extra temp value and giving jimbo a fancy stake sticker

[modern panther]

HE'S BACK!

[dim ingot]

Guys, what am I doing with these?!

[floral mural]

die on ante 6 when you roll less than 20 mult on one of those

[dim ingot]

Probably…

[bitter perch]

Only like orange stake or smthn, new acc on my phone 😔

[modern panther]

I mean, it's obviously not worth it, but...

[bitter perch]

Do I take DNA this late....

And eternal...

I can sell Chad I guess

[floral mural]

youre doing pair gaming getting a big ol deck isnt an issue

go right ahead

[modern panther]

Quickest Cabendish ever

[floral mural]

(and you can get rid of scholar)

oh nvm i guess

[modern panther]

Yeah, uhh... my deck looks like this...

[dim ingot]

What actually killed me was culling my deck down to just Spades, and then hitting the anti-Spades boss…

[modern panther]

AAAAA PURPLE OR ACE

[atomic trout]

WHAT an evil Needle!

One Hand? On hand?

[pale wolf]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1156721486288126023/1403122277662326906/2025080723021400-EE327B3F1EA16B12FE45F55BCABC4BD6.mov?ex=695ecaf3&is=695d7973&hm=edb1d9425dc7e43ed687600da8d3d86c4efdf3d5f01b4434ae3193b6383a34b0&

watch til the end

[wintry ice]

purple

[atomic trout]

Purple

[wintry ice]

scholar has diminishing returns

[pale wolf]

not my vid

thats why sounds

lul

[serene forge]

I hate Endless Mode

[ancient gyro]

i have music off

[lapis pumice]

oh my god bro im so done with this deck on gold stake

[pale wolf]

♾️

[serene forge]

fellow plasma deck hater

[ancient gyro]

woa

[serene forge]

NO

[lapis pumice]

im so fucking done with it

[serene forge]

WHY IS IT BACK

[lapis pumice]

never coming back

[pale wolf]

it never left

i need to make an animated jimbo laugh emote

[modern panther]

That's why I'm buffering with judgment

[pale wolf]

that would go hard

[bitter perch]

Who greenlit this damn boss blind....

[serene forge]

i dunno waffle lost their nitro and i stopped getting bombarded with it

[pale wolf]

wdym

[serene forge]

you have 120 dollars while also skipping a blind so really this is your own fault

[ancient gyro]

i could get it back anytime

[modern panther]

If bornana dies, I can judgment in hopes of another joker, and if I don't get it, there's always the shop

[pale wolf]

yea you removed and ignored possibilities of success

[bitter perch]

Have u considered um... I forgot to read

[pale wolf]

hmm

[serene forge]

ong

they said the funny line

[pale wolf]

its okay to not know how to read

illiteracy is the story of most of human history

[ancient gyro]

its fine if it's in endless

[floral mural]

a debuff boss blind you can try and counter existing isnt at fault. plant is plannable around especially with that mjch moneu

[bitter perch]

Yeah, far too zooted for that

[pale wolf]

i should get zooted

thanks for the remember

[bitter perch]

Makes the game way funnier

[pale wolf]

i dont play balatro zooted anymore bc i just lose

[bitter perch]

I do not read boss blinds till I enter

[serene forge]

plant is a good boss blind because it kills endless runs so really the game is doing you a favor by planting you 🔥

[bitter perch]

That's part of the fun

[modern panther]

Because I couldn't be any more pair-pilled than i already was, right?

[bitter perch]

True, back to grinding gold stakes

[serene forge]

honestly it's kind of annoying how effective pairs are

[modern panther]

I very rarely play them. I usually go Full House into flush 5

[atomic trout]

Wooow

I knew Square Joker sucks

[serene forge]

🐴

[modern panther]

Why is it your only joker ante 2?

[serene forge]

square joker is so bad it doesn't even give me mult that's why i died 😡

[distant vault]

Fuck square joker

[modern panther]

I would like the red pill and the blue pill, please. The pair pill, if you will

[atomic trout]

Because

So many blunders

[ancient gyro]

blame a good joker for my bad decisions darn where have I heard that before

[serene forge]

what the FUCK are you doing

[ancient gyro]

he couldn't find bloodstone

[modern panther]

I would like this a lot more if I weren't playing pairs

[modern panther]

Whoops, I may have stolen it...

I do it, right?

[scenic jackal]

yesssss do it

[humble hound]

lmao good gawd

[ancient gyro]

if this boss blind doesn't kill you sure

[serene forge]

true

[modern panther]

So it doesn't

[ancient gyro]

you're good

[serene forge]

I fucking hate blitz chess

[ancient gyro]

open buffoon first

and sell 🚀

[ancient gyro]

investment tag on command

[echo shell]

This shop is insane

[humble hound]

kinda cookin

[echo shell]

Imma get it

I'll update y'all on how it goes

[serene forge]

no

[echo shell]

Why

[modern panther]

I don't sell for this blind, right?

[ancient gyro]

look at your source of scoring

[serene forge]

absolutely not

[echo shell]

The head

💔

[ancient gyro]

that's normally how it goes

[modern panther]

Ggs

[twilit hedge]

Negative flower pot from a judgement card actually helped me this run. I ran into a smeared joker and plenty of deck fixing once I found an eternal idol and played lucky kings of spades, then died to Crimson Heart

Then I made some very fat cats

[modern panther]

I can play around feeners while playing full houses, right? Trying to get a sticker on every joker

[bitter perch]

Two paths... Heaven and hell

[modern panther]

Immo

Always immo

[novel moss]

For me, it's not even a choice, burn some cards.

15 bucks is too expensive for a random rare.

[nova junco]

Hi chat what absurd argument is going on today?/j

[modern panther]

My god, do I carry luchador and credit card to the end?

[nova junco]

Why would you take credit card😭

[little oyster]

yo boss

what do i do

[modern panther]

I mean, I'm gonna need a decent joker eventually, but...

[modern panther]

Perish

[little oyster]

i rerolled the boss blind and it landed on plant

[nova junco]

Which one was before

[little oyster]

all face cards are faced down

[nova junco]

YOU REROLLED THAT?

[little oyster]

its cus i didnt have all kinds

[rocky canopy]

Why is +1 Joker Slot a negative trait

[little oyster]

kings

[nova junco]

Because uhhh

It's like

Negative space or smth

Antimatter type thing idk

[modern panther]

It's a video game, that's why

[nova junco]

Doesn't really make sense lol but a joker being negative is actually very good

[rocky canopy]

I have a Joker that grants +1 Joker as a negative and it let me get it despite being full on Joker slots already

[nova junco]

Negative jokers basically are jokers that don't take up a slot

So you can take them even if you're already 5/5

[rocky canopy]

Ah but it still took up a slot, it just made that slot too

[dark cairn]

thank you green deck for having good early econ or this insane start would have never happened

[nova junco]

Yeah it technically adds a joker slot and fills it

[rocky canopy]

Wall needs to be nerfed

[cloud sinew]

holy fuck

bye runner I'm sorry bud

magic trick + hologram + cert... insane shop

[ancient gyro]

wattesigma

[dim ingot]

Picking which Kings and Queens to play with the royal jokers is hard… I don’t want to math out the optimal hand, XD

[thorny axle]

haha math in your balatro

just put the kings to the right of the queens

[dim ingot]

I don’t mind some math

[thorny axle]

and make sure the steel queens are the rightmost queens

so it should be
queens -> steel queens -> kings

[dim ingot]

Sadly, the steel card in the hand is a 10, I need Upgrade tarots to turn it into Royalty

[delicate lion]

What do I sell for the dna here

[fervent wolf]

Weird run lol

[shell dagger]

Nothing

[dim ingot]

Yeah, can’t see DNA being better at this point

[atomic trout]

Only losing $21 dollars. No big deal

[dark cairn]

Whew. rare case of verdant leaf actually being scary. But that's green deck gold stake'd https://medal.tv/games/balatro/clips/lRrJZw2EbyWbEgJ2Z?invite=cr-MSxaUXcsMzg1MjQ0MTcy&v=60

i basically spent the entire last ante rerolling frantically for a cavendish

saw acrobat in the last shop and was like "i got no other choice but to hope this is enough"

[fervent wolf]

What a start

[dark cairn]

imma be deadass though

i call bullshit on the people who say green deck is bad

do i think it's a "good" deck? no

its basically just yellow deck with extra steps and no interest

aka worse yellow deck

but if you know how to play around it (i.e. being more willing to spend money when you need to since you're not tied to interest) i don't think its that bad

[dark cairn]

this run only happened because i was willing to dump all of my money in the ante 1 and 2 shops

not even yellow deck would've let it happen cause if i dumped all my money in the first shop i'd have had no interest to afford the other shops

that was a green deck only run

(though the seed's in the video so if you want to show me that its possible on black deck or smthn be my guest)

[last geyser]

What should I sell

Scary face right ?

[shell dagger]

yeah

[dark cairn]

dont need scary face with arrowhead

and dont need holographic as much with photograph especially not if playing flushes

[last geyser]

Ahh ok thx

[dark cairn]

man

now that im done with green deck

i only have the 2 bullshit decks left

😭

it was a nice break though

[shell dagger]

i take it you didn’t open the spectral pack then

[last geyser]

Which one

Black right

[dark cairn]

i think i bought multiple things in the first shop

but yea i forgot about the immolate

mb lol

[dark cairn]

black and plasma

plasma's 2x score requirements are a death wish on purple stake and higher

and black deck is black deck

[last geyser]

Plasma gold stake lowkey had me stressing

[terse vale]

ankh is the play

0 x 2 may = 0 but instead of multiplying it by zero you just add it instead

[amber forge]

Just bought eternal shoot the moon cause I have 7 queens, 1 red seal and 1 blue seal, plus paint brush. Then immediately next reroll I get baron lol

[shell dagger]

ok I don’t need to play past ante 1 boss to know this is doable on black

this wasn’t green deck that won it

immolate and raised fist did

[wary willow]

Is it #over for me

[dark cairn]

lol

[last geyser]

But I found painted harder 😭

[dark cairn]

i still think green deck isnt as bad as people make it out to be

i had no issues with the climb on green deck at all

[last geyser]

I found it so easy too

[dark cairn]

i literally blasted through it

[last geyser]

I only have black deck left

[shell dagger]

maybe, it’s good earlygame but a lot of op scaling and econ sources come from using your hands and discards

[last geyser]

Currently on black stake

[dark cairn]

i found anaglyph and zodiac deck WAY worse

[shell dagger]

and the money you get from one shotting and using no discards is barely better than full interest

[dark cairn]

nebula deck was slightly more annoying

hell

even erratic deck was more annoying

[last geyser]

Anaglyph was easy for me

[dark cairn]

it was the 2nd most miserable one for me

so far

[last geyser]

Whattt this was like top 3 easiest for me

[dark cairn]

only one that was worse was zodiac

[dark cairn]

i didnt say nebula was hard

[last geyser]

Ohhh

[shell dagger]

zodiac tends to be way easier than green for streaking, which I think is a better metric than anecdotes from climbing stakes

[dark cairn]

zodiac took me several attempts per stake past blue stake :/

i could not find jack shit for jokers

[last geyser]

I struggled on painted and plasma the most and probably black once I get to gold stake

[dark cairn]

and all the ones i could find were usually trash

[shell dagger]

you would’ve found fewer jokers had you played the same seed on other decks

[dark cairn]

same with the tarots and planets i found

[dark cairn]

weird how i specifically got that unlucky only on zodiac then

[shell dagger]

overstock + merchant vouchers on average increase the number of jokers per shop screen from 1.43 to 1.53

[dark cairn]

most of my shops were looking like neptune + earth + lovers

😒

and then when a joekr did appear it was something stupid like eternal rental jimbo

[shell dagger]

cherrypicking unfortunately

[terse dock]

Anecdotal

[dark cairn]

my succesful gold stake zodiac deck run only won cause i got a negative rough gem from the first shop buffoon pack

and all my jokers were eternal so i took madness

even then i almost died to the violet vessel

[shell dagger]

yknow maybe I entered the seed wrong

PZI17UDH

nah it’s the same

[dark cairn]

ok i get it

stop rubbing it in

[shell dagger]

sorry

[dark cairn]

updated my gold stake tierlist based on my personal experiences with them

don't ask why i had a bad time with magic deck, i honestly don't remember

[celest spade]

magic deck is goated

[dark cairn]

ik it is but i just remember having a really bad time with it

idk how

idk why

but it was really annoying getting past purple and orange stake

[celest spade]

the 2 fools saved me in ante 2 by getting saturn to level 5

gave me the head start i needed

[dark cairn]

think i tried that once and died cause i couldnt draw the straight

[lilac linden]

ante 1

this smells like an early death

[wary willow]

credit card in the standard pack

[dark cairn]

its red stake youre fine

just open the buffoon pack

[lilac linden]

ohmygod

predict what it is

ong its not canio

well it wasnt canio

[wary willow]

Yorrick

That bum

[wary zodiac]

wtf

[atomic trout]

Wow... easiest needle

[lilac linden]

chicot

[wary zodiac]

two souls, two antes

[wary zodiac]

it was a trib

[wary willow]

The goat

[wary zodiac]

this seed is fuckin insane

i honestly wouldn't have minded chigoat though

turns a winning run into a won run

amazing swashbuckler value

[tranquil steppe]

Lord Canio!!!!!

[tranquil steppe]

More like Chishit amirite

[zinc hawk]

ante 7 of 8 do i go for the soul card?

[atomic trout]

What will it evolve to?

[signal frigate]

That's a fairly sizable wee, I think it's fine to keep it

Maybe Bornana

I assume you'd be winning without it

[zinc hawk]

if anything i was planning on selling michael

[signal frigate]

That's what I was thinking

[manic zealot]

I just took the fattest nap

I think it's balatro time again

[wary zodiac]

"here, just go win"

[signal frigate]

Watch out for the Plant

[wary zodiac]

im gonna redo this seed on white stake later

[signal frigate]

Canio should supplement it

[zinc hawk]

got perkeo

[wary zodiac]

canio and swashbuckler are fat enough that i clear it unless its super late

[signal frigate]

Ante 7 Perkeo 🔥

[atomic trout]

I fold.

[manic zealot]

true

[wary zodiac]

yikers

[signal frigate]

Keep scaling it to make sure

[wary zodiac]

if anyone wants the seed reply ping me and i'll send it once the run is over

[signal frigate]

Not alot of people care about seeded runs anymore

[wary zodiac]

yeah, im gonna keep hung men in my fool

[wary zodiac]

hopefully that changes once more updates come out

[wary zodiac]

rn high score runs are boring

there's like

5 ways

[signal frigate]

There's plenty enough

[wary zodiac]

and all of them have overlapping jokers

[signal frigate]

It's just there's only so many highscore runs you can do until it becomes boring

I think it's okay to keep it this way

But it would be fun to have different ways to do endless

[wary zodiac]

surely

i think i sell egg

[wary zodiac]

it would for sure

[heady narwhal]

difficult choice

[celest spade]

lucky me had shortcut

[heady narwhal]

i'd probably shortcut since pairs are less fun

[wary zodiac]

does chad give enough value for it to be worth?

[celest spade]

lowkey ante 1 shortcut or four fingers is an instant straight build

[signal frigate]

That's a good safe guard actually

[manic zealot]

on ante 1? I take the shortcut fs

[wary zodiac]

farming swashbuckler value is fun

[wary zodiac]

which one?

[heady narwhal]

scaling chips is very good

[celest spade]

speaking of which. shortcut!!!

[signal frigate]

This is a fairly difficult choice for me actually

[dark cairn]

every time i find shortcut is a run where saturn cards and blue seals dont exist

☹️

[wary zodiac]

gay build

[signal frigate]

Good chip generation or good chip generation (Saturn)

[manic zealot]

I just got a blue seal and telescope is in my shop

[heady narwhal]

castle is just as fast as something like runner and having a chips joker opens up a lot of possibilities for your build

[celest spade]

not with that attitude

(or econ)

[signal frigate]

Definitely econ

[signal frigate]

I like that pfp alot

[zinc hawk]

I WON

GOLD STAKE GHOST DECK IS OVER

[heady narwhal]

it's also significant that the shortcut is eternal

[zinc hawk]

perkeo came through hard with copying a death card and i got a glass tarot from discard

flush house ftw

[amber forge]

One of my weirder runs lol

[manic zealot]

we're cookin

[lost vault]

whatsup balaatroers

[manic zealot]

yo

[night turret]

Man I wish the rare tag gave me that