🕹・game-discussion

[royal bobcat]

i dont see anyone genuinely using idol throughout an ante 8 run

[fickle mesa]

i guess so

[fringe nebula]

unless vagabond give you 8 hangmans

[vestal copper]

idol is such a weird card

[shell dagger]

Find the random class card vs find the 4 steel kings

[patent sail]

🐎

[vestal copper]

hi ashy

[royal bobcat]

showman aside (because its an actively harmful joker) idol has to be the worst joekr

seance isnt real anyway

[floral mural]

abandoned deck and 1 hanged man for worse photo in every way

truly

[tawdry rock]

me when im at the being unhappy about playing the game and complaining about it every chance i get and ignoring all advice or criticism towards my runs competition and my opponent is amphy

[vestal copper]

true takes are spoken today

[manic talon]

Photograph but somehow worse fr

[floral mural]

photos like a low c tier that you take because its common and you might find chad

[fickle mesa]

okay they havent said a word in 7 minutes

[floral mural]

idol is an uncommon that requires way more work than photo to even use

[tawdry rock]

which is why i chose to say it rn

[fickle mesa]

and presumably you have them blocked and they blocked you

[tawdry rock]

checkmate liberals

[royal bobcat]

can i block yall

[fickle mesa]

there is no reason for you to still be on this

[tawdry rock]

they blocked me 6 days ago for horse reacting their messages

[fickle mesa]

thats great

[floral mural]

i love complaining about things that are physically not happening

truly a life

[fickle mesa]

is that why you have the horse in your username? so you can annoy them more?

[tawdry rock]

bbbbut they were happening a few minutes ago

[tawdry rock]

????? no i just find the horse emoji funny

[royal bobcat]

me when im in a complaining about things that literally dont matter and have been over for like ten minutes competition and my opponent is afterimage

[tawdry rock]

lets drop this

[tawdry rock]

i won btw

[fickle mesa]

ah so you agree

[tawdry rock]

just so we can drop this

[fickle mesa]

that is good thank you ^-^

[tawdry rock]

come on i came up with a joke a few minutes after the person im joking about left D:

[royal bobcat]

who would've guessed someone called shadowspussy would be a force for good in balalachat </3

[manic talon]

The bar is in the gutter

[floral mural]

uhmm do i take this with an investment tag coming up on big blind

havent done a run in a while

[fickle mesa]

im old in internet years and have experience in moderating a ~200 member discord server

[floral mural]

its eternal and mid so probably the buffoon gamble

[vestal copper]

chad why are you hanging

[tawdry rock]

i take all investment tags i like $25

[shell dagger]

I’d probably just take the buffoon

[floral mural]

i was talking about the faceless

[shell dagger]

Taking faceless if it wasn’t painted tho

[floral mural]

eternals pain

abstracts fine tho

[manic talon]

The delgrat seems okay

[floral mural]

probably

i hope

[shell dagger]

Yeah a reluctant take

[manic talon]

Nvm cant even sell shit lol

[fickle mesa]

and my username isnt really used for its vulgarity anymore but nobody in here gets to know the reason. its a seeeecret

[shell dagger]

How many years is one internet year

[tawdry rock]

like a day

[minor portal]

one week to a decade

[tawdry rock]

so much happens in a day

[fickle mesa]

i dont know but ive been getting called "old" for saying that im 20

which is why i am specifying internet years

[shell dagger]

Unc (I’m older)

[tawdry rock]

19 -> 20 is considered like 80 years in many peoples eyes

[floral mural]

drunkards going here i assume

or the to do list on full house

[shell dagger]

Todo gets buffed on painted

Drunkard goes

[lyric wave]

stickered glass, faceless, and 8ball

[tawdry rock]

call me a stupid dumb idiot but i would so take the constellation here

[lyric wave]

glass at 5.5 and groker at 88

[shell dagger]

I doubt he’s selling drunkard for sly

[tawdry rock]

oh shit didnt realize it was painted deck

[lyric wave]

idk man +50 chips goes hard...

[tawdry rock]

never™mind™

[royal bobcat]

is the bar reeally that low here

[fickle mesa]

you obviously sell drunkard to keep the interest threshold while buying seed money

[royal bobcat]

is there even a big server where the bar is high

[fringe nebula]

10 hands and still no space joker value

[lyric wave]

well that's on you for buying spoker

[tawdry rock]

sponkler hits when he hits give him some patience

[fickle mesa]

nah thats admittedly really unlucky

hopefully it hits for you soon

[fringe nebula]

yeah seems like having 2 econ jokers is the way to make black deck works

[fickle mesa]

thats like a 7% chance actually so not insane unlucky but still rough

[fringe nebula]

oh hey

[fickle mesa]

the main problem with black deck is actually getting to that point

[torpid bridge]

Yeah thats true

[fringe nebula]

that's why i said ante 3 might be the hardest part of black deck gold stake several minutes ago

[torpid bridge]

It feels very different

[fickle mesa]

you intend for me, a balatro player, to read? preposterous

personally for me its ante 1 because its basically rng if you get playable hands and usable jokers

[royal bobcat]

this is why my favorite joker is juggler

[night turret]

What the hell is up with gold stake man

How did we get to this

[royal bobcat]

i dont even have to read it

[night turret]

We are balatro players, we do math, not read

[fickle mesa]

no only docspectre does math

i cant even count

well

i can count to 5

i havent gotten to the next number yet

(no spoilers)

i know some fucked up shit happens 2-4 numbers ahead though

[royal bobcat]

its 3 again

[tawdry rock]

we all know balatro players cant count past 5 joker slots

[fringe nebula]

the math is that you need 1.2 million score for violet vessel

[royal bobcat]

2.4

because plasma

[patent sail]

Did you know

🐎

[lyric wave]

balatro players can only count to 6 with the nefarious eternal/rental nat negative sly joker

[tawdry rock]

guys holy shit

i just found the number past 39

localthunk never wanted me to know this

he capped it intentionally so we couldnt see the next number

[fringe nebula]

wow chicot decided to be a good boy today

literally disabled the needle and the wall in one run

[tawdry rock]

its f-

sorry they kidnapped me

[grave flower]

This run is so fun 😭

[lyric wave]

it loops back to five?

[carmine spoke]

HUH

[tawdry rock]

yep!!!! absolutely!. There ARE NO numbers past 39 trust me this has been confirmed by almighty localthunk and cannot be refuted since his lordship has said so

[lyric wave]

cool! I'm so glad that localthunk is such a wise leader.

[tawdry rock]

he is!!!! Now go pray to Obelisk

[carmine spoke]

What am i supposed to do here gng

[lyric wave]

open spectral pack

because neither of those two jokers are worth having lol

[carmine spoke]

Alr

[carmine spoke]

What if i pick immolate from spectral

[patent sail]

Negative dna is cool as hell but aint gonna help here

[lyric wave]

that's best case scenario, keep the money for interest or get the straight joker

[carmine spoke]

There is purple,red seal immolate and deja vu in the spectral

[patent sail]

Im the molate

[lyric wave]

immo is so so good

[patent sail]

Light em up

[carmine spoke]

Oh cryptid too

[patent sail]

Light em upppp

[carmine spoke]

Useless rn tho

[patent sail]

Light em up!!!! Twin

Burn em

[carmine spoke]

Immolate didnt destroy any hearts so W

[lyric wave]

hell yeah

btw if you're new here, the reason why you don't go for dna almost ever is because you want a smaller deck not a bigger one

[carmine spoke]

Reasonable

[patent sail]

opens the pack
immolates it
W immolate ❤️‍🩹

[acoustic forge]

barely scraping by

[lyric wave]

common immo W

[carmine spoke]

But if i get a red seal early with steel or something would be good then

[lyric wave]

red steel is good but not ante 1, you're gonna want to focus on econ and an actual scoring tool before that

[patent sail]

Nah not that important

[carmine spoke]

Alr ill just skip then

[fickle mesa]

if you use early dna its for gold

[patent sail]

Whats with the usernames today

[fickle mesa]

then its arguably pretty worth it

[royal bobcat]

i dont think ive ever used dna and won

[acoustic forge]

mine has always been like this

[royal bobcat]

its one or the other

[patent sail]

WackyAnus, shadowspussy, what next?

[tawdry rock]

im no molate because ill never be him 💔❤️‍🩹

[fickle mesa]

today? i have been in this server since like a year ago

[carmine spoke]

Heart cards are debuffed🥀 🥀 🥀

[lyric wave]

.>

[patent sail]

Thsts what you get for considering bloodstone

[lyric wave]

taking the straight joker there probably would've been a good idea if you knew the head was there ;-;

[tawdry rock]

crazyOtherBodilyHole

[fringe nebula]

gold sticker on bean and chicot

[royal bobcat]

neverusebloodstone

[patent sail]

Mouth

[royal bobcat]

im beaning it

ohhhh im beaning it

im handsizing all over the place

[marsh vine]

thoughts on some of these challenges that I cooked up while making breakfast?
start with -100$ and jokers can't appear
start with 1 of each legendary jokers
—
start with eternal lucky cat and 2 The Magicians. Small and Big Blind offer no cash reward
—
Whenever a planet card is played, there's a 50% chance to create another one (must have room)
Tarot cards and jokers can't appear
—
Start with stencil
all jokers that grant either +mult, retriggers or chips are disabled (but can still appear)
—
start with eternal Ancient Joker and Eternal Smeared Joker
-2 joker slots
—
only available products in shops are Spectral packs and Vouchers

[royal bobcat]

the first one is just "u win lol"

[fickle mesa]

not really

its you lose unless you can get lucky with draws

youve got all those xmult jokers but no base mult

[lyric wave]

third one is impossible I'm pretty sure

jokerless is doable, if pretty fuckin hard. jokerless AND no tarots is insane.

[shell dagger]

Definitely not impossible

[tawdry rock]

2nd one is just better gold stake and good jokers

[shell dagger]

Just becomes a blue seal reset slog

[fickle mesa]

jokerless is not too bad

i got it second try

[royal bobcat]

jokerless is, dare i say, the best challenge

[lyric wave]

I'd agree

[royal bobcat]

its the only one that really makes u play differently

[lyric wave]

jokes on you. I never use jokers anyway

I play the exact same

[royal bobcat]

half the challenges u just play pairs anyway

[shell dagger]

Golden needle u don’t play pairs

[royal bobcat]

like look at 15 minute city

[fickle mesa]

yeah pairs suck in jokerless

[royal bobcat]

u just disregard shortcut

and use bus

thats it

[shell dagger]

Blast off is also easier with a stronger hand

[fickle mesa]

ive never done golden needle that scares me

[royal bobcat]

thats ur challenge

[shell dagger]

And fragile uses flushes usually

[royal bobcat]

thats why i said half

[errant brook]

I'd like to report a bug in the game

[lyric wave]

#1200105253559873707

[errant brook]

Hold on lol

[royal bobcat]

it might not be EXXACTLY half but u get my point

[shell dagger]

I’m responding to “the only one you really play differently”

[lyric wave]

3 channels below this one

[errant brook]

The "Whenever you are going for Mime/Baron naneinf and have DNA, Ectoplasm will ALWAYS hit DNA" bug

[lyric wave]

that's not a bug, that's intentional game design

[marsh vine]

what if
you start with Telescope and Observatory

[patent sail]

Double soul run ❤️‍🩹

[royal bobcat]

i mean yeah some of em make you use flushes or straight but thats not really requiring you to go out of your comfort zone

[fickle mesa]

its intentional its to make you stop playing endless

[lyric wave]

observatory is only a 1.5x

[royal bobcat]

fragile and jokerless are top notch challenges

idk about the others

[fickle mesa]

was fragile not also easy for most people?

[errant brook]

For real though, I can't be the only one who's gone through this before right

[lyric wave]

maybe if planet cards were able to appear multiple times in the same shop

[fickle mesa]

oh actually i remember now

i got erosion on my first fragile run

[royal bobcat]

its not hard but that doesnt mean its not a good idea for a challenge

[marsh vine]

you cna win the first small blind in one hand
you can buy a planet pack that will give you planet for whatever hand you play

and you go from there

with no jokers or tarots; you will always get planet cards

[fickle mesa]

that probably tipped the scales in my favor a lot lol

[vagrant wagon]

Should I take that idol guys?

[royal bobcat]

fragile actually gives me some neuron activation

[marsh vine]

you could start with showman

[lyric wave]

idol is kinda trash, only take squoker

[shell dagger]

I would hex square then take idol just for the holo

[fickle mesa]

a good challenge makes you engage with the mechanics in a unique way

[royal bobcat]

exactly

hence why i like fragile and jokerless

[shell dagger]

If you don’t take idol you need to reroll or buy the pack to survive

[celest juniper]

what would you guys buy?

[lyric wave]

starting with showman would make it possible

[fickle mesa]

just so happened that i ended up with a run that didnt make me do that

[fickle mesa]

how much is steel joker

[shell dagger]

Likely steel instead of half

[lyric wave]

nothing, you win with photochad + brainstorm

[celest juniper]

1.4x currently

[lyric wave]

7 bucks

[royal bobcat]

omelette would also be kinda cool if literally all other types of econ were removed and swash was banned

[fickle mesa]

i guess you can drop halvsies if its safe for you to do so

[lyric wave]

I'd really really hope that you aren't relying on halvsies on a photochad run

[royal bobcat]

let me take a look at the balala challenges

[shell dagger]

Half is maximum a 1.25x here

Steel is better even in the worst case scenario

[shell dagger]

Even less bc of holo scary

[lyric wave]

halfsies at the absolute best is decreasing your mult

[shell dagger]

That’s not true

[lyric wave]

if you're playing a photochad run, you're going for a 5 card hand

[quartz ember]

no

[shell dagger]

Then at best half is doing nothing

Not decreasing your mult

[lyric wave]

if you're playing into it, it's decreasing your mult

[quartz ember]

no

[shell dagger]

If you’re playing into it, that’s not at best

[quartz ember]

either way, why would they have halfsies if they are using 5 card hands

[lyric wave]

not much reason to sell it

their interest is capped

temperance value

[quartz ember]

the 1.4x joker in shop disagrees

[lyric wave]

yeah, they sold it for steel joker

[vagrant wagon]

Should i do photo?

[fickle mesa]

photochad is a pair build lol

[fickle mesa]

you can speculatively if you want

[quartz ember]

its not that good

[fickle mesa]

maybe sell the idol for interest

[lyric wave]

all of your mult is after photo triggers, but yeah you can do speculative for a chad

[fickle mesa]

since that will probably not be useful

[quartz ember]

thats a good idea probably

[royal bobcat]

"Omelette" would be peak if swash was banned
"15 minute city" is pair lobotomy
"Rich get richer" is just a normal run with strong econ (so likely pairs again)
"On a knife's edge" is a good challenge
"X-ray vision" is pair lobotomy again
"Mad world" is just a normal run with strong econ (prolly pairs again)
"Luxury tax" I like it
"Non perishable" is kinda cool
"Medusa" is pair/high card lobotomy yet again
"Double or nothing" is still pair lobotomy half the time
"Typecast" is fine
"Inflation" is the second "please god give me swash" challenge
"Bram poker" I forgot this one existed
"Fragile" is second best challenge in the game
"Monolith" is a good challenge if you've never used obelisk before, if not its eh
"Blast off" is pair lobotomy yet, yet again
"Five card draw" is pair lobotomy yet, yet, yet again
"Golden needle" idk bout that one i kinda hate it icl
"Jokerless" is #1 beloved baby boy
"Cruelty" would be hard if you've never played gold stake

Challenges are better than i remember

[fringe nebula]

i HATE you

[celest juniper]

rip skill issue

[lyric wave]

what were you copying with brainstorm?

[quartz ember]

1 base mult? or what

[celest juniper]

photo

[lyric wave]

damn

[celest juniper]

something like this

got unlucky tho

[lyric wave]

this is what happens when you play a pair on your photochad run

[brazen island]

Gold stake naneinf attempt ruined by unlucky eternal baron copy 😞

[celest juniper]

tips to beginner pls? i'm trying beat every difficulty in each deck, like lv2 deck 3 lv2 deck 4

[quartz ember]

I mean 1 lvl1 pair is over 10k here

[lyric wave]

okay so tip 1. pairs are probably the best hand in the game

absolutely nuts

[fringe nebula]

you want to level up your hand with planets if you use photochad

[lyric wave]

^

[tranquil cedar]

somehow I keep getting consistent straight runs and I always win

[celest juniper]

gotcha

[vagrant wagon]

I got brainstorm take it and copy photo?

[vestal copper]

invest in planets, dont forget about interest

[celest juniper]

is planets that good?

[lyric wave]

yes

[celest juniper]

it got buffed?

[vestal copper]

yeah

[lyric wave]

planets are game defining

[quartz ember]

yea you want to get planets for your main hand anyways cause that gives you chips

[vestal copper]

planets make xmults way more powerful

[celest juniper]

gotcha

[tranquil cedar]

with the benefit of taking up zero space

[quartz ember]

and yea keep interest

[celest juniper]

best hands might be what, high card and pairs?

[lyric wave]

depends on the deck

[quartz ember]

try to get scaling jokers, they are most consistent

[lyric wave]

but yeah high card and pairs go nuts

[vestal copper]

the most reliable ones

[tranquil cedar]

grimbo my beloved

[fringe nebula]

?????

[quartz ember]

if you get aj, then flush, if you get obelisk, then pairs into others, if you get supernova then pairs etc etc

[lyric wave]

hooooly

[vestal copper]

god luck

[lyric wave]

that shit on gold stack black deck is crazy

[fringe nebula]

the duo is also insane

[lyric wave]

god don't take the duo

[tranquil cedar]

sell everything and uninstall

[quartz ember]

me every run when boots and bull

[strange abyss]

hollllyy

[fringe nebula]

with my current setup yeah i agree

[vagrant wagon]

?

[fringe nebula]

i want the rebate for boots and bull

[strange abyss]

boots bull to the moon

[lyric wave]

yeah

[quartz ember]

take it and copy whatever gives you the highest score

[thick narwhal]

Do I?

[celest juniper]

situations like that would you guys buy something or just chill for interest?

[strange abyss]

the best play is obviously to skip it so you have space for a good joker
||Yes take it and copy photo||

[vestal copper]

devil

[lyric wave]

buy the devil

[fringe nebula]

i also have seed money btw

[strange abyss]

yeah

[tranquil cedar]

wait doesn't bull always just max out your chips in rich get richer

[quartz ember]

well you buy the devil obviously but yea save up if you can survive

[lyric wave]

devil is always an equal trade and then you just have a gold card for later

[vestal copper]

devil is stonks

[tranquil cedar]

spend 3 dollars get 3 dollars

essentially a free gold card

[lyric wave]

it's like credit card (buy for 1 dollar and then sell for 1 dollar) except you get a free gold card

[vestal copper]

credit card vaga 🤤

[strange abyss]

rental credit card

[vestal copper]

god deckfixing

but gutted econ

[fringe nebula]

BRO

[lyric wave]

brotherrrrrr

[vestal copper]

rigged run

[strange abyss]

Gold stake black deck is for sure done with this one

[quartz ember]

costs only one dollar can you imagine the stonks

[lyric wave]

yeah your grind is almost over I'd reckon

[vestal copper]

all to the campfire

[strange abyss]

So much potential!!!!

[grave flower]

Greatest unseeded run

[strange abyss]

what a run

[errant brook]

OH YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS UP

I just re-rolled over 100 times trying to find Turtle Bean, spent over $6,000

I somehow ended up with $10 exactly, so the only way I could live was if my one singular boss re-roll (only had first voucher) landed on The Serpent

[fringe nebula]

ICANT

[vestal copper]

this is crazy

[errant brook]

Okay guys here it is

First Turtle Bean in ante 25

951 lol

That means I'd have needed...$29,393 to find Turtle Bean and live

[fringe nebula]

what a run xd

carried 4 rentals like it's nothing

[dawn estuary]

how do i get the jimbo tag?

[lyric wave]

gold stickered gluttonous joker, seltzer, and flower pot. glory to bloodstone!! didn't have a single flat mult or chips option the entire game aside from planets the whole run, still one shot the entirety of ante 8

[lyric wave]

jimbo tag?

you might be thinking of a mod

[fringe nebula]

this one?

[dawn estuary]

like you have a loaf tag in your username

[lyric wave]

ohhhh

yeah the server tag

[fringe nebula]

click the server tag

[lyric wave]

right click on the balatro server, and hit server tag

[dawn estuary]

i dont have that

[fringe nebula]

click it

[lyric wave]

go into your settings then

[fringe nebula]

and you'll have it

[fiery fox]

Holy fucking run

[lyric wave]

go to your user profile, scroll down, and you'll see a server tag option. hit that, select jimbo, and it's equipped

[lyric wave]

oh my god the buffoon pack directly after ante 8 boss lmao

[boreal atlas]

Is the seltzer still okay

[tranquil steppe]

It was indeed a free win

[lyric wave]

I bought it in the shop before amber acorn

it has 9 hands left

[boreal atlas]

I need to get back to Balatro

I already have completionist and +

[lyric wave]

you really do

[boreal atlas]

I just need to beat the challenges

Hopefully the update isn't released before I get ++

[boreal atlas]

I have nearly 2k hours on both Balatro and Spire

[lyric wave]

niceeeee

[tranquil steppe]

LocalThunk confirmed there were more than 150 jokers

[boreal atlas]

4k cumulative hours in roguelites last year

[tranquil steppe]

What is spire

[lyric wave]

there's at least 152

[lyric wave]

slay the spire

[tranquil steppe]

Never heard of it

[lyric wave]

I have 436 hours in balatro, roughly 40 hours in spire lol I've very recently gotten spire

[wraith iris]

gigachad hologram

[boreal atlas]

Roguelike deck builder where you climb floors, fight enemies and bosses etc

[lyric wave]

holy deck size

[wraith iris]

gotta stack it somehow

wouldn't have even gotten the big hands achievment tho

[boreal atlas]

Me when the new character in Spire 2 will inevitably become Watcher 2.0

[tranquil steppe]

HoloCert!!!!!

[wraith iris]

though i did hang at least half a dozen cards

[lyric wave]

who's your main in spire

[wraith iris]

honestly most of it was just from being on ghost deck

[boreal atlas]

It's defect nowadays. I used to flip between them and Silent

[tranquil steppe]

All the spectrals

[wraith iris]

there's like 4 spectral cards for adding extra cards

[boreal atlas]

I have A20 heart kills with everyone iirc

[lyric wave]

damn, my current main is watcher and silent

my highest ascension is 6

[wraith iris]

wow, i added 50 cards to my deck, that's actually crazy

[lyric wave]

you could stand to copy an immo or two

[wraith iris]

and hanged/immolated/whatever 25 of them

[wraith iris]

perkeo was ante 7, coun't find anything fun to use it on :(

[lyric wave]

rip

[wraith iris]

it's just there to look pretty

which is honestly its main role 80% of the time

[lyric wave]

true

perkeo is severely overrated

[patent sail]

He perkolates me planets whenever i get him

[wraith iris]

yeah, it gets the baron/mime treatment, where players overrate them after they see people scoring crazy numbers with them

though 90% of people seem to have figured out that baron sucks

[lyric wave]

I never see people talking about mime

[wraith iris]

usually

[lyric wave]

mime is the better one in baron vs mime, people never talk about it ;-;

[celest juniper]

would chad allow to dna duplicate more?

[lyric shore]

at worst hes +1 level a round which is very good

[celest juniper]

no right

[patent sail]

Not the observatory levels of it, just 1 free level every round (2 if i find blueprint)

[wraith iris]

fair

[lyric wave]

it would not

[celest juniper]

ty

[narrow scroll]

sometimes i just get too greedy and rely on lucky cards

[narrow scroll]

and it always pays off

[wraith iris]

that's ballzy

i like it

would have been so funny if it was a loss screen with $41

[lyric wave]

lmao

[vagrant wagon]

For what should I search now?

[lyric wave]

planets probably

[narrow scroll]

i don't know whether i'd be laughing or angry 😭

[lyric wave]

I'd be doing a mix of both, like "oh bloody hell lmao"

[earnest goblet]

hey guys any tips on trying to beat purple stake on checkered deck?

[wraith iris]

yeah, planet cards to increase your base mult is good

[raven fjord]

I hate this game.

[narrow scroll]

maybe go for flush house
that's always fun and it gives you better scoring

[lyric wave]

oh finally a question I'm qualified for, ante 1 you can go jokerless

[fringe nebula]

checkered deck is a scam
i go for pair build even on checkered deck

[lyric wave]

sets you up for insane econ later on in the run

[earnest goblet]

thanks, i always try and go for flush fives but never can set it up easy so maybe ill try that

[fringe nebula]

that's a free $10 i guess

[wraith iris]

i haven't been there myself, but i've heard that the flushes are (sorta) a trap, and you can go for more consistent hands (pair) later on if you find the stuff for it

[earnest goblet]

whats the pair build?

[raven fjord]

7 unfortunately.

[wraith iris]

normal pair stuff

[lyric wave]

pairs are super super strong

easily the strongest hand in the game cause they're so easy to get

[narrow scroll]

are pairs the best build even before blue stake

[lyric wave]

yeah

[raven fjord]

I'd agree

[wraith iris]

scaling mult, flat chips, find a buncha blue/gold to help you scale

[earnest goblet]

oh my god i never realised your name, TEACH ME YOUR WAYS, I LOVE THE CHECKERED DECK

[lyric wave]

lel

so essentially the way I set up econ for the rest of the run before ante 2 is I do ante 1 jokerless

[raven fjord]

What's yall highest gold? record

[earnest goblet]

and just save money?

[lyric wave]

yeah

for interest

[earnest goblet]

like 300 i think

[earnest goblet]

like buy nothing in ante 1?

[raven fjord]

isn't there a joker than unlocks when u save up 400

[lyric wave]

unless it's an econ joker

[wraith iris]

that's a lot lol

[raven fjord]

so close

[earnest goblet]

yeah...

[wraith iris]

i can tell you came from a naneinf run just now

stuck on 0 score

[earnest goblet]

whats that

[raven fjord]

ohh yess

[lyric wave]

econ joker = anything that gives you money

[raven fjord]

on my second try btw

[earnest goblet]

oh ok thanks

[lyric wave]

like rebate, business card, riff raff

[raven fjord]

on a new profile ofc

[lyric wave]

essentially econ is how you win at balatro. you need jokers? better econ can get you more rolls to look for them

[wraith iris]

@lyric wave what's the 118/150 in your name?

[lyric wave]

you need deckfixing? more cash

[earnest goblet]

buy both arcana packs?

[lyric wave]

118 gold stickers out of 150 for C++

[wraith iris]

very nice

[narrow scroll]

i think mine was around 3000
but my memory is a bit fuzzy since i lost my save
on the save i'm on it's 1251

[raven fjord]

id take popcorn and leave..

[lyric wave]

that would kill your econ, I would suggest going for popcorn and conserving money

[earnest goblet]

ok

[wraith iris]

is there any easy way to see that number?

[quartz ember]

take popcorn and go next

[lyric wave]

nope

[earnest goblet]

do the small blind and skip big?

[narrow scroll]

nah
negative tag isn't that good

[raven fjord]

ahh nice, mine was around 5,6 k on pc, i mainly play on mobile nowadays

[lyric wave]

skipping is a really rough thing to do

[patent sail]

Bait

[quartz ember]

you dont skip if you wanna win (generally)

[lyric wave]

can confirm

[patent sail]

Last negative tag for me was popcorn

[earnest goblet]

okok

[raven fjord]

just play the rounds

[earnest goblet]

oof

[patent sail]

(I still always take it)

[raven fjord]

popcorn = more money cause of more hands saved

[lyric wave]

the only time I usually skip is either ante 8 when I know I have enough scoring, or ante 1 for the investment tag

[earnest goblet]

when should i take arcana packs and when not to?

[raven fjord]

or when you know u can beat ante 8 boss

[narrow scroll]

or perishable

[raven fjord]

just skip for fun stuff

[patent sail]

When you can afforf it

[fringe nebula]

this is not my main savefile though

[wraith iris]

double your money can be good if you have a lotta money and no econ

[lyric wave]

if you're above the interest cap (25 bucks) you should buy stuff

[raven fjord]

don't go below 20 most of the time.

[earnest goblet]

ok but dont buy anything before that?

[wraith iris]

and boss reroll is very, very occasionally needed

[lyric wave]

buy the minimum to survive

[raven fjord]

if necessary for score then u need to

[lyric shore]

pretty much, also consider saving a bit more in bb shop for the upcoming voucher

[earnest goblet]

wait wrong one

my shop

[lyric wave]

popcorn will cut it until ante 3, where it stops giving you valuable mult

[earnest goblet]

just skip?

[narrow scroll]

and voucher reroll if you're desperate right
for that one in a billion directors cut

[raven fjord]

popcorns on 26 rn so u can just play flush for the next 2 rounds and win

save up

[earnest goblet]

ok

[lyric wave]

^

[wraith iris]

oh tru!

just got 100% collection, last one was the duo lol

[earnest goblet]

so buy bufoon cause im on $29

[lyric shore]

yea

[quartz ember]

sure

[vagrant wagon]

I think the run could end here

[raven fjord]

got that in my naninf just now, before ante 8 animatter aswell

[narrow scroll]

has never worked out for me but i try it each time 😭

[wraith iris]

i did have to spend like 30 minutes resetting for all my vouchers tho lol

[lyric wave]

yeah sure

[earnest goblet]

holy wtf

[narrow scroll]

woahh sick
directors cut is a must have for lategame runs

[lyric wave]

as much as I hate to say it chad is probably the better option here

[lyric shore]

why cut out all context

[earnest goblet]

WHAT

[raven fjord]

on the checkered its bloodstone nice

[narrow scroll]

really??

[lyric shore]

do not take bloodstone 😭

[lyric wave]

early on, bloodstone gives maybe +5 mult

[raven fjord]

yeah, after ante 24

[wraith iris]

ehhhh if there was ever a time for bloodstone...

i'd gamble on it just for the variety

[raven fjord]

heartattack joker right

[quartz ember]

tbh neither of them give score right now

[lyric wave]

and chad has an insanely good and very common synergizer being photo

[lyric wave]

neither gives score atm, but photochad is a possibility and is far more likely than landing the oops

[wraith iris]

you can play multiple flushes on this deck, i think the fact that it can lowroll isnt that big a deal

[raven fjord]

on checkered id just pkay multiple flushes instead of hoping on chad

play

[earnest goblet]

sigh

ill get chad

😔

[vagrant wagon]

Don’t know it either 🫠

[raven fjord]

sad

[lyric wave]

😔

[wraith iris]

but im not voting cause most people here have more experience than me lol

[earnest goblet]

ill miss you bloodstone

[lyric shore]

but whats the point of hoping not to lowroll when chad is consistently good

[lyric wave]

it's not that it can lowroll, it's that when your base mult is 4, maybe 6 it won't give a whole lot

[raven fjord]

sad for bloodstone

[carmine spoke]

What do i do🥀

[wraith iris]

chad is the same though, no?

[lyric wave]

chad is more likely to give more later

[quartz ember]

do you have anything for mime?

[wraith iris]

and if you hit anything at all, it scales reallly well

[earnest goblet]

i got nothin

[lyric shore]

chad isnt luck based

[raven fjord]

what does ur deck look like

[earnest goblet]

what do i take here

[quartz ember]

take planets and voucher if its after big blind

[lyric wave]

yeah I'd say planets

[earnest goblet]

small blind coming up

[lyric shore]

no kings lol skip baron

[narrow scroll]

just planets then

[carmine spoke]

Alr

[lyric wave]

ye I'd take both celestials

[quartz ember]

then no hurrry on the voucher

maybe reroll 1 time

[raven fjord]

skip baron, try to glass more hearts, not enough kings for baron

[earnest goblet]

Uranus mars or neptune

[lyric wave]

neptune

[raven fjord]

uranus

[narrow scroll]

mars if you wanna go flush house

[lyric wave]

none of them do anything valuable but straight flushes can really screw you up later on if it's unleveled, I've lost several runs to it

[earnest goblet]

ill take neptune

[raven fjord]

uranus for that rare misses on flushes

[raven fjord]

nice

[white coral]

IM GOING TO CRASH OUT

[earnest goblet]

do i take paintbrush, surely for checkered right?

[lyric wave]

they're gonna get paintbrush

yeah paintbrush

[raven fjord]

oh

yeah

[lyric wave]

paintbrush guarantees a flush every hand

it's really nice on checkered

[white coral]

I have gotten perkeo a total of 3 times during my 6+ months of playing

[raven fjord]

neptune builds excite me haha

so fun

[earnest goblet]

so take it, im $28?

[white coral]

My friend downloaded the game today and got him 3 times HOWWWWW

[lyric wave]

oh yikes that'd put you below interest

are you coming up on big blind

[earnest goblet]

coming up on small

[raven fjord]

i got it 2 times this month, this was the second time 💔

[narrow scroll]

take it later
like on big blind

[lyric wave]

ah alr I'd wait till after big blind

[earnest goblet]

ok

[lyric wave]

unless you have 35$ before then somehow

[quartz ember]

reroll if you cant survive, otherwise go next

[white coral]

RIPPPPP

[obsidian patrol]

Have you gold stickered him perchance and have you not gold stickered any other legendary

[earnest goblet]

big blind coming next

[raven fjord]

I didn't sell it, i let it die

[lyric wave]

ooh business card

[earnest goblet]

take it?

[lyric wave]

yeh

[lyric wave]

so chad and business card are a crazy good synergy

[vestal copper]

take that juicy obelisk

[raven fjord]

i am scared of obelisk users haha

[earnest goblet]

hell no

[lyric wave]

if you're newer at the game, obelisk is mega bait

[white coral]

Obelisk gotta get a buff

[raven fjord]

yep

[lyric wave]

obelisk needs a nerf

[vestal copper]

obelisk is goated and fun

[narrow scroll]

playing a run with shortcut and then playing another straight run without shortcut makes me feel like shortcut is the best joker ever

[earnest goblet]

arcana or planet or just next blind?

[lyric wave]

it's ungodly powerful but INSANELY hard to use if you don't know how

[raven fjord]

rip

[lyric wave]

how close is popcorn to dying

[earnest goblet]

its on +4

[wraith iris]

good ghost deck start i think

[white coral]

Nerfed from uncommon to common

[vestal copper]

shortcut is the one that makes straights viable

[quartz ember]

probably a greay t time to get obelisk

[lyric wave]

okay hm it dies next turn

you need scoring very soon

[obsidian patrol]

okay well if you play on gold stake you're guaranteed perkeo now

[raven fjord]

yeah like today

[earnest goblet]

i can skip big blind for mega buffoon?

[white coral]

Wait fr?

[obsidian patrol]

Yes

[lyric wave]

not worth

[raven fjord]

ohh maybe..

[quartz ember]

take arcana pack first tbh

[narrow scroll]

well
sometimes
the order is really good

[white coral]

Like... only perkeo shows up or?

[earnest goblet]

but i cant get paintbrush then

[vestal copper]

order + shortcut is great

[wraith iris]

there's no way thats true

[lyric wave]

it's to help with C++ for the legendary jokers

[white coral]

I have a lot of doubt in that i thought it was a 1 in 5

[wraith iris]

that's so cool

[obsidian patrol]

localthunk was nice enough to make it so you only get legenderies you havent gold stickered yet on gold stake

[lyric shore]

first soul on gs is always unstickered

[white coral]

Ohhh

[lyric shore]

after that it can be any

[earnest goblet]

do i skip big blind for mega buffoon or do the blind and get paintbrush but risk no scoring?

[narrow scroll]

this game needs to stop shoving this guy in my face
half of my runs are you
stop it

[vestal copper]

the greenbo blessing

[lyric wave]

neither are good options but I think you get the arcana, see if it has econ (hermit), and if it doesn't then you need the celestial

you die next round if you don't get an option rn

[vestal copper]

also you have burglarr

[raven fjord]

god black deck gold stake is kicking me hard

[quartz ember]

you take the arcana pack and then the jokers in shop then play big blind imo

[earnest goblet]

it gave me temperence star and tower but take temperence right

[lyric wave]

temp yeah

[narrow scroll]

exactly....
i wanna play a run without grimbo please!!!

[lyric wave]

how much cash are you at now?

[earnest goblet]

35

[lyric wave]

damn, net 0

maybe go celestial?

[wraith iris]

i almost want to see if i can make it work lol

the rare marble joker build

[vestal copper]

not the stoner 😭

[vagrant wagon]

Should I Take this brainstorm

[lyric wave]

no

[obsidian patrol]

No

[narrow scroll]

you're gonna go mad...ness...

[quartz ember]

yes (its bait but we love bait)

[earnest goblet]

i think ill just do the blind then buy paintbrush and hope for scoring

[lyric wave]

alr

[narrow scroll]

usually i'd have a crowd of people cheering my name at this point

[lyric wave]

there's no good option here but that seems like the best

[patent sail]

We LOVE green jonkler

[vagrant wagon]

If i take the brainstorm hex?

[patent sail]

5 of them?

[lyric shore]

yea the brainstorm is fine

[lyric wave]

you got some mad cash from that blind, go spectral?

[quartz ember]

spectral, jimbo, reroll

[narrow scroll]

is this a wrong reply or am i dumb

[lyric wave]

+1

[earnest goblet]

ok i may have gone money crazy and spent too much...

[lyric wave]

kek

alright well at least you have a good econ joker

and chad

[lyric wave]

bull might have to be the play, then hoard money

[lyric shore]

not a bad bull

[marsh swan]

Trying to reach gold stake on Black Deck
Should i sell anything for the trading card? (Driver's license is 18/16 and i don't have much deck fixing)

[lyric shore]

smiley or scary

[lyric wave]

would you die if you sold smiley

[earnest goblet]

just as you said it i get dealt this

[lyric wave]

ooh you got a red seal

[narrow scroll]

is your base mult high

[marsh swan]

Prob, i don't have any levels nor many face cards

[lyric wave]

that's big, you can build your game around the red seal

[marsh swan]

Nope

[earnest goblet]

im going to to put magician on it

[lyric wave]

rip okay yeah sack the scary face

[quartz ember]

and a magician on the red seal too

[narrow scroll]

dang

[lyric wave]

perfect

[marsh swan]

Yeah the deck fixing was kind of lacking in the mid game

No hanged men or deaths

[earnest goblet]

dude

[patent sail]

Nevermind

[lyric wave]

sketchy take

but still a take

[earnest goblet]

brainstorm buisness i reckon

[lyric wave]

yeah

[narrow scroll]

if only you had a empress 💔

[earnest goblet]

take arcana?

[raven fjord]

question here: do y'all take hieroglyph on black stake?

[earnest goblet]

i need to deck shape

[lyric wave]

you're rather low on money so idk what'd help from the arcana

true actually you have a red seal

[vestal copper]

5 eternal gay madnesses

[lyric wave]

yeah going arcana wouldn't be bad

[quartz ember]

if you survive next blind with the low econ

[earnest goblet]

ill take it i reckon

[lyric shore]

on black deck you should really never take glyph

[vestal copper]

each exactly on 11.5x

[marsh swan]

I do have same mult cards and red seals

[earnest goblet]

rlly good cards

[raven fjord]

ok ill take it and report to you

[earnest goblet]

(fool has magician btw)

[lyric wave]

crazy temperance value

[quartz ember]

temp

[lyric wave]

unfortunately no red seal for death, but temperance is huge

[latent egret]

the only reason to take it is if youll die to the boss’ score requirement

[lyric wave]

that's I think 13 bucks? right?

[quartz ember]

lucky that you took the bs first, i would have gone for the hermit line

[narrow scroll]

i feel like it might be too little though
considering how big your deck is

[marsh swan]

Yeah

[earnest goblet]

reroll surplus? (small blind is next)

[raven fjord]

good reasoning..

[lyric wave]

bank money first

you DO have good econ jokers rn, but you could always be greedier

[earnest goblet]

ill do it after big blind

[lyric wave]

excellent

[lyric shore]

i feel like you should have way more money

[earnest goblet]

wait...do i take coupon tag and skip small blind

[lyric wave]

please no

[lyric shore]

are you using as many hands as you can

[earnest goblet]

oh ok LOL

[quartz ember]

get money

[vestal copper]

no

greed it tf out

[quartz ember]

you have bull

[lyric wave]

oh yeah high card to benefit from business card would be great

[narrow scroll]

at what point is it worth it to reroll when you have bull/bootstraps

[earnest goblet]

i got so much money

[lyric wave]

any extra hands you have, you can use on face cards for big money

[marsh swan]

I died right after selling scary face💔

[lyric wave]

rip

[quartz ember]

when you would otherwise lose

[marsh swan]

Here's the next run tho

[narrow scroll]

blessed

[lyric wave]

I think you die if you don't go arrowhead, lol

black deck is very fragile right?

[marsh swan]

Yeah only 3 hands

[vestal copper]

arrowhead is quite joated

[marsh swan]

I'm only on the big blind tho

If i beat it and get a mult joker

[lyric wave]

reroll voucher would be ideal

[marsh swan]

It's pretty much gg

[quartz ember]

take packs go next

[narrow scroll]

thinking about savescumming and possibly getting another red card

[lyric wave]

you want a +mult joker soon

[earnest goblet]

both?

[quartz ember]

oh if it was big blind yea reroll

[lyric shore]

lol why you already won

[lyric wave]

a better one than hallucination ideally

[earnest goblet]

mouth upcoming

take both packs?

[narrow scroll]

true...
but more red cards never hurt

[earnest goblet]

or keep money for bull?

[wraith iris]

very, very much not the prettiest set of jokers for madness, but i thiiiiink it can do it

[lyric wave]

I would say go for the voucher and save money for bull

[earnest goblet]

ok

[narrow scroll]

it copied burglar 💔
back to the main menu i go...

[lyric shore]

losing campfire would hurt a lot

[narrow scroll]

well
i don't have any open slots for it

[narrow scroll]

i could only sell consumables

[ebon condor]

thats usually more than enough

[lyric shore]

wdym its easily worse than red card

[earnest goblet]

what do i buy, i need some score, im living off the lucky card hits

[ebon condor]

campfire is just really good

[lyric wave]

runner is huge

[earnest goblet]

rlly?

[narrow scroll]

i think i've been underestimating it

[lyric wave]

wait but you have bull

nvm

[earnest goblet]

yeah i thought so

[lyric wave]

reroll

[earnest goblet]

joker and magician

[vagrant wagon]

What do i take or do i take none of them

[patent sail]

Fib

[vestal copper]

fib

[ebon condor]

fib is fine

[patent sail]

Fib any day

[narrow scroll]

fib is great

[lyric shore]

its the best non legend mult scaler

[vestal copper]

fib is goated

[lyric wave]

you can take magician if you want, but jimbo isn't really worth taking here

[ebon condor]

eh i think thats hard competition w consty and holo

[earnest goblet]

took magician, do i take an arcana now?

its a jumbo

[marsh swan]

The blue jokers❤️

[nova junco]

TAKE

[wraith iris]

i think telescope makes my scaling solid

[lyric wave]

so from an arcana you could get hanged man, hermit, death, temperance, potentially fool if it's something good

maybe justice?

[earnest goblet]

ima take it

[lyric wave]

those are decent odds

[ebon condor]

why do you need $102

[marsh swan]

Yeah i did, now i'm here. Which one should i take

[patent sail]

Bnana

[vestal copper]

banana

[earnest goblet]

i might magician the king then death it

[nova junco]

Banana

[marsh swan]

Alright i'm taking the potassium

Wish me luck so it doesnt die plz

[nova junco]

Holy photograph

[patent sail]

Wishing you potassium part 2

[lyric wave]

that sounds alright

[vagrant wagon]

Should I hex the fib

[patent sail]

Sure

Yea why not

[vestal copper]

ashy do you no longer hate flower pot

[nova junco]

Generally you take the banana hoping it dies soon so you get the better banana

[lyric wave]

also yeah photo on this run would be an insta-win

esp with the red

[earnest goblet]

what now

[ebon condor]

yeah but they need the mult atm

[patent sail]

Still do but i won a run with it

[marsh swan]

Yeah but my mult is weak rn

[lyric wave]

probably still roll, that didn't fix the issue of relying on lucky hits

[narrow scroll]

do you take a eternal mail n rebate in ante 2/3 or not

[lyric wave]

yes

[nova junco]

Probably yes

[raven fjord]

Yeah just needed one more hand for the win

[lyric shore]

even rental yes

[ebon condor]

unless you have burglar or something, 100%

[vagrant wagon]

Sock?

[lyric shore]

no

[ebon condor]

ehhh

[patent sail]

No

Useless

[fringe nebula]

you know you can atleast take one and then resell it right

[earnest goblet]

problem solved

[nova junco]

With an eternal Fibonacci I think no

[lyric wave]

that's pretty big yeah go for it

[raven fjord]

u still on the same run?

[earnest goblet]

yeah

[vagrant wagon]

Ok

[ebon condor]

whats this at rn? for your main hand

[marsh swan]

Nvm i just got half joker and telescope GG

[nova junco]

I usually focus on making 5s when I get an early fib

Or 2s if I'm feeling especially wee

[raven fjord]

ugh this game sometimes... just needed 1 point

i mean a lil more than that

[lyric wave]

that's so sad

[earnest goblet]

both buffoons?

[lyric wave]

how was your score last round

[nova junco]

Atp i think you're just rolling for photo
You have the bull but I think you can afford to look inside both

[raven fjord]

with bull probably not

[earnest goblet]

got past, i had 39k and 1 hand left

i need more scoring i think

[raven fjord]

ahh

[lyric shore]

why are you not using every hand lol

[raven fjord]

take a peek

[lyric wave]

yeah so something to note is that getting photo here would be an instant win

[ebon condor]

yeah id say open the buffoons check for xmult

[raven fjord]

could be, take a peekk

[lyric wave]

not always clever to risk dying when you don't know exactly how much you're gonna score

[earnest goblet]

any of these?

[marsh swan]

EXCUSE ME

[lyric wave]

rebate > business card

[ebon condor]

what hand are you playing and what level & amount (for supernova)

[lyric wave]

rebate is absolutely massive

[earnest goblet]

ok

and do i take the other buffoon?

[marsh swan]

Wdym i just got brainprint on ante 3😭

[raven fjord]

but with chad business has more value

[vestal copper]

nope

[raven fjord]

actually nvm

[ebon condor]

no i think youre right

[raven fjord]

less hands played is less money

[lyric wave]

rebate is 10 bucks per discard with brainstorm

btw @earnest goblet you can copy rebate with brainstorm

[earnest goblet]

dude 😭

[lyric wave]

lmfao

[raven fjord]

yeah brainstorm is the only reason rebate is better there

[nova junco]

I was about to say business was better than rebate in this case but I forgot about brainstorm

Yeah it's rebate 100%

[earnest goblet]

now do i take buissnes?

[raven fjord]

nah

ugly

[earnest goblet]

just skip?

[lyric wave]

how much mult is your supernova giving

[nova junco]

You just replaced it😭

[raven fjord]

but its holo haha

[lyric wave]

this one's holo though!!!!!!

lmao

[earnest goblet]

26

[raven fjord]

maybe we need the mukt

[lyric wave]

yeah honestly it's probably better than hallucination by now

[earnest goblet]

i still have $42 for rerolls

[raven fjord]

just skip

[nova junco]

If anything if you need a real boost for a few rounds I'd take the ice cream

[ebon condor]

save it for bull prolly

[earnest goblet]

any rerolls?

or just next blind

[marsh swan]

What should i sell for card sharp?

[lyric wave]

go next

[nova junco]

With the bull probably not

[lyric wave]

would you die if you got rid of banana

[earnest goblet]

gulp

wish me luck

[marsh swan]

I have half joker

[lyric wave]

may the 6s be with you

[raven fjord]

get rid of half and hope banana doesn't go before u get another mult

[lyric wave]

sack banana

[raven fjord]

gambling 🙂

[wanton breach]

holy pair level

[nova junco]

Half joker is more mult than banana but I think you could keep the banana to try to get banana 2 and sell half maybe

[lyric wave]

mm yes banana's gonna leave you frame one and then cavendish appears frame 2

[marsh swan]

A bit too risky for purple stake isnt it?

[earnest goblet]

i cleared, thank god

[lyric wave]

by how much?

[earnest goblet]

uhh like 10k

[wanton breach]

my jonklers

[raven fjord]

but we need the mult later from cavendish :'k

just surivee

[vagrant wagon]

Should i open the Buffon pack or just go in the next blind

[lyric shore]

burglar is a win

[raven fjord]

secretly hoping for banana to go extinct haha

[lyric wave]

open spectral

[raven fjord]

openn

[raven fjord]

buffon then sepctral

[nova junco]

What hand are you playing? You should get as many levels in as possible before you find photo and get rid of abstract

[wanton breach]

take spare trouser and hex it

[ebon condor]

you have investment spend as much as you want

[earnest goblet]

atm flushes

[narrow scroll]

this is why i love you directors cut

[royal bobcat]

le pair

[raven fjord]

if it was on gold id take the pants and leave.. haha

[earnest goblet]

do i take burglar

[lyric shore]

thats a silly plan jkust take burglar

itll be hard to lose

[lyric wave]

you have rebate

[lyric wave]

keep that in mind

[earnest goblet]

oh yeah

mbmb

[lapis lion]

Burglar I love you burglar

[earnest goblet]

reroll?