🕹・game-discussion

[calm furnace]

hologram on ghost is better than yorick

[unkempt terrace]

Shall post seed once I get it btw

[royal bobcat]

How'd u get it

[still pike]

First time I ever seen this planet card

[serene forge]

top mind of r/balatro tries to explain how an instant +48 erosion on abandoned deck would be a good thing actually

[rose wolf]

sometimes when i open arcana packs i see the soul card for a split second and i have no idea why it happens

[ivory portal]

Are there any ace retriggers

[serene forge]

crazy how you managed to get this in ante 1

[ivory portal]

Right

[primal knoll]

That’s a universal experience

[ivory portal]

I'm so lucky each time

[robust lance]

Just have a deck that naturally has 104 cards

Then you have like a million multi

[worldly edge]

Random question: What’s the mod with the lesbian/yuri legendary jokers?

[robust lance]

Estrogen (I think(

[vagrant wagon]

What is a good deck to get a run done in under 12 rounds?

[still pike]

I might be cooked

[vestal copper]

plasma stuntman

maybe

[vagrant wagon]

I need to find stuntman first

[vestal copper]

gambling begins

[vagrant wagon]

Yep it does

[ancient gyro]

plasma white stake
full skip after 2 antes

[vagrant wagon]

Ok

[still pike]

Am I cooked chat?

[hidden lance]

i used to not understand why stuntman was rare but god lord it makes easy

[spark kernel]

Maybe the true balatro update was the friends made along the way

[still pike]

I lost

Who wants to try this seed?

77QDRIW7

[errant jackal]

Most amount of negative jokers I ever had in one game

[atomic trout]

¡Goooool!

Jokers used

[shell dagger]

Channels and roles

[vagrant wagon]

😅

Its a good bull right?

[sacred pike]

Lmao lets go

[vagrant wagon]

Thats done now only get 400$ 🫠

[weak relic]

Spam midas touch and golden ticket

[stark karma]

just had parking trigger on all 8 cards in my hand

[weak relic]

Or lucky cards with funky dice

Then retriggers

[stark karma]

1 in 256 I guess is not that crazy

[keen radish]

Do I have my blueprint in the right spot?

[raw whale]

i forgot, do disabled cards count toward faceless

[keen radish]

Been playing glass face cards

[weak relic]

Copy photo as of now

[ivory portal]

Yo

Omg

[keen radish]

Aye thought so thanks

[raw whale]

perfect synergy right here

[ivory portal]

What do I do

Wtf

What do I do

?????

Drop the perkeo

Or what

FUCKKKK

FUCK DYCKKDJSJDJSB

this is my best build so far

[keen radish]

Holy fuck made a base queen high card go from 140k to 1.4M

[weak relic]

What does your deck look like?

[vagrant wagon]

Do i play more on this run to get the 400$

[ivory portal]

I can make momey

[drifting gorge]

reroll and get negative brainstorm /j

[ivory portal]

And it's e19 highest rn

[slow iris]

Balatro

[ivory portal]

Whatchu think

[ivory portal]

FUHHHH

[ivory portal]

I need this perkeo

Icl

Fk the brainstorm ig

[weak relic]

Hmm id say skip and keep duplicating deaths

[ivory portal]

Yeah

[sullen aspen]

skip it ngl

u need the deck fix

u still got a LOT of filler cards

[ivory portal]

Dude

How do I get more carda

If all my queens break

LOL

[sullen aspen]

funny thing is u DONT

[ivory portal]

BRUHHHH

[weak relic]

Dna?

[sullen aspen]

unless dna

[ivory portal]

I cant

Negative dna

😭😭

I need streamer luck

And my idol has hit ONCE

[sullen aspen]

copy glass with death

and play mult ones for now

[ivory portal]

Another one

[ivory portal]

Aight

Do I ditch idol

But I want that high score

I think I can beat my e49

[sullen aspen]

lmao? why would u

only thing that could replace the idol is trib

[ivory portal]

Yeah

This is it

My idol hit

Let's go

[keen radish]

Wait if I see Pereidolia in a shop a buy it right away right?

I just

Must right?

[ivory portal]

E29

[sullen aspen]

it won't be THAT high

[ivory portal]

Am I copying wrongly

Wtf

Bruh lame

[sullen aspen]

no red seals

[ivory portal]

Lame ass game

Do I copy idol twoce

[rose wolf]

i'm starting to realize that i just don't like hologram anymore

[sullen aspen]

with red seals ur score would be way higher

[weak relic]

No

[ivory portal]

True

I haven't gotten a single spectral lol

[weak relic]

Just focus on creating more face cards

[ivory portal]

Or red seal in pack

[keen radish]

Cool

[sullen aspen]

yeah no without red seal

u won't be hitting anything over e30

[ivory portal]

Let's GOOOO

I GOT IT

THE RED SEAL

LOLLLL

[sullen aspen]

spectral?

[rose wolf]

lesbian hologram is no more. i am now lesbian yorick.

[ivory portal]

Do I use copy on both idol

I mean both copy on id

[ivory portal]

Yuh

[limber loom]

i feel scammed

[ivory portal]

Twizzy twin

[royal bobcat]

ic ty

[ivory portal]

Like this

Or nah

[sullen aspen]

what

[sullen aspen]

no reason to risk ur glass breaking

[ivory portal]

Or one copy each

[sullen aspen]

mult cards are better

[ivory portal]

I just wanna get high score

Aight

I she wait first ?

Shd

[sullen aspen]

what

?😭

copy one sock and one idol without red seals

with red seals 2 idols

[ivory portal]

Aight

[static fern]

Should i Replace the Trib for the Blueprint?

[ivory portal]

Ohh okay

Tyty

[eternal kestrel]

My best run ever

[slow iris]

golden joker carry

[keen radish]

Didn’t have enough glass cards 🙁

[ivory portal]

Lol

Negative rebate

This seed if great bro

HAHAHAHAHA

[spark kernel]

Just let me buy the common joker 💔 🥀

[ivory portal]

Braisntom agaij

[void girder]

this felt beautiful to get

[prisma plume]

Which deck can I use to get the $400 achievement?

[shell dagger]

All of them, but plasma and anaglyph are usually best

[vagrant wagon]

What rarity do my missing jokers have?

[ivory portal]

Should I sell perkeo for dna

[prisma plume]

plasma is this?

@shell dagger

[raw whale]

holy smokes

first draw straight flush

[spark kernel]

Thats magic deck

[vocal rose]

no it says magic

[static sapphire]

Stupid build: Maxed out Education
Invis in first rare skip, another one in shop
ghost deck
Seed: D9J34YMG
Lost to bad draws but maybe you could do something more optimal

[spark kernel]

This is plasma deck

[prisma plume]

Oh, okay, I don't have it yet.

[static sapphire]

I thought u were responding to the other pic mb

[prisma plume]

fak

[raw whale]

why do you want dna

[spark kernel]

Beat blue stake to unlock it

[ivory portal]

My glass cards

Will all break

I got dna

I got rid of perk

[spark kernel]

Why does ghost and magic deck look similar 😭 🙏

[tawdry burrow]

game I wasn't playing checkered

yes that's a foil rebate

[raw whale]

brother you have twenty seven cards

[ivory portal]

Doesn't matter

I fked up the run

[hidden lance]

this was nasty

[ivory portal]

My idol didn't hit

And I didn't notice lol

I was copying idol for four hands

See isn't that crazy

[raw whale]

how do you manage to get perkeo with two blueprints and have unfixed deck

[ivory portal]

90% were queen

[ivory portal]

Idk

I suck man

[raw whale]

you don't

[ivory portal]

I've played for a month

[raw whale]

you just think you do

[ivory portal]

And I can't get naneinf still

I'm never watching a tutorial

[raw whale]

neither can i

[ivory portal]

I'll find out myself

[mighty drift]

W

[ivory portal]

Ty man

[cloud plank]

YEA BOI!!!

[mighty drift]

Nice

[cloud plank]

everything but the pallet 😭

[mighty drift]

Dang

[raw whale]

JUST GIVE ME A SCORING JOKER PLEASEEE

NOOOO

[sudden river]

is it possible to get the flame effect on plasma and then lose it after hand balancing, and maybe even require another hand afterwards

[lament hornet]

Does this seem like naneinf is possible? Entire deck is fixed to red seal steel kings

[raw whale]

no, balancing gives you strictly more points. I would show you the math but i don't eel like it

[cosmic sun]

I have a license to go to space

[grim escarp]

I think yes? I mean you still need mime and time to get cryptids or planets which judging for your money doesn't seem doable 😭

[terse vale]

should be gold so you can roll down better

[lament hornet]

My money is way up now, I spent out but copying reserved parking for 3 hands gets me about 200 a round

[grim escarp]

Ohh I guess I didn't think of doing that

[lament hornet]

Cryptid for handsize? Maybe throw something for an eventual dna? I have planets now but don't even have telescope voucher yet so not sure if I'll find that in time.

And my early 6th sense got me about 5 million familiars

Oh I just found mime and don't know what to sell

Sos?

[grim escarp]

Yeah I'd say your main problem is time

[lament hornet]

Whats the play?

[terse vale]

parking goes

[grim escarp]

Yeaaaa

[terse vale]

and make gold !!

[lament hornet]

:( Sadness

[sullen aspen]

rest in piss parking

[terse vale]

wait do you have gold

[lament hornet]

No its all steel

[terse vale]

aw

well ya you don’t need steel right now

[lament hornet]

I have the death to perkeo still so Ill find a gold in arcana

[terse vale]

mk

[heady zenith]

Doesn't it also round down points

[ancient gyro]

technically yes

[raw whale]

even if it does, the effect of multiplication is stronger

[cosmic sun]

what a devious run

[terse vale]

do you think there’s like gonna be a role discourse joke now

[terse dock]

Base pair with no scoring cards gives 20 points; on plasma it gives 72

[cosmic sun]

post the mirrored one

[terse vale]

the one time negative skip is maybe good

[lament hornet]

Okay I'm all gold now, showman worth considering?

[static fern]

FOR REAl

the worst part, i skipped one

[terse dock]

Not in the vast vast majority of cases

[terse vale]

idk what you sell

[static fern]

the prev round

[lament hornet]

Yeah that's my issue too, think I'm marching on

[terse vale]

oojhhhhh

[lament hornet]

Can you guys explain the mime glitch to me? If I copy baron first, and then copy mime right after I get both?

I've been c++ grinding for so long idk how to play endless

[terse dock]

its not a glitch also once you hit play you just move the copier to hit mime

[cosmic sun]

did you read the boss blind

also vagabond with $7 so you can't even justice your way out of this

[cloud plank]

save up on money then yes

[white flint]

istg

[shell dagger]

7x6 goes to 6x6

[white flint]

why is getting vouchers harder than getting jokers 😭

[shell dagger]

weaker

[terse dock]

I dont think you read the boss blind either

[cosmic sun]

no i did not

[lucid glacier]

is checkered deck good for orange stake

[cosmic sun]

ItS gReEn so it has to be the plant

[cloud plank]

yes

[terse dock]

leaf with 5 eternals

[white flint]

i got every joker unlocked and dont have yet found illusion and havent unlocked pallete 😭

[lament hornet]

Sorry I keep asking I've never went for this before lmao, what should be my next move? Hunt down the observatory voucher? DNA? Another ecto hurts my hand size a lot and Im waiting on the blank voucher to pay off still

[grim escarp]

I would recommend watching the how to get naneinf vid from balatro university

[cloud plank]

what r u trying to od?

[lament hornet]

naneinf

[lament hornet]

Ill take a peak!

[white flint]

like vouchers is what's keeping me from getting completionist

[cloud plank]

yes indeed i watched it 4 months i just got naneinf

[cosmic sun]

are you hunting for illusion?

[grim escarp]

I've been on a hunt to get an unseeded naneinf and I have yet to get it

[cosmic sun]

wow this is mid

[cursive lion]

rate my rankings. keep in mind any c and above are good in my opinion

[terse vale]

ohh boy

well sorry actually

that was kinda rude

but whats wrong with seeing double :??

[grim escarp]

Is this in general or a certain situation?

[cursive lion]

in general

[lament hornet]

I got an ante 1 perkeo and decided it was time lmao

[lucid glacier]

are their any good jokers for 5's?

[cosmic sun]

seeing double + cloud 9 + space joker under bloodstone is wild

[terse vale]

uhhh

fib

[cursive lion]

honestly part of it is the unlock condition

[cosmic sun]

MIDAS MASK under bloodstone

is wild

[terse vale]

thats crazy

[raw whale]

is this a sell chad moment

[terse dock]

Jimbo up

[white flint]

8 ball should not be in F tier fr fr (I once got its ability to trigger twice in a row 😭 )

[cloud plank]

obelisk at a is mad

[cosmic sun]

CERT in anything other than S

is kind of insane

[unborn cliff]

bones above every other joker

[terse vale]

that is a new one i’m gonna be honest

[cloud plank]

sell the reroll card

[unborn cliff]

mr bones is actually the worst joker in the game if you just dont die

[grim escarp]

Fortune teller below red card 💔

[cloud plank]

its the best

[terse vale]

I don’t really know what to say other than the unlock condition is something thats just subjective to every person

[cursive lion]

ditto

[cosmic sun]

aight you didn't have to choose the one they were correct in

💀

[terse vale]

I don’t think that dictates the quality of the joker thougg

[grim escarp]

😭

LISSEN

[terse dock]

Brainstorm f tier

[grim escarp]

I just like fortune teller ok

[cursive lion]

main reason i love it is the source of mr bones

i <3 rollercoaster tycoon

[short snow]

what would you sell

[cloud plank]

._.

[cursive lion]

i even got rct1 on og xbox

[lucid glacier]

banana joker is best joker

[misty tartan]

Good afternoon everyoneee

[raw whale]

bruh that is literally my only source of scoring

[terse vale]

pants below boots

[terse vale]

ohhh

[short snow]

pls i don't want to spend another 30 minutes in the shop

[terse vale]

OHH wait so this isn’t specifically a viability tierlist

[cursive lion]

yeah and again the rankings are like f = THE WORST HOW DARE YOU

its more a general ranking regarding everying about a joker

[terse vale]

well I can’t really rate that but its fun to hear reasonings on why you like parts of a joker

[terse vale]

for me then tribe would be F tier

[cursive lion]

and i think i speaks on how well designed balatro is when even the weakest jokers like 8 ball and royality can still work in a handful of builds

[thick narwhal]

I got stuntman blueprint on plasma deck

[terse vale]

even though its low C generally I just hate what it represents

[cursive lion]

and hey if its negative still get that

[short snow]

thanks guys

[cursive lion]

i think localthunk confirmed mr bones comes from the rct2 meme of mr bones wild ride

[thick narwhal]

Also just won my first gold stake run

[terse vale]

oooh cool

[terse dock]

Tier list if i made one round 2 of the tutorial seed

[cursive lion]

objectively the best teirlist ever made

[thick narwhal]

Didn't even notice I did ngl

Just when I noticed the gold sticker on the deck I realized

[cursive lion]

but yeah tdlr all the jokers are good on their own and this is more a ranking on what i personally like about a joker not just how it plays

[ancient gyro]

oh boy

[terse vale]

sometimes I feel like B is the average

[lucid glacier]

NOOOOOOOOO

[cursive lion]

for b is good

[terse vale]

thats probably the american in me speaking though

[lucid glacier]

YAYYYYY

[terse vale]

ah you’ll be fine

I hope you’re not crying over invisible

[robust lance]

Chigoat time

[raw whale]

MIME ALERT

[cursive lion]

honestly i suggest picking up the constellation

[terse vale]

always go canio

[lucid glacier]

i got trib which is mny favorie legendary

[cursive lion]

or if you are feeling lucky open the buffoon pack or wait until next round

[cursive lion]

grimbo ❤️

[lucid glacier]

OOF

[terse vale]

na needs money to scale and isn’t immediate scoring

[thick narwhal]

Guess that's what happens when you don't play yellow deck

[terse vale]

ohhh yes

green

[terse vale]

its good! just not ante 1 over a buffoon pack good

[raw whale]

ok i have +64 on flash card and my high card is level 9

[thick narwhal]

There's the good and the bad

[raw whale]

do i sell it

[mighty flume]

ok, i think i require a bit of teaching with some cards for C++, because i feel is like the most obvious to use and yet i can't adapt to their gameplay.

how should i consider to play with the following jokers:

• loyalty card
• dusk
• Midas mask
• turtle bean
• seltzer
• golden ticket
• astronomer

the only strategy i have is for astronomer play in nebula deck to get the most out of it

[heady zenith]

Kid named the plant

[thick narwhal]

I got a brainstorm and a natural polychrome idol in the shop

[cursive lion]

here's what i can suggest with other joker pairs

[terse dock]

Round 1 of seed TUTORIAL

[raw whale]

dusk and seltzer are retriggers, use them with e.g. some face jokers. You can also slap on a golden ticket and harvest $40 per hand

[thick narwhal]

Current run

[robust lance]

What if there was an EVILTUTORIAL seed where it’s just impossible

[thick narwhal]

I won't let that happen

[raw whale]

oh wait C++ that's awy out of my league

[limber loom]

omg

[terse dock]

Round 2

[turbid nova]

ranked according to what

[terse vale]

loyalty card is to deal with boss blinds or if you have 6 hands or more

dusk is for retrigger builds, C tier in my opinion

midas mask is great! just score as many face cards as possible and go for smaller hands so you can reap the reward! fine to take as an eternal if you have no other good econ

turtle bean is just for emergencies, or finding specific cards

seltzer is for emergencies or econ

golden ticket is a joker

and astronomer just a good take most of the time if you have the money

[cursive lion]

• loyalty card, focus on either getting lucky with a nat negative or a run that depends on just playing hands
• dusk, find acrobat as both play during the final round
• midas mask and golden ticket, find vampire (protip: drag midas mask after vampire as it takes away and then applies the gold again) or econ jokers (bull, bootstraps, golden ticket/midas mask) and maybe pareidolia?
• turtle bean and seltzer, sadly part of difficulty is these are perishable jokers. either get lucky and get them on ante 7 or 8 or play strong one-hand plays
• astronomer, constellation and nebula deck is your friend

[terse dock]

Round 3

[ancient gyro]

most of these you can just pick up randomly at a8 replacing a throwaway joker. given ample econ for rolling down

[cursive lion]

oh yeah let me show you this

[terse vale]

oh oops they meant for C++

[midnight forum]

this was fun (lost in ante 9 on purpose to get the seed)

[terse dock]

Round 4

[lucid glacier]

im struggling to win with riboulet because i cant get deck fixing

[ancient gyro]

ribs

[midnight forum]

Gave up golden ticket for matadoe so i ciuld sticker it

[lament hornet]

Second ecto is sewerslide right? Blinds are catching up to meeeee

[ancient gyro]

money solves most problems

[tough breach]

Banana goated

This is rigged

[lucid glacier]

i just died while playing a royal flush with tribolet

[turbid nova]

getting a gold sticker on banana must be a pain in the ass

[midnight forum]

Criminal

[turbid nova]

I once had a gros michel last like 7 antes

[midnight forum]

Not really

[turbid nova]

didn't skip or anything

[tough breach]

Nu uh

[lament hornet]

You just need to get a perishable and let it go so it doesnt roll the destruction chance

[lucid glacier]

it wouldent be since you just have to buy it im pretty sure

[turbid nova]

you'd have to reroll a lot near the end

I assume

[midnight forum]

its a common

[turbid nova]

I guess

[ancient gyro]

assuming it doesn't explode right away

[turbid nova]

I think it's worse when you want it to die but it doesn't

[lucid glacier]

would you have to sell it for it to get the sticker?

[midnight forum]

the harder one is bean and Seltzer

[turbid nova]

at that point I'm tempted on selling it

[cosmic sun]

What was the plant gonna do to a build that won off joker mult

[robust lance]

Yo what suit color should I go with

[ancient gyro]

what

[naive jolt]

test

[turbid nova]

you'd have to time it right yeah

[robust lance]

Diamonds (cause their taro is Star)

[terse vale]

you choose !

[robust lance]

I’m waiting for a star suit

[heavy heron]

welcome to the power of vagabond

just wish i had a dusk or something..

[robust lance]

A morbillion tarots*

[heavy heron]

LOOLLL

yea..

[ancient gyro]

vagabond indirectly buffs planet scaling in a way

[turbid nova]

"let's all get editions and not tell odd todd"

[lucid glacier]

arent hearts better than spades because of bloodstone being a possiblility

[ancient gyro]

🥀

[heavy heron]

i spun like 10 wheels for him too

[heavy heron]

nope, because bloodstone sucks

[naive jolt]

wrong opinion

[cosmic sun]

Diamonds solo hearts

[vestal copper]

true

[naive jolt]

negative oops all sixes would like to disagree

[heavy heron]

if you find a blue seal maybe? or just high roll the high priestess

[lucid glacier]

how exactly does bloodstone suck?

[cosmic sun]

You are guaranteed a dollar per diamond

[turbid nova]

Onyx Agate goated

[midnight forum]

👀

[vestal copper]

sucks

[heavy heron]

well 1 in 2 is bad

literally

you can do everything right and still die

[vestal copper]

peaks

[ancient gyro]

glass and steel in hand amplifying base mult

[heavy heron]

i, too, hate that bloodstone sucks

i do wish it was better

[lament hornet]

Runs dead </3 new high score still

[heavy heron]

i see

[terse dock]

Swingy

[lucid glacier]

but if you get oops all sixes its the best for suit color tho

[cosmic sun]

oughhh jimbo thank you

[heavy heron]

true, but, out of the 4 suit jokers, bloodstone is the only one that requires another uncommon

a specific one at that

which yknow.. is hard to come by

[heavy heron]

but yes that’s true

[terse dock]

You never want anything swingy unless the highs are really high (like cavendish) for proportionally low lows

[heavy heron]

with oops bloodstone best

[robust lance]

I mean that tas guy doesn’t

[heavy heron]

tas guy?

[robust lance]

Yeah he makes videos of him soeedrunning like every game ever

[ancient gyro]

the dependency on a specific uncommon while being borderline useless with risk early is the bottom line for the pile of mediocre that is bloodstuh

[heavy heron]

@ancient gyro i got another stm run for you

it’s a pretty bad one

but

it worked..

[limber loom]

does this invis even achieve anything, like is 3 tribs and 2 retriggers better than 2 tribs and 3 retriggers

[ancient gyro]

cool

[lucid glacier]

yeah its hard to get setup but if you get the setup it is basically a free win if you get 1 other good joker

[heavy heron]

yup!

[vestal copper]

yeah tas is just cracked af

[ancient gyro]

three boss blinds:

[lucid glacier]

3 tribs would be better

[robust lance]

How does he do it though

[vestal copper]

i cant understand how he can be THAT good at every game he plays

[terse dock]

yeah but theres a rare joker that doesnt need another joker and does the exact same thing as bloodstone

[limber loom]

so its worth the roll

[vestal copper]

idk tbh

im waiting for a face reveal ngl

[terse dock]

Tool-assisted speedrun

its in his name is it not

[lucid glacier]

yeah but it changes suit every round

[vestal copper]

ik im baiting

[robust lance]

He’s John speedrun?!

[vestal copper]

yep

he is a tool

[terse dock]

yeah but it only needs one jerker slot

[midnight forum]

it just pays for itself

[ancient gyro]

better than taking up 2 joker spaces and being hard countered by a boss blind while being weak to many 5 card crippler blinds

[heavy heron]

if you keep 4 balanced suits, it’s no issue

in fact

a starting deck of 13

each suit

works just fine

[ancient gyro]

almost

[heavy heron]

i think it works unless you’re really unlucky

[terse dock]

Aj loves hung men though

[vestal copper]

ancient doesnt rlly allow deckfixing to the full potential

[heavy heron]

you can, in fact, bottom deck a flush

[terse dock]

He needs double the amount of anyone else

[turbid nova]

what

[vestal copper]

?

[lucid glacier]

acient joker can get countered if you have bad luck

[vestal copper]

average club: 🧌

[terse dock]

yeah so can bus

[ancient gyro]

and bloopstone can't?

[vestal copper]

diamond elitist chat

[heavy heron]

ancient also can circumvent every suited boss

unlike bloodstone

[ancient gyro]

what is this obvious bias

[little heath]

Is this a good build?

[robust lance]

Elitist?!

[robust lance]

Yes

[terse dock]

do you remember france

[heavy heron]

yessssss

[vestal copper]

[robust lance]

Throw it back at medium velocity

[lucid glacier]

im just saying that ancient joker can also get countered they can both get contered

[ancient gyro]

ancient can't get hard countered

[lucid glacier]

yes it can

[ancient gyro]

it has a few questionable blinds

[ancient gyro]

how

[terse dock]

Skipping blinds has a use

[turbid nova]

You have to be careful of the suit debuff boss blinds

[terse dock]

Aj cant roll the same suit twice in a row

[ancient gyro]

kid named skipping big blind

[heady narwhal]

I don't particularly like Ancient Joker

[manic zealot]

god I think this run has handed me like 5 hermits already and it's only ante 2

[terse dock]

If its on a safe suit before a big blind then skip big blind

[lucid glacier]

from it being on clubs and then getting clubs are debuffed or with any other suit

[turbid nova]

Yeah I know but there’s also kid named not noticing it and selecting to play blind

[terse dock]

skill issue

read the boss blind

[manic zealot]

holy shit it just gave me another fucking hermit game chill

[ancient gyro]

thats their fault

why shift the blame that's just weird

[manic zealot]

time to get broke boys

[lucid glacier]

i read the boss blind when i get to it not on small and big blind

[ancient gyro]

not ajs fault

[terse dock]

then read it

[lucid glacier]

hey look i got ancient joker

[ancient gyro]

you had the time to take precaution and you just didn't

[terse dock]

You're going to throw arent you

[manic zealot]

my fucking lord

[terse dock]

to use that as so called proof that bloodstone is better than aj

[lucid glacier]

see it happend and its not my fault because i bought and it was on hearts and hearts are debuffed

[ancient gyro]

they don't know aj can work with straights 🗣️

[terse dock]

Yeah

See

[turbid nova]

You should be fine it’s ante 1

[ancient gyro]

omg irl fortune teller

[vestal copper]

lmfao

[lucid glacier]

well yeah but i was proving a point

[ancient gyro]

that point doesn't work here because you still live

[terse dock]

The gift of clarity is a powerful one and yet I still find myself in sorrow

[ancient gyro]

if you were smart

alas

[vestal copper]

i will become the king for that +3 mult

[terse dock]

testosterone

[midnight forum]

10 aces in the deck
draw one

[manic zealot]

from a judgement

[terse dock]

w or l fortune teller rework

[vestal copper]

L

[terse dock]

shut up carbonfucker

[vestal copper]

[ancient gyro]

idk i don't plan on reading it

[vestal copper]

average club

[terse dock]

average diamond

[vestal copper]

why did they even add roles if that just provokes elitism 😭

[terse dock]

At least I'm unique

there are far fewer clubs than diamonds or spades

[lucid glacier]

what about hearts?

[vestal copper]

idk about that tbh

hearts is mostly women

[ancient gyro]

i

[vestal copper]

im diamond cuz of the color

mostly

[ancient gyro]

i was a test subject

[vestal copper]

damn

[cosmic sun]

8ball is here to look pretty

[hidden lance]

jesus that was rough

[vocal rose]

ice cream is suffering

you're copying burglar right

[manic zealot]

here win

[sharp junco]

and when the world needed you the most... you were disabled

[terse dock]

fdr reference

[cosmic sun]

the tribe

[rich mauve]

sad

[cosmic sun]

🫵 😂

[sharp junco]

wait what if ur right

oh

[cosmic sun]

well actually despite the tribe being dookie you do have a pair in your flush

which procs duo

[sharp junco]

i took 0 jupiters i was living off flush fives

and despite getting a flush five during ante 2 i never saw a single Eris

even with flush five of golden 4's + hack + golden ticket + chad my gamer econ wasnt enough to roll into one

[hidden lance]

no. i just cant find any x mult

took me 10 hands to get 230k

[cosmic sun]

sorry zoahl...

[ancient gyro]

@vocal rose

[vocal rose]

LOL

[ancient gyro]

congrats on your announcement

[vocal rose]

its official

[lucid glacier]

its smarter to use ectoplasm right

[vocal rose]

no

not at all

its smarter to ankh

[sharp junco]

saw my join date on this server and it said "february 21st 2025" and i deadass got so confused because wdym i joined 8 days into the future

wait its 2026?

what?

[lucid glacier]

ok

[ancient gyro]

500 lava boulders

[lucid glacier]

wrong channel put it in off topic

[ancient gyro]

🗣️

[sharp junco]

500 lava boulders is the 151sst joker secretly

[balmy ocean]

Never in a thousand years did I ever think I would use four fingers in an actual run, and somehow manage to win using that strat

[ancient gyro]

you'll figure it out once you've been here long enough

[sharp junco]

were you that desperate for the 10 mult that you picked it up

[balmy ocean]

Yeah…

It was harsh start

[sharp junco]

it hurts your bloodstone tho 💔💔

might aswell keep it as speculative

[ancient gyro]

what

[balmy ocean]

I am never playing this bloody seed ever again

[sharp junco]

it was seeded?

[balmy ocean]

Nah it was unseeded

But I am never using it

[sharp junco]

-1 card to for the potential x1,5

i think in my 800 hours of balala ive never even done a seeded run

[median gust]

New discount on steam

But if u don’t have it already haha

[sharp junco]

wheres the fun in knowing what's next

[raw whale]

funny pillar

[median gust]

I only had it for iOS so I snagged it 😛

[balmy ocean]

Sometimes if I find a really good run that I did in the past but got stumped due to a hurdle I’ll copy that seed and try again on a different deck

[ancient gyro]

that doesn't deregister the 5th card, if anything it helps more against card draw hindering boss blinds

[raw whale]

literal mine field lmao

[sharp junco]

but he said he won using the strat of 4 fingers

[sharp junco]

matador gold mine

[ancient gyro]

not that bloodstuh helps in any critical regard

[sharp junco]

but that it hurts it's effect

[balmy ocean]

What made you decide you needed 14 hands?

[sharp junco]

its maximum potential

[raw whale]

wait why the fuck do i have a rebate lmfao

[ancient gyro]

I've won with far bleaker setups, that's doesnt change its obvious effect

[raw whale]

why not

[ancient gyro]

no it doesnt

[sharp junco]

but we all now regardless if he plays 4 or 5 cards bloodstone will do nothing because it never hits

[balmy ocean]

That’s reasonable

[sharp junco]

4x1,5 < 5x1,5

[ancient gyro]

why can't I have 5 hearts with 4f

[sharp junco]

hurts its effectiveness*

[ancient gyro]

answer my question

[sharp junco]

because thats not what its about

it's about that he played 4 cards

so bloodstone can only hit a max of 4 if you ignore retriggers

[ancient gyro]

min*

[sharp junco]

where oops all 6es

[ancient gyro]

in terms of bloop logic

[ancient gyro]

5*

[sharp junco]

4 cards

[balmy ocean]

Dude no joke burglar saved my run against the needle

[ancient gyro]

you realize I can still play 5 hearts right

[sharp junco]

then you just ignore the concept of 4 fingers

[ancient gyro]

for an upper bound score

[sharp junco]

Are my words drawn face down

because you dont seem to know what im talking about

[ancient gyro]

it's not the concept, it's the ease of use and security against card hindering boss blinds I've said a few minutes about

you're right I dont

[void lintel]

did they say they had to resort to playing 4-card flushes or were they desperate for the +10 mult

[ancient gyro]

the 10 mult along with the 4 card flush/straight was a decent tool for early game

which was the main selling point

[sharp junco]

my entire point is that within the boundaries of ONLY playing 4 cards, you dont get all 5 bloodstone hits because theres no 5th card 💔

you can play a 5th heart if you want

you know what you can also do???

just like play clubs

[balmy ocean]

Are you still arguing about the four fingers?

[fervent wolf]

Wee had a good run here

[sharp junco]

you can do anything, its not about whats possible its about what's been done before 💔

[ancient gyro]

and I quote

"it hurts your bloodstone"

[sharp junco]

removing my index finger to only have 4 left

[sharp junco]

Yes

[ancient gyro]

oh deer

[vocal rose]

I love deers

I also love my Gold Stake Ante 8 Balatro Tierlist

[ancient gyro]

your flag changed

[nova elk]

any useful tips on winning at black deck? like what jokers I should look for at the start

[fervent wolf]

Ahem

I should be S+

I'm better

[vocal rose]

you're close

[vocal rose]

I moved fib down a tiny bit

[ancient gyro]

you have some varying early game and low bar hurdles

oh

i mean i guess

[vocal rose]

dagger and fib can go both ways

[ancient gyro]

for me I switch them

[tender quarry]

I keep them in this order so I can get the +8 Mult

[ancient gyro]

oh

[tender quarry]

I think Dagger is like a lot better than Fib though

[nova elk]

?

[tender quarry]

I wouldn't have them next to each other, probably would end up a whole tier different

[vocal rose]

any mult joke to keep you alive

[vocal rose]

I DID just change it so I haven't put too much thought into it

but I don't know how I feel about an entire tier difference

fib starts out VERY strong but is noticeably more difficult to make it stronger if its your central scoring

so maybe

[ancient gyro]

i can understand for easier decks but I've not played any in a while so I just value instant score gratification slightly more

[tender quarry]

I just don't really rate Fib that highly mostly, it's pretty inconsistent until you have the money to be ripping packs and deceptively low scoring since it's only on one hand

[ancient gyro]

and shop variance

[lament hornet]

I am back wondering what I sell

Perkeo came late but Im mostly kings

[ancient gyro]

i just associate fib as the knockoff 2 2oak hand

joker

[lament hornet]

Vouchers sort of suck but Im waiting for observatory now

[tender quarry]

Like I think Fist is much better than Fib too and I'd take an early half over an early Fib

[lament hornet]

And tags for voucher skips

[civic tartan]

COMPLETIONIST+++ CHALLENGE

I have completed completionist++ on black deck and now painted deck, does anyone know if someone has done this on every deck or could I be the first? Currently working on Nebula deck.

[ancient gyro]

wait yeah why is fist so low

[shell dagger]

Doubt any individual has done every deck

[ancient gyro]

same

[vocal rose]

this was a big oversight

lol

[ancient gyro]

this list will never be finished

[vocal rose]

considering fist gets value from every hand practically

it never will

[ancient gyro]

and has good timing and ignores most card debuffs

[vocal rose]

and the new update will tear it into pieces

[ancient gyro]

wh

[vocal rose]

the list

[lapis blade]

BARON MIME AT ANTE 4??

[stark karma]

That’s goated

[ancient gyro]

time is ticking

[stark karma]

What’s ur deck

[civic tartan]

I am keeping track of my stats for each deck and posting them on the balatro subreddit. Is it valid to call this achievement Completionist+++?

[vocal rose]

perhaps

[lapis blade]

Like 6 kings from start

[stark karma]

Neat!

[shell dagger]

it’s up to you I guess

[vocal rose]

black deck ++ is already a very hard feat

[shell dagger]

plasma ++ is surprisingly not awful

[ancient gyro]

it's mostly time consuming with some patience

[vocal rose]

most patient balatro soldier here

[civic tartan]

Yeah that's why I did black deck first

[ancient gyro]

and skill I suppose

[tender quarry]

You'd probably be the first but just keep in mind how long of a commitment this is

[lapis blade]

Am I weird for not liking plasma deck

[tender quarry]

Maybe some speedrunner has tried it or smth

[vocal rose]

I mean I can see why its fun since its a HUGE goal to work towards

[shell dagger]

nah

[vocal rose]

but it takes so much time

[ancient gyro]

also you're gonna have to start over once 1.1 hits

[civic tartan]

Painted deck was easier than I thought. I thought the reduced joker slot would be brutal to get the last gold stickers but really not that bad

[vocal rose]

if I no lifed balatro I could probably get c++ in 2-3 days for a deck

[lapis blade]

When i switch from chips to multiple i just lose from x2 blind size

[ancient gyro]

what are the black++ stats like

[shell dagger]

ive done red and plasma, red was more boring bc most runs were just pair go go go

[tender quarry]

There was a C++ speedrun race a bit back right

Does anyone remember the times?

[vocal rose]

1982

[ancient gyro]

I was playing terraria back in 2016

so um

no

[cloud sinew]

No idea, but ik the WR on speedrun.com is 12 hours

[civic tartan]

Idk if I'm allowed to share my black deck Reddit post link in here

[cloud sinew]

you are

[ancient gyro]

you can

[tardy spade]

Does bean bug work with a perishable hand size buff joker? E.g. if you get a perishable juggler and relog after it perishes, do you get permanent +1 hand size?

[cloud sinew]

No

[vocal rose]

nuh uh

[tardy spade]

Quick response

[cloud sinew]

I know the answer

[tender quarry]

So if we then say "reliable on an average deck" is like 20 hours then that would translate to about 300 hours time commitment?

Less than I thought I suppose

[civic tartan]

Black Deck:
https://www.reddit.com/r/balatro/s/Cy0EMUNjDI

[lapis blade]

Do I take burnt?

[cloud sinew]

Thats from unlocked all profile though

[ancient gyro]

2 weeks zamn

[cloud sinew]

which i dont like doing

[ancient gyro]

mm

[lament hornet]

Is it stupid to think about this

[civic tartan]

Painted Deck:
https://www.reddit.com/r/balatro/s/SEbPWB1Qjk

[ancient gyro]

I doubt it takes too much longer for other decks

[shell dagger]

tribe was also my last on plasma

[fringe crest]

why are there colors

[shell dagger]

dianonds 👍

[ancient gyro]

stm on the list 🗣️

wait that's not black deck

oh well close enough

[fringe crest]

why the freak aee there colors

[lament hornet]

Invis joker vs Mime? Vs Brainstorm*?

[fringe crest]

im confused

[ancient gyro]

vanity roles

[vocal rose]

I didnt know there was roles on the reddit

[cloud sinew]

What are you asking

[fringe crest]

ok i found it

hi zoahl

[vocal rose]

hi

[lament hornet]

I suck at Balatro and dont know if I should

[cloud sinew]

should what

[lament hornet]

This sc

[ancient gyro]

should

[lament hornet]

Should I sell something for the invis

Or am I crazy

[civic tartan]

Painted deck took just over 2 months for completionist++. Idk how long black deck took, because I didn't record when I started it

[fringe crest]

any tips for abandoned deck ima start gold staking it but ive lit never played it

[cloud sinew]

straights

[lament hornet]

When I was gold staking it I had a lot of success just playing and levelling straights since a smaller deck makes them easier to find

[ancient gyro]

id probably finish it in 2 months had i not slacked off

[shell dagger]

pairs 👅

[fringe crest]

oh im good at straight runs

sweet

i like pairs and straights

[tender quarry]

Just need to confirm this is @ancient gyro (I've seen this guy on the reddit a bit and I think the info lines up)

[ancient gyro]

cool

[cloud sinew]

huge

[shell dagger]

hrmm

[vocal rose]

fire

[tender quarry]

You should buy the mystic summit probably 🙂

[merry swift]

Luchador and Invisible Joker done!!

[hidden lance]

had 3 burglar runs today. won all 3

[vocal rose]

im still attempting my gsg run

[ancient gyro]

do I have to post my receipts too when that happens 😀

[hidden lance]

gsg?

[vocal rose]

gold stake gauntlet

[ancient gyro]

gold stake gauntlet

[tender quarry]

You can probably just like add it without doing anything

But I was like 99% sure that guy was you

[cloud sinew]

15 winstreak deck rotation at gold stake (gold stake gauntlet)

Ive done it

[hidden lance]

ah okay

[ancient gyro]

lol i don't talk on reddit

[hidden lance]

that sounds kinda miserable

[cloud sinew]

Its fun

[ancient gyro]

it's a fun mini challenge for veterans and such

[shell dagger]

mini

[hidden lance]

does the sticker count in stats mean jokers you have gold on?

[ancient gyro]

and like deck streaking too

[civic tartan]

Gsg is impressive. Completionist++ on black deck had a lot of early run failures so I'm guessing you have to start with black deck?

[terse dock]

[tender quarry]

Yeah should take like 4 attempts no biggie

[shell dagger]

ezpz

[lapis blade]

SEED SENT BY GOD HIMSELF

[ancient gyro]

I was doing rotating decks by next in line which was stupid of me and I started on green

but yeah

[vocal rose]

thats usually how people do it

[civic tartan]

Alright cool

[vocal rose]

but I just do a random number generator

[ancient gyro]

black then plassma then nebular then painted then gween

[tender quarry]

I think as long as you get black and plasma out of the way first (not because plasma is hard but because it's different) the order is mostly unimportant

[vocal rose]

the order

[ancient gyro]

I just did rotating on green since the order not being relevant kinda didn't cross my mind of agony

[tender quarry]

I think the 2nd worst deck is closer to the best deck than it is to black deck

By a lot

[ancient gyro]

yeah

[civic tartan]

Black and plasma easily are the two hardest, but starting my completionist++ run on Nebula I won my first try (using straights) so sometimes you get lucky

[ancient gyro]

your econ and deck digging isn't butchered

[drifting gorge]

plasma wasn't that hard for me (tho tbf i got really lucky)

[tender quarry]

I don't think Plasma ends up being much of an outlier in terms of winrate when optimised, it's just relatively hard to play optimally

[cloud sinew]

i havent had this happen in a while

[true geode]

[ancient gyro]

I was trying to beat brookes 7 win streak on black deck recently and just gave up when terrariuh update came out

[tender quarry]

Because there's more routes to decide between and you have to determine which is most reliable pretty quickly

[civic tartan]

Plasma is one of the easier ones to win because you get through the early antes so easily so you don't need to worry about if you can score enough to get past ante 2

7 win streak on black deck gold stake is INSANE. My win streak record for that deck was just 2

Painted deck was 4, but that wasn't really a goal

[ancient gyro]

mine was 5 on my 5th c++ profile and 4 (three different times) on black++ profile

[cursive crater]

how do you all have suit roles

[ancient gyro]

yeah I got no fucking clue how she got away with it 🥀

[hidden lance]

i should start grinding c++. i got 83 already

[ancient gyro]

im just her predecessor

[raw whale]

alright now i just need a burger back and we can naneinf

[cursive crater]

FIFTH C++???

[ancient gyro]

yeah

[raw whale]

i never naneinfed in my life

[cursive crater]

dude

[ancient gyro]

that's nice

[civic tartan]

Alright well it sounds like I could be the first to do C+++ unless one of you beat me to it

[shell dagger]

hang on this is peak

[ancient gyro]

gl

i just like doing funny c++ challenges

like c++ without unlocking throwback

c++ no losses

c++ only using jupiters and wheels

for consumables

[crystal trench]

WHAT AM I DIONG WRONG PLS HEKP

[ancient gyro]

i think that's all ik ppl are doing atm

[crystal trench]

mods wony appear

in gamre

[plush thunder]

hey guys, im kinda new, whats c++?

[ancient gyro]

conpletionist++

win gold stake with every joker in the game

[plush thunder]

ohh

ty

[quartz ember]

first of all go to #⚙・modding-general

[shell dagger]

nvm I don’t wanna do gsg anymore

[fringe crest]

what is the balatrodle

[sullen aspen]

what is gsg🤔🤔

[brave goblet]

what's gsg

lmfao

[fringe crest]

i genuinly cant get it

[sullen aspen]

stay in ur lane

I asked first

[shell dagger]

streak every deck on gold stake

[brave goblet]

stay in ur lane does not start with g in any word

[fringe crest]

did anyone do the balatrodle today

[nova elk]

won on black deck finally, thank god, shoutout to acrobat who saved me like 4 times in the higher antes

[fringe crest]

sub-optimal joker positioning

throwback isnt good on anaglyph

[quartz ember]

its something with a weird effect

[fringe crest]

no like

i genuinly have no idea

[peak plinth]

Throw back isnt good on any deck 💔

[quartz ember]

to pair with weird effect ||it has a weird name||

[nova elk]

saved me too with the 1.5x

[fringe crest]

better options 99% of the time

[peak plinth]

If anything throw back is the best on analglyph because it gives you the most value when skipping

Is that crazy

[fringe crest]

on anaglyph dont you want to save tags until necesary?

[nova elk]

well I didn't have any better options..

[peak plinth]

Nahhh, you skip every time you see the negative tag

Thats how I do it anyways😼

[ripe oriole]

Oh hello there

[hallow zenith]

chat unpopular opinion but troubadour is like a b-a tier joker

[hallow zenith]

actual good negative pog?

[quartz ember]

nice, almost ready to naneinf

[hallow zenith]

??

[ripe oriole]

Yeah and it's not an early one so I won't have to sell this one

[quartz ember]

??

[ripe oriole]

???

[hallow zenith]

whats your hand size

[hallow zenith]

considering you are still on gold cards, its NOT possibke to naneinf

[hallow zenith]

you gotta have like 81 hand size or sum shi

[quartz ember]

lol wdym not possible

[hallow zenith]

he knows

[quartz ember]

they are rolling for dna as we speak

[grim escarp]

😭

[raw whale]

alright yall do i sell dna in here or do i just wait for serpent and then grind me a burger

i don't have antimatter but i don't have blank either

[quartz ember]

with close I mean they have the right setup they just need to find the last pieces of the puzzle

[quartz ember]

I dont think you sell

[grim escarp]

Both are a bit of a gamble tbh

The safer one is not selling tho yeah

[ripe oriole]

If you don't sell be careful of your gold/steal ratio in the next antes

[raw whale]

actually yeah wtf am i saying i have like 6 hand size

[ancient gyro]

throwback is technically worse since you want to be conservative with what you're needing to spend tags on which is far less often that you'll have better hits spread across the run over just needing to find one.

[grim escarp]

Oh then definitely don't sell 😭

[mystic sequoia]

Weird gold stake win

[ripe oriole]

3 nat negatives in like 5 roll HOLY

[mystic sequoia]

Lucky

[ripe oriole]

The luck in question 😭

I am NOT taking this shi

[mystic sequoia]

Oof, hallucination good tho

[ripe oriole]

Not really atp, doesnt do much tbh

[brave goblet]

You could consider adding fodder cards to death into kings

it's the poor man's DNA

[ripe oriole]

Already doing that with card voucher 🤷‍♂️

[nova elk]

imagine ancient on checkered deck

sheesh

[brave goblet]

but these have seeaaaals

and you get them right in your hand compared to stray cards where you have to dig through the deck

[ripe oriole]

Wdym, it's kinda ass
The selection doesn't care about your deck

[vocal rose]

thats

not very good

[brave goblet]

bro used smeared for too long