🕹・game-discussion

[rancid gull]

licking it's lips rn

oh wait

[green apex]

damn

[serene forge]

it doesn't matter

[green apex]

ectoed and found an eternal matador

[rancid gull]

yeah i just realized

[serene forge]

they're obviously not relying on idol

[rancid gull]

ante 10 as well

[wintry ice]

it what

[rancid gull]

verdent leaf was not a factor

[rancid gull]

it loves to see you coming

hmmmmmmmmm

quick delete

[green apex]

had the bell

[marsh vortex]

ok game now would be a great time to give me bloodstone and dice!!!!!

there was no dice or stone

[wintry ice]

can i get enough steel to sticker this

i'd take it anyways but

yknow

[marsh vortex]

man can the game give me something stupidly good to start my ghost run on

gimmie a blueprint to hex

ok close enough

did NOT think that would work

[knotty zodiac]

manifesting 🪄

[wintry ice]

take halu trust

[marsh vortex]

muted for 10 years

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME

[wintry ice]

oh this is a good sticker to get early

[marsh vortex]

THE RUN AFTER THE HEARTS RUN

should i risk the bloodstone guys

it'd pair fine with blueprint ngl

[knotty zodiac]

look for flat mult imo

[marsh vortex]

yeahhhhh i mean if i got a lusty they would go so well together

[knotty zodiac]

if your econ is good, youll see bloodstone again

[marsh vortex]

yeah ok

game give me strength 🙏

[knotty zodiac]

oh actually you have holo. so look for +chip

[wintry ice]

do i sell space joker for the sticker

i'm thinking yes because space joker is pretty good for this deck

[knotty zodiac]

is this painted++?

[wintry ice]

space joker my beloved

[wintry ice]

yea

bruh

[knotty zodiac]

gg

[glossy mortar]

A fun VERY close seed. Pretty much any part could have killed me with a misplay.

[wintry ice]

oh yeah also no xmult gold stake

[serene forge]

3/1/26 balatrodle in 2 ||i won the 50/50 lesgo||

[wintry ice]

because pants is that powerful

[hybrid tendon]

balatrodle in 4, 1 bad guess lol

[slow iris]

black deck++ when

[wintry ice]

why did i click on both spoilers am i stupid

[serene forge]

two useless erosions is so funny to me

[wintry ice]

andy did it

[hybrid tendon]

lmfao

[wintry ice]

and i think someone else is doing it too

[lyric moat]

even steven or odd tod?

[serene forge]

depends

[wintry ice]

todd is generally better because of chip scarcity

but steven is great for early to midgame

[acoustic kettle]

My steven is even

[lyric moat]

is my friend lying
he said he had a hand full of odd tods evven stevens and showman all with negative ob them

sounds fake

he didnt mod it either

appearently

[acoustic kettle]

I mean with showman it is possible

[lyric moat]

whats yall highest ante

[wintry ice]

32

[lyric moat]

wha-

[cerulean zenith]

A whole lotta nothing from riff raff

[acoustic kettle]

Todd is there

A foil also

[wintry ice]

nothing
looks inside
something

[hybrid tendon]

25 or smth

[shell dagger]

4

[wintry ice]

bottom deck final boss

[weary whale]

11

I suck

[lyric moat]

mines 10

[wintry ice]

so uh

what's the move here

sly?

because there's eternal rental card sharp in the shop

[knotty zodiac]

hm over foil econ?

[shell dagger]

sly no csharp

imo

actualy with the investment csharp is probably ok

[wintry ice]

yea that's what i was considering

[wintry ice]

well the rental diminishes the econ

[serene forge]

I hate Bloodstone

[wintry ice]

hi fork

[weary whale]

If I were you, I’d take the pair one

Unless you only play face cards and trigger them a lot, you’d end up losing money because of the rental. Not to mention it’s eternal

[wintry ice]

yea

i made my choice

[wraith pendant]

Is this optimal order for scoring (obviously moving to mime for money farming) until I find the burglar?

[marsh vortex]

fuck

[wintry ice]

put 1 more on baron

[wraith pendant]

Thanks. Couldn’t figure out the math. Lol

[marsh vortex]

FUCK YOU PLANT

I HAD TO BRUTE FORCE MY WAY INTO FOUR ACES

[jovial forum]

And another first win!!

[marsh vortex]

congrats

[jovial forum]

i think things have already started to click for me

[cerulean zenith]

DEATH TO THE PLANT

[marsh vortex]

DEATH TO THE PLAAAAANT

[knotty zodiac]

gratz!

[wintry ice]

hm

[jovial forum]

do you guys think burglar is a good card?

[wintry ice]

yea

[knotty zodiac]

solid econ and scoring. situationally scary

[wintry ice]

the only situations where i wouldn't take it is if my slots are full, if i was using rebate or if i was using yorick

[heady narwhal]

yeah

[marsh vortex]

IM VERY CLEARLY PLAYING THIS WRONG

[faint linden]

Sounds like someone could use a Chicot

[weary whale]

The Plant shivers when Chicot loses his temper

[knotty zodiac]

but not eternal right?

[heady narwhal]

me when i have no facecard jokers

[faint linden]

ChiGOAT 🗣️

[marsh vortex]

lol

i had to force 4 aces out

[faint linden]

There's a reason people put him in naneinf builds

[heady narwhal]

why did you build faces anyways

and also why wouldn't you be able to just play debuffed cards

[terse vale]

burglar eternal is fine

[heady narwhal]

12 mult from greedy jimbo isn't goung to reduce your score from 400k to <40k

[knotty zodiac]

mouth/needle are concerning

[heady narwhal]

needle???

the boss that burglar specifically counters?

[weary whale]

I swear Chicot is one of those where you’d rather have any other legendary until he disables the boss blinds you hate and then you fall in love with him

[wintry ice]

depends

[cerulean zenith]

Two chicot 🤤

[wintry ice]

i'd take it with grimbo but maybe not with bus

[bold crystal]

glass joker is my favorite joker

[wintry ice]

depending on my deckfixing

[heady narwhal]

i'd take it with both

[cerulean zenith]

I like throwback

[knotty zodiac]

right. just mouth

[heady narwhal]

pairs are easy to find

[weary whale]

I like Throwback too, especially since I like skipping in the early antes

[terse vale]

mouth is usually ok but its like the only boss counter aside from eye

[heady narwhal]

throwback is underrated by c++ players imo

not very good though

[weary whale]

RHYTHM HEAVEN

[terse vale]

mmmmh

maybe

[heady narwhal]

rhythm heaven on switch!! just a week away!

[terse vale]

idk it still sucks ass

[heady narwhal]

actually do they have a release date for that yet

i haven't been keeping up

[weary whale]

Sadly not yet

All we know is 2026

[fringe nebula]

chat, hear me out

shortcut flower pot

[terse vale]

sounds good

[fringe nebula]

also got a crazy luck with natural negative troub

[marsh vortex]

I FINALLY DID IT

BLACK STAKE DONE

now i just need to beat blue and i can stop doing stakes for a bit 😭

[fringe nebula]

blue is the worst part of balatro

because you only have 2 discards instead of 3

[cloud sinew]

im not currently

[frank notch]

Incorporeal Joker: Spectral cards are added to your consumables instead of being used immediately

[atomic locust]

Wanna watch numbers goes up

[frank notch]

ok

[fringe nebula]

do i greed license or open buffon pack for early +mult

[cloud sinew]

this seems really niche

[weary whale]

Fortune Teller; Tarot cards are added to your consumables instead of being used immediately

[weary whale]

Credit card in the pack

[bold crystal]

nice free campfire value

[fringe nebula]

i can just take driver's licence with $7 wdym?

[frank notch]

fortune teller: gain +1 mult for every tarot used this run

[weary whale]

It’s a joke.

Whenever there’s people needing to decide between a joker and a buffoon pack, they go the buffoon pack in hopes of getting a credit card to get that joker and more

[fringe nebula]

i'm asking about buffoon pack because finding early +mult is safer than taking driver's license lmao

[weary whale]

Completely forgot that it had that name

[frank notch]

Its like code packs from cryptid except for spectrals.

[cloud sinew]

i would definitely take the buffoon pack

[frank notch]

and you can duplicate the souls with perkeo

[cloud sinew]

which is insanely niche

[frank notch]

its good when you use it right

you can immolate with worse cards and use aura/seals on more specific card

[wet jackal]

In previous stakes, pair builds were already meta

But blue stake really just doubled down on the pair meta

[brazen island]

(Except the soul and black hole)

[serene forge]

I hate Bloodstone

[wet jackal]

Blue stake genuinely isn't even the hardest stake (purple is simply just harder), it's just the most restricting one

[brazen island]

Purple stake isn’t much of a difficulty hike imo

And I mean obviously the “hardest stake” is gold stake

[potent tree]

idk why i took card sharp here ngl...

[brazen island]

So I think the intended meaning is the stake which has the greatest increase in difficultly from the previous one

In which case it’s definitely blue

[sterile zealot]

First purple stake win!

Hologram + marble is quite a combo, I must say

[potent tree]

certificate can be better than marble

[sterile zealot]

Carried by ridiculous xmult

[sterile zealot]

prolly but the stone cards gave me +chips while I focused on +mult

Double petroglyph also allowed me to scale really well

[wet jackal]

I'm probably not experienced enough to tell

All I can say is I just spam pairs a bunch so blue stake doesn't impact me too heavily beyond the early antes and using certain jokers. Purple stake is the hardest modifier in my experience.

[sterile zealot]

Very nice!

Two more until my first gold stake win

[rancid gull]

campfire be like

[marsh vortex]

actually i meant photo cause i use it so much but sure

[wet jackal]

Go on, gamble for photochad

[rancid gull]

yeah i was purposely misconstruing it lmao

[marsh vortex]

WE'RE GAMBLING RAAAAAGH

yeah i forgot about the 2 discards immediately

[sterile zealot]

Chat am I average at the game yet

[marsh vortex]

best blatro player of all time?

[wet jackal]

Photograph genuinely the most god awful xmult joker out there but chad exists so it's top tier

Although it's still an xmult joker so it's at least decent

[marsh vortex]

give me the planet cards game

[sterile zealot]

I hate that photo hits before your +mult

[wet jackal]

Yeah that's probably the biggest thing that sucks about it

On paper it's good but you can't use it with some scaling +mult joker

[marsh swan]

Why not take the good joker

[sterile zealot]

Photochad is best with smth like smiley face so your xmult hits with +mult

[marsh vortex]

idk im just fuckin around rn while eating

i'll take the blue seriously after im done

[marsh swan]

Alright have fun I guess

[sterile zealot]

Look at this hologram being OP

What is this xmult twin

[marsh vortex]

oof stone and holograb is fire with that bus

i should try that one day

[sterile zealot]

This was my first purple stake win

[marsh vortex]

fire

[sterile zealot]

I had a hologram then I saw the marble joker and instantly realized I had to pivot

And the bus just gave me so much +mult to scale

In the end I rerolled the crimson heart into the cerulean bell (thank god)

Which gave me just enough to beat it

[marsh vortex]

holy shit right after it expired?

[sterile zealot]

Any other boss blind and I was doomed

[potent tree]

got unlucky with not drawing 8s (at least a quarter of the remaining deck was 8s)

[brittle umbra]

should I get the first 2 or just skip ?

[wet jackal]

The only reason that photograph is my 2nd most picked up joker is because of how often I pick up chad.

Get rid of chad and immediately constellation will become my #1 xmult joker

[sterile zealot]

Skip, you want face cards

[brittle umbra]

odds I lose face cards in this are way too high yeah

[sterile zealot]

EMBARRASSING…

[marsh vortex]

i would LOVE constelation rn bro

[brittle umbra]

i NEVER pull blueprint tho

[sterile zealot]

I have GOT to fix this

[wet jackal]

Constellation and baseball card are 2 of my favorite xmult jokers, they're just so fun to use

[bold crystal]

i tried to change.... i tried to be different. but the pairs... theyre just too easy

[sterile zealot]

this is a sad story

Me when uh uhh uhm

[brittle umbra]

ouf

[green meteor]

Wasted negative

[wet jackal]

Should have gotten glass

[green meteor]

[turbid smelt]

Best deck for gold stake

?

[sterile zealot]

I couldn’t find anything good to add!!!

[wet jackal]

Either yellow or blue

[sterile zealot]

Bloo deck has been the best for all of my runs so far but I’ve only beaten purple stake

[green meteor]

Pretty much anything would help

[sterile zealot]

The bloo deck gives you effectively +$1 per round

[green meteor]

Unless they’re Eternal

[sterile zealot]

At least

With far more

To come

[brittle umbra]

how long did it take y'all to get c++ ?

[sterile zealot]

If you have Econ joker

[potent tree]

about 1 and a half years on the first savefile

[bold crystal]

100 hours or so

[potent tree]

so a total of 500 hours for me

[sterile zealot]

I have 15 wins and I haven’t even beaten black stake yet… only purple stake.

I may not be very good at this game

But who cares?

[potent tree]

uhh black stake is below purple stake

[sterile zealot]

I mean gold stake WHOOPS

[potent tree]

so means you've beaten black before

oh lol

[sterile zealot]

I have beaten black

But still. I am not the best at roguelikes

As explained by my utter lack of gold stake / C++ progress

[slow grail]

Something is off about the main menu ever since I got C++
Did they invert the blue and red?

[potent tree]

oh wait i just realized i still am yet to get completionist on this save because i cba to pick up tarot tycoon

[bold crystal]

*200

[potent tree]

i'm really gonna get c++ before c on this save aren't i

[wet jackal]

Blue deck is the best unless you constantly restart for a good start

At that point use ghost deck, gamble for the S tier joker on ante 1

[potent tree]

yeah gamble for ante 1 eternal madness like @weak relic

[sterile zealot]

How many wins did it take yall to get your first gold stake win?

I feel like I am doing poorly at this game

[potent tree]

(apologies for random ping, i just remembered your name)

[brittle umbra]

wait if I have beaten the game with yellow and red deck, I can get BP on other deck yeah ?

[fringe nebula]

11, i just jumped into yellow deck gold stake after unlocking it

[potent tree]

i think i had maybe 30 or so wins across different decks before i got gold stake red deck done

[bold crystal]

lol I did the same thing

[potent tree]

wait was red deck my first? i lied it was anaglyph

anaglyph was my favorite deck because of funny negative tag stacking

so i gold staked with that first. but on this file i went in sequence

[fringe nebula]

i forgot to reroll the boss lmaoaoaoo

i survived but it's still a stupid mistake nonetheless

[potent tree]

hey tanking the water is always good. it means you're more than capable of defeating most other bosses

[sterile zealot]

Fair, I decided to play around on some other decks first

I’m getting close to blue deck gold stake tho

[potent tree]

honestly the water is my most despised nonfinisher blind, i usually don't prepare for it too much

[sterile zealot]

I’m gonna attempt my first orange stake run wish me luck

[potent tree]

i hope you find a perishable blueprint

[fringe nebula]

no i mean, i should've rerolled the boss instead of letting the water kill my banner

[serene forge]

skill issue plant doesnt counter photochad

[marsh vortex]

should i?

[fringe nebula]

yes

[serene forge]

yeah

[fringe nebula]

absolutely

[marsh vortex]

swap out which one

abstract?

[serene forge]

abstract

[marsh vortex]

ok im getting better at guessing

[fringe nebula]

more like

knowing the value of each joker

[wraith pendant]

The stars aligned and I got my first naneif!! Was kind of a pain without overstock, but got insanely lucky with a nat negative blueprint.

[fringe nebula]

naneinf without overstock

u serious??????????

[marsh vortex]

its quite impressive

[sterile zealot]

tfym yes it does when you don’t draw into that glass card

[marsh vortex]

how do you fill your hand with that many cards like jesus

[sterile zealot]

Serpent

[fringe nebula]

have you ever thought about keeping justice in your consumable slot

[potent tree]

serpent magic

just copy burglar en masse and let the fun unfold

[fringe nebula]

serpent burglar combo

also, blueprint and brainstorm can copy burglar's ability

[marsh vortex]

oh he was on serpent

[sterile zealot]

What is the move here chat

My banana is about to die

[serene forge]

make more

[fringe nebula]

make more, or keep justice in your consumable slot

yeah

i prefer the latter honestly

[wraith pendant]

Showman actually did something for once. Gave me a blueprint and a nat negative version in the same round with only ~$50 worth of rerolls. I was in shock.

[serene forge]

blue joker over misprint or bc

[fervent haven]

My first naneinf was with a nat neg bp too😂

[serene forge]

probably

[sterile zealot]

Maybe over banana instead?

Since it’s about to become debuffed

[serene forge]

maybe

[marsh vortex]

is this worth it at all

[serene forge]

there's always the chance it expires there

either could be good

[serene forge]

i wouldn't

[fringe nebula]

is your deck fixed enough?

[marsh vortex]

ehhh not enough yet

[fringe nebula]

i feel like you can beat ante 8 with that setup

[serene forge]

its an unnecessary risk

[fringe nebula]

no need to use ecto

[serene forge]

photochad is already completely winning

[marsh vortex]

fair fair

[lunar zealot]

Loses to vv

[serene forge]

it's only blue stake

[fringe nebula]

it's blue stake so vv is only 900k i think?

i forgot

[serene forge]

vv is 600k

on blue

[fringe nebula]

ok that's a big difference

[serene forge]

yeah lmfao

[lunar zealot]

Beats vv

[marsh vortex]

yeah vv is 600k

[lunar zealot]

Beats vv

Fork?

[serene forge]

kami?

[oblique panther]

i somehow got nan with cryptid and talisman

[fringe nebula]

hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

do i sell both fools to take perishable business card

[marsh vortex]

2 blinds left before i unlock plasma

AND NO PLANT OR CLUB 🙏

[marsh vortex]

im realizing im not using my trio at ALL bro

[rancid gull]

Sure

[fringe crest]

whyyyy

[serene forge]

no

[marsh vortex]

i should take this over trio right

it's BASICALLY a direct upgrade

[serene forge]

what hand are you playing

[marsh vortex]

spades

i dont think i've had a single three of a kind just flush spades

[fringe nebula]

no

flush or

what

[marsh vortex]

just flush

[fringe nebula]

yeah no

keep trio

[marsh vortex]

really??

oh wait it's held in hand oops

[fringe nebula]

actually, maybe with 4 discards

[marsh vortex]

i keep reading these wrong

[fringe nebula]

it's doable

[serene forge]

blackboard won't be useful for flush either

[marsh vortex]

eh its fine i can get more kings

shit verdant leaf

i can drop wrathful but that hurts i wanted a stake on it

if only :(

worst part is it was canio 😔

[fringe nebula]

here, win

that aside, red card + hallu has to be one of my favorite combo

[marsh vortex]

RIP wrathful, you were there from the start

[tidal flame]

This beat violet vessel

[exotic orchid]

Sell showman for trading card?

[sterile zealot]

What a beautiful hand

[rancid gull]

If u ever find a blackboard, unironically pair slop and an ectoplasm nets a ton of value

U were talking about one earlier

[sterile zealot]

Worlds worst blueprint

[marsh vortex]

yay

god i wish i found this before ante 8. i STILL havent found it.

[proven gulch]

glass flush five is so satisfying

[exotic orchid]

Just copy the dagger

[meager narwhal]

This run is super janky, but it's the first time I've had this much fun 😭

[fringe nebula]

i wish you had arrived earlier

[marsh vortex]

on fucking desmos 😭

name makes sense now

[meager narwhal]

U

[fringe nebula]

and riff raff decided to give me cavendish

lmao

[meager narwhal]

Why didn't you go bloodstone?

You're only on ante 5

[fringe nebula]

because i have level 11 pair

[sterile zealot]

Then my blueprint is gonna eat my dagger!!!

[meager narwhal]

Sunk cost fallacy

[fringe nebula]

pivoting sounds like a pain anyway

[exotic orchid]

It won't

[sterile zealot]

Really? It works like that?

[proven gulch]

yeah this is getting eaten

[meager narwhal]

[sterile zealot]

I play too much Magic: the Gathering for this

[meager narwhal]

Cavendish ante 5 is sick

[spring granite]

you have discovered the Shoot The Moon to Baron pipeline

enjoy

[meager narwhal]

Didn't get a single red tag either

[spring granite]

shoot the moon is just a fun card in general

[keen radish]

Guys I broke the game wtf

Dude I’m scoring so much

I got so lucky

Gold stake too

Got so many queens in my deck

[proven gulch]

remember to copy le spaceman

[serene forge]

never go bloodstone

[echo sphinx]

always go bloodstone

[fringe nebula]

dice hallu is better than dice bloodstone

[wraith sparrow]

[echo sphinx]

fair, econ is king

[serene forge]

i don't like losing

[fringe nebula]

felt kind of funny so i decided to spend $15 for a wraith

i got fucking vagabond

here, win

[echo sphinx]

what in the heck is that s t a r t

[serene forge]

double vampire is useless btw

[keen radish]

Uhh. What just happened

What is that score

[sterile zealot]

I love seeing ZERO xmult in my shop!

[keen radish]

What

[fringe nebula]

yeah, learned it the hard way

[sterile zealot]

Oh what joy it is to lose a run

[echo sphinx]

double triboulet

holy shiz

[keen radish]

Is this a generational run?

[serene forge]

post seed

[keen radish]

I got a copy joker and copied it

[primal rock]

Is it even worth selling anything

[sterile zealot]

I think I saw some xmult for a flush but clearly a flush build doesn’t work here

[fringe nebula]

again, post seed

[terse dock]

Full House

[karmic tulip]

Arcana pack just blessed me wtf.

[echo sphinx]

om

[sterile zealot]

JAJQ5WQW

[echo sphinx]

WHAT

[karmic tulip]

skill issue perhance

[sterile zealot]

idk what I did wrong

[karmic tulip]

Judgement -> baron
Hexed
Fool -> judgement -> holo mime

[echo sphinx]

???????????????/ hly sht

judgement is judmenting

[karmic tulip]

Truly a blessed seed. no issue with finding a red seal

[karmic tulip]

You played flushes

[sterile zealot]

I did not

I played two pair

I was relying on square

Wall killed my run

[loud shadow]

how do i get this shit off my screen it's stuck there

even tried going to main menu and back

[dapper zenith]

GOT DOUBLE OR NOTHING FIRST TRY

🐧

one page of challenges down

[keen radish]

Guys what the fuck

Is going on

[fringe nebula]

you know what they say

money solves balatro

[loud shadow]

what's the plan

[lavish gazelle]

Ramen baller play

[sterile zealot]

ah I think I didn’t optimize my Econ well enough - a few times I forgot to copy my joker when I discarded the card it was asking for

Ultimately never ended up seeing that vampire

[loud shadow]

i didnt take the ramen

i shouldve taken it

i died

i thought it was bait

[sterile zealot]

Yeah which shop was that vampire in?

I swear to God I did not ever see that damn thing

[fringe nebula]

oh wait

i think it was ante 4

[sterile zealot]

What how did I not see that

Weird

This stake is killing me

Ah well. Gotta try again

Evil ahh stake

[glossy mortar]

Genuinely so close! This seed is BARELY not possible. Sadly got an unusable deck that refused to give me any pairs no matter how hard I tried even with all my insane amount of deck fixing. I’m sure there is a way to route around it or possibly reroll the boss until you get something possible, sadly I didn’t expect the deck to be this bad to not give me any pairs at all.

Yet again. If only the game told you that would happen then it wouldn’t be an issue. But rng is just impossible to play against.

[knotty zodiac]

with stuntman you can play high card

[glossy mortar]

Like just straight up say when you start the game “you will not get pairs when you need them” so i can restart before wasting 50+ minutes going for an impossible seed

[glossy mortar]

Nope. High card dosen’t work with the duo.

I mean i did level my high card for this exact scenario, sadly with no x mult at all besides the duo, there was no chance.

[echo sphinx]

rip asfk

[fringe nebula]

hmmmmm

[glossy mortar]

Anyways. That means I’m one hour down for zodiac. 4 hours left before it’s deemed impossible.

[knotty zodiac]

seed is fine

im sure

[glossy mortar]

Yeah it’s definitely possible to route it. You just need to avoid pairs.

It’s a seed where you can’t do pairs on it.

[sterile zealot]

Anyways what do you think was my mistake that cooked me

I don’t know how wall

Orange stake genuinely FRYING me rn

[glossy mortar]

High card though would have probably worked if there was any other x mult early on.

[sterile zealot]

Genuinely evil stake

[fringe nebula]

get more money, and turn those money into more power

what else can i say?

[sterile zealot]

Get money

Gotcha

I am bad at optimizing Econ

Should I avoid early shops and packs until I get $25 if I have a scoring joker

So I can maximize interest?

[fringe nebula]

if you think you can survive without spending money, then keep money

[knotty zodiac]

its not universal but generally there should be a very good reason if you are buying at under $25

[glossy mortar]

Anyways back to restart spamming until i find a possible seed to get past ante 1

[frank grove]

what

[echo sphinx]

what is orange stage?

[knotty zodiac]

perishables. jokers can expire after 5 rounds

[sterile zealot]

What the frick

[echo sphinx]

not too cancer but its a bit wtf om

im getting ideas for a really cancer difficult modifier

[sterile zealot]

So here is the list of debuffs:
small blind gives no money
two score scaling ups (400k for final boss blind)
30% chance for eternal jokers that can’t be sold or destroyed
30% chance for perishable jokers (jokers that go bye bye after 5 rounds)
-1 discard

[marsh vortex]

alr what goes well with hologram

[sterile zealot]

Everything

[echo sphinx]

cert/marble

[potent tree]

certificate, marble, ghost deck

[sterile zealot]

Hologram is busted

[knotty zodiac]

magic trick

[echo sphinx]

or generally just... buying card packets

[knotty zodiac]

otoh rebate is also busted

[sterile zealot]

this game so hard

[echo sphinx]

not too bad
im on blue stake atm and blue stake is mega cancer for me

[sterile zealot]

Genuinely frying me

[echo sphinx]

(which includes every stake aobve that)

[sterile zealot]

I defeated blue stake with a Photochad setup

Here’s my first purple stake win

[echo sphinx]

are u gonna photochad your way up to gold

[sterile zealot]

As you can see, I went with a lot of mult

Hologram + marble is very synergistic

Especially as I got both petroglyph and its upgrade

[potent tree]

petroglyph is the upgrade lol

[knotty zodiac]

holo marble, holo certificate, holo dna

[potent tree]

hieroglyph is the base

[frank grove]

chat black deck gs are we taking investment tag small blind?

[sterile zealot]

Yeah I got both of these which gave me enough scaling to BARELY beat the cerulean bell

[sterile zealot]

why tf not

[frank grove]

because beating big blind with only 3 hands and 2 discards can be risky with some horrible draws

[sterile zealot]

90% chance you beat it tbh

But I am the kind of person who resets if I can’t 1 hand small blind ante 1

[knotty zodiac]

prob not on hook or manacle. else ok

[echo sphinx]

it looks fineish with the amt of stone marble joker is dishing out

[frank grove]

what? im taking about a new ante 1 run

[echo sphinx]

oh

[frank grove]

read my message before that

[sterile zealot]

Go for it

[echo sphinx]

u could

[sterile zealot]

Live for gambling

[frank grove]

also i died to big blind because i only got two pairs ...

[sterile zealot]

We die for gambling

Sometimes the gamblin kills you

[echo sphinx]

big blind i tend to just accept any straight/flush

[frank grove]

black deck is ROUGH for drawing stuff

[sterile zealot]

ts why my blue deck is my favorite

I love blue deck

[twin lantern]

My favorite deck

Yellow

I like money

[frank grove]

did it again and got past big blind huge !!

[weak relic]

Nat negative murderer mmm

[echo sphinx]

negative would be really funny

(but becomes pain to manage after)

[loud shadow]

funny

[sterile zealot]

4oak build is funny

[loud shadow]

working on fixing for face cards atm

havent got any auras yet

either

[proper cairn]

does anyone know if there's plans for save transfer between the swtch 1 -> switch 2 edition of the game, or will I just need to start from scratch

[fringe nebula]

well well well

[drifting tide]

only 1.3 tho

[frank grove]

#🎙・server-chat message

[fringe nebula]

but that is a clear gameplan nonetheless

[sterile zealot]

Eternal golden is… brave?

Won’t you want to sell it for a scoring joker someday

[fringe nebula]

it's a fine pick

[frank grove]

golden joker is pretty fine as an eternal

[sterile zealot]

What

But that means you have 4 scoring slots

Usually I need all five to score at some point to not die miserably to the violet vessel

[frank grove]

some gs games only really require 3 jokers

[knotty zodiac]

many games i only need 2-3 scoring slots

econ gives you better options

[echo sphinx]

holy constellation

[sterile zealot]

Man I suck at managing econ

[tulip aurora]

A whole .3 mult on a constellation wowee

[marsh vortex]

FINALLY

I HAVENT HAD A MIDAS VAMP RUN ON PC

[knotty zodiac]

its so fun

[drifting tide]

oo

enjoy

[marsh vortex]

I love midas vamp i've only played it ONCE

[fringe nebula]

i literally picked eternal business card on the seed you gave me

[stone shell]

i find that against wall and vessel steels and glass are already strong enough

[fringe nebula]

what's the difference

[stone shell]

like lowkey i think committing 3 out of 5 joker slots to econ and value isnt a horrible idea if you know what youre doing

[sterile zealot]

Not on ante 1 tho? I’m genuinely so cooked if I pick eternal Econ

And then I roll 14 times, get no Xmult, and die a horrible death against the looming wall

[stone shell]

yet people call me insane for taking eternal superpositions

[knotty zodiac]

you should be spreading out your rolls

[sterile zealot]

I try that (and get Droll Joker)

[stone shell]

you're either unlucky or just playing wrong

i feel like 14 rolls is already decently likely to find a solution

[slow iris]

swegg appearance

[knotty zodiac]

sometimes im cooked as soon as i enter the ante but its still probably misplay on my part from earlier. not greedy enough or missed a tool

[stone shell]

rental egg 😔

[marsh vortex]

ok so what would you guys recommend for midas vamp

[sterile zealot]

I just feel like I miss all of the xmult in my games.

[stone shell]

vampire then midas mask

[knotty zodiac]

actually worth with swash if enough tarot gen lol

[sterile zealot]

Maybe I’ll go on a side quest first and unlock all jokers

[thick citrus]

Omg

[loud shadow]

omg it could be even more funny

[thick citrus]

Was hard to win

[marsh vortex]

i had them the wrong way lol

[loud shadow]

if i were to take the cat and got lucky with deck fixing. what would I replace here

scary face?

or happy face

[knotty zodiac]

nice level on that 4oak

[frank grove]

wow thats... something

how useless can a pack be in ante 1 challenge

[marsh vortex]

what i really need is a bunch of planets and something for +mult

[thick citrus]

Is was Jokerless

[stone shell]

idol on black deck because two wrongs make a right 🗣️ 🔥

[loud shadow]

what do yall think

[sterile zealot]

What is wrong with the sock and buskin

It’s like okay

[frank grove]

wow ok thats just nothing

[frank grove]

eternal rental adds 20 chips to a hand right now, not worth it

[stone shell]

would personally replace scary

[sterile zealot]

Oh I forgot it was rental

[knotty zodiac]

eternal rental sock for that sweet 10 chips from king high**

[sterile zealot]

I would take an eternal sock and buskin tho

[stone shell]

high priestess for saturn :copium:

[loud shadow]

how do I save scum if it all goes wrong

is there a way?

[slow iris]

oh nooo whatever shall i do

[marsh vortex]

photo isnt AS useful here but

should i take it over arrowhead

[stone shell]

replace arrowhead and you should just win

[marsh vortex]

oh ok

i DO like winning...

[stone shell]

almost said take vagabond but i realized its white stake so any semblance of coherence is already strong enough

[frank grove]

ok now thats not bad

[marsh vortex]

lol

[stone shell]

cant afford boss reroll youre so cooked

[marsh vortex]

run is OVER

[knotty zodiac]

pretty sweet start

[slow iris]

shoot the moon with a 56 card deck containing only 4 queens 🔥

[sterile zealot]

You have to Photochad. It’s funny

[marsh vortex]

says man named "Photochad body pillow"

[sterile zealot]

1. I’m not a man

[marsh vortex]

mbad i usually use it as a gender neutral kinda word

sounds stupid

the photoer

[fringe nebula]

@sterile zealot

heh

say what

[frank grove]

ok we take this (got cola for economy tag ante 2 or smth and just got grabber this is ggs)

[sterile zealot]

WHY ARE WE TAKING ETERNAL JONKLER

[fringe nebula]

because why not

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/694849009411555379.png?v=1&size=48&quality=lossless

[stone shell]

eternal joker is the best move

[marsh vortex]

for the bit

[slow iris]

basically 2 joker slots because 4 is just too much tbh

[cosmic sun]

I edged

[fringe nebula]

humble +36 mult from fib and halfsies

[ebon condor]

guys.. satellite might maybe actually maybe be kinda ok

just had a run where it highkey carried me hard

[sterile zealot]

How does one use this card

[young moat]

for some reason ive never seen hanging chad in a gold stake run attempt? and i have the same top 2 lol

[sterile zealot]

Econ is mid late game and this gives NO money early game

I am confuse

[marsh vortex]

weird

[fringe nebula]

wow ok

[ebon condor]

its really not amazing but like

i had flash card and it was already at +3 and i needed the money for scaling

so it was kinda perfect

[fringe nebula]

satellite is already in-line with what you already want to do

so like, eh

[sterile zealot]

Who is out leveling seven different hands what

Obelisk player behavior

[fringe nebula]

there are some cases where you don't get the planet you want

so you level up something else

[cosmic sun]

you just eat planets

[fringe nebula]

also, yes i'm an obelisk player

[ebon condor]

the thing is usually theres a hierarchy

[sterile zealot]

Usually I level one hand and 1-2 backup hands

[cosmic sun]

PROUD obelisk user

[marsh vortex]

im winning

[stone shell]

constellation users

[ebon condor]

so generally at max you get maybe 3 hands

[marsh vortex]

should i get a negative? i have 9 hand size rn and could use a blueprint or something

[night turret]

Welll fuck

[ebon condor]

and satellite just isnt good enough to take early and usually not worth it mid and late

[sterile zealot]

Obelisk is good, I just haven’t quite gotten it to work yet

Will keep trying

[ebon condor]

so its like

it doesnt really have an amazing niche

it worked in this run for me bc i landed the perfect situation for it

[stone shell]

honestly idt you can lose from here

[night turret]

It’s only good if you have at least 3-4 plants

[marsh vortex]

so just take it?

[stone shell]

you can but i would just immolate and move on

you dont need more scoring unless youre going endless

[sterile zealot]

Immolate lowkey my favorite spectral card

No downside

[marsh vortex]

well i was gonna go endless since im on 8 already on white stake but immolate is goo

good

[ebon condor]

immolate is the best consumable in the game from a purely strength standpoint

[marsh vortex]

didnt even take out either of the red seals WE STAY WINNING

[ebon condor]

you can make an argument for mercury but

wrong planet

[marsh vortex]

yay one less card

[sterile zealot]

Chat vote which I should do first

1. Complete gold stake blue deck
2. Unlock all jokers

[fringe nebula]

@sterile zealot and i will do it again

[fringe nebula]

unlock all jokers

[ebon condor]

blue deck gold

[marsh vortex]

jokers

[stone shell]

best "regular" consumable imo is hanged man for ante 8

more consistent appearance than immolate is why

[loud shadow]

what to do

[ebon condor]

immolate is 2.5 hanged men + 20 dollars

[loud shadow]

ive never had this good of luck

[ebon condor]

beat that liberals

[stone shell]

and how many spectral packs do you see on average

[ebon condor]

but yeah i think if you take into account rate of appearance, the argument changes

[loud shadow]

I have mostly lucky kings/queens

no red seal yet

[ebon condor]

but like i said, just from a strength standpoint, immolate clears

[marsh vortex]

erm, ruh roh raggy!

[sterile zealot]

for what reason

[stone shell]

eh maybe temperance has a case idk

[sterile zealot]

why unlock jonklers so important

[stone shell]

$50 is huge money

[ebon condor]

its never at $50

[stone shell]

non egg believer smh

[ebon condor]

its usually at like 23

[sterile zealot]

300k violet vessel… if only

[ebon condor]

which is hey wait thats just immolate! you sneaky card you!

[marsh vortex]

UGHHHHH I WANT MONEY

[ebon condor]

yeah i dont think anything gets close to immolate on its own

soul maybe

but genuinely immolate is so strong

[sterile zealot]

Soul ~ immolate > everything else

[stone shell]

ankh in some situations can be better than immo as well

[frank grove]

what

[loud shadow]

do I take mime I need to ask these questions I dont want to blunder

[ebon condor]

anything can be better than immo in SOME situations

but overall, immo is the strongest

thats the point im making

[frank grove]

in general immolate clears most cards in the game

[sterile zealot]

We’d have to know your deck makeup

[fringe nebula]

2.5 at ante 3 wow

i love hallucination

[stone shell]

WHERES MY GLASS JOKERS 😭

[loud shadow]

mostly lucky cards atm

[fringe nebula]

OKOKOK

[loud shadow]

trying to get a cat

[sterile zealot]

Hallucination giving me my fourth The World in a row : (I’m running pairs)

[stone shell]

yeah the uranus is essential to the build

good thing you can afford it

[fringe nebula]

hallucination you spoil me too much

[sterile zealot]

No mime.

[stone shell]

i love hallucinating

[loud shadow]

ight thanks

[rancid gull]

buy yourself a little something nice why dontcha

[stone shell]

buy another pack so hallucination gives a fool

[potent tree]

i am extremely surprised i managed to win this run. vampire is x4.2

[night turret]

I was so happy until i realized what deck I was one

Maaaasn

[rancid gull]

bro how

[potent tree]

pareidolia:

[night turret]

Maybe she’ll turn up

[night turret]

Wasn’t thinking, photochad blinded me

[frank grove]

god i love riff raff

[fringe nebula]

glass joker at x4

[marsh vortex]

god if it was only negative bro

[fringe nebula]

DUDE

[true shadow]

me when I want to have a pet

[rancid gull]

don't spend that lovers all in one place

[marsh vortex]

does baron even have a use here

[stone shell]

lowk i would take the red seal over blue here

[marsh vortex]

i havent played a baron deck in a damn while

[stone shell]

here to watch idk

[potent tree]

baron is something i will probably never use

[marsh vortex]

LOL

so dont replace anything

[stone shell]

mhm

unless you have like 40 kings

[marsh vortex]

12 😭

[stone shell]

okay lowk maybe but i still wouldn't personally

[marsh vortex]

not until i get more kings at least

[sterile zealot]

How you C++ without using Baron

[potent tree]

ante 8 boss wraith was how i did it the first time

what i mean to say is i'm never building around baron. i am not a nanlet

[marsh vortex]

ah rats

that was fun tho

i wanna play a baron deck

ooo or a lucky deck

with lucky cat and oops all 6's

[sterile zealot]

I mean baron mime is ok if you have steel/gold/seals

[marsh vortex]

it's gonna kill me

[potent tree]

mime i have zero issues with

just baron.

[potent tree]

i didn't see a midas during my vampire run just now, but then again i was building around walkie not face cards

[marsh vortex]

fair

[potent tree]

midas vampire is potentially free x2 mult if you have good hands

per round i mean

[fringe nebula]

go next

[potent tree]

observatory? or blue seals activating for the pairmaxxing

[fringe nebula]

pairmaxxing

[acoustic kettle]

[fringe nebula]

chat, what would you do

open buffoon pack?

[marsh vortex]

stupidest deck idea
all rerolls are 1 dollar but you get no income from hands or interest

only took 27.9 hours god damn

didnt even get a special joker

[cobalt depot]

does anyone know why i didnt unlock this voucher, i just had a ran where my hand size was 2

[loud shadow]

btw be careful guys if you get messaged by zahidah they are a scammer trying to get you to download a game off of the appstore which has been cloned by them and they will pressure you into spending money on said game. You won't get any rewards and instead the money will go to the scammers. The name of the game is called Infinity Kingdom I don't know how they managed to clone it and also put there own malicious version of it on the appstore.

[edgy whale]

U were playing seeded run prolly

[slow iris]

banana went extinct the final round :(

[loud shadow]

honestly sounds like too much work I don't even know why they try

[slow iris]

i knew i should've skipped

[cobalt depot]

i wasnt

is there anyway i can manually unlock it without disabling achievements

[marsh vortex]

dear balatro gods please give me a lucky card run

"No moonshards, fuck you! Five more photo's!"

[slow iris]

oh ok

[proper cairn]

Thanks!

[slow iris]

oh yeah this joker

sigh

[marsh vortex]

even judgement wants it what the fuck

[edgy stone]

time for skip rushing

[slow iris]

no

[frank grove]

ok gambling is fun sometimes

[foggy sun]

this is painful

On blue deck... or on yellow... I could afford this

):

[small ferry]

CREDIT CARD IN THE BUFFOON PACK

[foggy sun]

Ok, if there is credit card, ill actually cry

I was lied too

[small ferry]

sorri

[heady laurel]

Todo wanting 4oak is insult to injury

[foggy sun]

dw, we got that To Do list on abandoned

[foggy sun]

I mean, 4 on abandoned isnt impossible. 12 less cards means more uhh, chances

[edgy stone]

to do list is better

[heady laurel]

Not impossible but not fun

[foggy sun]

It is better, butit wouldve been funnier to go into debt for Stencil

[small ferry]

sry bro credit card in the judgment in the tarot pack

arcana

[foggy sun]

see, four of a kind IS possible to draw

[edgy stone]

no, it's the soul

[foggy sun]

its called dumb luck

[sterile zealot]

But stencil isn’t that busted no?

[foggy sun]

Yeah... but its stencil

its great early on

yk

get like a halfsies with it too and it just carries until u find better options

[slow iris]

stencil is pretty good

[edgy stone]

get invicible joker and we have X25

[small ferry]

two deltarune profile pics chatting (its so pek)

[sterile zealot]

We need a Kris

[small ferry]

i gotchu

[marsh vortex]

god damnit it always leads to photochad

I JUST WANNA PLAY LUCKY CARDS im going to bed this is enough

[foggy sun]

I am considering this, is this a ok green joker or should I hold off?

[heady laurel]

Dear lord

[foggy sun]

I mean, econ isn't a struggle rn, and I could go right into two pair/pair until I find better econ

[foggy sun]

you got this

[fringe nebula]

it's an ok green joker

[small ferry]

id take green

[fringe nebula]

you're kinda lacking in chips though

[foggy sun]

yeah, checked the tarot and it had hermit, instant pick up

[heady laurel]

You got the harder part out of the way
Congrats

[foggy sun]

Kind of, we got a level in pair so... at least its "ok" enough to get To do value and not lose

[edgy stone]

Congrats!

[small ferry]

best joker?

[slow iris]

it's okay

you can still make it work

[small ferry]

(not including rare or above)

for me pareidolia

[fringe nebula]

decks remaining : red, blue, green, abandoned, zodiac

[foggy sun]

Yeah, we got a blue seal from a certificate. we are just gonna not need chip jokers

[fringe nebula]

blue seal is a chip joker

imo

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/694849009411555379.png?v=1&size=48&quality=lossless

[heady laurel]

The one that gives you score

[foggy sun]

wow... this run just got interesting

[heady laurel]

Truuu

[night bridge]

money build

[foggy sun]

yeah 100%, this run is chilling now

[foggy sun]

deck fixing to make blue seal occur more often is chilling

[small ferry]

wait wtf this is kinda peak run

[edgy stone]

Did you used this deck for only negative joker?

[hasty imp]

hi guys!! i just got a million negative tags lmao

[foggy sun]

most insane run rn

[fringe nebula]

i already did my second c++ several days ago lol

now i'm just doing c+

[hasty imp]

pretty fun seed, u get invisible joker and blueprint early, canio on ante 12

[fringe nebula]

also, doing c++ naturally without anaglyph strat is more fun

[foggy sun]

My greed... I shouldnt of won this... but anything to preserve my chips I suppose

[potent tree]

yippee i'm halfway to c++ on my second save

[fringe nebula]

"halfway" isn't exactly halfway

[potent tree]

i have half of the gold stickers.

[fringe nebula]

i feel like halfway to c++ is when you're at 90/150

or something

the less jokers you don't have gold sticker on, the harder it is to get them

[frank grove]

yeah once almost all the commons are done thats basically half way because now its uncommon huntin time

[dark cairn]

what a fucking rollercoaster of a run this was

the only possible way i can lose is if i accidentally play a pair

just need to skip twice so the blueprint doesn't perish on the final round

or nearly kill the blueprint with the dagger like i almost just did

holy fucking shit good thing i reacted in time

[foggy sun]

Dude... this isnt real

[fringe nebula]

at ante 5 too

[frank grove]

grimbo observatory naneinf? 🔥

[foggy sun]

Nah probably not, but the fact that perkeo will do more than just be a econ joker is crazy work

[dark cairn]

finally my goat is gold stickered

[foggy sun]

ok... this run has gotta STOP

just giving me the win atp

[fringe nebula]

whenever i jump to other deck and go back to white stake, i'm always ended up being surprised at how much money you can have

[foggy sun]

What... I just got cavendish from a judgement... WHAT IS THIS SEED

OK U CAN STOP NOW

[fringe nebula]

LOL

[foggy sun]

Y2R1Y7M4

here is the seed if yall want it ig

[dark cairn]

i only have 3 jokers left to gold sticker

crafty joker
the tribe
perkeo

wondering if i should start taking arcana/rare skips for perkeo and the tribe

cause eveyr time ive ran into the tribe in this c++ grind i've never had the opportunity to take it

or if i did take it and hope and pray i can make it work

well

it doesnt

its either that or i start playing checkered deck--yeah actually why dont i just do that lmao

checkered deck is fun anyway

[potent tree]

so you're not a flusher. that's good

[fringe crest]

man

watching attack on titan rn

episode 67!

[potent tree]

i used to be a flusher. then i switched to pairs, and now i'm going fullhouse

[fringe crest]

sure do hope nothing bad happens

[fringe crest]

full house has the most imo

[potent tree]

i'd spoil it for you but it's been about 2 years since i binge watched with my brother

[fringe crest]

i heard its bad

idk tho

[normal trench]

Natural Negative Canio

[dark cairn]

i think flushes are fun but they suck outside of checkered deck

[fringe nebula]

average midas mask run

[potent tree]

evil canio coming to steal souls

[fringe crest]

bro what

thats not very fair

oh i remember some dude getting two nat negs in a single joker pack

[potent tree]

i generally only do a flush if it's straight flush, flush house or flush five. regular flush is only used in emergencies

[fringe crest]

did the math it was like 1/111,111