🕹・game-discussion

[sullen aspen]

still one of the best xmult options

[weak relic]

The fraud as finisher blind

[sullen aspen]

if u have a scaling flatmult joker then its really not hard to get it online

[ebon condor]

i do think that the obelisk glaze is a bit of an overcorrection for the hate the joker gets

[sullen aspen]

its not glaze if its true is it

[latent egret]

its the fastest xmult scaler

non leg

[ancient gyro]

yeah

[sullen aspen]

yeah

[ebon condor]

like its solid but not versatile enough to compete with the best xmulters realistically

[naive bone]

Do I be funny and ankh my chad on ante 1 or take the wraith

[ancient gyro]

the seed screenshot should give it away

[drifting gorge]

hologram:

[sullen aspen]

it can consistently get to x7-10 mult

[latent egret]

are we kidding

[drifting gorge]

holo's my goat

[sullen aspen]

son I love hologram

but he needs set pieces to get online

either ghost deck

or jokers that add cards in deck

[drifting gorge]

the humble standard pack:

[ancient gyro]

obbylicks in 4 hands

[sullen aspen]

its not

[ebon condor]

the issue is that a lot of the time, by the time you see obe, youve invested too much into one hand to switch

[ancient gyro]

seeded runs have the seed highlighted in red

[hushed sinew]

I just won my first pair build but I still don't get nearly as much chips as my beloved flushes and only just scraped past the 100k

[ancient gyro]

as you can tell

mine isn't seeded

[ebon condor]

you really need to see it early to get it working

[ancient gyro]

cause I don't do those

[sullen aspen]

0.25 xmult vs 0.8 u can get from 4 obelisk hands

[turbid nova]

no fucking way

[ebon condor]

in a blue seal world, obelisk does face some issues a lot of xmulters don't

[uncut ice]

90% of the time i do a rare skip obe is waiting for me

[turbid nova]

I'm never gonna hit wheel again bro I've used up all my luck in a white stake run

[exotic pike]

AUGH 😭😭😭😭😭

[hushed sinew]

how do I pair 😭

pair is so ass

[ancient gyro]

I made an ante 6 obbylicks work

[severe geyser]

triple banner run ft obelisk

[ebon condor]

anecdotal evidence broski great job

[lost vault]

all these banners and you still get less than one stuntman

[ebon condor]

plus also this is the ideal late obe situation

[severe geyser]

that's why HE'S THE GOAT

[ancient gyro]

you got me 🙌

[lost vault]

truth truke

anyway meow

[ebon condor]

this is a pretty much hand agnostic build, which is perfect for obelisk

[lost vault]

am i seeeing obelisk

hated

[ancient gyro]

I don't feel like sending the same 40 obbylicks pictures I always send here

[hushed sinew]

I don't get enough chips

[ebon condor]

but a lot of the time, large portions of your scoring comes from planets

which makes obelisk suboptimal

THE JOKER IS GOOD

[ancient gyro]

o

[ebon condor]

but its not versatile enough for me to be convinced that its s+ tier top 10 jokers

[ancient gyro]

it hangs at the 15

[willow frost]

thats not helpful lmao

[hushed sinew]

just because you get the chips it doesn't mean I do 😭

[ancient gyro]

restricting scoring to planets isn't the most consistent method of scoring all the time when you deal with the few boss blinds that counter the specific setups

[lost vault]

get some

[ancient gyro]

lol

[hushed sinew]

I'm barely winning with pairs on white and red stake

[blazing breach]

annihilate photograph for soul?

[sullen aspen]

yes

[lost vault]

murder baron

[ancient gyro]

chicken soup

[ebon condor]

yes, but not every run sees a square or a runner or a bull

you work with what you get

[latent egret]

you dont need one

[sullen aspen]

how about wee

or castle

[blazing breach]

i’ll go with photograph unless someone makes more sense

[blazing breach]

i’m still low

[latent egret]

ive won obby runs with one foil

[ebon condor]

you know what i mean

[lost vault]

theres other chip jonker!!

[sullen aspen]

theres a LOT of chip jokers

[lost vault]

like the blue

[sullen aspen]

its rare u dont see one

really rare

[lost vault]

yes baron isnt very good here

[ancient gyro]

they're common enough to be found as if not more frequently than mercuries or blue seals

[lost vault]

kill it

[ancient gyro]

true hand agnostic

[hushed sinew]

ima just stick to my flushes until they stop working

[blazing breach]

okay

[sullen aspen]

which is any stake over blue

[hushed sinew]

SO TELL ME HOW TO PLAY PAIRS 😭

[lost vault]

thats gonna be like, purple stake

[blazing breach]

it’s canio i hate this shitass game

[sullen aspen]

get scaling jokers

ride the bus

green

red card

[ancient gyro]

pick hand scalers and value gen

[sullen aspen]

yes

and one good xmult

[hushed sinew]

gen?

[drifting gorge]

don't start by only playing pairs 😭

[blazing breach]

i’m a cheating loser i closed and reopened the app

[coarse bobcat]

Soooo close to having to waste 1k

[lost vault]

canio is good brochacho

[sullen aspen]

even acrobat is good with pairs

[hushed sinew]

I had constellation 5xmult and was still barely able to beat red with them

[lost vault]

sounds like a youssue

[ebon condor]

but the other thing about planet scaling is that it frees up joker slots for xmult and econ; even if i see a chips joker, if i have a blue seal, im willing to get rid of it or ignore it once planets have outscaled its value

[hushed sinew]

what do I even do then 😭😭😭

[ancient gyro]

if you're in dire need of a pair slop tutorial you can just watch whatever 2oak centered video by balatro university and whatever gs run they have featured recently

[lost vault]

what

[ebon condor]

like id say half of my pair runs end with no chips joker

[sullen aspen]

good one joe @lost vault

[primal heath]

play big hands on ante 1 and then transition into pairs

[drifting gorge]

^

[lost vault]

tee hee hee

[primal heath]

since you'll be getting seals and scaling jokers

[turbid nova]

dear bloodstone slanderers
I get you
this joker FUCKING SUCKSSS

[ebon condor]

maybe i just play pair differently from yall tho

[coarse bobcat]

My heart

[lost vault]

balatro players really transition over anything /ref

[primal heath]

🔥

[cosmic sun]

You either have a chip joker or high planets there's nothing to explain

[primal heath]

how do you play them?

[lost vault]

i meaan arent u dead next ante tho

[naive bone]

You can only be good at Balatro if you are trans

[ancient gyro]

I mean yeah but the destination doesn't tell the whole story as the journey. a8 most of the time chip jokers get subbed out for a joker I need to sticker. that doesn't undervalue their utility over the course of the run even if the run happens to have planets and bosses solved. pairs can play both ways

[ebon condor]

yeah ofc

[lost vault]

ive had lots of runs where scholar carries cuz he gives chips and mult

scholar and WT my goats

[ebon condor]

its just by the time i see obe, i have often gotten rid of that chips joker

[ancient gyro]

exhibit a

[vapid fjord]

Help

[ebon condor]

making the pivot harder

[drifting gorge]

shit i'm not that good at balatro am i cis /j

[ancient gyro]

id have to have a good reason to ditch a chip joker

[coarse bobcat]

No, needed to play pairs so no observatory, i score e50 with it active

[lost vault]

you might be cooked

[light lagoon]

this is rage bait

[sullen aspen]

with what

[robust lance]

Card in pack

[sullen aspen]

holy shit😭😭😭

[lost vault]

but im good at balator :(

[coarse bobcat]

Does mime work with observatory?

[torpid bridge]

No

[lost vault]

credit buffoon in the card pack

[unborn cliff]

this is false

[lost vault]

haters gonna hate

[naive bone]

Your time shall come

[light lagoon]

wtv man

[lost vault]

i am no egg

[ebon condor]

i mean usually the reason is like "this joker is now only supplying 25% of my chips value and theres a duo in the shop"

[robust lance]

This has a 50/50 of being true per day

[lost vault]

i do not gain 3 sellvalue per round

[ebon condor]

so

[unborn cliff]

that's what they all say

[lost vault]

i give 1 sell value to everyone else

[lost vault]

seriously though

i dont like this

[unborn cliff]

oh yeah i forgot that's a slippery slope joke

sorry 💔

[ebon condor]

slippery slop

[naive bone]

Gift

[unborn cliff]

that too

[lost vault]

i am comfortable with my identity thanks

anyway

i heart slop

[robust lance]

Take off your skin

[unborn cliff]

opinion on bloodstone

[lost vault]

darn

okay

[ebon condor]

bucket of wet slop grins

[lost vault]

uhh it sure is bloody and stoney

[unborn cliff]

guy that's a skinwalker:

[unborn cliff]

it makes so much sense

[lost vault]

thanks bruh

[unborn cliff]

bro deadnamed me

😂✌️

[blazing breach]

not with that one gangalangasplankious

[lost vault]

i prefer skinkwalker atually

[robust lance]

Sucks to vacuum

[light lagoon]

i guess that makes up for it

[lost vault]

wa

gangalang

[unborn cliff]

take voucher and the blue pack

[primal heath]

there is a photochad in the next shop, btw

[ancient gyro]

those odds of that occurring are rarely going to happen in the hardest of runs.

best case you do both until you don't need to. worst case you go broke and still have unconditional scaling/scoring without shop influence.

obbylicks can still have merit with blue seals/planet sources as scoring when you have backup hands available to finish off as your last hand for optimal scaling

[unborn cliff]

math?

NERDDDDDD

[ancient gyro]

🥀

[hushed sinew]

just got back from a guide, all I've learned is that pair builds are tedious to get

[primal heath]

pair works with pretty much anything?

[willow frost]

well, try it now

[hushed sinew]

because apparently you kinda need scaling mult and chip jokers and blue seals

[ancient gyro]

mult is the most common source of scoring available

[willow frost]

either one of chip jokers and blue seals works as well

[ancient gyro]

most scaling mult ignores perishable tags along with other proactive scalers

[turbid dove]

Im back

[hushed sinew]

can you explain that as you would to a 5 year old

[ancient gyro]

chip jokers/blue seals in the mid game will be covered in due time as you approach it

[willow frost]

scaling +mult jokers cant be perishable

das all

[thick citrus]

Do it ?

[hushed sinew]

perishable?

[ancient gyro]

scaling jokers that start at 0 don't die in 5 rounds

[hushed sinew]

I'm on green stake

[ancient gyro]

orange stake

[turbid dove]

Guys i have a seed with ante 1 blueprint

XS3U13U1

[ancient gyro]

just in preparation

[primal heath]

anything else?

[turbid dove]

I lost ante 2

[primal heath]

ah

[willow frost]

the seed string itself is more interesting than whats in it lol

[fiery nymph]

i just has the easiest gold stake win ever

[turbid dove]

Oh and the first skip is base ball card

[turbid dove]

I lost ante 2

[ancient gyro]

figures

[hushed sinew]

also is it true that blue stake is gonna get reworked

[ancient gyro]

yeah

[primal heath]

yes

[hushed sinew]

nice

[civic jolt]

what i should i do in this position?

[hushed sinew]

because that -1 discard seems like it sucks ass

[ancient gyro]

it currently only restricts the games play style to pairs

[turbid dove]

Fr?

Yay my discard is back

[ancient gyro]

in terms of winning runs, blue stake doesn't do anything. in terms of variety, you're pretty much locked into a single poker hand most of the time

[south flower]

What's the difference between balatro and a pair of socks?

[lost vault]

theres a lot of differences i think

[hushed sinew]

a pair of socks can't be absurdly annoying

[primal heath]

🔥

[south flower]

Wrong

[lost vault]

socks have feet in them

👀

[south flower]

There's no difference: you bought them multiple times

[primal heath]

playing balatro on pc with vanilla controls is agony

[lost vault]

true i did

i have it on three platforms

:3

[hushed sinew]

I haven't bought balatro once

[south flower]

Based

[south flower]

Not based

[hushed sinew]

Xbox gamepass

[lost vault]

youshould buy it

maybe idk

[hushed sinew]

why

[lost vault]

is gamepass reallyworth

[ancient gyro]

no

[hushed sinew]

yeah

[ancient gyro]

there's no resale value in game passes

[lost vault]

you will own nothing and be happy

but i guess you do you :3

[hushed sinew]

you sell your games?

[ancient gyro]

they don't know the market 🥀

[weary whale]

Are you kidding me

Natural Blueprint AND Hanging Chad in first shop of this run

Of course it’s Black stake and I have no money

[ancient gyro]

that's what people did back in the day

[south flower]

There should be a Balatro update where they add a "honk honk" clown sound effect when you lose before finishing the final ante

[hushed sinew]

you can't sell games on xbox

[lost vault]

back in the day games had physical discs

[ancient gyro]

why does GameStop, Blockbuster, and other local markets exist for in your neighborhood

[hushed sinew]

I know

[lost vault]

gameSlop SlopBuster

[peak blade]

3 new gold stickers (the 3 on the right) is such a huge win this late in the game

[ancient gyro]

and I quote "back in the day"

[lost vault]

back in the day we actually owned the games we purchased digitally and the consoles too

[hushed sinew]

I play a variety of games so it's worth it

[ancient gyro]

nintendo boycott moment

[south flower]

If Balatro had a physical release it would be extremely inconvenient though. I would need to pop the game in every day for the 10 minutes of it I play and carry a cartridge around

[lost vault]

alrighty

[south flower]

Makes sense then

[hushed sinew]

and it's nice to be able to just test out a game without dumping 60 quid on it only to not like it

[lost vault]

it has a physical copy for console

i know cuz i have one

[ancient gyro]

again, it's mostly for resale value

[south flower]

Is it more of a collectible thing?

[lost vault]

probably

idk

[south flower]

Game is like $10 new

[lost vault]

meeeow

i prefer having a physical copy of a switch game incase nintendo decides to brick my switch

[ancient gyro]

saying that as if a resale market doesn't exist anymore

yeah

[lost vault]

though i doubt im at risk for that

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[hushed sinew]

plus I have a series s so I can't use disks even if I wanted to

[south flower]

They will never brick mine. I'm a good boy

[umbral fable]

So close once again

[weak relic]

Too bad campfire still suffers from perishable sticker

[lost vault]

im a good boy too >:<

[weak relic]

Htr too

[ancient gyro]

bypasses storage limits

[south flower]

I help grannies walk on the cross lines

I don't cheat at crosswords

[ancient gyro]

it needed some sort of indirect nerf anyways

[hushed sinew]

what does

[ancient gyro]

game cards

[south flower]

When I ask AI a question I write "please"

[ancient gyro]

or cartridges

[serene forge]

I hate Baron

[blazing breach]

should i get brainstorm for baron?

[blazing breach]

i’ll take this as my answer

[sullen aspen]

technically

[lost vault]

i hate showman >w<

[sullen aspen]

it would be better to remove family

[blazing breach]

alr

you sure?

[sullen aspen]

im the endless chud here

[blazing breach]

okay i believe

[hushed sinew]

I hate popcorn and ice cream

[blazing breach]

how many baron activations would i need to be equal to fam

[cosmic sun]

evil adults be like

[hushed sinew]

the jokers

[cosmic sun]

I drink pizza I eat soda

[weak relic]

I never used it outside naneinf attempt

Not a fan of endless gameplays

[hushed sinew]

how hard is naneinf

on white stake

[broken swan]

Guys what does a negative invisible joker do?

[weak relic]

Does the same thing although it overflows ur joker slot

6/5 for example

[broken swan]

It still copies?

That's nice

Thx

[hushed sinew]

are popcorn and ice cream good

[sullen aspen]

pretty easy

[hushed sinew]

because they're my least fav joker

[ancient gyro]

for plasma white stake you're bound to run into a seed that can naneinf approximately every 5 runs

[echo sphinx]

hate this

[twin lantern]

I like me a burglar run

[echo sphinx]

black deck ahh

[weak relic]

I did once although I blundered.

Was missing a component tho

[sullen aspen]

which was..?

[ancient gyro]

anti burger user uses burger 🗣️🍔

[weak relic]

Failing to get antimatter

[twin lantern]

Burglar*

That just isnt how its spelled

[ancient gyro]

burger doesn't take any Ls

[weak relic]

Magic trick fatass keeps hogging voucher slot

[ancient gyro]

you can take magic trick

it's not a drastic change in shop bloat

[primal heath]

there is an ankh and reserved parking in ante 2

[twin lantern]

My useless purple seals tho

[primal heath]

also a negative superposition

[twin lantern]

I ended up pivoting to burglar so I wasted so much value on getting purple seals

[primal heath]

also a invis joker 🔥

[twin lantern]

Also 64 high cards

[latent ravine]

this game is scripted😭

[twin lantern]

I did it to u

On purpose

[ancient gyro]

convenient cropping when you havent used any discards

[latent ravine]

yeah, but still

[ancient gyro]

still :P

[twin lantern]

The game is scripted bc it wouldn't work if it wasn't

I see no issue

[willow frost]

this game appeared to me in a dream

[lapis leaf]

Burglar with any scaling joker feels like cheating

[ancient gyro]

i play too infrequently to have game dreams

[twin lantern]

Nah I almost died

Twice

[latent ravine]

also i have a rebate that has been on 5 two rounds in a row, with no 5s in my starting hand

[twin lantern]

Saved by steel + glass card

[willow frost]

honestly back in the day this was an actual problem i had

[twin lantern]

I love steel cards

[terse vale]

there better not be some bullshit 🥹

[willow frost]

in general?

[terse vale]

use your hands as discards

[willow frost]

i hate to be the bearer of bad news

[latent ravine]

too late i died

[weak relic]

I like when glass cards just turn into fiberglass the moment I pick up glass jimbo.

[calm furnace]

this game is too easy

[terse vale]

no like recently people have been saying a lot of baaad takes

[weak relic]

Cheesy, greasy and oozing pairslop

[hidden lance]

wow this was a horrible experience but it did the job

[weak relic]

Better than spamming photoslop

[naive bone]

Best deck EVER

[hidden lance]

58 pairs

[primal heath]

what is the oa6 doing?

[naive bone]

I use lucky cards a lot so it’s better than it seems

[primal heath]

ah yea

lucky cards are so good

makes sense

[naive bone]

True dat

[weak relic]

Serves as -1 joker slot obviously

[harsh relic]

"he ate them" campfire

[naive bone]

It’s a decent source of money with enough retriggers

Which I have

[dire ibex]

Hell Yeahhhhhhh

[weak relic]

Now do a white stake run

[broken swan]

I regret my choices

[vestal copper]

gg high card 7084

[coarse bobcat]

Anything I can do here? My high score is like e75 rn?

[primal heath]

play a thousand hands

[coarse bobcat]

Cant

[drowsy rain]

All I could say is invis into bp

[naive bone]

Invis joker first shop

Stupid game

[drowsy rain]

But you probably don’t even get to two rounds

[coarse bobcat]

Dont have invis

I die rn

[drowsy rain]

🤷‍♂️

[coarse bobcat]

No bosses to cheese? Ofc its 24

I have the reroll

No hand manipulation

[drowsy rain]

Are you like not able to shop

[hushed sinew]

to the moon is Fucking insane

[blazing breach]

i swapped family for brainstorm, should i keep going for 4 of a kind or switch over to high card? i just did a high card and got 15 million whereas with 4 of a kind i got somewhere in the hundred millions

[drowsy rain]

Red seal steel kings?

Or steel kings in general

[drowsy rain]

If you plan on baron you need to find a red seal or at least steel most of your kings

and just get more kings in general

[blazing breach]

brb one hour

[serene forge]

dna needed to beat ante 24

for this kind of setup

[blazing breach]

so do go or don’t go?

[calm furnace]

i had a wraith into a credit that gave me 5x for free

shit was fire

[willow frost]

get another blueprint or brainstorm
also gold stake holy hell lol

[naive bone]

You can’t make this up

I got photochad from a judgement

[tall jetty]

i got good jokers :ddd

[echo sphinx]

how do i beat a black deck this is legit suffering

[robust lance]

Open up the jumbo buffoon

Gros Michel

Will last until ante 3

[tall jetty]

i usually do new run and wait for good skip

like 25dollars or rare joker

in black deck

[tall jetty]

+++

[echo sphinx]

no banana

die

rare joker is not a good skip

[tall jetty]

i ike baseball card

like*

one of my fav jokers ngl

[echo sphinx]

ill still take it ngl

6 joker slots makes it pretty good

[turbid nova]

plus you're on black deck so it's even better

more joker slots

[hushed sinew]

why am I so bad at balatro 😭

[tall jetty]

ye

[keen radish]

The way to beat high stakes is to take risks, simple as. Take rare skips

[echo sphinx]

... if i can find them

[hushed sinew]

I was 6000 chips off beating green stake

[echo sphinx]

where uncommon rahhh

[keen radish]

Open spectral packs

[turbid nova]

I always open spectrals

[hushed sinew]

how do I win 🥺

[turbid nova]

only to get sum shit like Ouija and Wraith

[echo sphinx]

pretty sure i can do better somewhere but gg

[turbid nova]

the water is deadly in black deck

it's one of the hardest bosses in general

[tall jetty]

https://medal.tv/games/balatro/clips/meQlEPyZJa_S9o68E?invite=cr-MSxTdVUsNTY2ODk2NDcw

i love fire sound 🔥

[hushed sinew]

arm is my least favorite boss blind

[robust lance]

Just drink it

[tall jetty]

omfg

[robust lance]

Imagine there’s upgraded boss blinds or something like that

[wintry ice]

looks inside
pair meta

[echo sphinx]

take rare skip
this.

[robust lance]

WE BALL

This is close enough

[vestal copper]

rare skip for a eternal rental tribe

[turbid nova]

what is the worst rare joker

[robust lance]

Whichever one you don’t want

[vestal copper]

tribe is ass at gold

[echo sphinx]

vagabond without credit card

[robust lance]

Dude.

Just be broke

[echo sphinx]

i still take vaga early but its a bit of a farud

[hushed sinew]

blueprint

[robust lance]

I live the broke life with my reroll addiction

[turbid nova]

surprised no one said obelisk

everyone hates it

[robust lance]

Cause it’s good

[vestal copper]

you are delusional

[echo sphinx]

xmult is xmult

[robust lance]

I’m just bad at the game

[vestal copper]

obelisk is s+tier

[turbid nova]

if you get it early you can plan ahead ig

[turbid nova]

I wouldn't say s tier

[echo sphinx]

late obelisk is a bit thonk

[vestal copper]

it is s tier

[lime pawn]

obelisk is op

easy s

[echo sphinx]

early obelisk is also a bit thonk

[turbid nova]

it's pretty good

[hushed sinew]

blueprint is f

[echo sphinx]

midgame obelisk is chef kiss

[robust lance]

All jokers are f tier

[tall jetty]

OMGGGGGG https://medal.tv/games/balatro/clips/meQrkOa87fLf5fso_?invite=cr-MSxoa1UsNTY2ODk2NDcw

[robust lance]

Throwback is S tier

[vestal copper]

[hushed sinew]

yep

[solemn tide]

I'm stoned

[turbid nova]

Baron gets a lot of hype for the naneinf thing but in most runs I find it kind of mid

[robust lance]

Throwback won me 4 gold stakes and I’m not joking with that

[vestal copper]

truly

[vestal copper]

fucking what

[turbid nova]

stone five of a kind

[hushed sinew]

also how do I stake a green

[lime pawn]

ban this guy

[robust lance]

It’s GOATED

[willow frost]

wait no he needs to teach us how to do it

[robust lance]

You just need to be throwing it back as you play

[willow frost]

never mind

[robust lance]

(Just copy it twice)

[turbid nova]

throwback helped me with the "win in 12 rounds" achievement

[narrow scroll]

bones is s tier

[blazing breach]

do i?

mime

[hushed sinew]

is anaglyph deck good for that one

[blazing breach]

if so what swap

[turbid nova]

I guess

[hushed sinew]

I don't even have anaglyph deck

[turbid nova]

but I hadn't unlocked it then

[hushed sinew]

because I can't beat green stake

[echo sphinx]

yes

[queen dock]

Kill one photo

[turbid nova]

anaglyph is good for the 400 dollar achievement

[blazing breach]

what do i swap

[turbid nova]

use one of the money skips with a lot of double tags

[lime pawn]

any deck is good for that one

[blazing breach]

would i not die?

[turbid dove]

Its great

[turbid dove]

Same

[turbid nova]

it's easier on anaglyph

[lime pawn]

honestly

meh

[queen dock]

Oh I thought you would have already had Kings by now yeah never mind

[blazing breach]

just keep what i have already?

[hushed sinew]

I would've thought gold, to the moon and mail in rebate would be the best for 400$

[lime pawn]

literally any endless run you can get to 400 easily

no matter the deck

[queen dock]

I don't know if you don't draw one of your kings you're kind of screwed

[blazing breach]

i always do

[lime pawn]

you can get like 400 a round

[turbid nova]

well I couldn't

[hushed sinew]

endless scares me, my highest ante is 13

[lime pawn]

i love showman

[turbid nova]

hey that's not bad

I usually lose by 12

[hushed sinew]

I usually just leave after 8

[lime pawn]

the best part of balatro is how many fun and unique ways you can die in ante 12

[hushed sinew]

and you play higher stakes

[turbid nova]

I lost on ante 12 on erratic white stake because bloodstone refused to work

[hushed sinew]

erratic and bloodstone sounds like hell

[turbid nova]

look what I had

[lime pawn]

blood stone isn’t a joker until you have oops

[turbid nova]

my entire deck was hearts

[night bridge]

The good ol heliotropo

[turbid nova]

I had flush house and flush and high levels

[lime pawn]

erosion + hologram 💔

[turbid nova]

hologram but I got rid of erosion for blood lol

[lime pawn]

that’s what i meant oops

[turbid nova]

I got FT round 1 I think and it got up to like +70

wheel of fortune hit 4 TIMES

[lime pawn]

bloodstone isn’t any good unless you have oops and retriggers

[hushed sinew]

never expect good jokers ever again

[lime pawn]

your build wasn’t really ready to be reliant on a bloodstone

[turbid nova]

my luck is ruined forever

[turbid nova]

yeah...

not like I had much of a choice

oh I forgot to mention I also got a polychrome banana at one point

[hushed sinew]

I lost because of misprint

[turbid nova]

but it only lasted two rounds

[hushed sinew]

for some reason blueprint doesn't copy the number of misprint

[turbid nova]

and cavendish never showed up

[hushed sinew]

its two random numbers

[turbid nova]

maybe it could have saved me who knows

[night bridge]

yikes

[hushed sinew]

also my misprint got zero mult so that's fun

[lime pawn]

what a malevolent build

[turbid nova]

oh and I got my hologram duplicated by invis and had it at like x7

[late helm]

omfg I completed jokerless finally thank god

[turbid nova]

congrats!!!

[hushed sinew]

JOKERLESS? I can't beat green stake 😭

[turbid nova]

what deck are you playing on

[late helm]

tyy!!

[hushed sinew]

blue

[twin lantern]

Orange

[late helm]

Its really not THAT hard, I rage quit it like 100 hours ago and came back and got it done with today

def a skill check tho

[hushed sinew]

should I not be running blue deck?

[thorn dew]

this is the most: who invided my man blud, bro think he on the team moment of my balatro career

shoutouts to vagabond

[gusty vapor]

Sick and tired of gold stake I decided to just restart runs until first blind skip gives arcana pack with a good legendary joker. Legit 12 restarts and got myself a trib. Can't wait to lose in ante 4 cuz I suck

[turbid nova]

it must take a while too, you won't be able to one-shot most rounds

[lyric karma]

after winning gold stake i think im gonna rest from playing for a while
tho, which deck should i gold stake next

[thorn dew]

this run was brought to you by ante 2 vagabond

[fiery nymph]

easiest gs win of my life

[late helm]

you just gotta run straights or flushes

and build the deck well

[lime pawn]

working on it now, best attempt has been ripping straights and got to ante 7

bad boss blind if i recall

[hushed sinew]

Bluueee

[late helm]

yeah I had so many runs like that, where I was literally gonna win and the boss decided otherwise 😭

lucky cards were my saviour

providing econ

[errant bolt]

Am I cooking (green deck green stake)

[lime pawn]

it’s all i have left now, i’ve beaten all the other challenges and just got my last gold sticker the other day

[late helm]

I found like all the other challenges so easy icl

[lime pawn]

me too

[late helm]

jokerless took way too long for me tho

[lime pawn]

golden needle was tougher

[turbid dove]

Damn

[late helm]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[lime pawn]

i mean not tougher than jokerless

than the rest of the other challenges

straights to the moon once more and found a mail-in

[late helm]

mhm

[vapid fjord]

Looks good but isn’t

[turbid dove]

Guys i found a seed with ante 2 blueprint. Just skip the first 2 to get it. But if you just skip for the rare joker you get dna

[hushed sinew]

my cat is proud of you for beating jokerless

[turbid dove]

RIN4XW95

[rancid gull]

The void

[turbid dove]

And lost at ante 2... Somehow

[regal sluice]

Wee

[tall jetty]

my record

[gusty vapor]

Lost in ante 4

[rancid gull]

Shoot for e80

[late helm]

epic cat

[hushed sinew]

@mystic ledge was that necessary

[mystic ledge]

it was meant as a joke but i get the term i used is pretty pejorative

[hushed sinew]

oh yeah that's fine, I thought you were being serious lmao

[mystic ledge]

to my defense i ended a run with 4 stacks of buff and a negative before the boss blind 🤪

[hidden lance]

obelisk gives and obelisk takes

[serene forge]

I hate Bloodstone

[ashen laurel]

i love bloodstone

[tulip aurora]

Yes

[green apex]

Almost there

[robust lance]

These are poly?

[green apex]

Aww

[hushed sinew]

both my cats agree

[green apex]

Nope

[robust lance]

Also dudeman, your name is fucking MASSVE.

Takes up my whole phone screen

[woven spire]

why is it looking at my soul.

[hushed sinew]

"it"

[woven spire]

YEAH

IT

[hushed sinew]

there's actually two its

[woven spire]

it’s scary

[hushed sinew]

double the soul stareage

[woven spire]

nah the one on the left one is cute

the one on the right one is looking at my sins

[robust lance]

Make it smaller please

Dudefella

[hushed sinew]

that's miku

[robust lance]

FR*CK YOU!!!

[hushed sinew]

that's pixie

I will never have girlfriend

[robust lance]

says slurs at you

[woven spire]

i’m afraid of miku.

[woven spire]

NOT THAT ONE

[robust lance]

Hmmm alright then…

You are a good person

[hushed sinew]

can you guys guess why

[robust lance]

Honestly thought you would react to that like it’s an insult

[hushed sinew]

or not

[fiery nymph]

space joker is pretty good

[robust lance]

Space joker is either good or BOOTY CHEEKS!!! Like every joker

[tranquil steppe]

Better than wheel

[gusty vapor]

The effects of this game on the brain need to be studued

[fiery nymph]

consistently getting me a level each round i aint complaining

[fiery nymph]

oh for sure

[hushed sinew]

please?

[fiery nymph]

you are gay

[hushed sinew]

yeah

[fiery nymph]

nah space joker just matched up the arms levels

😭

[fiery nymph]

i cant stop winning

[junior horizon]

Someone put it on a scanner gun

[hushed sinew]

Miku squared

we were gonna call her chuck before we called her miku

[robust lance]

You move with the keypad and select with the trigger right

[sacred maple]

I'm seeing so many cool mods for balatro and I get so sad because there's no official mod support for mobile.

[hushed sinew]

or xbox

[noble shuttle]

9th GS done!!! :3

[flat warren]

Right after I bought Showman I got Nat neg photo ❤️ god is good

[robust lance]

Yo what mod you use for the deck skin

[noble shuttle]

Fancy deck mod!!! :3

[robust lance]

I should have guessed

[noble shuttle]

Ignore Ride the Bus, last round pickup lol

[rigid acorn]

can't believe Photochad bailed me out of it, I was in negative money for two whole antes because I was on -19 with the credit card and the mega buffoon pack gave me the photograph 😂

that's the lowest quality win I ever got

[noble shuttle]

lmao

[rigid acorn]

I skipped the big blind because I was only able to get 140k and was saving the glass for the boss blind lmao

[noble shuttle]

Violet vessel is scary higher stakes

[potent gale]

whats the play here

[noble shuttle]

BP sell dice for now.

Copy photo

Wait

No

No

No

Sell cavendish

[rigid acorn]

god dammit game ARE YOU FOR REAL

[noble shuttle]

lol

[potent gale]

Ok lol

[noble shuttle]

Didn't see cavendish

lol

[vale mist]

whats deck lookin like

[noble shuttle]

I got that on my GS run

[rigid acorn]

Yorick

[noble shuttle]

This one right here

[rigid acorn]

RIP Acrobat

[drowsy rain]

If I have Burglar and Andy do I get the hands and then the discards?

[vale mist]

oh yeah def sell cavendish lol

[wet burrow]

Sell cavendish 100%

[vale mist]

burglar removes all discards no matter the order

[drowsy rain]

Fairs

[wet burrow]

Not only is it chance it dies anyway, but its giving the least mult

[woven spire]

why is ur deck so Fancy

[fiery nymph]

i wish madness would destroy itself

[woven spire]

why

[wet burrow]

?? Why

[fiery nymph]

fumnt

funny

[woven spire]

fun’t

[wet burrow]

So he’s unplayable in white stake?

[fiery nymph]

yeag

[wet burrow]

🤣

[fiery nymph]

honestly

hes pretty unplayable in white stake anyways

[woven spire]

true

[tranquil steppe]

“In most stakes”

[wet burrow]

Idk how I have gotten gold sticker on 109 jokers, including all the legendaries but none of them is so k and buskin

[woven spire]

madness becomes useful in black stake

[fiery nymph]

it actually won me purple stake iirc

let me pull it up

[potent gale]

only mildly tempting

[fiery nymph]

w madness

[woven spire]

holy build

[potent gale]

ok nvm i stand corrected

[fiery nymph]

i really loved this run

[split jewel]

Any one got tips on beating the golden needle challenge?

[woven spire]

getting a madness to work is really fun

[vale mist]

hows that one work again

[fiery nymph]

it gets very good if you find the right eternal jokers really

almost a free win honestly

[woven spire]

one hand, -1 dollar per discard

i think

[woven spire]

true

[frank grove]

Only one hand, 6 discards each discard costs a dollar to use

[rigid acorn]

that's pretty much the same setup I won with yesterday, except Brainstorm instead of Blueprint

[fiery nymph]

.5x mult each ante is crazy fast scaling

[split jewel]

Banner is good for it cause all the discards

[naive bone]

Do I got this

[ancient gyro]

+1x*

[frank grove]

Madness scales by .5 per small/big blind

[woven spire]

they prolly meant round

[fiery nymph]

oh

my bad lol

yeah i did

[rigid acorn]

if you get to ante 7 with two Bones you basically won the game

[ancient gyro]

still incorrect

[vale mist]

you need 450 so maybe draw for full house or 4oak?

[naive bone]

I was an absolute idiot and just played 1 card 5 times

[woven spire]

well yeah, but you get what they mean

[glad smelt]

Bro, what

[split jewel]

What is the difference with having 2 bones

[rigid acorn]

one of my dirtiest wins happened when I brought a Bones onto ante 8 knowing I would not be strong enough to beat it but knowing I'd easily get 25% so I skipped the first two blinds lol

[glad smelt]

First shop from rare tag

[fiery nymph]

its peak

just be ready for that

[woven spire]

here, win but fr this time

[naive bone]

Took a spectral pack over a joker so I just went for the funny

[potent gale]

speaking of

[spark kernel]

Awful shop for ante 1 😭 🙏

[woven spire]

some glass will do the trick

[rigid acorn]

lol

[glad smelt]

After losing 20 times on purple stale I got this

[fiery nymph]

true...

[vale mist]

huh I've never seen this before I wonder if both bones get destroyed when saved, or just one

[fiery nymph]

or directors cut

[rigid acorn]

let me show something, I had a PB yesterday at e24

[fiery nymph]

or

the other jokers

[potent gale]

may opt out of dice for brainstorm

or photograph im unsure

[rigid acorn]

this was the second run (3.364e24)

[fiery nymph]

0 1.5x hits

[potent gale]

https://giphy.com/gifs/smile-pain-heartbroken-rfvZxz1wvPBrMU5eXh

[fiery nymph]

ima be real the serpent is the easiest boss ever

it feels more like a buff

[rigid acorn]

and this is the run from two days ago which had a similar build to what you got joker-wise (I got an 85 billion hand)

[fiery nymph]

😭

[rigid acorn]

fr, I knew I could cook something

[true wagon]

I have to vent. I am on the last joker to 100% the game. I got the Joker on a Flush run. As I was playing the final boss I didn't notice my hand scored four of a kind instead of a flush, even though it was a flush. I would have won. Fml

[ancient gyro]

it'll be reworked next update dw

[fiery nymph]

oh really?

[vale mist]

yep agree fully

[fiery nymph]

do we know the rework

[vale mist]

I looked back on the ss I took when I beat golden needle because I remember doing rlly well

[ancient gyro]

new serpent draws at most 3 cards, without exceeding hs cap

[true wagon]

I've been trying to get this last joker sticker for a few weeks now

[rigid acorn]

I hope they keep the current serpent's trait for naneinf purposes

[ancient gyro]

that's one of the reasons why it's getting reworked

[vale mist]

this was my build

[fiery nymph]

thats a good update

[rigid acorn]

well ante 10 is about as far as I will get it hahaha

[ancient gyro]

so yeah have fun drawing/holding your specific cards

[vale mist]

banner and acrobat work wonders in this challenge

[fiery nymph]

yeah thats honestly threatening now

[vale mist]

darn

[fiery nymph]

rip my square joker

[ancient gyro]

squimbo will be fine

[vale mist]

naneinf lovers sad but yeah gives balance

[fiery nymph]

honestly depends on the situation

every time you chip farm you end with a lower hs

[ancient gyro]

which ultimately doesn't matter

thats the wonders of an unconditional scoring joker

[glad smelt]

Holy sigil(took 7 hands tho)

[blazing breach]

shouldn’t you be copying hanging chad instead of photograph?

bc it’d give you extra chips for more retriggers

i think

[fiery nymph]

is ouija getting a buff yet?

[woven spire]

nope

[rigid acorn]

well let's see if I can get something out of this

[ancient gyro]

not atm

[fiery nymph]

how do you even buff it

remove the extra penalty

?

[glad smelt]

It’s 2^5 if copying Chad. If you copy photo it’s (2*2)^3 which is 2^6 and twice more

[ancient gyro]

remove or change the penalty

[fiery nymph]

yea

[woven spire]

that’s kinda op imo

[fiery nymph]

idk

it can be anything

[woven spire]

i would just change it

[wicked sonnet]

had to go in the middle of a skip for buffoon pack and coming back it's stuck like this

can't skip or do anythingt

is the run cooked

[static adder]

I was looking for Cavendish, but I guess this works?

[blazing breach]

oh true

[ancient gyro]

im fine either way if it ends with a build that isn't dumbed down to 2oak slop

[woven spire]

i like 2oak slop 😞

[ancient gyro]

don't savescum during pack skips

[glad smelt]

With glass you obv do that

[fiery nymph]

its a fun card i just think the penalty is too much

[wicked sonnet]

didn't savescum 😭 i don't do that stuff

[fiery nymph]

i would love to use it more

[wicked sonnet]

had to go so i just turned off my pc

[woven spire]

yea it is

[ancient gyro]

that's normally what triggers the soft lock

[wicked sonnet]

ah

[static adder]

Grasp all, lose all.

[wicked sonnet]

i mean the game turned off during the pack so that'd be it then

[rigid acorn]

for how bad of a situation it was I still got a 779k hand so not too bad, sadly still not enough to progress

[random ice]

Campfire good

[ancient gyro]

yeah same principle

[wicked sonnet]

oh well the run was mostly dead anyway

[woven spire]

i would prolly make it so it takes ur monee to 0 like wraith, that way if you have negative money you would have to think if its a good idea to change the rank of your cards

[ancient gyro]

or -1 discard

[woven spire]

It isn’t that punishing either

[ancient gyro]

well

larger hand builds are more expensive to run on average

[spring thicket]

This was an unseeded run, I'm so lucky

[wicked sonnet]

i sold an ante 1 perkeo run last night

will never forgive myself

lowkey stink at the game idk how i'm gonna get c++

[static adder]

||>Brother plays Balatro

Gets Mr Bones
Progresses through the run
decides to try luck with the Wheel
The Wheel hits
wtf
Not only it hits, it also gives polychrome to Mr Bones.
what is this bullcrap.||

[wicked sonnet]

mr bones is the goat

it's how i won black deck gold stake

[fiery nymph]

i agree

[rotund igloo]

Mr bones sacrificing himself on the final boss blind to win was super cool

[spark kernel]

1st tried gold stake on yellow deck

[wicked sonnet]

nice

solid setup

eternal sixth sense 🔥

[spark kernel]

My spare trousers was at +60 mult and my constelation was at x3.5 mult

[wicked sonnet]

pants are top 5 +mult jokers in the whole game

[fiery nymph]

real

[static adder]

Don't you hate when Gros Michel dies right after you bought it?

[pure crow]

Abandoned deck, really good start but I'm not sure the best way to use trading card effectively here

[heady fable]

Gold sticker jimbo and Cavendish in the same run

❤️

[wicked sonnet]

i normally am mad when it doesn't die after 2 antes because i want cavendish

[heady fable]

I needed flat mult and holographic Jimbo came down to me like archangel gabriel

[wicked sonnet]

top 5 + mult jokers:
supernova
green
spare trousers
gros michel
erosion

[fiery nymph]

are we using the same supernova

wait

[wicked sonnet]

supernova is incredible

[fiery nymph]

im thinking the weong card

mb

[wicked sonnet]

+1 mult every hand

[fiery nymph]

yeah

[wicked sonnet]

spam pairs

win

[static adder]

I mean, it is cool for early game

[fiery nymph]

it is

[wicked sonnet]

and mid and late game

on a regular gold stake run

[heady fable]

I dislike supernova

[fiery nymph]

i think gros michel and erosion arent top 5

[wicked sonnet]

erosion is my personal bias i love it

[static adder]

I meant Michel

[wicked sonnet]

i like michel purely because of cavendish unlock lol

[ancient gyro]

3 of those don't belong there

[heady fable]

It's not bad I just don't like it cause I like to play more high value hands so it gets less value than if I played pairs or high card

[wicked sonnet]

which ones

[fiery nymph]

fortune teller when

🙏

[wicked sonnet]

but probably something like flash card/summit/fortune teller

[heady fable]

I love that guy

[fiery nymph]

yeahhh

flash card is goated fr fr

[ancient gyro]

nova, banana, erosion

[wicked sonnet]

supernova is real good

what would replace it

[fiery nymph]

i think supernova is just a worse version of rtb and grimbo imo

my take

dont hate me

[ancient gyro]

nova is the only hand scaler that is perishable and gets bricked by two boss blinds

[wicked sonnet]

grimbo you lose your discards

that's pretty significant

[ancient gyro]

you ignore his downsides after 2 antes

you don't lose them, that's not how he works

[wicked sonnet]

no i know that

but you effectively do

[fiery nymph]

i dont see it as a downside ima be real with you

[ancient gyro]

effectively not

[static adder]

Latinamerican Balatro community just has the best memes

[wicked sonnet]

i mean that's fair

most of the time you're playing pairs in gold stake

[fiery nymph]

also with supernova ur limited to one hand

[wicked sonnet]

which just means grimbo and nova are the same

[ancient gyro]

losing 1 mult out of your 30 that you've build up after 2 antes in gs doesnt mean fuck all

[ancient gyro]

grimbo is hand agnostic

[cosmic sun]

not an unpopular take

[ancient gyro]

nova isnt

[cosmic sun]

grimbo is more flexible

[wicked sonnet]

grimbo is not pulling much weight in your scoring in this tbf

[fiery nymph]

okay just making sure 😭

[spark kernel]

Telescope is a really good voucher

[ancient gyro]

grimbo was what got me to this point

[cosmic sun]

You can discard with Grimbo, I've taken it with Yorick plenty of times

[wicked sonnet]

i'm not hating on grimbo

[ancient gyro]

take that away and I die

[wicked sonnet]

it's probably my most used scaling + mult

[ancient gyro]

given the deck and what have you

[wicked sonnet]

but it's very similar to supernova in most gold stake runs

and i'd rather nova

[fiery nymph]

oh yeah for sure in gold stake you scale higher even if you use all ur discards 😭 🙏

[pale wolf]

probably like half of the score would be gone without grimbo

[hidden lance]

supernova isnt good with obelisk either which is one of the best xmult jokers

[wicked sonnet]

who doesn't have 15-20 base mult by the end of the run?

[fiery nymph]

also the eye

[pale wolf]

that's a lot of mercury

[cosmic sun]

20 mercuries

[wicked sonnet]

they have bs i'm assuming they're playing flush

[spring thicket]

Should i go for baron or trib?

[cosmic sun]

Or Burnt/Space gaming

[wicked sonnet]

wait it literally says pair

[spark kernel]

The fool is really good

[wicked sonnet]

discard everything i said

[ancient gyro]

not from planets, I had fuck all to work with

[pale wolf]

also kanjikun would never

[wicked sonnet]

(-1 mult)

[pale wolf]

play bloodstone

[wicked sonnet]

on orange stake ante 4? trib. unless your high card level is good enough and you already have a bunch of kings

[rancid gull]

I love bloodstone!!!

[ripe gull]

i hate bloodstone

[static adder]

ANTE 4?

WHAT IS THIS MALARKEY

[pale wolf]

i hate Bloodstone

[wicked sonnet]

i am indifferent towards bloodstone

[rancid gull]

I love bloodstone!!!!

[ancient gyro]

nova has less synergy with other commonly used jokers. runner and obelisk for example

[wicked sonnet]

hang it in the louvre

[pale wolf]

Jimbo -

[static adder]

Bloodstone is really good, if you use the dice with it.

[rancid gull]

Real

[rancid gull]

Also real

[static adder]

Even better if you have PhotoChad

[pale wolf]

dont rewrite history